The Ethical Dog Trainers Network - EDTN

14/10/2026

Another great video of one of our fantastic member trainers showing us what great training looks like! 🤩

14/10/2026

I couldn’t not share this post from one of our member trainers! Oh Benny! 🥹💞

Training Benny to become a therapy dog 😜

10/10/2026

Teenage dogs… growing up takes patience!

Unpredictable recall, changing confidence and hormones—there’s plenty going on behind those floppy ears.

Our new EDTN poster helps dog guardians understand these changes and support their dogs with practical, reward-based advice.

🌎 www.ethicaldogtrainers.co.uk

10/10/2026

🌟 EDTN TRAINER OF THE MONTH 🌟

Lauren Jackson — Maple Tree Dog Training in the Forest Of Dean.

Following her fantastic talk on HSHA at our latest trainer-led Zoom session, we’re delighted to name Lauren our Trainer of the Month!

Thank you, Lauren, for sharing your knowledge and experiences so openly, helping fellow trainers better understand and support the dogs in their care.

Lauren has also recently achieved something she should be incredibly proud of. We can’t share the details just yet… but we couldn’t let it go without a little recognition! 👏

Congratulations, Lauren — very well deserved!

09/10/2026

Halloween Visitors: Helping Your Dog Feel Safe

Halloween can mean doorbells, costumes and unfamiliar people. Try these kind, practical ways to help your dog feel safe without forcing greetings....

Halloween can bring doorbells, costumes and unfamiliar visitors. Practical, kind ways to help your dog feel safe without forcing greetings.

05/10/2026

From a rescue dog who once wanted to chase and harm the cats in her new home… to this. 🥹🐶🐱

Our own fur babies - Emmy and Rhion, curled up side by side on the sofa this evening. ❤️

Changes like this don’t happen overnight. They take careful management, patience, understanding and time to help both animals feel safe and confident around one another.

What they don’t require is fear, pain or punishment.

No e-collars. No aversive tools. No corrections.

Just kindness, patience, confidence building and ethical, reward-based training.

Sometimes the quietest moments are the ones that remind us just how far a dog has come. 💚

If you need help with your dog’s behaviour, choose a trainer or behaviourist who will work with your dog, not against them.

🐾 Find an ethical, accredited professional near you through The Ethical Dog Trainers Network.

www.ethicaldogtrainers.co.uk

05/10/2026

🎬 IN A WORLD… where every great trainer has a four-legged sidekick…

A new team rises. 🦸🐾

Armed with incredible noses, expert snack-detecting skills and more personality than any superhero could hope for…

THE EDTN SUPERDOGS HAVE ASSEMBLED. 💥😂

Meet more of the wonderful dogs who share their lives with our trainers and behaviourists — teaching us, inspiring us and keeping us smiling along the way. ❤️🐶

No capes required.

04/10/2026

🖤 National Black Dog Day was three days ago…

Emmy would like it formally noted that this delay was not her fault. 😂🐾

As our resident rescue Cocker Spaniel, she’s more than happy to step forward as today’s very late black dog representative!

National Black Dog Day was created to shine a light on black dogs in rescue, who can sometimes be overlooked and wait longer for homes.

And really… just look at her. Their loss. 😏🖤

At the EDTN, we’re big believers in looking beyond labels, appearances and assumptions. Every dog deserves to be seen as an individual, understood properly and trained with kindness.

So yes, we missed the actual day…

…but black dogs are worth shouting about all year round. 🖤

And if you’re thinking of adopting, maybe give the black dog at the back of the kennel a second glance. They might just be the one. 🐾

If you’d like help training your dog, black or otherwise - please do shout out, we’d love to help!

www.ethicaldogtrainers.co.uk

02/10/2026

You've done everything right. You found an ethical approach, you filled your pockets with the good stuff (chicken, cheese, little bits of sausage), and for a while it really helped. Your dog started checking in with you, the reactions got a bit smaller, and you felt like you were finally getting somewhere. Then, somewhere along the way, the progress stopped. The treats still come out, but the moment another dog appears round the corner, it's as if none of that work happened.
If that sounds familiar, you haven't failed, and neither has your dog. Treats can change what a dog does in the moment, but they don't always reach how your dog feels about that moment, and that's usually where things get stuck.

That gap is where I've spent most of my working life. Supporting dogs who struggle with reactivity is my speciality, and I'm really pleased to say I'm now working locally again with in-person behavioural programmes across Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Sussex. I can travel a little further when it's needed, so if you're just outside those areas, it's still worth asking.

I work without force, and without food as the engine of the relationship. We look at what's going on underneath the reaction, help your dog feel safe enough to think again, and build real understanding between the two of you so the progress actually holds.

If you'd like to talk it through first, I'm now offering a free 30 minute discovery call. You tell me about your dog, I'll ask a few questions, and we'll work out together whether this is the right fit for you both. No pressure either way.

Book your free discovery call here: https://canine-dialogue-dynamics.com/behavioural-programmes-surrey-hampshire/ 🐾

01/10/2026

Looking for a Dog Trainer or Behaviourist?

Look no further!

From Puppy Guidance and Dog Sports to help with more Complex Behaviour, The Ethical Dog Trainers Network connects you with knowledgeable and experienced professionals who put your dog’s welfare first. 💚

Kind, reward-based support. Free to find your match.

👉 ethicaldogtrainers.co.uk

Choose Kindness. Choose The Ethical Dog Trainers Network.