VIP Dog Training Services - award winning dog training

23/05/2025

Come over from the Bark Side and become a reactivity Jedi!

Does your dog need reactivity rehab?

Turn your dogs triggers into triumphs with our canine calming course.

Our Reset Rovers Programme will help you to reduce reactivity and understand how to help your dog navigate the things they react to, to help your dog to relax so you can both enjoy being out and about.

We help reactive rovers and their owners to work together to reduce reactivity, reduce stress, and enjoy life together again!

23/05/2025

So excited to be bringing you all The Good Pup Club!

This is more than a dog training course! It is so much more!

The Good Pup Club is for puppies upto 18 months old.

This covers common puppy problems through to adolescent problems!

The Good Pup Club is a specialised club to support you from bringing you Pup home to getting through that difficult teenage phase!

Having a puppy is about so much more than training!

Why does your Pup Chew?
Why does your Pup think you are a Chew toy?
Why does your dog steal things and how do you get them back?
How do I stop my Pup guarding the food bowl?
How do I reliably get my pups attention?
How do I stop my puppy jumping up?
How do I get my puppy to sleep?
What is the best equipment and what do I need?
How do I get my Pup used to being groomed and handled?

All of these questions and more are answered!

Contact us to chat through availability for this must have course!

17/05/2025

Did you know we offer a refer a friend discount?

Refer a friend who books and pays for a training service and you AND you friend get a 10%discount!

Just quote friend and their name and a discount will be applied when booking!

Terms and conditions apply!

Basingstoke dog training. Basingstoke dog training classes, Basingstoke one to one training

17/05/2025

Working with dogs can be tricky, especially when dogs feel apprehensive about situations. The temptation is to try and push the dog into the situation to just get over it.

If we consider how the dog is feeling, consider how we can support the dog best and become dog focused instead of results focused then the results will come.

We supported Beau in the right way to ensure he was comfortable and happy. We didn't force situations on him, we took our time.

The result is that he decided that life wasn't so scary and we got the result we wanted.

Become dog focused and driven, not result focused! Let us show you how!

17/05/2025

Working on sharing items.

We need to ditch the Culter of taking things off our dogs "because we can" or to prove a point!

Teaching a dog to share their items in the right way is essential.

Let's stop taking things off our dogs to prove a point, and let's start teaching them that sharing is caring!

17/05/2025

Meet Dolly.

What a girl!

We have been working on general training, and this was her first off lead experience.

Everything came together for her, and her recall was fantastic!

Need help with recall? Let us know!

25/04/2025

Have a couple of spaces left on the life skills class starting on 3rd May so am offering them at a reduced price of £50 rather than £100!

Grab a bargain! 6 weeks of training for less than £10 per session!

Contact me to book!

www.vip-dogtraining.co.uk

08/04/2025

🐶 Professional, Award Winning, Force Free, Dog Training Classes – Build a Better Bond with Your Dog! 🐶

Looking to improve your dog’s behavior and obedience? We offer expert training for all needs!

✅ Lif Skills Classes – Fun, structured training for all levels
✅ One-to-One Training – Individual, Tailored sessions for your dog’s unique needs
✅ Reactive Dog Classes – Helping anxious or reactive dogs and owners gain confidence

Our experienced, qualified trainer uses positive, reward-based methods to ensure a happy and well-behaved dog. Helping you to enhance your bond and enjoy life together!

📍 Basingstoke and surrounding areas

📅 Book Your Spot Today! Www.vip-dogtraining.co.uk

📞 Call 07957 806752 📩 Message us to find out more!

11/03/2025

Real behaviour modification does not happen quickly!

Suppression of fears, behaviours, and psychological issues can happen very quickly if you want to stop the behaviour, but not to actually help your dog!

When working with behaviours that you, as the owner, want to change, you have a choice. You can choose to address issues and work to help your dog feel happy, relaxed, and stable. Or you can choose to stop the behaviours and paper over what your dog is going through and having to cope with!

Real behaviour modification takes time, patience, and understanding. Take the time to understand what is happening to your dog, to understand that what your dog is going through is tough for them and that in order to get the behaviour to the point that you are happy with you need to work at a pace that works for your dog, not for you!

If we could wave a magic wand and solve the issues for your dog and change the behaviours to meet your expectations for behaviour quickly, then, believe me, we would do that!

For us, it is hard watching a dog go through the behaviours which cause them stress and upset. But we also understand that working at the dogs' pace with understanding and compassion is the key to changing the behaviour with the best interests of the dog always being considered.

If we try to rush the process, or push the dog into situations that cause them distress, then the fallout of this could very well make things worse.

Imagine you are scared of rodents and someone puts you in a room of them. Now imagine that everything you react and show your fear, that someone strangles you, or sprays you, or even electrocutes you? Eventually, you will stop reacting, but the fear will still be there!

But what is someone gave you tools to deal with the fear? If someone showed you compassion and understanding? If you aren't put in a room of rodents, but you get therapy to address the fear and slowly helped you get to a point where you can cope seeing a rodent? Where you could sit in a room with just one? If you knew that you are slowly helped over your fear?

That is exactly what behaviour modification does!

So next time your dog is showing you their fear, listen to it and think how can i support my dog to feel less fearful instead of how do I stop this behaviour!

10/03/2025

So, more and more recently, there seems to be trainers popping up with claims of "fixing" dogs that others can't.

This saddens me so much. You see, there is no quick fix in dog training. It takes time, patience, and dedication to change behaviour.

It doesn't happen overnight or in one session.

You can't promise an outcome that will last from 1 session or even without seeing the dog.

Dogs are different. There are so many factors and facets to dog behaviour that a one size fits all approach is flawed.

Every dog I work with is different. Every situation and family unit is different.

What works for one dog might not be what works for the next.

When choosing someone to work with your dog, please remember this.

Be wary of people who make big claims about their work. Be wary of promises to solve your problems before they have even seen met your dog. Be wary of anyone who tried to justify hurting your dog - any form of equipment that causes discomfort to your dog will only mask behaviour. In order to modify behaviour we need to understand what causes the dog to behave that way and modify that!

Whoever you choose, please, please, please make sure they are treating your dog with kindness. Remember that your dog is a living animal, who can feel fear and pain. But they also respond to kindness and praise.

Lead by example and be kind! Do not do anything to your dog that you would not do to your child!

And remember, just because it works doesn't mean it is right!

10/03/2025

I often get asked to offer single one to ones or behaviour sessions.

I don't offer them as single sessions, and for very good reason.

Single sessions rarely solve your problem.

To really get to the bottom of the issues you are having, I need to be able to work with you, to get to know you, to get to see what is happening to your dog, yourselves and the environment.

Often, it isn't a quick fix, and as you begin working on the issues, other issues come to light than impact the issue you need resolving.

To work on issues successfully and help you, we do need a few sessions.

As you work through your issues, you need support to help iron out anything that isn't happening as expected and also be able to tweak the training as we go.

The support offered in between sessions, should you need it, is invaluable to the families we work with.

One session won't resolve the issues you are having.

It requires ongoing work and dedication to achieve your training goals.

We are always happy to chat with you about the best option for you and your pooch.

25/02/2025

Are you looking to improve your dogs behaviour through training?

We offer expert training for all needs.
Life skills classes - fun, structured training for all abilities.
Bespoke one to one training - Tailored sessions for your dogs unique needs.
Reactive dog classes - Helping anxious/reactive dogs and owners gain confidence.
We use positive, reward based methods to ensure a happy, but well trained dog.
Award winning training with a qualified, experienced, accredited trainer.

Contact us for a no obligation chat. tel: 07957806752.

www.vip-dogtraining.co.uk