Click-2-Heel

23/05/2026

Adolescence catches so many owners by surprise. This course explains why behaviour changes and how to guide dogs through it.

Has your dog suddenly become more emotional, distracted, excitable, or inconsistent?

One minute they’re listening beautifully… the next it feels like they’ve forgotten everything you’ve taught them.

That’s adolescence.

During this stage, your dog’s brain, emotions, hormones, and responses to the world are all changing at once - which is why behaviour can suddenly feel unpredictable or harder to manage.

Inside Your Dog’s Teenage Phase, I break down what’s really happening during this developmental stage and show you practical ways to guide your dog through it.

This course focuses on helping dogs:
✔ Build emotional regulation
✔ Learn calmer thinking skills
✔ Reduce over-arousal
✔ Develop confidence in the real world
✔ Build behaviours and coping skills that last for life

Rather than simply correcting behaviour, the aim is to help dogs learn how to cope, think, and make better decisions when emotions are high.

Because what your dog practises during adolescence helps shape the adult they become.

Available now on C2H Online

https://c2honline.com/store/behaviour/your-dogs-teenage-phase/

What changes did you notice most during your dog’s teenage phase?

13/05/2026

Before sit and paw… build the real foundations that matter. 🐾

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with teaching tricks - they’re fun, enjoyable, and a lovely way to interact with your puppy.

But some of the most important things puppies need to learn early on are often the things people overlook.

✔ Connection
✔ Confidence
✔ Comfort with handling
✔ Emotional regulation

Learning how to feel safe, cope with the world, calm down, think, and trust us… these are the foundations that shape everyday life with our dogs.

The puppy who can settle calmly…
who feels comfortable being handled…
who begins to look to you for guidance…
who is learning how to cope with excitement and the world around them…

What we reinforce early often becomes what dogs offer most easily later on. So it’s worth thinking carefully about the behaviours and emotional responses we build strongest in those early weeks. Do you really want a dog pawing you for the rest of its life??

Tricks are fun… foundations shape everything. 🖤

30/04/2026

Recall isn’t just one thing… and neither is leadwork

It’s not about calling your dog louder or stopping them pulling.

It’s about building a dog who chooses to stay connected - even when the world is more interesting.

The recall you use when your dog is calmly exploring…is very different to the one you need mid-chase.

And dogs don’t just learn cues - they learn the emotion attached to them, based on how we train.

On this course, we’ll show you how to build multiple recall cues and understand when and how to use them.

Get in touch to book your spot

20/04/2026

Do you take things out of your puppy’s mouth?

Most owners do - and it usually comes from a good place. We want to keep them safe, protect our things, or stop them learning bad habits.

But puppies are always learning through patterns and emotion. If people approaching regularly predicts losing something, it can start to change how they feel when we come near them with items they value.

Small everyday moments often shape future behaviour more than people realise.

The good news? There are better ways to handle this that build trust, communication, and calm choices from the start.

If you’d like help understanding how puppies really learn and how to build the right foundations early on, my Free Puppy Starter Kit is a great place to begin.

https://c2honline.com/all-courses/

A puppy who feels safe bringing things to you (even the things it isn’t allowed) is often a sign you’re on the path to a great relationship.

11/04/2026

It’s easy to celebrate how much our dogs give us… their love, their loyalty, their companionship.

On a personal level, my dogs have taught me far more than I could ever teach them - patience, clarity, timing, and just how much our behaviour influences theirs.

But National Pet Day is also a good reminder of what they need from us.

Not just walks and food - but guidance, understanding, and the opportunity to learn how to cope with the world we put them in.

The calm dog… the confident dog… the playful dog… even the cheeky one we feel proud of - that doesn’t happen by chance.

It’s something we build, day by day. And for me, that’s one of the most rewarding parts of sharing life with them.

Whether you’re raising a new puppy or working through challenges,
it’s never just about the dog - it’s about the relationship we build with them.

