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24/08/2026

🐾 5 tips to prevent a dog fight 🐾

Most dog fights happen under very specific circumstances. Either when arousal levels are heightened or when a resource becomes sparse.

Knowing these things and being able to do predict them will significantly reduce the chance of a fight happening, especially with newer dogs where those boundaries and relationships have not been established.

31/07/2026

🐾 Are you unintentionally making an unwanted behaviour problem worse? 🐾

We humans are often so focused on behaviour ’problems’ that we forget to consider the ‘why’?

Focusing on the problem only won’t change the what caused the behaviour to happen in the first place. That’s where we focus on our ABC’s…and not the fun children’s song.

A: Antecdent- the thing that happens before a behaviour

B: Bevaviour- what behaviour is being shown

C: Consequence- what is the consequence of that behaviour.

Only focusing on B will never change the driver of the behaviour. Focusing on A does. Focusing on A allows us to teach and alternative B which ideally still have the same impact as C. The dog still gets what they want in that moment, except by displaying an alternative preferred behaviour in its place.

It’s much simpler said than done for sure. But instead of just anticipating situations presenting themselves. Create them so you can work directly on that behaviour change from a point that works in your advantage.

16/07/2026

🐾 Why life is harder for some border collies than others 🐾

Border collies have been bred for centuries to work alongside their farmer to collect sheep and herd them back home. These ‘gathering’ genetics are extremely powerful and can be seen expressed in a very young age.

It’s also these very same genetics that makes them very biddable but also struggle when things no longer make sense or are predictable. They thrive in patterns, routine and stability. They also require a place for these genetics to be expressed.

Should owners fail to understand how to fulfil those genetics appropriately, border collies will find other ways to meet those needs. Especially in chaotic environments where movement is everywhere, such as urban environments. This constant chaotic movement will activate those genetics.

So before getting frustrated at your border collie, ask yourself this. Are you giving appropriate outlets for those needs? How old is your dog? What type of environment do you live in? How to you mentally and physically stimulate your border collie?

12/07/2026

🐾 What it means to think out of the box when training dogs🐾

When working in behaviour modification looking at behaviour alone head on won’t likely get you very far.

A dog trainer should be asking themselves why. Why is the dog performing this behaviour?

🩹🤕Medical reasons? In this example this dog had already been given the medical all clear so we stroked out the obvious issues such as hip dysplasia in this particular breed. Which issues around the car are often a common symptom.

😬Fear? Is he afraid of coming out of the car, or something else associated to coming out and being outside in a new environment.

📚Learned behaviour? Has something else been accidentally taught where the owner has inadvertently taught the dog to stay in the car.

Combination of things? Is there a negative association with the owner in this situation and this particular picture.

During this assessment I noticed how wary the dog was of his owner. The owner had then also expressed that there had previously been conflict between them historically when getting him out of the boot of the car which is when the dog escalated in behaviour.

The dog wanted to avoid this fight, this conflict which often occurs in this picture of events. It turned out getting out of the boot itself was the problem. Not necessarily getting out of the car. This was confirmed when we lowered the seats and asked the dog out via the side door which he has never done before and he jumped straight out without hesitation. Now we know where the issue lies we can create a training plan around the specific issue.

Had I not considered these points this could have lead us to creating more suspicion and tension around getting out of the boot of the car.

Would you have considered this last option?

11/07/2026

🐾 Honden die zich veilig voelen, kunnen zich ontspannen voelen

Honden die zich veilig voelen, kunnen zich ontspannen. Dit geldt voor alle rassen. In deze video zie je een mix van rassen met een hoge drang, oude honden, asociale honden en angstige honden. Toch kunnen ze allemaal hun rust vinden.

Dit komt door onze unieke opzet, waarbij honden niet gedwongen worden om contact te maken met andere honden als ze dat liever niet doen. Ik ben een professionele hondentrainer, gespecialiseerd in angstige en schuwe honden, en onze opzet weerspiegelt dat.

Alles wat we doen, van de ochtend tot de avondroutine, is erop gericht om hen gewoon hond te laten zijn, plezier te laten hebben en zelf te laten kiezen hoe ze met mij of de omgeving willen omgaan. Sommige honden houden van knuffelen, andere spelen liever en weer andere snuffelen graag rond en doen hun eigen ding.

Doordat ik kleinschalig werk, kan ik alle honden individuele aandacht geven.

10/07/2026

🐾’It must be so noisy’ 🐾

One thing is very commonly get asked is ‘isn’t it super noisy when you have that many dogs staying’. The simple answer is no. If it’s constantly noisy then there is a reason for that.

Dogs that have been suffeciently exercised & had all of their needs met and above all feel safe do not bark continuously.

My setup up has been specifically designed to advocate for safety and rest rather than numbers. I chose to be small scale not because I had to, but because I prefer to see dogs happy.

If you have a facility or know of one that is constantly bouncing then I’d be looking more deeply into why that may be. Are the dogs getting out enough? Is the environment inherently stressful? Are dogs continuously facing or having to have constant contact with dogs or people through bars?

All of these things build an entire picture. All points need to exist to have this level of calmness.

27/06/2026

🐾 How we help our guest dogs through a storm ⛈️

Many dogs are afraid of storms, rightly so they can be scary. Just as many people are scared of them. But there are things we can do to help it be less stressful:

• Create a consistent background noise
• Remove as much visual stimuli as possible such as closing curtains
• If you don’t have flickering lighting leave a brighter light on especially if the storm is expected to pass during the night.
• Remove anything nearby that could be affected by the wind creating a scary sudden noise.

24/05/2026

Do you have a favourite trick? 🐾

I’m a big fan of trick training, but I’m an even bigger fan of tracking practical tricks that may come in handy. Another few examples is that he can track my sons scent and he can find my lost items such as keys or phone.

Do you teach your dogs tricks? What’s your favourite trick?

23/05/2026

Teach your children to respect their pets boundaries 🐾

The largest percentage of dog bites to children do not come from strange or unknown dogs, statistically they come from our own dogs or a close family member, such as grandparents.

This is because we let our guard down with our dogs and we can be more prone to think ‘my dog would never do that’…..let me tell you, they will.

Allowing your dog to consistently have their beloved items stolen or have your children jumping over them like play toys creates a risk every time that today will be the everyone’s life changes forever.

Ask yourself this….what’s the risk benefit analysis here? When the risk astronomically outweighs the benefit we should be really asking ourselves why we take the risk when it’s our children’s life and also or dog’s life on the line.

Moral of the story. Teach your children to respect your dogs and your dogs will respect them in return.

18/05/2026

Huskies are super dominant, stubborn & difficult dogs to train…but are they? 🐾

Primitive breeds, like huskies, are commonly labeled words that have a negative intonation.

These labels give them a bad reputation which also impacts how people are likely going to treat them. People don’t like to feel ignored or rejected which can often feel that way when owning such a breed as they are far less biddable than breeds bred to work hand in hand with people. You see a husky hasn’t been tampered with all that much selectively. They are still very much the dog they were years ago. A dog with drive and grit. Two things which often rarely easily match in an average pet household.

Understanding what makes them tick will make them want to interact with you. They love to move, dig, be vocal and hunt. So offer them those things. People aren’t much different, we are more likely to want to socialise with people who are similar to us than dissimilar. So instead of labeling them….try understanding them and you might be surprised at how trainable they then become.

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