Kayleigh Stangroom - Praise and Paw Dog Training

Kayleigh Stangroom - Praise and Paw Dog Training Kayleigh believes in building confidence in her clients, so they know exactly how to work with dogs and achieve the dog life dream.

I’m a big hearted dog trainer and help passionate dog owners teach their dogs to focus and listen to them, so they have well behaved pets and enjoyable, stress free lives together Kayleigh Stangroom is a professional dog trainer, welfare scientist and canine behavioural practitioner that helps owners gain the skills, understanding and confidence they need to train their to be more focus, relaxed a

nd less reactive to dogs
Kayleigh was inspired to become a pet professional as a teenager when a trainer advised that her anxious family pet should be put to sleep. She made it her mission to educate and guide owners how to connect with their dogs using kind, scientific methods and positive philosophies that are easy to follow, fun to train and make an instant impact. Kayleigh has and has trained a variety of animals including dogs, cats, parrots, rabbits, seals and Rhinos, providing with an advanced skill of training. About Praise and Paw Dog Training...

Praise and Paw is a Dog Training Academy based in Cornwall, that teaches and trains dog owners around the world where owners learn how to tap into their dog’s mind and train their dog to be relaxed, focused and enjoyable to walk. Set up by Kayleigh Stangroom in Falmouth, clients feel amazed how easy training is when they understand their dog, including how easy training can be when you teach skills. Kayleigh’s clients are proud of their dogs for how they’ve transformed and now get to enjoy a new stress-free life together. Kayleigh specialises in teaching a reliable recall and guiding reactive challenger teenagers to be calm, relaxed and focused. Kayleigh is proud to have helped 3500 dog owners learn how to teach dog to come back when called and be calm around other dogs, and owners can feel confident walking their dog with ease.

13/08/2021

HONESTY TIME: Who’s dog always comes back 10/10 except when…

They see a dog.

Comment and let me know!

Here’s why I am asking you this,

I want to tell you that you have GREAT recall.

And that recall is not the problem or the challenge going on here,

The ‘problem’ is the choices your dogs make when they see a dog.

Which is why if you tried several YouTube videos, the fanciest treats you can find and everything in between and it’s NOT worked.

When a dog is fixated on other dogs, there is nothing than can break them out of it in that moment.

What is going on for your dog is they emotionally attached, meaning regardless what you have, they anticipate the other dog being more rewarding.

Therefore will make the choice to ignore you chase the dog

But what I wanted to share with you is how you can train your dog to be fixated on YOU vs other dogs, and teaching them how they can make better choices

And to do just that, I have created a Masterclass where we will dive into exactly why your dog is choosing dogs, the three steps to move forward and ONE trick to teach that will get you dog focused on you in less than 5 days.

Join me on the 18th of August at 7pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcOyspzwrGtOK8gJonVWPGYG0d8PV-xkm

I have never shared this before, but the most influential person in my life is undoubtedly my two parents, Mum and Dad S...
12/08/2021

I have never shared this before, but the most influential person in my life is undoubtedly my two parents, Mum and Dad Stangroom

Although they don’t run my business directly, many of their ideas and values shaped how I lead my life and more importantly, help others.

Both my parents are entrepreneurs, my dad has successfully ran a computer game shop for the last 26 years and when I was around 8, my mum was a childminder and anyone knows my mum, can see the joy and kindness within one conversation.

Growing up I learnt a lot about relationships with people and how to teach people,

My dad I would say is bit of legend and that his customers words not mine, this is not to do with what my dad sells but the charm he has,

He welcomes everyone into his shop, he laughs, he is honest with all his customers and always strives to do more,

My dad’s charisma and dedication to his work even when times were hard, (my dad is 67 and still kept his business going through COVID) is something I am always in awe of and grateful learnt to have the same skills,

It has been instrumental in me being able successfully to train dogs to complete new behaviours.

There will be ups and downs all the time, picking yourself back up after a bad session or your dog not coming back can be hard to do.

My mum on the other hand, her approach to teaching children in her care was something I learned and quickly adopted with those children. Nurture and Guidance are two traits that I use every day to teach 1000s of complete strangers and when I am working with my clients overcome their struggles.

Have you ever heard of the saying ‘it not your dog, its you’?

It is true, we do have to learn, but every human learns differently and that’s the #1 thing any dog owners needs to really transform their dog’s behaviour, if you do understand it then neither will your dog.

