Teach Dog

08/09/2025

A couple of our wonderful supporters have once again offered us a week's holiday in their luxury self-catering holiday cottage in Norfolk to raffle to

12/08/2025

Same tomorrow too!

29/05/2025

Blade & Daisy tested out the new “Bertie” field at Well Dog Field today. It is a lovely big space with lots of interesting things to sniff. This is one of our favourite fields, well worth a visit.

26/04/2025

Great first day at the with

25/04/2025

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23/04/2025

Really good post about hu***ng 👍

HU***NG HOUNDS
It’s not always about what it looks like.

Some dogs do and some dogs don’t, but if you have a dog that humps at the most inopportune times it can be particularly embarrassing or annoying.

Other dogs, other people, visitors, toys, cushions, furniture, anything that can be mounted and clung to may be fair game.

As people, it’s natural to assume that this behaviour is of a sexual nature, that our dogs must be oversexed, sexually frustrated or the all-too-common incorrect belief that our dogs are just trying to be “dominant” or “the alpha”.

Hu***ng, like many other dog behaviours does not always have a simple reason. It can be a complex behaviour which is usually emotionally or socially based.

When hu***ng is annoying another dog or person or causing frustration, discomfort or harm in any way, then obviously this behaviour needs to be addressed, but sometimes we need to consider if it’s really something we need to stop because as people, we see it as socially unacceptable?

Is it just a harmless way of relieving stress or anxiety or a way to release excess energy. Is a little hump now and then okay if it’s not causing any harm?

One of my boys (I’m referring to my dog - just to prevent any misunderstanding!) humps one of my other dogs every Saturday morning without fail.

This happens when we get back from a long walk in nature. I allow him to do this because I understand it’s his way of releasing excitement and calming himself down.

As long as the other dogs don’t mind, I don’t believe it’s causing any harm as it’s a healthy way of self-regulating.

If we prevent this, correct it, or at worst punish this behaviour are we removing a harmless natural outlet and risking another unwanted behaviour taking its place?

Hu***ng is one of the most misunderstood behaviours.

Very often, behaviour is not about the way it looks, but the way we perceive it from our human perspective.

21/04/2025

A great opportunity to work with your adolescent dog. Although aimed at Dobermann’s this will work for any breed.

Your Dobermann isn’t ignoring you because he’s being stubborn or difficult.

What is happening is overwhelm!

His brain is overflowing!

He can’t think when his brain is full and all those hormones are raging.

The world, our human world, is loud, fast, and full of scent, which we are not even aware of, and exciting objects to chase or maybe to be scared of!

Recall has stopped working ?

He appears deaf even in your garden?

His frustration is jumping up & biting the lead, your clothes & arm or maybe digging the carpet or chewing up his bed

What you will learn in this programme :

Teach your dog how to deal with excitement and listen to you

Teach him key life skills that he and you can use even in overwhelm or overexcitement, when visitors come over for example and when out in public

Teach & Proof that all elusive loose lead walking & recall everywhere, which may feel impossible right now. This will make all your walks so much less stressful

Learn how to gain your dog’s focus & his ability to listen to you no matter what.

All this is contained within our ASBO Adolescent programme so even if you just want to learn some basic skills for your older dog then this course is for you!

Led in person by us and with full support during the course of the programme with our Dobermann expertise you will find all the knowledge, teaching & support you need in one place and you can work with us from the comfort of your own home. We can help you wherever you are in the UK or the world.

Gaining Dog behaviour & training knowledge is for the human end of the lead!! We teach you to teach your dog!

Albert Einstein once said, ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’ and yet most of us still do this with our dogs!

Make that change for both ends of the lead - start to live the life you wanted with your dog.

Sign up on the link below to gain one of our limited spaces ⬇️

https://portal.busypaws.app/customers/dobercademy?booking_id=1236324

17/04/2025

What a lovely review from one of my clients. Gloria had severe separation distress but now can happily stay home for an hour. Her owner has all the tools in place to continue building on this time at a pace Gloria can cope with.
I am still not in a position to take on new clients but continue to volunteer for Forever Hounds Trust, providing behavioural support to dogs they have homed. If you are looking for a new sighthound please take a look at the hounds they have looking for new homes on their website.

https://foreverhoundstrust.org/dogs/