Jill O'Sullivan - Busy Bee Dog Training & Behaviour

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Jill O'Sullivan - Busy Bee Dog Training & Behaviour Educated. Experienced. Ethical

APDT, ABTC & KPA-CTP Positive reinforcement dog and puppy training in the Glasgow area.

Dog Trainer and Behaviour Consultant, Glasgow, who's been improving the lives of dogs and their people using compassionate methods, informed by psychology, behaviour science, for over a decade. Dog Trainer, Jill O'Sullivan has an ISCP diploma in canine behaviour, is a certified training partner with the Karen Pryor Academy and has professional memberships with APDT, ABTC, INTODogs & ICAN . Jill puts the emotional wellbeing of her canine (and human!) clients at the heart of all training.

12/10/2026

Teaching dogs to refuse food, never needs corrections. I just teach my dogs what I want them to do.

✅️ Stay still
✅️ Move
✅️ Go to a target
✅️ Recall
✅️ Fetch
✅️ Target an odour, etc

And gradually bit by bit I make food more available to them.

I'm so generous with my dogs they then find it easy to do as I ask, even when they could take the tasty food.

For the dog training geeks. This is another example of errorless training protocols

When my partner adopted Louie they were plagued by little dogs rushing up to Louie and barking at him in a not friendly ...
11/10/2026

When my partner adopted Louie they were plagued by little dogs rushing up to Louie and barking at him in a not friendly fashion. Dachshunds seemed to be a particular issue.

At the time Louie also seemed a bit nervous of small dogs and had lunged at one.

My partner did his best to keep Louie safe and build his confidence.

Once I came into Louie's life I couldn't help but do more to build Louie's confidence, sort his gut health, give him a wide range of social opportunities and experiences with other dogs and give him more off lead/ longer freedom.

As this happened my partner noted little dogs no longer bark at Louie. In fact, many little dogs become good friends with Louie.

This is because is no longer frozen and "neutral". His natural inclination is to freeze when worried but now he is actively communicating with all the dogs he meets. He's relaxed, can show he's not a threat, not interested or sometimes happy to be approached.

This level of healthy communication means little dogs are not scared any more.

This is why I hate the concept of "neutrality" where dogs are taught by humans to not react or communicate. It's not natural, helpful or healthy for dogs not to communicate with each other.

Socially skilled dogs are ones who've been allowed to spend time with other socially skilled dogs. They are not afraid of corrections from humans.

Case Study - My dog, BertieIssue - Anxiety, barking, stressBertie was the easiest puppy. Slept through the night, super ...
09/10/2026

Case Study - My dog, Bertie
Issue - Anxiety, barking, stress

Bertie was the easiest puppy. Slept through the night, super fun, no biting, could be left while I went to work.

Right up until he could come on walks. Then the problems started. He would whine or bark, he found lots of things scary or exciting. He was a maniac on his lead.

Puppy class was a right off because he was a panting mess.

Over the following weeks and months I got first hand experience of helping a dog who lacked resilience for normal every day life.

Gradually I learned what he needed to grown into a happy, quirky, fun little dog who has achieved so much.

I want to share with people how they can do the same for their dogs so have a webinar coming up on 19th October discussing resilience and hot to achieve it with your dog.

If you want involved, let me know and I'll send the details 😊

09/10/2026

I'm so lucky to have such big hearted dogs who help me out at work. Max is turning into a true professional but he absolutely balances his work/life balance and knows how to let off steam at home ❤️

07/10/2026

Negative reinforcement is what we call an action, event or stimuli that a dog will behave in a certain way to avoid.

Examples.
1. Max runs inside to avoid the hose when we water the garden.

2. Your puppy starts jumping around to avoid having their harness put on.

3. You go to work early so you avoid sitting in a traffic jam.

However in dog training this can also include using various methods that are unpleasant or scary to your dog to get them to do other behaviours.

This is totally unnecessary and has side effects, including your dog thinking you're not to be trusted.

Instead dogs behaviour can be influenced force-free in many ways that include positive reinforcement, classical conditioning, stimulus control/fading in protocols, etc.

My dogs can take the sausages if they want. They have just learned a different habit. No fear or intimidation needed.

Note. This was two of the dogs first time doing this exercise. Can you tell which ones?

05/10/2026

Cooperative care is all about working with your dog to make husbandry, grooming or veterinary procedures less scary, less intense, less uncomfortable and sometimes even pleasant.

Teaching a dog that they have choice and control dramatically increases their ability to cope with unpleasant experiences.

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