AND, let me tell you when the children learnt something and understood it, they had the BIGGEST smiles on their faces – and learning to training dogs can bring that too, which then creates even more joy into the process.

What about you, who has been the most influential person in your life, and why?

Take a moment to think about it… and then go say thank you to that person. :-)

TRAINING TOOL REVEALED! Okay, so today’s tool is actually a HUGE tool when it comes to anything with your dog,AND you al...
10/08/2021

TRAINING TOOL REVEALED!

Okay, so today’s tool is actually a HUGE tool when it comes to anything with your dog,

AND you all have one.

The training tool is YOU!

Now I am not calling you a tool, but you as an owner are an essential if not necessary to achieve and do anything with your dog,

Your ability to watch your dog to see what they are doing
Your ability to train them new behaviours
Your ability to create a strong relationship with them
YOU are the person making it happen
Without you, where would your dog be?

SO, today I want to challenge you to celebrate what you’ve done with your dog so far even if your not quite where you want to be,

You have given them more than you will ever know.

WELL DONE TO OUR WINNERS!!!

You’ve been added to draw, and I will see you next week for round three!

09/08/2021

Can you Guess the Training Tool?

Hint: It has nothing to do with the dog 🤭

Comment your guessers below, answer revealed tomorrow at 9am

Sundays are my favourite days of the week, Lie-ins the morning and long walks in the afternoon.How do you spend your Sun...
08/08/2021

Sundays are my favourite days of the week,

Lie-ins the morning and long walks in the afternoon.

How do you spend your Sundays with your pooch?

Throwback: Check out this beauty of a beach!This is also known as Perranporth, the most dog friendly beach in my area an...
06/08/2021

Throwback: Check out this beauty of a beach!

This is also known as Perranporth, the most dog friendly beach in my area and a goal all my clients want to be able to take their dogs to.

I AM CUROUS...

What is your favourite place to visit with a dog or even without dog?

Bonus points if you have pictures ;)

The worst piece of advice I have ever received was from someone I really looked up to when I was 13 years oldThis horrib...
04/08/2021

The worst piece of advice I have ever received was from someone I really looked up to when I was 13 years old

This horrible piece of advice cost me and my family hundreds of pounds and caused us to waste 4 years of our lives going around in circles…

Looking back, I wouldn’t have got where I am today without having this advice so in way I am grateful,

However, this piece of advice is still circling. Its outdated and causing TONS to go around in circles trying to train their dog,

Sadly, with most dog ending up being rehomed or into rescue.

SO let’s talk about this ‘advice’, and I will begin where all great stories begin,

Once a upon time…

We brought a puppy into our home; we went to puppy classes and did all the training that we were told to do.

Then one day, our puppy was picked on by an older dog, at the time we didn’t knew what that meant, and our puppy, Bobby, seemed fine…

However, as he grew older, he started to growl and bark more,

It started off with one dog here and then then snowballed into EVERY dog.

We had no clue what was happening, and my parents thought it was the dogs fault, every day it got more stressful and stressful where my parents thought about giving him up.

*CUE Training Advice*

My sought out a local dog trainer who had worked in the police prior to help us.

His advice was:
‘Put your dog in its place, you need to be alpha, don’t EVER let them dominate you, if they do, do this’

This was followed by pinning Bobby to the ground, forcing him to stay there.

Deep down this did not feel right, I could sense Bobby had no clue what he did wrong and was very uncomfortable. After that he hid in his bed.

Likewise, when we were on a walk to stop him dominating us, every time he pulled we had to put him in his place by pulling so hard on the lead the dogs the lead tightened and threw the dog back.

Again, I thought, they were only sniffing?

If the dog peed in the house then we had shove their nose in it to LEARN.

By having this level of force, the dogs did behave…

Or as I quickly learnt, they learnt to be afraid of us and were so scared of what could happen they did nothing at all, which looked like ‘good behaviour’

But guess what? This made ZERO difference to Bobbys behaviour towards other dogs, in fact it just got worse.

Which is why I starting my journey into training, I KNEW there must be another way and there was.

We implemented it straight away and saw instant progress.

Hence why I am now teaching all you of amazing humans!

This advice is outdated, does not solve the problem and just causes dog to be afraid of us and some dogs will even bite back instead of hiding.

