It’s no secret that I love dogs. All dogs. But they need our help to be the best that they can be. I know we owe it to them to help them achieve it. Without training and stimulation our dogs will soon go ‘self employed’. They’re intelligent animals and they’ll soon find their own entertainment …

I’m sometimes asked about this with the dogs I train with. My answer is always the same. Don’t. It’s that simple. The best you could hope for would be a prematurely deaf dog. At worst you run the very real risk of creating a scared dog who starts to exhibit compulsive behaviour. I think it’s …

It’s a dream of so many dog owners and probably the single thing I’m asked most about. It’s also a big topic, as I’m writing this at home I can look up from my PC and see maybe half a dozen books on the subject on my bookshelves. I’ll try and condense it into a …

We all know that the fastest way to tire a dog out is to stimulate their brain. Give them something to do and you’ll not only wear them out, but you’ll have a well stimulated, happy pet. Win-win all round. A simple way to get you dog playing, with rewards is to use a towel …

A single pip on a whistle to stop your dog doing whatever he or she is doing and to sit or stand and look at you for further instruction. It looks fantastic, but it’s not that difficult to teach. One of the difficulties we need to overcome when teaching this is our dogs aren’t used …

Hugh and Henry has been around for a little while now. I train pet gun dogs in South West London. My thought process on this is two fold. A well trained dog makes a better pet and its our responsibility to make our dogs the best they can be. I’ll only ever use positive training …