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27/05/2026

If your dog struggles to listen when they’re excited, this is one skill that could fix A LOT of your issues.

Being able to tell your dog to switch off and calm down on cue is a massively powerful skill that a lot of dogs don’t have.

It can help with dogs that don’t have much emotional control, which can be a driving factor in problems such as reactivity, leash pulling, resource guarding, obsessive behaviours,etc.

Making sure your dog completely switches off when you say so (even around an exciting thing like a toy they’ve just played with) can be hard for them but that’s simply because it’s not a life skill they’ve developed.

This is something I do at the end of every play session to make sure my dogs have clarity when they’re in excited states and still have clear communication when it comes to rules and boundaries.

21/05/2026

Scotland really has its own unique charm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

20/05/2026

Sometimes the simplest way of teaching a dog to settle and be calm is also the one that involves you sitting around being boring for a long time.

No quick fixes with this one

10/05/2026

Reposting this because this is still a daily problem for us to this day

14/04/2026

If you have a reactive dog then exposure to their triggers is going to be a necessary part of their rehabilitation.

Things like group classes and pack walks can only do so much before they stop becoming helpful.

This is because your dog can quickly get used to the familiar dogs-it’s not very “realistic”.

Dog parks create an enclosed area where all of your dogs triggers can be tested-loud dogs, fast moving dogs, pushy dogs, etc

But please-just stay outside of the dog park😂

20/03/2026

It’s too easy to overexcite your dog but everyone underestimates the importance of being able to calm your dog back down again

16/03/2026

Dogs often come to me with a lot of issues. These issues can stem from a lot of different places but a big one I see constantly is under fulfilled dogs.

Dogs that have strong innate desires to do specific things but are constantly suppressed because of the modern world we live in.

When you see first hand the love and joy that these dogs express when finally to getting to take part in these activities, you’ll understand why they’ve spent most of their life up until that part angry, frustrated, scared or sad.

Focus on having a happy animal and watch as the behavioural issues start to fall away.

12/03/2026

Spaniels, shepherd, collies, all fall under this category.

It’s not always about doing MORE with your dog. Especially if you’re not even doing the correct thing to begin with.

Work smarter, not harder.

01/03/2026

Just get yourselves a malinois and make your life easier

26/01/2026

Stop ending the game when your dog is tired and bored.

End the game when the dog is at their most excited and energetic.

This leaves your dog wanting more. So the next time you bring them out to play they’re ready to put as much energy into it as they can.

A dogs energy is like a bell curve. It rises as the game progresses but eventually comes back down. Instead of waiting for your to dogs energy to be on the downward slope of the bell curve, choose to end the game when your dog is at the peak of the bell curve.

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