by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 8 Jun, 2018 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Training & Behaviour
If a behaviour is reinforced it is more likely to happen again in the future. The term reinforce is a technical term here, it has a scientific definition – reinforcement increases behaviour. That’s not the same as reward. You might give your dog a reward...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 26 Mar, 2018 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Training & Behaviour
I sent out an email recently asking some questions about your dog’s behaviour and how it makes you feel, and oh my word I got some answers. (If you haven’t answered yet there’s an online form for you to fill out, there’s only a handful of...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 19 Mar, 2018 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Training & Behaviour
While I was musing what to write about I was watching my two younger spaniels race around the back garden enjoying the snow. A while ago one of my spaniels, Fraggle, went horribly lame on her back right leg. No one knew how, or exactly why, but while under examination...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 5 Mar, 2018 | Training & Behaviour, Blog, Classes, Workshops & Events, Life With Dogs
Consequences drive behaviour It’s a short little sentence but packed with meaning. We think about behaviour backwards generally. It’s easy to think that your made your dog sit by telling him to sit. You didn’t though. I think about behaviour as...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 29 Jan, 2018 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Training & Behaviour
I hear a lot of stories in my line of work. “My dog bit out of nowhere, he’s aggressive”. “He was barking and lunging like a maniac for no reason”. “She knows she shouldn’t do it and looks guilty afterwards but she still does...