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05/09/2026

Love this. So true

04/09/2026

🥳💪Yippee!! My 100th 5* Review 🥳💪 - What an amazing milestone and what wonderful feedback too. Watching dogs grow in confidence and live their best life is so rewarding. Even more so when I know how much it means to their families to see their new buddy happy and settled, so feedback like his means the world to me. And yes, I always encourage clients to stay in touch (aka pester me) during, and after the process, due as long as it takes! Thanks Holly

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02/09/2026

Are you stopping a behaviour, or creating one? With so much info available how do you know which training techniques are safe to use? Here's a handy guide: if the technique creates a new behaviour it's kind, but if it focuses on stopping a behaviour then it's punishment based.

Some examples:
🔥Uses a sudden noise to stop a dog barking at another dog - aversive
💪Keeps distance and uses a treat to reward a calm choice near other dog - reward
🔥Uses a lead jerk to stop pulling - punishment based
💪Uses a clicker to mark loose lead moments - kind

When in doubt give me a shout, I'll clear up any doubt for you.

31/08/2026

Still my top watched video...

Clickers are brilliant tools, you can solve a variety of behaviour and training problems, including reactive dog behaviour. In this video I'll explain how to use it to help a reactive dog.

Clickers are brilliant tools, you can solve a variety of behaviour ...

29/08/2026

Recipe for permanent dog behaviour change: practise until they get it right, then keep practising until they can't get it wrong!

If you stop too soon, the new behaviour will not be a properly formed habit yet and those old behaviours will creep back in!

27/08/2026

Catchy!! 🎤🎶

26/08/2026

The dangers of supressing behaviour

At its core, behaviour is communication. It is how dogs express internal states, process stress, and release built-up energy - especially frustration.

When a dog barks, digs, or paces, they are actively discharging energy so they return to a calm state. If we suppress that outward expression without addressing why it's happening, the underlying energy doesn't just vanish. It gets bottled up.

When a dog is forced to keep their frustration inside, especially through the use of tools like crates, no-pull leads/harnesses, or by micromanaging their behaviour, it almost always finds another exit. It might look like:

👉Lead pulling
👉Mouthiness and nipping
👉Destructive chewing
👉Failure to recall

Letting your dog bark, shred their toy, have zoomies in the garden, or sniff that “thing” in the park, could be precisely the release they need.

Allowing a constant release of frustration prevents it from building into something more problematic.

When I see this kind of behaviour, I ask myself: What pressure release do they need right now? How can I redirect that energy into a shredding game, a sniffari, or something else instead?

What is your dog's favourite "pressure release behaviour" when they're feeling frustrated?

23/08/2026

Is It Ok to Say "NO" to Your Dog?

If you spend any time in modern dog training circles, you’ll quickly realize that a single two-letter word has become the centre of a massive debate. Is it okay to say "no" to your dog? In this blog, we'll get into whether it is ok, and how to handle negative feedback for maximum benefit. Check it out...

Is It Ok to Say "NO" to Your Dog? Maybe, but here's why it's better avoided and what you can do instead of saying NO to your dog.

21/08/2026

Should you reward a rubbish recall? This came up the other day and I get it – that might feel really wrong, especially if you’ve been calling your dog over and over while they’ve been running around ignoring you, and then finally they decide to return. Why would you reward that?

So, in this blog I want to explain why you should always reward a recall – good or bad – and why punishing your dog for a delayed return won’t work. I’ll also share some advice on how to improve your dog’s recall for the future, because while rewarding them is important, it’s not always enough to fix a recall long term.

Check it out...

Should you reward a dog for a rubbish recall? I'll tell you why you should and how tto fix a few common recall problems.

20/08/2026

Doh!

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Left his dog behind while fleeing police....the dog then grassed him up.