StressLess Dog Training & Behaviour Coaching.

30/10/2026

🐕Fabulous conditions for last nights trails and the teams all did some of their best work.
😱Oh and everyone enjoyed me sliding down the bank!

✅Ever wanted to try Mantrailing? Our next introduction course is on 15th November (last one for this year) - click the link for details. 2 spaces left! 👇

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29/10/2026

There is a mantra in dog training - always be cautious when meeting a dog at a client’s house.
I can see why 🤣🤣

👹We headed out for our session better safe than sorry!

Ernie the Weim remained unphased!

27/10/2026

🐾 TRAINING TIPS TUESDAY: WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO TRAIN YOUR DOG? 🐾

⏰ When should you train, and how long should a session last?

🧠 1. Choose the right time
There’s no perfect time of day! Train when your dog is relaxed, alert and ready to engage. Avoid times when they’re overtired, overexcited or struggling to concentrate.

⏱️ 2. Keep sessions short
🐶 Puppies: Start with 1–3 minutes.
🐕 Adult dogs: Try 3 minutes an exercise.

These are guidelines, not rules. Some dogs will happily work for longer, while others benefit from shorter sessions.

🎯 3. Watch your dog, not the clock!
If your dog starts disengaging, becoming frustrated or struggling with something they could previously do, make it easier or take a break.

🎮 4. Little and often works wonders!
Instead of one long session, try several short training opportunities throughout the day. Two minutes of recall games, a quick hand-targeting exercise or a few loose-lead walking repetitions all count!

Train while you are putting the kettle on!

❤️ Remember: Quality beats quantity. Finish while your dog is still enjoying the activity, and give them time to rest between sessions.

🐶Here’s Tilly trying out leg weaves for the first time!

🐾 YOUR CHALLENGE: Try three short training sessions today and see what you can achieve!

💬 How long do your training sessions usually last?

22/10/2026

❤️ Zeus has been working on his muzzle training. Today we did a session with a cone as a proxy.

💪 He was soon pushing his nose in, no lure and the reward is thrown away from the cone, releasing any pressure.

🙌 Fab progress Zeus!

20/10/2026

🐾 Training Tips Tuesday: Working with Separation Anxiety 💛

Does your dog struggle when you leave them alone? Barking, howling, pacing, panting, destroying things or toileting can all be signs that your dog is finding separation difficult.

💡 The key is to change how your dog feels about being alone, not simply teach them to tolerate it.

Here are five things to remember when working with separation anxiety:

🐶 1. Start where your dog feels safe.
Begin by building the skills that your dog is going to need in order to be left alone, grow disengagement skills, optimism, tolerance of frustration

⏱️ 2. Grow their love of beds/crates/baby gates
Increase duration in those places gradually in tiny steps, watching your dog’s body language carefully. Progress isn’t always linear, and that’s absolutely fine!

🙅‍♀️ 3. Presence doesn’t mean access
Teach them that just because you are at home it doesn’t mean they can have immediate access to you. This helps prepare them for your future separation

🧠 4. Work on duration, distance, visual access, employment (chews/kongs/lickimats etc) and disturbance and make sure these are solids before you attempt to leave

🧡5. Never let your dog panic or leave them unsupported before they have the skills to cope.

✨ Remember: Separation-related problems aren’t stubbornness, spite or your dog trying to manipulate you. Your dog is communicating that being alone is difficult for them.

If your dog is struggling, work with a qualified, reward-based professional experienced in separation-related behaviours. For severe distress, veterinary support is important too.

💬 Have you supported a dog with separation difficulties? What small steps helped you make progress?

Norah and Mabel are making great progress with learning to love their beds and understand that their Mum and Dad aren’t always immediately available!

18/10/2026

17/10/2026

😃Mitch is heading into the weekend with a smile on his face!
Keep it StressLess - tell us your plans with your pup👇

15/10/2026

The girls had never had a problem with being left at home until a week ago.

​We've moved into our new home. I spend a lot of time working from home and the girls have been coming with us when we went anywhere.

​Then last week we went to go out without them and Dinks jumped up and scratched at the door.
​What did I do? Ignore her and go anyway? Open the door and tell her no before trying again or stay at home with her?

​I took her with us. She was obviously not in the right emotional state to be left, telling her off wouldn't have made her feel any more confident with being left home and we needed to go so they came along for the ride.

​It was a huge reminder that I hadn't been doing some very simple things to help skill her up and feel ok about being on her own.

​She has been spending all day and all night with me, she always has access to me, yes, she chooses to go and lay on the bed while I'm working but I haven't been restricting her access to me. She had a vet check up with our new vet to make sure there was nothing medically that was contributing to the sudden change of behaviour.

Why get a dog if you don't want them with you?

​It's not that I don't want them near me, but! There will be times when she can't come with me. I want to give her the skills to not panic when left.

​We are practicing presence doesn't mean access (PDMA). She is at the stage now where she will happily go to bed for a random hour during the day with the door closed and we are still at home.

​In a separate room behind a closed door wasn't where we started, we used baby steps to get to her there. Always at her pace.

​I can walk around & open the door without her worrying. Taking things at her pace and moving her forward the right way: StressLess 🤗

​If your dog is struggling to be left and you need help, please drop us a DM.

15/10/2026

Oba flew through his puppy training and we’ve just received this lovely review….

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“Janet has been absolutely amazing with my little pup, Oba. He is 5 months old and is doing really well thanks to Janet. Training him has become a lot easier with the fun games Janet shows us, and he responds really well to them. She explains things well and thoroughly, and tells me why each technique is important for now and for the future. She’s such a friendly and warm person, which makes the whole experience really calming. Oba adores her, and gets so excited as soon as we pull up and he realises he’s going to see her! We can’t wait to continue working with Janet. X”

💪Oba’s Mum put the work in and it showed in all he achieved!

🙌We find 1:1 training so much more effective than puppy classes for so many pups.

If you want some tailored support for your pup, just send a DM or ping Janet on 07846653242.