mypawfectk9

12/08/2026

👀👀 Recall through temptations 👀👀

How would your dog do - A perfect 10?

✅Sit Stay

✅To recall to handler without getting distracted with all the toys, goodies and snacks littering the runway!

✅ Return to hand for a collar hold

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ REWARDS!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

05/08/2026

Lead walking journey!

For those of you at the beginning you do finally get there, it just takes a lot of deep breaths, calm and rewarding position like crazy

Battle those hormones, environmental stimulants, emotional responses, ability to disengage and have excellent proximity, focus on handler as well as a wee bit of impulse control for good measure and jobs a good one!

Stick to your plan and don’t set yourself up to fail!

Well done to those going through the teenager stage right here!! Awesome work!!

04/08/2026

'My dog can do it at home!'

If I had a pound for everytime I heard that.... ;)

Classes are tough environments for your dog to work in... but that is the point of real world focus and choosing you over the distractions!

If it was your first session last night, think back to your first day in a new job... it was all a bit over-whelming at first no doubt and the same is true for your dog.

They need a wee bit of time to settle in. Sights, sounds, smells, noises, people, dogs - and different sizes, ages and breeds all needed to be accounted for!

We worked on (and your homework)

Focus on you 'watch'. It's your choice - teaches manners. Disengagement/ impulse control.
'Collar' - Reflex to name - your dog comes to you, rather than around you!

Collar hold - for calm

Position for lead walking (645pm group more so) - Proximity to you
Retrieve (645pm group) - toy to hand!

I have sent three homework sheets - please do not think this is ALL for next week!!

You pick little bits at a time

Print them out, pop them in a folder 'Doggy School' so all the family help and maintain consistency in training (and so you remember what we have done)

In the beginning we take it super slow. Foundations have to be rock solid or we cannot build. The building is faster when the foundations are good, right!?

Next week

* Retrieve (toys needed)
tug-e-nuff - 10% off with discount code 'mypawfectk9'

and lead work skills, as well as some recall/ collar practice.

Long line - bio thane are the better ones and a Y-shaped harness :)

04/08/2026

🏖️Beach Towel trick 🏖️

The best but was when the judge said how happy Demelza was and how much she was enjoying the show! 🧡

This is the biggest win, because when we first met these guys this is what we were dreaming of!

What an enriched life this little dog now has due to your support and confidence building work.

Very proud. 😊

04/08/2026

Well done to Team Demelza and Jennifer in a very tough competition over the weekend!

‘Best Trick’ class is always popular and highly competitive, but these guys clinched 3rd place with their Beach Towel routine!

03/08/2026

03/08/2026

Thank you West Pennines Veterinary Rehabilitation and Tilly for treating the dogs. It’s so important for general good health and movement. We never go a month without a visit from you!

03/08/2026

Hope everyone is looking forward to August classes!

30/07/2026

When you’re working on desensitising your dog to triggers the most important thing you must give them is distance.

Distance will not over-whelm or over-load the brain.

Distance creates the space your dog needs to feel safe and engage with you.

If you are too close you will get no response, and likely a reaction. This is not then useful training as the dog is simply rehearsing the behaviour you are trying to work on reducing, and stressing you both out.

We trained impulse control in classes with week teaching an Emergency Stop.

Once the dog understands that STOP means STOP, we made the training more real life with the dog driving away to a food toy and then asking for STOP.
We used coloured cones to replicate the ‘magnet’ effect of the trigger.

Green = easy
Yellow = moderate
Red = tricky

The closer the dog is to the trigger (and further from you!) the more likely failure is.

So start far away and slowly work closer. You can only move closer when you have had success.

TIP: Do not keep making it harder…. Do some easy wins, then test, then back to easy wins for growing confidence and a good pattern of behaviour.

29/07/2026

Norbreck class emails have been sent for August :)