Bone Canis

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

A wonderful social-skills walk, with Claire, yesterday.

One hour ‘Social-skills walks’, these are group sessions that involve a little training but mostly to get them used to walking with other dogs and separately. We do include some socialising but tend to work more on passing in a relaxed manner, being calm, building confidence and listening to basic cues in the presence of other dogs and people.

04/08/2026

Just a few of the gorgeous dogs we have met and helped last week...

04/08/2026

Early classes in Wisborough green, with Danielle and Cate, on Saturday mornings.

🐾Essential starter classes for you and your new addition... This course is designed to help you and your puppy start off on the right foot! We cover: teething problems, sleep, diet, house training, confidence building and sensory exercises, first steps of recall, off-lead and on lead socialising, focus, lead walking, drop and more… These are fun, relaxed, educational and enriching. Establishing the basics/ foundations of dog-training. Sit, down, stay/ wait, loose-lead walking, drop, engagement are just some of what we cover but we also give you personalised information to help individuals' needs.

🐾Next Steps Classes... These are small group classes which allow us to tailor and personally target areas your dog is struggling with the most but also recapping over the basics, as you can never over- practise the foundations. Focus, settle/ place, loose-lead walking, fun tricks to mix things up, leave it and impulse control games are just some of what we cover, but we also give you personalised information to help individuals' needs...

🐾Rally-Remix - A fun follow-on from our Next Steps course, or a great stand-alone class for dogs with some basic training foundations. Rally-Remix is a flexible pay-as-you-go session where we put real-life skills into practice through engaging rally-style stations and mini courses. We’ll build on skills learnt in Puppy and Next Steps, introduce new exercises where appropriate, and can even work on tricks you’d love to teach. Expect loose lead walking, recall, hand touches, bows, spins and more — all finished with fun mini rally runs for a little friendly competition and confidence building.

Please get in touch to secure your place on the next set!

03/08/2026

A wonderful social-skills walk, with Claire, last Saturday.

One hour ‘Social-skills walks’, these are group sessions that involve a little training but mostly to get them used to walking with other dogs and separately. We do include some socialising but tend to work more on passing in a relaxed manner, being calm, building confidence and listening to basic cues in the presence of other dogs and people.

03/08/2026

Many thanks to Speedbump.com for this Monday's chuckle...

02/08/2026

Too hot for the Bone Canis 'normal' monthly group social-walk, in memory of Ava - sorry we had to cancel, but we never take risks for dogs' safety... hopefully, we'll see you at a cooler seaside social-saunter, or next month's Petworth jaunt instead. 🤞

This Sunday-walk replacement comes from Drungewick - many routes to explore, especially shady choices which are great for this weather, and were this time in July 2024. Abe loved this one (but, as we all know, tbf, he loves everything, as everything is new and exciting in life, still... God love him) !! 🐾🫶

02/08/2026

'Background Bear' - always there - because he is THE loyalest Bear ever... 🩷

01/08/2026

‼️“My dog is friendly!!!!!” ‼️

Every person who has a reactive dog has heard this phrase uttered and wished the ground would open-up and swallow them (or the other people) whole...
You have taken the time to choose a lovely, quiet walk; you are happily wandering along; not a care in the world… then you see them… ! An off-lead dog heading your way! You call your dog and pop them back on a lead, but the other owners don’t call their dog back. You call out - they ignore you - you call out again - and then that phrase resonates around the countryside!!!! 😫
“My dog is friendly!!!!!”

Your dog now reacts because they can’t cope in this situation, and the other person starts ‘having a go’ at you for your dog ‘attacking’ theirs (even just at the bark)… You feel disheartened; you feel embarrassed; you feel like you are not allowed to walk anywhere… Of course you can!!!

Dogs are allowed to say “NO” if they feel threatened, it’s a natural response for all living creatures - it’s a defence mechanism. You are only responsible for your own dog, so make sure you don’t set them up to fail. If you have a nice friendly dog, that’s awesome, but don’t allow them to run up to on-lead dogs, because if they get frightened or worse (and a dog that has not bitten, can one day bite) then you too will now have a ‘reactive dog’.

Let’s all be responsible for our own dogs, and keep them as safe as we possibly can! AND don’t forget, people with ‘reactive’ dogs are only asking you to control your dog for a few seconds as you pass each other… 👍

01/08/2026

This is something that I wish I saw more of, dogs being dogs. Meeting their mates for a good play, in a calm and relaxed way.

Mine always gets excited about meeting the Friday gang!!