Tips & Tails Dog Training School

03/06/2026

To all of those who have recently taken on a rescue or about to. Just give them love, safety and time and watch their personality grow ❤️

When they are ready for classes or if you need help please feel free to contact me.

02/06/2026

If you have met Minnie my young Havanese and fallen a little bit in love 💕

Her brother Toffee is looking for a new home. This is due to a significant change in circumstances and nothing he has done.

If you are interested in an amazingly intelligent and up for anything dog then this could be just the pup for you.

Gorgeous KC registered pedigree Havanese with a beautiful soft coat and lovely teddy-bear features. He has a warm gold/sable colouring with darker ears and markings and always gets comments on how cute he is. He is from an excellent breeder but due to a significant change in our circumstances we ha

02/06/2026

If your dog struggles with making the right decision it probably hasn't learnt to control its impulses!

Why not practice some easy impulse control exercises at home . Use things that are tempting to them. Stand reasonably near your target mat so that you can stop them getting the reward before they are given your reward cue initially and then build distance.

We work on helping your dog make correct choices when surrounded by distractions and temptations in both Beginner and Smart Skills sessions.

Please message me if you need help.

31/05/2026

Beginner Skills are for any puppy/dog starting it's journey on becoming a well mannered member of your household.

Some of the things we cover:
Sit
Down
Stand for examination or drying off
Go to bed
Walk nicely on a loose lead around distractions
Leave things they should not pick up and give things when they did pick up
Come when called even around distractions (see video)
and lots of other fun brain and body conditioning exercises.

Sessions are run on a rolling basis which means you can just book the sessions you can make and do as many as you feel you need. Each session is £12.00 and Beginner Skills takes place on a Wednesday Evening 19.00 and Saturday afternoon at 14.00

Message me for registration form and availability.

29/05/2026

Well that weekend away went quickly and we have also had a heatwave which obviously affected sessions this week as not only the dogs but the humans found it too much to work in.

Hopefully all back to normal British weather this coming week.

Sessions

Saturday
Smart Skills 13.00
Beginner Skills 14.00
Hoopers Agility 15.00

Weds
Smart Skills 12.00 and 13.00
Beginner Skills 19.00

Thurs
Hoopers Agility 18.00 and 19.00

If you are interested in booking into any of these sessions please message me.

18/05/2026

😱 Shock horror I'm taking a weekend off!!!

So no Saturday sessions this coming weekend 23rd May but still have

Weds 12.00 Smart Skills
Weds 13.00 Smart Skills
Weds 19.00 Beginner Skills
Thursday 18.00 Hoopers Agility
Thursday 19.00 Hoopers Agility

All back to normal the following week.

If you wish to book a place on any of these or subsequent weeks please message me.

11/05/2026

Teach your dog to use their nose and focus on the task.

8th June 19.00
6th July 19.00
3rd August 19.00
7th September 19.00

Each session we will work on teaching our dog to find a specific scent in different locations, not just on the ground!

How to get them to indicate to you when they have found what you asked them to find and how to then to turn the searching behaviour off.

Each session can be done as a one off as long as your dog knows the basics of scent work.

June - introduction to finding specific scent, how to get your dog to indicate and how to turn your dogs nose on and off

July - teaching your dog to search various levels, not just ground work but lifting their heads up and really use their noses to pinpoint a specific scent.

August - teaching your dog to differentiate between scents. To find the specific scent in amongst lots of other scents.

September - building independent focused searching in various environments and terrain.

Book 1 off session £25.00
Book all 4 £85.00 and save 15%

Limited spaces available. Message me for details.

06/05/2026

Whilst you cannot start training your puppy on all the sexy agility equipment at a young age, there are all the foundation things that you need to build before any of that can start.

If your puppy thinks you're boring then chances are they will not listen to you and find other more interesting things to distract them.

If they have not built strength and co-ordination, when they start agility they are going to find it hard on their bodies.

If they have not learnt how to concentrate around distractions then they will not be focused on the equipment and you.

If you want to build your own agility dog from a young age then contact me to find out more.

05/05/2026

Here's what we got up to this weekend.

On Saturday whilst I was teaching Smart Skills, Beginner Skills and Hoopers my daughter took Mouse and Adira off to an Agility Competition. On their first run of the day Mouse got 1st and Adira 2nd. Later in the day Adira also got a 3rd in jumping.

On Sunday it was Minnie's turn to take to the ring. We attended the Havanese of GB Open Show and although Minnie was a few days off of 6mths and not able to enter the main show she was able to do the Havi fun show and won the Best Baby and Heel and Spoon race ( all that heelwork training came in handy)😂

Back to our training week again with
Weds Smart Skills and Beginner Skills
Thursday Hoopers
Sat Smart Skills, Beginner Skills and Hoopers