13/06/2025
⭐ Something we really don’t talk enough about is our ‘Out & About’ Sessions ⭐
These are extra sessions that are put on every week for our class members to join, at no extra charge! ✨
In fact, you can attend as many as you like so our class membership is basically unlimited training sessions making it exceptional value for money. 💸
Out & Abouts are our unique training sessions that take place outside in a variety of locations to help put what you learn in the classroom into practice. 🌳
We discovered although people and dog were acing the training in the classes, they were often struggling to see the same results in real life, so we decided to do something about it. Free sessions in real life, so 'Out & Abouts' were born.
We go to rural places, parks, urban areas, busy places, quiet places, all designed to proof your dogs training and make sure they can perform as and when you need them to. 🏙️
3-5 Sessions run per week on different days, and they rotate between topics and locations. If you really want to do a particular one just ask and we will make sure it comes up in the rota for you soon. 📅
We have some extra 'Summer School' specials at the moment plus here are all the other ones we currently run…
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☀️ Summer Specials ☀️
💛 Picnic Pooch - It's picnic season, and no one wants to be the owner chasing after their dog who stole a sandwich from someone's picnic! If you want your dog to be able to ignore food out and about, you are going to have to get some practice in. This session is a great chance to do that, with some fun challenges to really get your dogs impulse control muscles working.
💙 Pub Dog Training - This is probably one of the most wanted things when we ask you what you’d love in a dog. To go for a nice long walk and then settle in the pub afterwards. With the world becoming more and more dog friendly it's a great incentive to come along and start building your dog's ability to settle in pubs and cafes with ease.
🧡 Holiday training - We love a dog friendly holiday but they can be very demanding on our dogs, let's make sure they have the skills to navigate being away with you with ease! This session will cover a range of skills from being able to settle out and about, walk nicely in busy places, ignore distractions and what to do when you encounter new things on your travels.
💜 Polite greetings - Does your dog jump up on people and whine and pull towards them? This session will give you a chance to practice polite, calm greetings with your dog.
❤️ Beach Brain - Beaches = Zoomies. Does this sound familiar, every time you get onto the beach your dog loses their brain? You need to grow your dogs ‘Beach Brain’ including teaching them how to think in arousal, manage their arousal, disengage from all the distractions and check in and engage with you.
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🔧 Foundations 🔧
💚 Engagement - The foundations of all training, if you can’t get and maintain your dog's engagement, especially out and about, you have little chance of training successful recall, lead walking, or anything really. This session is all about teaching your dog you have as much to offer as the environment and it pays to pay attention.
💙 Loose Lead Walking - Walks should feel like a partnership, not a tug of war. Learn how to enjoy strolls where your dog keeps the lead nice and slack and happily walks by your side instead of pulling ahead. We’ll show you clear handling techniques and easy reward games that teach your dog to choose a calm pace.
❤️ Recall - If your dog's recall is hit and miss their safety is off lead is down to luck each walk. In this session we will bombproof your recall cue and equip you with a range of fun and exciting games and methods to supercharge your dogs desire to come back when you call, all while practising around other dogs and distractions.
🧡 Disengagement - Teaching your dog how to see things in the environment and disengage is truly lifechanging. It’s a mental muscle dogs come naturally weak in and it's our job to build it. Lots of people talk about it but not many actually show you how, so let us take you out on the road and start building it in real life, where it really matters.
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🚀 Next Level Skills 🚀
💛 Emergency Stops - Teaching your dog to stop on the spot on cue is a potentially life saving skill. It’s not too hard to get started with this training but proofing it to work at distance and in distracting environments is key, so come along to a session to work on it whether you are just starting out or looking to push your training forward.
💜 Bed Games - My dog needs to be able to settle down in the park? Teaching calmness and settling skills in all environments not only helps your dog with arousal and be able to relax more, it’s also essential if you ever want to sit and have a picnic, a chat with a friend, or go to a cafe or pub. In this session we teach settling in all environments, around a range of distractions.
💙 Focus Around Distractions - Does your dog have a nemesis? That one thing they can’t disengage from or recall away? Or do they just struggle with every passing person, dog and bird? In this session we will dive into how to maintain your dogs' focus around their biggest distractions.
💚 Impulse Control - Do you have a dog that acts without even a pause to think? In this session we take the impulse control skills you have been working on at home and in the class room and pump them up to work in a range of environments.
❤️ Toy Play - Treats aren’t the only reward, but toys can seem overwhelming if you don’t know how to use them as a Learn to use functional play as a reward to boost motivation without over-arousal, including tug, retrieves, and more breed specific options too.
🧡 Backpack Walk - Turn walks into a journey and not just a destination! We will send you a list of things to pack into a rucksack, then we go on our walk and have an adventure with the backpack. This is a great way to slow your dog down on walks, create calmness, engagement and connection. Plus it’s just really delightful to experience with your dog together.
💛 Training Walks - Go on a guided walk putting all of the different skills you’ve learnt to have an enjoyable, and stress free, walk into action. Over the years we have found that sometimes its difficult to know what to do when on walks to help your dog navigate real life so here we practice doing just that.
💜 Human Mechanics - It’s not just about what your dog is doing, what you do and how, makes a huge difference to your dogs understanding of what you are asking them to do. Come along to this session to hone your skills as your dog's personal trainer and up your dog communication skills.
💚 I'm In A Knot - Using long lines got you all twisted up? This session is all about setting you and your dog up for success, with long lines, how to use and manage treats and anything else you are struggling with when training your dog on the go. This session is for those who feel overwhelmed and like there's just too much to remember and do.
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🎉 Recreational 🎉
💙 Social Walks - Although great for socialising and working on your training around other dogs, these sessions are mainly just to come along and relax with your dog, have some fun and connect with other dog owners.
💛 Barkour - Get started or advance in this fun dog sport. Barkour teaches your dog to interact with obstacles in the environment through a series of moves akin to parkour in a safe and fun way. It builds confidence, engagement and supercharges connection on walks.
💜 Scent Detectives - If you’ve started scent work in any of our classes or even elsewhere you are welcome to join us in this session for some scent challenges out and about on trees, cars, walls and anywhere we find on our way.
❤️ Gundog Games - All breeds welcome! In this session we will be playing games that engage your dog's natural working drives, including retrieving and tracking, in a fun and structured way. These games can be used for training, enrichment, and simply providing exercise and mental stimulation for your gundog.
🧡 Tricks - Tricks aren’t just for fun, they also build confidence, relationship and listening skills in your dog, as well as your training skills! Join us for a fun, relaxed session where we can work on tricks that maybe need more space than the classroom. Beginners welcome!
If you want to join our class membership get in touch or comment below. We have just 3 puppy spaces and 4 teen dog spaces for the summer 🐾
