Buckinghamshire Dog Training

23/06/2025

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21/06/2025

𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖...
..Well, something like this!

• Teaching new skills
• Proofing (solidifying) obedience and adding clarity and structure to promote calmness in the home
• Real-world exposure and widely varied experiences in a range of different, exciting places
• Confidence building
• Fun!
• Safe, controlled socialisation
• Neutrality around other dogs
• Tailored for YOUR dog
• Motivational training that works
• Extremely successful
• We train you too!
• Belgian, other Shepherds and working breeds a speciality
• Bull breeds, sighthounds and primitive breeds welcome
• Insured, qualified and experienced training by passionate, skilled trainers
• Based near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Our in-house full-time intensive training will now be occasionally available for more than one dog at a time split between our two trainers but we are still a small business where quality is the focus rather than quantity.

Visit www.buckinghamshiredogtraining.co.uk for more information.
Bite-Sized Bootcamps also occasionally available.

ℕ𝕠𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕘 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘.

20/06/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING WEEKEND TRAINING .

This will come as absolutely no shock to anyone, but we have made the decision to postpone all intensive training work (ITDs) over this weekend. We will rebook these for you as soon as it is a safer temperature so you wont be missing out on sessions.
With temperatures set to hit as high as 33°c, I am just not comfortable taking any risks.
A heatwave may be well outside of our control of course, but I would still like to apologise for the late notice change and any inconvenience caused
Welfare simply must come first as I'm quite certain you'll all agree.

If you have Leash and Learns booked this weekend with Natalia, please contact her early tomorrow afternoon to discuss these.

We hope you are managing to stay sane and cool whilst the local area is basically lava.
Do give us a shout if you need any helpful advice on keeping dogs cool and occupied whilst the current hellmouth is open for business.

*Please share your favourite summer dog pics and pet cooling tips to help that fickle god Al'gorithm to remember that we need people to actually see this 🐕

16/06/2025

A quick reminder to one and all that Natalia is on annual leave until saturday morning.
If you need a reply urgently, please contact Kat on the main business line.
- 07926 878584

16/06/2025

It's going to be hot hot hot this week, so today is the day to get everything together to help you and your dogs survive comfortably.

• Freeze bottles of water, wrap in towels and place in beds (this goes for you humans too... a frozen bottle to cuddle at night makes it so much easier to sleep!)
• Freeze wet or raw food in Kong toys, lick mats and slow feeders to give out throughout the day for a cool treat and to occupy bored brains when it is too hot to do much else.
• Frozen raw, meaty bones can be given with caution. Always pick a large size, supervise feeding and remove before the bone gets small enough to be swallowed. Be mindful that consuming too much bone will cause very hard or powdery poos and can cause constipation.
• Cool mats can be frozen so they stay cool for longer. Lay a thin blanket over them so they can't cause discomfort or frost burns.
• Freeze whole carrots as low fat, low calorie chews for portly dogs that definitely dont need fatty marrow bones or dogs that are prone to pancreatitis.
• Make sure you have plenty of fans to hand!
• Close curtains to prevent the sun heating up your house further.
• Avoid all high impact exercise or walking at all* when it is unsafe for your dog to do so. The temps at which this becomes a concern will vary quite a bit from one dog to another so common sense needs to prevail.
• If you do need to head out with your dog, check the temperature of pavements first.
• Familiarise yourself with the symptoms of heat stroke and keep a watchful eye.

* A note on seeing dogs out in the heat - try to remember that not everyone has their own garden and so you will occassionally see people toilet-walking dogs when they have no other choice. So long as the dog is not visibly struggling, please try to look at the situation critically and avoid being judgemental.

12/06/2025

14th - 28th July is available for a short Full-time Intensive Training block/Bite-Sized Bootcamp.
We very, very rarely have slots available at this short notice so make the most of it!

Suitable for working on lead walking, mild reactivity, polishing basic obedience.

Drop us a line for further information!

12/06/2025

14th - 28th July is available for a short Full-time Intensive Training block/Bite-Sized Bootcamp.
We very, very rarely have slots available at this short notice so make the most of it!

Suitable for working on lead walking, mild reactivity, polishing basic obedience.

Drop us a line for further information!

Based in Buckinghamshire, highly qualified and literate in a wide range of training styles and methodologies, we offer fully bespoke training tailored specifically to your dogs needs.

See website for full details.

11/06/2025

We have decided to open an additional couple of extra Intensive Training Day spots starting 30th June.

Please contact us for further details/to book your dog in for one of these part-time intensive training plans.

10/06/2025

𝕄𝔼𝔼𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕋𝔼𝔸𝕄 (ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝔼𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟!)

ℕ𝕒𝕞𝕖: Kestrel

𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕: Lurcher (kelpie, border collie, whippet, greyhound)

𝔸𝕘𝕖: 2

𝔸𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥:
Small but mighty, Kessie-Dog joined the team at about 13 weeks old and couldn't have fitted in more perfectly.
Sweet, social, incredibly biddable and easy to train, drivey and wonderfully high energy, she thrives within our lifestyle.
She lives for silly heelwork, fetching a ball and getting to rag a bite tug but is also the most velcro dog you'll ever meet when she has bonded to you.
Nicked named Cous Cous (don't ask!) she would merrily live in Kats rib-cage if she thought she would fit 🤣
We often have Kessie help us out in group sessions and many of you will recognise our muscly little pocket rocket having had her assist us in these settings.
Kestrel belongs to Kat and is her heart and soul, but also loves spending time with Natalia going on cani-x runs and often joins her on those eye-wateringly huge 30km+ hikes she likes to go on.
Kessie is set to become an ever more present helper as time goes on.

10/06/2025

Louis is FLYING through his training.
Calm and cheerful even in the face of prey. 👌

09/06/2025

It's been all about the HPR breeds today!

08/06/2025

𝕄𝔼𝔼𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕋𝔼𝔸𝕄 (ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝔼𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟!)

ℕ𝕒𝕞𝕖: Logan

𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕: Lurcher (border collie, greyhound, whippet, smidge of saluki)

𝔸𝕘𝕖: 10

𝔸𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥:
The dog in our logo, Logan came to Kat at 11 weeks old. He was a very fun puppy and loved to learn, especially silly tricks (who doesnt love his exaggerated head-nod?!)
Lovingly nicknamed Spagheti-Legs, right from the get-go he had an absolutely bomb-proof temperament. Social, stable, confident and nothing ever bothered him. He just takes it all in stride.

As the years went by, he not only gained skills in obedience and tricks but began to show an incredible propensity for alerting to oncoming medical events, to the point where he eventually became a fully task-trained medical alert Assistance Dog.
As well as this vital job, he was BDTs main demo and stooge dog for several years and is a very familiar face to many of you. He has spent years now helping us assess dogs, helping fearful and reactive dogs gain confidence and helping us demonstrate obedience and skills in 121s and group sessions.

Now that he is getting older and greyer, he is steadily retiring from his various duties and Bruno is taking over the bulk of his demo work, though Logan wants it to be known that he has no interest in giving up his position entirely just yet!
His favourite things in life including eating, mooching around in nature, chilling out in a good pub and more eating. He would really like to be very fat and is most disappointed that we have never allowed this 🤣