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DOGability Puppy, dog, trick, agility, scent & behaviourial training in Spellbrook, Bishop's Stortford, Sawbri Quote Yell.com for a 10% discount.

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This is what preparing for your puppy should look like! Careful thought given to appropriate space, secure and puppy-pro...
26/04/2025

This is what preparing for your puppy should look like! Careful thought given to appropriate space, secure and puppy-proofed, with direct access to outdoor space to help housetraining. Do we humans have to make a small sacrifice regarding our space? Yes, but it's so worth it! It's only temporary, reduces stress for our puppy whilst settling in, makes things easier for us (so we get less frustratrated with normal puppy behaviour) and gets our lives with our puppies off to the best possible start as we've set up for success from the beginning. Shay Kelly MSc: A Voice for the Voiceless

25/03/2025

We all learnt a lot from Mission: GSD how to use play to improve impulse control, create engagement and a great bond with our dogs, how we can use it to tap into their predation sequence to create drive and provide a safe outlet for that need and above all have fun with our dogs.

My favourite photo from the Mission: GSD workshop more coming soon!
18/03/2025

My favourite photo from the Mission: GSD workshop more coming soon!

10/03/2025

At DOGability we encourage all family members to get involved in training. How wonderful is this?!

08/03/2025

To everyone coming to classes this weekend from Harlow and Sawbridgeworth direction: there are temporary traffic lights on the A1184 at the junction with Spellbrook Lanes East and West. Please either allow a little more time to get to class, or come via the back roads.

29/01/2025

Get focused! You will always struggle to teach an unfocused dog, so work on this before teaching behaviours: focus is the foundation for everything! Here is Henno of Mission: GSD saying exactly what I say: work out YOUR dog’s hierarchy of rewards; add movement, toys and fun so your dog CHOOSES to engage so you can train; and then proof what you have taught. I've signed up for Mission:GSD’s February Focus course. Why? Because every trainer can learn from other good, ethical trainers, and I have a two year old working line Labrador and this is what I'm working on with him all the time - focus! It’ll be great to have a whole month’s worth of training games and ideas sent out every day so all I have to do is go out and have fun with my dog, and it will make sure in my mind I’ve missed nothing in his training, will cement all our foundations, boost our skill set and, best of all, deepen our relationship and connection. Come and join us: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/mission-gsd/t-rpvzxng.

REACTIVITY RESET SEMINAR: Saturday 15th March, 12 - 2pm Great Hallingbury Village Hall, CM22 7TY. Presented by Harry 'He...
21/01/2025

REACTIVITY RESET SEMINAR: Saturday 15th March, 12 - 2pm Great Hallingbury Village Hall, CM22 7TY.

Presented by Harry 'Henno' Matthews, former Police Fi****ms Officer, Police Dog Handler and Trainer. Reactivity Reset is about why and how playing with your dog builds optimism, confidence, focus, and reduces reactivity. Understanding the positive effects play has on our dogs’ brains and behaviour, and how to utilise it effectively, will transform your work with your reactive dog. Get your tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mission-gsd.

POWER OF PLAY WORKSHOPS: Saturday 15th March and Sunday 16th March, 9 to 11am, Great Hallingbury Village Hall, CM22 7TY....
21/01/2025

POWER OF PLAY WORKSHOPS: Saturday 15th March and Sunday 16th March, 9 to 11am, Great Hallingbury Village Hall, CM22 7TY.

SATURDAY HANDLER PLACES SOLD OUT, 1 HANDLER PLACE REMAINING FOR SUNDAY.

Presented by Harry 'Henno' Matthews, former Police Fi****ms Officer, Police Dog Handler and Trainer. Henno's expertise in using play to train his police dogs will help transform training with your own dog - whatever their breed.
6 handler places per Workshop for dedicated 1:1 time with Henno, 25 spectator places. Get your tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mission-gsd.

On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March DOGability will be hosting Harry 'Henno' Matthews, a former Fi****ms Officer and ...
19/01/2025

On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March DOGability will be hosting Harry 'Henno' Matthews, a former Fi****ms Officer and Police Dog Handler and Trainer, now full time dog trainer, as he presents his Power of Play Workshops and Reactivity Reset seminar for us. Workshops and seminar will be held at Great Hallingbury Village Hall, CM22 7TY.
Play as a training aid is massively under-utilised by most of us, and Henno will show you how to create desire in your dog to play and connect with you, whatever the distractions they are struggling with. When we know how to use play to our advantage, and utilise the positive effects it has on our dogs' brains and behaviour (especially the high drive, working and gun dog breeds), it transforms our lives with them.
Tickets are going on general sale on Tuesday, 21st January and we are giving our followers the chance to get in first. So, if you would like to get all the details and priority on tickets just comment below and I’ll email everything over to you.

