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How to Make Sure Your Dog and Kids Stay Friends During Lockdown
We are all having to stay at home for extended periods of time and our routines have completely changed. It’s difficult for everyone, not least your children who now can’t see their friends. Your dog is now having to contend with a complete shift in their world...
Why Social Distancing Will Help You Socialise Your Puppy
We’re in lockdown. No hanging out with our friends. No catching a live band. No eating at your favorite restaurant. So how the hell are you going to socialise your puppy when you’re not allowed to be social? Here’s how. 1. Let them watch and learn Puppies need to...
Creating Calm During Covid-19 with Enrichment
We are all limited in how often we can leave the house during lockdown. No doubt you are mostly combining your once a day exercising allowance with the daily dog walk. Some days though it just isn’t possible. You feel guilty because your dog isn’t getting out and...
In an instant – everything changed
If that title had you wondered whether I'd finally gone all woo woo, you'll be glad to hear that no, I haven't. There has been no huge revelation for me, or at least not in the way that these stories usually play out. But we have had a sudden change in our lives. We...
What are your training goals for 2020?
I know, I know. Telling people your goals for your dog's training for the upcoming year smells very much like new year resolutions and we all know they suck. But I'm going to do it anyway. Why? Because accountability. Although I suspect my goals this year are pretty...
Why the John Lewis Christmas advert is a lesson in dog training
Have you seen the new John Lewis advert with the little dragon who can’t control his fire? Cute isn’t it? If you haven’t seen it yet you can watch Excitable Edgar who loved Christmas a little too much below. https://youtu.be/7xGW_M0O4xI Edgar reminds me of a lot of...
What to do when your dog is being stubborn
You know when you've asked your dog to do something and he has point blank refused so you ask him again, and again, and again........and eventually he does it. Stubborn dog. Stubborn owner I say. From a training point of view there are a lot of things to think about...
Why I don’t agree with not training when you’re not in the mood
Some advice I hear often is to not train your dog when you are in a bad mood or tired, or.....fill in the reason that most applies to you..... I call bullshit Let's face it, when do you ever really feel like training the dog? Even a self-confessed behaviour geek like...
Training your dog isn’t a luxury
Training is something we should do with our dogs. Actually I'd rather we didn't call it 'training' because that kind of implies it is short lived and something the learner has to undergo. Animals, us, our dogs, horses, lizards, whatever, are built to behave. They have...
It turns out mindfulness isn’t a bunch of b*llocks
So this week I joined Thor's new fitness app. Yep the God of Thunder is now my fitness guru. OK, Chris Hemsworth, and actually it's a bunch of professionals that he has probably employed or something, I don't know. I joined because I like looking at Chris Hemsworth I...