Happy National Pet Day 🐾

06/04/2026

Di Martin has a passion for clarity, precision, and timing in her training.

Competitive obedience brings all these together - this is what it looks like when it all comes together. Here’s a glimpse of a winning round.

Want to train with this level of clarity? Get in touch with a DM and we’ll show you how.

12/03/2026

Congratulations to our latest Click-2-Heel Puppy Graduates!

It’s been wonderful watching these puppies grow in confidence, build engagement with their owners and start learning the foundations that will support them throughout life.

At Click-2-Heel our puppy course focuses on much more than basic commands. We help puppies learn how to engage, how to learn, and how to work with their owners so that when adolescence arrives, families have the tools to guide them through it.

These early lessons may be small…
but they build a lifetime of partnership.

Well done to all of our graduates and their dedicated owners.

If you have a puppy and would like to give them the best possible start in life, we’d love to welcome you to one of our upcoming courses.

📍 Puppy classes in Bracknell & Wokingham

📩 Message us or visit our website to find out more.

20/12/2025

A really lovely Christmas party for our Essential Life Skills class 🎄

An evening of training woven into a Christmas story, a few silly games, lots of laughter and some great teamwork from both dogs and people.

These classes cover all the everyday foundations - leadwork, handling, recall, toy play, interactive games and those important building blocks for real life.

What always stands out is how supportive this group is of each other. Great dogs, great humans, and a genuinely kind atmosphere to learn in.

19/12/2025

Scent Dog Training Christmas Party 🎄🐾

A brilliant finale for the year.

The dogs absolutely smashed it - searching hanging decorations, working through wrapped presents, and ignoring some very tempting distractions (yes, there were bones involved 😄). All in the hunt for our target scent gun oil, with prizes for those all-important correct finds.

What really stood out for me was just how far these teams have come since September. Indications are really starting to settle, even the challenging ones that can’t be reached. We’ve successfully introduced a new scent, and there’s been a huge shift team work and handling - slowing things down, trusting the process, and letting the dogs properly understand their job. The confidence, clarity and teamwork on show was fantastic.

I’m incredibly proud of their progression all my clients and their dogs. It’s been such a pleasure working with you this year and watching you helping you grow as scent teams. And judging by the laughter and wagging tails at the party, we had a lot of fun along the way.

Thank you all. Wishing you and your dogs a very Merry Christmas 🎅🎁
Roll on 2026… I can’t wait to see what you achieve next!

02/12/2025

Why Noise Training Matters More Than You Think

You’ll hear me mentioning noise work in the video, but I wanted to expand a bit here because it’s one of the most overlooked parts of raising a confident dog.

Most puppies leave their breeder with a good foundation -exposure to everyday sounds, maybe a few recordings of fireworks or traffic in the background. But once they come home, that foundation needs layering, just like any other part of training.

And here’s the bit many people don’t realise…
Noise confidence isn’t something you “tick off” in puppyhood.
It’s a lifelong skill that needs refreshing, especially through adolescence.

Adolescent brains go through huge changes:
- They prune away information they don’t use
- They can become more sensitive and reactive
- Emotional responses to sound can strengthen very quickly

This is why noise phobias often start between 6–18 months - not in baby puppies. One unexpected scare, like a car backfiring or a dropped object, can create what we call single-event learning - a strong emotional memory formed in seconds.

So incorporating gentle, well-controlled noise exposure into fun training sessions, confidence-building play, and settle work helps your young dog learn:

- Noise doesn’t predict anything scary
- They can stay connected to you even when the world is loud
- They have the tools to cope, not panic

Think of it like teaching emotional flexibility.
You’re not trying to make your dog ignore the world - you’re teaching them how to live confidently in it.

The little session in this video is just one example of how we can weave noise work into normal training, without pressure or overloading.

Building strong, resilient dogs isn’t about avoiding challenges… it’s about preparing them for the world they’ll live in.