Calm the Pup Down Dog Training

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Calm the Pup Down Dog Training Helping dogs with Big Feelings! Specialising in reactive and nervous dogs.

One-to-one reinforcement-based dog training and behaviour consultation in Bolton, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, and Online. My lived experience of cohabiting with a German Precision Engineered Reactive Nutcase, plus many years of active study with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers, Canine Principles, Animal Centred Education (ACE), and School of Canine Science, to name but a few, have given me a passion for helping dogs—large and small—with their big feelings. I have a strong belief that using an holistic approach to behaviour issues and positive reinforcement methods to build a relationship between dog and handler are the most effective way to get sustained results.

It’s been a week of firsts.Disquieting firsts that made me stop and remember those joyful ones from when you first arriv...
04/10/2026

It’s been a week of firsts.

Disquieting firsts that made me stop and remember those joyful ones from when you first arrived.

Backwards firsts, where your vital presence slowly rolled back to reveal a stagnant emptiness.

Firsts that made me feel as though someone was pulling at the thread of my composition, removing the weft from the warp of my very being.

Firsts that left me realising how incomplete I now am without you.

There will be more, I won’t fight them. They’ll just be less wounding because I’m learning to absorb and adapt. To see how missing you so deeply is just an illustration of my love for you.

You k**b.

I’ve been taking photos of her in bed since she moved into the bedroom in September 2024.I moved her bed from the bedroo...
27/09/2026

I’ve been taking photos of her in bed since she moved into the bedroom in September 2024.

I moved her bed from the bedroom last night because seeing it empty this week and not knowing if she would come back to it was killing me.

Turns out it’s worse when it is completely gone.

I know where she’s sleeping now but that isn’t helping, just yet. I know it will get easier. For now, though, I desperately want to get her gentle schnozzling and earth shaking snoring once more.

Barb bogged off on Tom last night. If you are local to Bolton, Bromley Cross, Turton, Entwistle. Please keep an eye out ...
21/09/2026

Barb bogged off on Tom last night. If you are local to Bolton, Bromley Cross, Turton, Entwistle.

Please keep an eye out for a creaky dobermann regretting her life choices and contact me on the number on the poster with sightings.

18/09/2026

Having a dog with “good recall” doesn’t mean we can stop being considerate of everyone else.

If I see someone walking a dog on lead, ESPECIALLY if they hesitate when they see me, I’ll call Barbie back and put her on lead too.
Not cause I think she’ll run over, or cause she’s done anything wrong. Just cause I’ve got -no idea- what that other dog or guardian might be dealing with.

Their dog may be reactive, nervous, recovering from surgery, in pain, in training, a loon with other dogs,
or they might -just want some space-

I’ve been there myself, with Barb and with clients on training walks.
The knickergripping moment of “are they going to get that effin dog or what” is not nice to have to add to your mental load on top of whatever you’re working on with the dog.

Responsible off-lead walking isn’t just about whether your dog’s got good recall, it’s also about noticing what’s going on around you and making helpful choices so everyone can share the space.

Calling your dog to you and sticking their lead on for a couple of minutes costs you nothing, but it may make someone else’s whole walk a bit easier.
It’s just good dog walking etiquette.

25/08/2026

Shooketh

25/08/2026

Boundaries are as important as agency in my house, especially if having agency ends you up in a dangerous situation.

That said, there’s absolutely no reason or need to teach boundaries in an aggressive or coercive way.

Know what boundary you want to set, teach it through repetition of rewards, keep it clean and consistent and it’ll eventually become just how you do things.

There’s also no need for boundaries that don’t align with your lifestyle.

Don’t mind your dog begging? Don’t do anything about it, share that chip

Love having your dog in bed with you? Go off, enjoy the back pain 😅😂

No issues with your dog accompanying you to every single room in the house? That’s fine, you watch them poo why not the other way round!

Boundaries make a lot of things more simple for your dog as they don’t have to guess or bring out their repertoire of party tricks to get what they want.

They can keep them safer too, nobody stands on their dog intentionally but if they’re constantly underfoot the chances are high that it’s going to happen.

Boundaries in my book are less about CoNtRoL and more about cohabiting in a way that allows for a clearer conversation.

24/08/2026

Rewarding small dogs can give you back ache.

With a bit of practice from both ends of the lead you can keep reward them without bending down too much.

Poppydog is excellent at catching treats and I am mid at chucking them, but together our skills combine to her getting the good stuff for being in the right place. So she stays in that place.

If you want to use positive reinforcement with your small dog and have three disk bulges (like me), you just have to get a little better at sausage tossing.

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Little Lever
Bolton
BL3

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

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