Runcorn Four Paws Dog Training

02/12/2025

Smiley faces all round last night. Puppy Graduation Classes, Puppy Foundation & Puppy University. Thank you everyone for choosing us to help you to train your lovely puppies. See you next week.

04/11/2025

Our little Darcey just loves her movement puzzels.

03/11/2025

The lovely Harvey & Shannon sporting 'matchy matchy' outfits. Love it!

29/10/2025

Night night from Winston!

28/10/2025

Some fun with distraction training last night. All the dogs did well.

27/10/2025

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A few simple steps

23/10/2025

Oh my goodness! How cute is this picture. Our little Harvey in the autumn leaves. Just to cute not to share. Thank you Shannon for sending it & Harvey for his super model pose.

22/10/2025

This has been shared before, but it is such a good reminder, I think frequently we expect too much from our furry friends.

DON’T FORCE ME TO BE SOCIAL!

It may be really disappointing or frustrating when our dogs are not the social beings we expected them to be.

Many people assume dogs should just naturally get along with other dogs, after all they’re the same species.

Some believe the “unsociable” dog has a behaviour problem that needs to be “fixed”.

Early, appropriately timed and proper socialisation is really important, but sometimes despite all of this, some dogs are just not that sociable or socially selective to varying degrees.

Sometimes this can be improved, especially if the cause is from a negative experience, but genetics, breed tendencies, individual personalities, health and age all contribute to tolerance and sociability, which also change throughout a dog’s lifetime.

If we, as a human species, don’t get along with everyone we meet, how can we expect our dogs to?

Do we label or try to fix every person that has an argument; doesn’t make friends with everyone they meet, dislikes some people, or just prefers not to be social as having a problem that needs to be fixed?

Why is it so easy to accept that every individual person is different than to accept that every individual dog is different?

When we have done what we can to improve our dogs’ social skills, we need to accept and acknowledge our dogs for the individuals they are, allow and respect their choice of whether to be sociable or not and never force interactions that dogs are not comfortable with.

21/10/2025

Puppy Foundation & Puppy University Graduation. Thank you so much everyone for choosing us to help train your lovely puppies.

We are now taking names for our January intake. Contact us for more details.

14/10/2025

Winston .(just love him) learning the 'drink on command trick' just a normal night at Monday dog club.Toni Grey thank you for the video.

28/09/2025