Freeland K9

24/10/2026

Some real world training with Blossom!

Before I had my week off, Blossom and I went to the beach to try out her impulse control skills in a more exciting environment and she did very well!

Distractions are something you'll hear dog trainers go on about a lot, and it's really important to adjust your expectations to the environment you're training in.

Start all of your training indoors, then move into the garden, then a run free field (if you can), before expecting your dog to perform the same tasks out in the wild! 🌊

When you move up a level of distraction, it's also ok to move back to basics and start from the beginning with an exercise - even if your dog is amazing at this in the house it doesn't mean that they will be in the right headspace to concentrate 100% when you get outside.

Patience and practice are how we get there!

17/10/2026

Quick daily impulse control exercise anyone can do with their dog!

Noki did pre-empt me there, and if I was being totally pedantic, I would have waited and asked him again...but it's been a big day for him.

We did five miles this morning with the group. Followed by sitting about in a car park full of other dogs for an hour, and then a lengthy drive home to my mum's, where he had to wait about for another couple of hours, before eventually getting home the back of five. He was hungry, and he definitely knows the assignment 😅

Taking all of that into consideration I think we can let him off this time 😁

11/10/2026

Leave it stage 2 with Blossom!

Because she was doing so well at our field session last week, I moved on to stage two after giving her a wee brain break (those are important)! 🧠

Here, we go through the same steps as before, but with an object or food item that's a little bit more enticing, and harder for blossom to resist. By doing this, we're increasing the difficulty level and therefore it's absolutely ok not to expect the same level of success right aw

05/10/2026

Little bit of leave it with Blossom on a windy day!

This is leave it stage 1, where were deliberately using a low value item (to blossom) to make it easy for her to grasp the concept and she picks it up brilliantly!

We've already worked on playing the trap door game, to encourage automatic eye contact, and this is just one of the many natural progression opportunities from getting really good at that foundational skill.

Big well done for Bloss Bloss!!! 🥳

01/10/2026

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18/09/2026

Free seminar on enrichment tomorrow morning, 10am :)

25/08/2026

12/08/2026

Evening walk with my boys to view the eclipse, did anyone else make it out to see it? 🌒🐾🐕🕶️