Small Steps Dog Training

26/05/2025

I am currently not taking clients / running classes. If you wish to find a trainer in the Rockingham area, please use the link in the comments below. Until then, happy training. Candice 😊 and Mickey 🐶.

30/01/2025

What’s your favourite dog related book? It can be about training, breeds, enrichment, fictional anything at all, I’d love to hear them. 📚

28/01/2025

Sunday we helped team Makopup at their City of Canning event and let’s just say it was a tad warm 🤣 I took part in the annual photo under the rainbow sprinkler (to cool down). Saw and helped lots of dogs through the awesome obstacale course they had set up. Thank you to Frank and Carolyne for asking me down. 😊

27/01/2025

What lessons have you taken away from your dog/s?

Positively Present

25/01/2025

Sunday’s are for Snoozing 😴

Did you know puppies and senior dogs need between 15-20hrs of sleep a day and adult dogs between 12-14hrs a day.

I’ll admit it 🙋‍♀️ I have ALOT of photos of my dog asleep on my phone. So feel free to share yours below 👇

24/01/2025

Where you will find us tomorrow, Sunday 26th January. Helping out the lovely Makopup team at their stall. Come past and say hi 👋

24/01/2025

Some things you CAN do with your dog on a HOT day:

Exercise at home under the aircon. If you are after some amazing guidance and resources for exercising your dog at home please reach out to the amazing Megan from LoveDog Training Co she helped put together a fitness programme for my own dog and he has made big improvements since day one. This video was filmed when it was a lot cooler!

Do you have any other ways to keep your dogs fit in summer? I’d love to know! Comment below. 👇

23/01/2025

Some things you CAN do with your dog on a HOT day:

Walking early in the morning or late at night to avoid the heat!

22/01/2025

Some things you CAN do with your dogs on a hot day:

Learn a new trick! Trick training has multiple benefits. Learning a new skill can be quite tiring, think about when you started a new job, I bet you came home mentally exhausted that day! The same for our dogs! Not sure where to get started? Have a look at this tutorial from the amazing Emily Larlham from Kikopup. 🐶

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BhfOk05nM_4

Feel free to share a video or photo of your dog doing a trick below. 👇

20 of Kikopup’s all time favorite dog trick tutorials she has created over the last decade to help you train your dog like a professional!The dog trick tutor...

21/01/2025

Some things you CAN do with your dogs on a hot day:

Go for your walk yourself and bring home some smells for your dog to sniff at home. Think leaves, sand, feathers etc. 10 minutes of sniffing is equivalent to one hour of walking.

What other smells can you think of to bring home for your dog? List them below. 👇

20/01/2025

No dog has ever died from missing one walk. But dogs have died from one walk in the heat.
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Don’t take the risk.