Dog Sense Training and Behaviour

24/10/2026

House Rules for our dogs

Taking Turns for Affection

One rule we always have for our dogs (and for young dogs in particular), is that only one dog at a time is allowed in our personal space for affection.

If one dog comes up, then other dogs mustn’t approach until given permission once we’ve asked the first dog to move away.

When fights happen in households, it’s usually over competition for something of value (resources). Food & toys are obvious ones, but access to people’s personal space along with attention/affection can be one of the most common times a fight can occur.

Often times one dog will want attention as soon as they see another dog is getting it, and that can lead to problems.

So rather than allowing the dogs to control interactions & access to our space, teaching them that WE decide & they must take turns is a great way to mitigate any issues later on.

Omen is learning that if Halo approaches for a pat, he can ask for one by politely waiting his turn but he cannot push in. Halo also knows to move away when asked.

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21/10/2026

If you make a claim, the onus is on you to provide the evidence to back it.

Plenty of dogs can be trained to a high standard without the need of ecollar training, BUT, the CONSTANT insistence that ‘research proves’ the same level of training is possible with Force Free methods has NO basis.

Claim you prefer to use a long-line, great. Claim your personal ethics mean you don’t want to use an ecollar, good for you.

But ENOUGH with the claims of this ‘proof’ that is not seen in research nor the field.

All these people TALKING sure do talk.. but we’re still waiting for the walk.

How long will we need to wait Alex?………..

** Edit: Strangly Alex stopped replying although has continued to reply to others in the same thread. Was it something I said? Yes, it was, I asked him for the evidence supporting his claims 🤷‍♀️

21/10/2026

Out now! We got down to some nitty-gritty in this one 😎

New Podcast Episode has dropped!!

A balanced perspective and LIMA principles in training PART 2

This is PART 2 of our dicussion on what is meant by training with a balanced perspective, or using a balanced approach to behaviour modification.

It is essential that you listen to Part 1 of this episode before listening to Part 2. Doing so will ensure you have the appropriate context and perspective on the information presented in Part 1, enabling you to better understand the reasons we will be examining and critiquing some of the Force-Free and Positive only training models discussed in this episode.

In this episode we get down to the 'nitty gritty' of the various methologies and discuss where things fall short of expectations and why. We discuss the new findings of theory of learned helplessness by neuroscientists which is very interesting.

Listen now on:
Spotify Podcasts https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/hitMrwMgp7b
Apple Podcasts
Youtube Podcasts https://youtu.be/B63bjg4Tnw8

Here are the links to the varous studies mentioned in this podcast for your information:

⁠https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10612690/⁠ Arndt et el 2022 "A Dynamic concept of animal welfare study"

⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33066335/⁠ 2020 The Five Domains Model including human-animal interactions. David J Mellor, Paul McCreevy & Colleagues

⁠https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4920136/⁠ Maier & Seligman 2026 "Learned Helplessness at Fifty: Insights from Neuroscience"

⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26404708/⁠ Robert Sapolski "Stress and the brain: individual variability and the inverted-U"

16/10/2026

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10/10/2026

Never any doubt 🤔🤭😜

07/10/2026

The biggest online dog training event in the world.

The Canine Conference 2026

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06/10/2026

💃Things that make dog trainers happy.

Visiting a friend and seeing this on their gate!

You’re doing it right!

And can we please take a moment to appreciate Bob?! 😍😍😍

02/10/2026

‼️It’s Grass Seed season in the Southern Hemisphere, and that means emergency vet visits for many dogs.

Grass Seeds are the dried out seed heads you’ll find on long grass that have small barbs along their edges.

They can attach to dog’s fur and burrow under the skin or body openings potentially causing infection, organ damage & even death.

Keep your dogs safe by avoiding long grass & carefully checking fur, between paw pads, ears, eyes & mouth after each walk.

Stay safe! 🖤

23/09/2026

Make yourself at home 🙄