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RB Canine Academy Training owners to train their dogs My names Ryan and I am the sole trainer at the RB Canine Academy.

Over the past 8 years of working with thousands of dogs and having experienced hundreds of breeds in all shapes and sizes I have wanted to make a difference to the lives of our canine companions. Working with other trainers and educating myself over the past couple of years has allowed me to expand my knowledge in how to help even the most difficult of cases. Working with reactive, aggressive or just out of control dogs has allowed me to be able to pick apart a situation and find the best solution and training style for your dog. I aim to give you the tools an the information necessary to allow you and your dogs relationship to thrive and allow all dogs to have the life they deserve.

28/09/2026

More common than you think

Often described as being ‘jealous’ it usually results in fights between dogs as one try’s to lay claim to their owner.

Easy way to stop it, we create a boundary of what’s acceptable. We use a lead and when the offending dog comes in to claim space, we use the let the correct and move the dog away. We are consistent with this boundary until the dog stops advancing and we can give affection without space trying to be claimed.

It’s not a cute behaviour. Most people make excuses thinking that they just want to be involved, ignoring the possibility their dog is claiming them and protecting their resource from something else.

22/09/2026

Free shaping involves setting up a new behaviour that the dog has no idea what it is and we reward successive approximations that get more and more commitment from the dog until the full desired behaviour is achieved.

It requires the dog to have independent thinking, problem solving and motivation to achieve. Free shaping does not work if your dog does not have these things.

These commands can become intrinsically reinforcing down to the dog choosing to do them off their own intuition, along with being fast and effective to teach if done in the right way.

From not knowing anything to knowing the verbal command it took around 4 training sessions of around 10 minutes each time.

Too much bribery and too much help creates a reliant dog

20/09/2026

Often we see people doing the same walk with their dog where you are both moving forward but neither are actually interacting or achieving anything.

The human and dog relation was built for us to work together for an end goal, but that goal has now been replaced with the idea that because we provide cuddles and food that gives us enough to warrant no behaviour fallout in return.

If you have a dog that has been bred for a purpose, parts of your walk should be dedicated to working together to fulfilling that purpose.

Once you start implementing that, your dog can start to see you as a cohesive unit that they want to interact with. Rather than just a meat stick that holds the lead and stops them from running away

18/09/2026

Corrections are often the villain. They get painted as throwing the dog around the room as a physical deterrent for even a minor behaviour.

At some point, you have all used a correction to stop your dog eating, carrying or destroying an item. Yet none of you would say your dog loves you any less because of it.

We understand that there needs to be a deterrent around dangerous items yet corrections seem to be off the table for dogs for whatever reason.

Healthy boundaries with a combination of play and discipline creates a well rounded, healthy and balanced outlook on the real world.

16/09/2026

Some people say “my dog always waits at the road”, but oftentimes that’s a false flag for restraining them and holding them back, asking them to sit and then letting them rush out into the road. Which to me isn’t road safety.

If you come to a road you dog should stop with you without any prompt and then only cross when you say it’s safe to do so.

Everywhere is so much busier which means even the quietest of roads are now getting busier.

Having your dog acknowledge the road in front of you as a boundary that needs permission to cross can save your dogs life.

We wouldn’t give the same lack of awareness to our children, yet dogs are part of the family yet you let them walk first out into the road

Build that self awareness and be consistent with the boundary.

12/09/2026

Learning to regulate a nervous system is hard. Puppies will struggle. But removing any ounce of hardship will not create you a resilient dog.

You can’t reward for calm. If I continuously reward for staying in position, your puppy learns there is always something on offer that will come soon. Decreasing the likelihood they will fall asleep in a reasonable time.

They will fight it initially. It isn’t fun to do nothing. Make sure you have fulfilled them entirely before doing this exercise.

The body and brain will work together. But building an off switch will not come if you constantly provide stimulation when there doesn’t need to be any.

Not every moment needs to be filled, not every pass needs interaction. Sometimes we sacrifice the cuddles and the closeness of the puppy period to build that resilience and self dependence early.

Hard choices now. Easy life later. Or you can keep them close all the time and end up with a dog that you can never leave or take places later.

Your choices influence your future

10/09/2026

Loads of easy things you can but first we must check of our list!

We must make sure they are exercised, had a training session, play time, wees and poos. If we can check all these off and they’ve been awake for over 90 minutes these are things I would do.

Crate training. A safe place for your puppy to decompress and sleep uninterrupted.

Tethering. Give them a bed, tie them back to something heavy and wait for the brain to do the rest.

Pen. Restricted movement but more space. No toys, nothing to chew, just boredom and the brain will relax.

08/09/2026

Crate training is an essential part of raising a dog.

“I would never do that to my dog”, “you get in the crate see how you like it”, “I didn’t do this with my dogs and they turned out fine”.

All super common replies to crate training to make you seem like a villain for keeping your puppy safe.

If you didn’t use a crate and think that’s a flex, I would say you opened the possibility of unsupervised freedom, unwillingness to create separation and thus creating a dog that’s anxious and codependent, along with risking destruction or even your dogs life in general, a privilege we don’t even offer our children.

Babies get put in a crib, which is basically a crate without a roof, in order to provide a safe sleeping space where we know what they have access to, where they are and how long they’ll be asleep.

Why is a crate any different?

Create a safe, comfortable sleeping space. Build positive interactions around the crate and they will be more than happy to have their own space to relax and chill out in.

Crates are not punishment tools or time out tools. They are bedrooms for your dog

06/09/2026

This video is essentially the best way to stop your dog being reactive.

Go and hang around dogs and do not let them interact.

Build neutrality, build engagement with yourself and not other dogs and make everything boring and unfun apart from interacting with you!

These walks are held by the amazing so if you want to join in then book on his website.

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