Ferring Dog Training

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Friendly, supportive Dog & Puppy Training in Ferring, West Sussex and the local surrounding areas, Worthing to Littlehampton.🐾
We specialise in kind, games based effective methods tailored to you and your dog.

01/09/2026

🔹 I love using a Treat & Train or sometimes called a Manners Minder.
🔹 Excellent remote controlled treat dispenser to add to your repertoire of coaching strategies.
🔹 Here we are just having some fun , strengthening the basics of recall , send away, bed, distance control and of course building and strengthening our bond and listening skills.
🔹 Always pay to revisit simple, easy win exercises that your dog knows . It all helps to make them stronger.



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29/08/2026

🔹Absolutely chucking it down here on the South Coast so Mr P not being a huge fan of the wet stuff decided to opt for a quick brain game!
🔹Aims: To nose touch the target stick.
To engage with me.
To have fun.
To use his brain, where to orientate where to touch to get the reward.

🔹If you want to learn how to coach you and your dog then please just get in touch.

Have a good weekend







24/08/2026

🔹 Max is a 6 months old JRT pup and has had 4 sessions with us.

🔹 Here is his very first time so close to a dog, ( My Pum) without playing with the dog etc.

🔹 Max loves dogs and so he should every occasion he has with dogs is positive.

🔹 A life skill he will learn is to disengage from a dog . To focus on his owner. Another dog does not necessarily mean playtime.

🔹So useful for visits to the beach cafe or beer garden.

🔹So we must coach them.

🔹Fab work Max in your first time out with Pum. Note the reward comes every time Max looks and disengages from Pum that’s the behaviour we reward . He knows my dog is there but chooses to look back at Mum. Awesome. 👏🏻🐶❤️







19/08/2026

🐾 Structured Play — More Than Just Fun!

Structured play can have so many benefits for our dogs:

🔹 Stronger bond
🔹 Greater trust
🔹 More fun and engagement
🔹 Increased focus on you
🔹 Better listening skills
🔹 Improved impulse control
…and that’s just to name a few!

Let’s take Bono, a lovely Labrador, as an example.

Bono loves nothing more than running over to greet and play with other dogs. Whilst this may seem friendly and harmless, it can create problems — for both dogs and their owners.

So rather than simply telling Bono “NO”, we are giving him something better to do.

1️⃣ Management first
We use a longline, giving Bono freedom whilst still allowing us to manage the situation. Simple and effective.

2️⃣ Arousal up, arousal down
We play a simple Red Light / Green Light game, teaching Bono that excitement can be switched on — and switched off.

🟢 GREEN LIGHT: Chase, play and bite the toy.

🔴 RED LIGHT: The game stops. Bono releases the toy and offers a behaviour, such as a sit.

He is rewarded with food and then…

🟢 GREEN LIGHT — LET’S PLAY!

And this is where the magic happens.

Bono is learning to:

🐾 Focus on his owner rather than everything else around him
🐾 Listen even when excited
🐾 Control his arousal levels
🐾 Choose to engage with his owner
🐾 Have FUN whilst learning

And most importantly, we’re using something Bono already loves to help teach him the skills we want.

Dog training doesn’t always need to be about stopping unwanted behaviour.

Sometimes it’s about finding what makes your dog tick… and using that motivation to teach them something better. ❤️

If you’d like help using structured play with your dog, just drop me a message. I’d be happy to help.





12/08/2026

🔹One of the recent posts was highlighting Generalising a skill.

🔹Here Max a JRT puppy is doing exactly this.

🔹Taking the bed/ boundary exercise for the very first time to the village green.

🔹Traffic noise, pedestrians , smells , wind, seagulls and a hist of other factors that may have an effect on a dog doing an exercise they know but not in this environment.

🔹Max did so well. The rapid rate of reward helps a young dog to learn they are doing well.

Fab work Max.





🔹 Over the weekend we had a family party. Lots of people , kids and babies. Pum loved it but also knew his safe place. I...
11/08/2026

🔹 Over the weekend we had a family party. Lots of people , kids and babies. Pum loved it but also knew his safe place. It got me thinking .

🔹One of the most common issues I see — yet one that is rarely highlighted by owners — is a lack of boundaries.

🔹Over the years, I’ve been into so many households helping dogs and their owners, and I regularly see dogs who simply haven’t learned how to switch off.

🔹Dogs that jump all over you, constantly demand attention, bark for attention, want to play whenever they choose, follow you everywhere and struggle to simply be calm.

🔹And this isn’t about being harsh or constantly telling your dog off but teaching your dog how to settle, how to wait, how to cope with not getting what they want immediately, and how to understand boundaries within the home.

🔹For me, helping a dog learn to be calm and have some structure within the home can make a huge difference in helping them deal with the busy world outside.

🏠 Calmness starts at home.

🔹Give your dog the skills to switch off, settle and understand boundaries — and you can build a much more confident, balanced dog.

🔹If you need some help understanding your dog or would like some ideas to help them become calmer, please just get in touch.

Ferring Dog Training
🐾 Learning through games
🐾 Building confidence
🐾 Helping owners understand their dogs

03/08/2026

Generalising:
Dogs are not brilliant at transferring skills well, so a dog that sits lovely at your front door may not sit at the side of the road .
We have to coach them to perform simple learned tasks in different places , with different people and new distractions.
It is vital part of their lifelong coaching.

In the video Pum is in a busy park, with kids playing football just behind him. He remains in the down and remains focused on where I am. Not interested in the kids or their football ! 😀🐶❤️





28/07/2026

🔹Just off his lead and full of energy .
🔹This is when I want a conversation with Pum!
🔹I don’t want him careering around, he’s big he’s fast and that can be scary for other people or other dogs.
🔹So we play games.
🔹We connect .
🔹He listens.
🔹We have fun.
🔹He’s tuned in.
This for me is the power of games that revolve us both.
Have fun making your own routines .



🔹Often it is our fault our dog may not be doing this or doing that. 🔹 Rarely is it our dog’s fault.🔹If you can get into ...
23/07/2026

🔹Often it is our fault our dog may not be doing this or doing that.
🔹 Rarely is it our dog’s fault.
🔹If you can get into the habit of every day doing something with your dog .
🔹 Do a simple sit if your dog knows this well try doing it in an environment that he doesn’t normally do it and see what the result is .
🔹Just keep coaching 😀🐶❤️


Enjoy the journey. There is no rush. Coaching is for life not just a few months.
17/07/2026

Enjoy the journey. There is no rush. Coaching is for life not just a few months.

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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