Lee Lunt Professional Dog Advice & Training

24/10/2026

I’m getting a lot of messages asking if classes are on tomorrow due to the stormy weather, I’ll be making a decision early in the morning, I’m obviously more conscious about people travelling in the weather more than anything. Please keep an eye out for the update.

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Thanks everyone.

24/10/2026

REMEMBER EVERYONE CLOCKS GO BACK TONIGHT. YOU’LL GET AN EXTRA HOUR IN BED.

This is what Tip and Eva think of the weather. The sleepy pig and her daughter following her lead. A dog that is happy and content along with being calm is everything. Don’t let bad habits manifest especially puppy stage, don’t leave things to chance or hope, actively train what you really want your dog to become as the biggest thing I see now is anxious, nervous and confused dogs who can’t cope. Stop putting g human emotions a d ways on your dog until you understand it as a dog and what they really need as a canine, once you get that you can do almost anything with your dog. Do you really think it’s good for your dog to be so anxious, emotionally dependent on the human, unable to process things in everyday life and live in the hyper stimulated mind set. They don’t need more mental stimulation or tiring out. They need to chill and cope.

If you are struggling or having issues with your dog and trainers and behaviourists are telling you to do stupid things get in touch we can help.

19/10/2026

This is Reyah who we’ve just got in to help fix her issues. She is a very nervous, anxious fearful dog which is causing her to be reactive to almost anything even family members coming to the house, she basically doesn’t know how to cope and is reverting to her instinctual behaviours, why because the work. She’s worked out the response of lunging, barking either makes the threat go away or doesn’t come close enough to her. Dogs learn in a very binary way, did it work yes, I’ll do it again did it work no, they don’t actively sit there wondering if there’s a better way to do something. Away from the human world right, wrong, good or bad doesn’t exist, it’s wanted and unwanted in that moment, which is learned through positive and negative consequences and they build up photographs that are linked to responses through repetition or a major incident. If people understood this more then things would be easier. Obedience isn’t the answer in fixing problems like this, your dog reads your whole state of being, instinct, energy, they need and look for guidance, leadership, especially coming into our world, all families/packs look for direction and protection especially in the midst of chaos. It starts with teaching calm with you, then around other things, which is where we are at with Reyah, if you’re walk starts with tension, or not even listening to you then you’re setting off on the wrong path straight away. Every minute you spend with calm good energy and repeating it, that stacks up and starts to become the new dog or new behaviour, but keep letting the old way happened then the old dog will reemerge, you also need to change, if you don’t then the dog will revert to the old relationship with you. This is why it’s crucial to get the right relationship as a pup. Remember instinctual behaviours cannot be eradicated only responses to something can be changed, so once a dog knows something it’s in there for life somewhere. You don’t need hours at once you need the same five minutes you did previously, this is also the same with puppy training and build on it, by repetition. The dog’s state of mind and the humans matters too before doing anything.

13/10/2026

We had a very busy Sunday this week. This gives us chance to push the dogs and owners in a more intense situation. Here we have a few of the dogs performing stays in the middle of a busy intersection with dogs and people enclosing in. Most of these dogs came reactive in some way and a big credit to all the owners who have kept going, put the work in and are seeing the results. The dogs in the middle couldn’t even have been next to other dogs without reacting, now performing stays at distance with a major big distraction. Trust the process and it will work. Use principles not exercises. Remember I can’t do it for you, I can show you, demonstrate, explain, but I can’t do it for you, it’s like playing the piano, if you don’t get it or put the work in away from the training ground then it won’t work, so put the work in, take your time and you’ll get the results, baby steps then it will grow, small things repeated often is what works. The biggest thing is teaching dogs how to cope in the real world, when you get that everything becomes easier. Performing tricks or games don’t fix reactivity, you need more than that and something that everyone can do and achieve, learning to do nothing.

If you need help please get in touch we can help.

08/10/2026

Comfy there. Eva and her daughter Tip. The first thing and to me the most important thing to have in your dog especially from a pup, is a dog/puppy that can cope and be happy and content as much as possible. I’m not talking about an excited tail wag or an excited dog jumping up and down when they see you, I’m talking about a dog that can chill out anywhere and will just lay down or sit taking the world in in any situation, even falling asleep. This makes for a more balanced dog through its life and it’s not just can it be calm it’s also important that you’re dog can recover quickly in a situation, it’s called recovery rate, quite often I see dogs staying in that high state of arousal whether it be anxiety, fear, excitement and their brains can’t recover and then something else triggers it to go higher and therefore the state of stimulation becomes the constant trigger, which is quite often the root cause of a lot of issues people have. Your dog DOES NOT NEED more mental stimulation it very often needs the complete opposite. Yes we have outlets with purpose and direction. Don’t mistake this for running around erratic thinking you have to tire them out, this often has the opposite effect and they actually get fitter and fitter then need more to do.

The art of doing nothing is everything. Think about it. If you’ve been told your dog needs more stimulation to fix things in your dog and you aren’t getting anywhere get in touch we can help.

03/10/2026

There’s something about watching a Dachshund running. Those ears 🤣.

Remember classes are half an hour later from tomorrow 9:30 adult and 10:45 puppy.

01/10/2026

A bit of a long post.