18/01/2025

There are temporary traffic lights in sawbridgeworth by leventhorpe school please allow extra time for your journey.

Join our social walks on Tuesdays at 12 in Pishiobury Park and 10am Saturdays. Our Walks are a fabulous way to access he...
07/01/2025

Join our social walks on Tuesdays at 12 in Pishiobury Park and 10am Saturdays. Our Walks are a fabulous way to access help from our qualified trainers without committing to a weekly group class. A mix of a social get-together and ‘class on the go’, not a free for all, means you get to help your dog relax around others and enjoy their company, whilst still fully engaging with you in the great outdoors. Join us for a training top up, to get advice on issues, encourage calmness around others or help increase focus on you - and any age of dog can join, from puppies to oldies. They are also very effective at helping reactive dogs relax in their environment. Walks are £15 each and are booked as and when you want to come along. If you are a current or previous client call 07881 552559 or email [email protected] to book. If you are new to DOGability please call Adrienne on 07881 552559, before booking, to chat about your dog and what you want help with so we can ensure this is the right place to start your journey with us.

12/12/2024

Whenever we ask our dogs to to things for us we’re usually asking them to stop doing fun dog things and do some less interesting (if not downright boring) human things instead. You can pay your dog for doing these things with you, or you can punish them for not choosing you over all the other entertainment available to them. If you were a dog which type of human would you choose to live with? But as our dogs never do get a choice about the humans they get to live with be the one they would choose if they could.

10/12/2024

Are you ready? This is a question we should ask our dogs when we want their engagement, rather than presuming they’re immediately available to obey our every whim. There are lots of ways to do this, but this is one of my favourites. I call it Ready? Ready! and I adapted it from Kay Laurence's SheepBalls. Bay's favourite ball is placed at my feet and as I circle it Bay stays opposite me (if I circle left so does he, if I go to the right he changes direction). The only rule is he cannot run in to take the ball, if he does this I stop making the game noises and simply wait for him to drop the ball and back away to restart. As you can hear I make silly noises and he can get as excited and happy as he likes in anticipation of the ball being gently kicked in his direction to retrieve. Playing Ready? Ready! helps with impulse control, engagement and focus (what you can't see in this video is the off lead dog that passes behind us which Bay completely ignores, but you can see his rabbit fur ball on the ground and he LOVES that ball - but he loves the game more). It helps his thinking and listening skills when excited because sometimes I throw cues in there too. However mainly we just play this game because it’s fun – and he deserves to have fun every day of his life.

07/12/2024

Training will go ahead today!

05/12/2024

This is our trainer Kendrah doing movement puzzles with her dog Bailey. My Saturday group have just started this, there are loads of benefits, it gets the dog thinking so tires them mentally, good for propreoception and great to do indoors when the weather is bad.

We work with all breeds of dog, for all sorts of reasons, from general life skills (such as loose lead walking or recall...
29/11/2024

We work with all breeds of dog, for all sorts of reasons, from general life skills (such as loose lead walking or recall) to full behaviour consultations. These photos show that it doesn't matter what the breed is, from chihuahua to Malinois, training without fear, force or punishment works! Daisy, the little white Chihuahua, joined our Friday General class to help her confidence around larger dogs (and let's face it, most dogs are larger than Daisy!). She did exceptionally well and made friends with my Labrador boy, Bay. Hugo is a new addition to the class and had his first lesson today. He's a 6 month old Mali x GSD who has only been with his new family for 2 months so working on his basic skills to start with, but considering how he responded to training today he's going to be such fun to teach! If you're interested in joining one of our classes email [email protected] or give us a call on 07881 552559

28/11/2024

When a mother dog uses aggression on her pups it is because she either a) has an unsound temperament or b) she and her pups have been kept in an unsuitable environment (so any aggression displayed is the fault of us humans). Using the behaviour of a highly stressed, anxious or temperementally unsound individual to build your puppy training programme on is insane, it's like saying human parents should pattern their behaviour on Fred and Rose West. We are not dogs, our dogs know we are not dogs, so trying to behave like one is just confusing for them, especially as humans resort to punishment when they feel resentment, frustration and anger. Raising a puppy the right way can be hard at times, so having a solid support network is important, and our Puppy Class courses show you how to be the best puppy parent you can be. If you can't join us (and even if you can) I highly recommend you get Shay Kelly's book Puppy Nurture: Raising A Puppy With Love, available on Amazon.

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London Road, Thorley
Bishop's Stortford
CM234AT

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 6:30pm
Thursday 9am - 6:30pm
Friday 9am - 6:30pm
Saturday 9am - 6:30pm
Sunday 9am - 6:30pm

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+447881552559

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