Here’s the REALLY contradicting part,

When you have a relationship with your dog trusts you, listens to you and WANTS to be around because of the pleasure you give them, the fastest and easier the problem decreases.

The biggest lesson I learnt and teach every day is this:

Dogs WANT to work for us, they WANT to behave calmly – they just don’t know how. Its our duty to teach them without fear or dominance but through understanding, kindest and with training steps that make sense to your dog, so they understand what they have to do.

Also, this photo popped into my inbox this morning from one of my fave clients, her dog was reactive to dogs, people, cars, and bikes.

Now look at her go! They are in REAL life with all the things that USED TO stress out, instead she is just chilling and being with her owner, enjoying the walk ahead

AND her owner is equally relaxed, just walking her dog without any dominance, force or needing to be an alpha (technically her dog already see her as the best human )

If you are wondering what the secrets are behind this and how you could have this too, then join me a special workshop I am hosting just for you.

Where we will dive into the methods I teach, the truth behind how dogs see and process the world and three steps you can take in 24 hours to start moving towards stress-free walks

Monday the 9th of august @ 7pm BST

Register In Advance to Save your Space: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtcu2qpj0pHd10HHwZ30qO1u5ngu6wni_c

🐾TRAINING TOOL REVEAL🐾Today’s training tool is an accessory called the ‘Yellow Ribbon’ created by the Yellow Dog Project...
03/08/2021

🐾TRAINING TOOL REVEAL🐾

Today’s training tool is an accessory called the ‘Yellow Ribbon’ created by the Yellow Dog Project.

The Yellow Ribbon (or any yellow item) is to represent to other dog owners that the dog with a yellow ribbon needs spaces or not to approach them.

This can be because the yellow dog is

- Nervous
- In training
- Reactive
- In season
- Unwell
- Has recently come out of an operation
- Old and fragile

The project has been designed to keep EVERYONE’s dogs safe, stress-free and avoiding any potential conflicts and setbacks that could arise if people or dogs approach a yellow ribbon dog.

I am totally behind this project and for client we do use yellow ribbons, and if we pass someone who has no idea what it means, then will stop, and show them so they know for next time.

There are huge proportion of people who are unaware of this project, so please do share the following PDF to let people know the importance of the yellow ribbon.

Congrats to everyone who guessed correctly!! You have been added to August prize draw, with the winner being revealed at the end of the month!

See you next week to play again.

Information shared from the Yellow Dog Project at www.yellowdoguk.co.uk

02/08/2021

Can you guess today's Training Tool?!

Post your answers in the comment and enter the prize draw at the end of the month!

30/07/2021

🐾🥳 WINNER REVEAL 🥳🐾

Okay so last month I created a cool game for all of you called the ‘Guess the Tool’

I want to share with you EVERY tool I use for training and importantly, why.

Training encompasses lots of stuff, from canine psychology to practical human handling, from learning to read your dog to communicating in a way that makes sense for your dog.

Whilst you can probably train without tools, they are literally the fastest way to train your dog.

And to make it fun, I am adding everyone who answers into a prize draw to a special gift for them and their dog.

So JULY’s winner is…

Beccy Mitchell

WOOP! Congratulations!

Please shoot over your email and postal address to [email protected]

The next round of Guess the Tool starts on Monday!

16/07/2021

Does your dog have a habit of ignoring you as soon as you head outside?

I used to think that it was something about me – that I wasn’t cool or exciting enough.

Then I learnt it actually has nothing to do with me and everything to do with the environment!

Often my clients have the same struggle, and constantly shouting ‘What’s this’ or ‘Look what I’ve got’

It can feel pretty exhausting and frustrating, they shared they would just give up after so long and feel defeated.

When I say environment, I am talking about the place your walking dog where they are not paying attention, the environment is what is happening around the dog, which is what causes the struggle to focus on you.

Which is also really normal thing for a dog to do, however, too much focus causes worry for us humans!

So here is one game that I want to share with you for you to play with your dog.

It’s been designed to help your dog learn to relax in those exciting environments and build their focus back on to you.

This is my go-to activity for any clients who have a super-environmentally excited dog,

I usually suggest playing this game 2-3 times a week in less exciting environments (i.e. beaches, dogs pars) and then build up to those busier places.

This is also FAB for any dogs that love to bark!

Go play the Rucksack game in video below and report back on how you get on!

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