This applies to you and your dog. Dogs learn patterns through repetition. They get cues from us and can learn things for themselves, so be careful what you send out, yes they are learning when you are not with them and you don’t know what they are actually learning. Often what I find is, a lot of the problems in your dog stem from the human (not all), why because we address everything with the same logical brain as a human, that’s very understandable, I get it because we are human, we are programmed like that and practiced it for all our years on this planet. Animals are different, especially dogs they don’t, they just seek simplicity, survival, reproduction and comfort, but not comfort how you see it, comfort to them means, happy, relaxed, not stressed, not anxious, not confused, being able to cope even when something happens, warmth, safety, basically survival and see things in a basic way to humans, this leads to what I call lost in translation. Once a dog learns something and it works they won’t actively seek another option that might be better, until that option or response doesn’t work. The more your dog practices something the better they get at it and it becomes a conditioned response, they can only learn something when they do it, because dogs live in the moment. When we try to use our human rationalisation to see how a dog sees something it often leads to what I call lost in translation and confusion sets in causing many issues and the more we try to fix it through human rationality the worse it often gets or at best it doesn’t get any worse. This is where you as the human have to change and break the cycle, if you don’t change then don’t expect the dog to change, then and only then will growth begin and the new path to a better life with your dog who can learn, become balanced and be able to cope in life. You will have to make some sacrifices that might go against what you think but it’s not forever only while you start to help the dog become the best version of themselves and the life they deserve. I’m not bothered if dogs are in beds, on couches etc I’m more concerned about can they cope, are they happy and content being sat there stroked and just as happy and content without it, are they happy and content being in the same house but also just as happy and content being left etc, this basic coping mechanism sets you and the dog up to cope in the real works and deal with other issues, it’s a basic fundamental, once you can achieve this you can sit their stroking a dog all day, loving them, on your bed because a balanced dog can cope and not be needy, which often leads to reactivity in our outside the house, running around the house stressed when you leave, barking at people going past or at the door, if your dog can’t do it in the house don’t expect it to do it out in the real world. Seriously look at your dog and think do I really want my dog living like that, stressed, anxious and not being able to cope because I know I wouldn’t and I’m human and I can rationalise things. I get people say to me but I love them or I’ll do anything for them, well if that were true, then teach them how to cope with you and without you, which you will find leads to helping in all sorts of other situations or behaviours. Now it’s not the be all and end all it’s the foundation going forward, but often getting just this solves an awful lot of problems. Will a dog ever react again yes of course they will, it’s a dog, but you will see the dog recover more quickly from an incident or situation and not stay in a state of hyper stimulation or stress. When you first start fixing behaviours in dogs YOU WILL have to make some sacrifices to begin with and take small steps for you both to grow and trust the process, but then end goal is to have a dog that you can stroke, love, lead, leave on its own, go out have a coffee and the dog is happy content, not worry about walking past people, dogs, people coming to your house and balanced in the brain. It’s the little changes that you repeat often that make the big things happen, there is no magic wand or fairy dust.
If you aren’t prepared to change then don’t expect your dog to change and I nor anyone else can do anything. Some journeys are easier than others. You need to treat a dog like a dog first a foremost and understand how they learn, before putting anthropomorphic ways on them. If you stroke your dog loads have it in the bed etc and have no coping problems or behaviour issues then great, crack on, I stroke my dogs, share affection, they come sit with me, they greet me but they can also cope with or without me or any of the other dogs in my pack and the real world. You can’t leave a pup or dog all the freedom and hope they make the right decision in our world, they won’t, to them every response they do is the right on in the moment and have no clue what you want from them or how to behave, they will just revert to instinctual behaviours and think it’s right. Your job is to guide and mould to help them achieve that, not a dog that can’t cope, is needy, anxious, stressed, lost and confused. Don’t leave it up to hope or guess work. The relationship between you and your dog is crucial & vital and the most important thing you can teach, get this and everything will fall into place easier and less issues. Get this and your bond will be stronger but I think people think that their dogs won’t love them if they do, wrong they will. This something I think we have lost over many years as it’s not just in dogs but society, we are creating our next generations not to be able to cope in life if they don’t experience micro stresses and learn hope to cope. You can’t half heartedly do it you must commit and be disciplined to see it through. You can’t sit down with a dog and explain things you have to show it.

I could write more and probably missed a couple of things out but the post is long enough.

Mr Myagi said karate do yes it karate do no, karate do guess so, squash like grape.

Learn principles not exercises.

If all else fails listen to what the trainer said to do in the beginning.

27/09/2026

26/09/2026

A very good turn out and great pack walk today up at The Beacon in Skem. All very well behaved dogs and some owners too. Some brand new ones for their first and hopefully not last. Great to see all the dogs and owners in the outside world putting in to practice the teaching of what goes on in the classes, even with a few off lead dogs running up. Well done everyone , now planning the next one.

Classes are ON tomorrow. 9am Adult. 10:15 puppy and intermediate. Times will be changing next Sunday back to 9:30 and 10:45.

See you all tomorrow

24/09/2026

Little Luna at the cricket. She drafted in the bigger bodyguard of Maverick while on her outing as Eva and Tip where on a day off, definitely thinks she’s royalty.
On a serious note, This is what all the prep work leads up to, being able to go out to places and the dog can cope, chilling, not needy, enjoying days out and not having to worry the dog is going to make a show of you. Leadership, stability and calm is key to making a balanced and well behaved dog, this is the foundation of everything, even when people and children came over she still remained calm and unnerved. She didn’t need more stimulation because she was bored, she didn’t need her diet changing and snuffle blankets and lickimats, like what more of the internet tells you, the last thing she needed was more mental stimulation, she just needs humans to understand she’s a dog first and foremost and understand how they do things and making it as black and white as possible as dogs don’t have rationalisation like us. Understanding the dogs mind on how it actually learns and see how they see what you are trying to show them not how the human thinks they would see it, timing is everything. We’ve actually really taken to her, she is a really lovely dog. Real dog training for real world with real results, not just posters or people having a photo saying how good they’ve done.

If you need help with your dog please get in touch h we can help.