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As a dog trainer or professional how would you help this dog?Answer in the comment section?
06/06/2026

As a dog trainer or professional how would you help this dog?

Answer in the comment section?

🐾 Holly’s Reactivity Training 🐾Today, Holly worked on a simple but effective scent circle exercise.We lightly scuffed up...
05/06/2026

🐾 Holly’s Reactivity Training 🐾

Today, Holly worked on a simple but effective scent circle exercise.

We lightly scuffed up a circle in the grass and scattered treats within it. Holly’s job was to use her nose to find the treats while also figuring out that the rewards were inside the circle and that staying within that area paid off.

This type of exercise encourages dogs to slow down, think, problem-solve, and focus on a task rather than the things happening around them. It’s a great way to help reactive dogs build confidence and learn to stay engaged, even when triggers are present at a distance.

For Holly, this exercise has an added benefit. As she suffers from hip dysplasia, activities that involve lots of running, jumping, or sharp movements can put extra strain on her joints. Scent work allows her to stay mentally engaged and enjoy training while keeping her movement slow, controlled, and low impact.

Watching dogs work things out for themselves is one of the best parts of training. Holly did a fantastic job staying focused, using her nose, and making some great choices today. ❤️🐶

⚠️ WARNING TO DOG OWNERS ⚠️As the weather warms up, blue-green algae can start appearing in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, an...
04/06/2026

⚠️ WARNING TO DOG OWNERS ⚠️

As the weather warms up, blue-green algae can start appearing in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and other still or slow moving water.

Although it may look harmless, some types produce toxins that can be extremely dangerous and even fatal to dogs.

🐾 Dogs can be exposed by:
• Drinking contaminated water
• Swimming in affected areas
• Licking algae from their fur or paws

Signs of poisoning may include:

❗ Vomiting and diarrhoea
❗ Excessive drooling
❗ Weakness or collapse
❗ Difficulty breathing
❗ Seizures

🚨 If you think your dog has come into contact with blue-green algae, contact your vet immediately. Fast treatment can save lives.

Before letting your dog swim or drink from natural water sources, avoid water that looks green, blue-green, scummy, or has a paint-like surface layer.

A few moments of caution could save your dog’s life.

Please SHARE this post to help keep dogs safe this summer. 🐶☀️

Understanding Recovery in Reactive DogsIf your dog reacts, don’t leave them in that situation or place. Remove them imme...
02/06/2026

Understanding Recovery in Reactive Dogs

If your dog reacts, don’t leave them in that situation or place. Remove them immediately and take them home or to a calm, quiet environment where they can decompress and settle before expecting them to engage again.

One of the most overlooked aspects of dog behaviour isn’t the reaction itself it’s the recovery.

Many owners focus on what happens when a dog reacts to another dog, a person, or an unfamiliar situation. While the reaction matters, recovery is equally, if not more, important.

How quickly can the dog return to a calm, thinking state?

A dog that reacts but can recover within seconds is in a very different place emotionally from a dog that remains heightened, stressed, and unable to disengage for several minutes.

Recovery tells us a lot about:
• Emotional resilience
• Stress levels
• Coping skills
• The effectiveness of our training

Progress isn’t always measured by the absence of a reaction. Sometimes the biggest win is seeing a dog recover faster, make better choices sooner, and regain focus more easily than they could before.

When assessing behaviour change, don’t just watch the reaction. Watch what happens next.

The recovery is where the real learning often begins.

🚁 Ever Wonder What a Helicopter Has to Do With Dog Training?Dog training isn’t always about teaching new skills it’s oft...
01/06/2026

🚁 Ever Wonder What a Helicopter Has to Do With Dog Training?

Dog training isn’t always about teaching new skills it’s often about helping dogs feel more comfortable and confident in everyday situations.

Chilli is reactive to other dogs and, a little unusually, to the sound of planes and helicopters overhead. Instead of trying to stop those feelings, we work on giving her positive ways to cope.

In these photos, Team Chilli is playing a simple scent-tracking game while a helicopter passes overhead. Scent work is a great way to tap into a dog’s natural instincts, encourage focus, and help reduce stress during challenging moments.

By giving Chilli a fun job to do and something positive to focus on, we’re helping her navigate her environment in a calmer, more productive way.

Because training isn’t just about obedience it’s about building confidence, resilience, and healthier emotional responses to the things our dogs find difficult.

Small games. Real-life challenges. Big wins. 💛

This can reflect into a dogs world too…..
30/05/2026

This can reflect into a dogs world too…..

One of the most overlooked aspects of a working dog is environmental stability.Meet Kallie, my Chinese Red Dog, who join...
30/05/2026

One of the most overlooked aspects of a working dog is environmental stability.

Meet Kallie, my Chinese Red Dog, who joined me on my knife detection course with Knife Detection Dogs UK Ltd . She showed a lot of promise, but because of her reactions around people, she was ultimately unable to complete the training programme.

At the time, it was disappointing. Looking back, however, it taught me one of the most valuable lessons in working dog development: before a dog can be considered operational, it must be environmentally stable in all situations.

Detection skills, drive, hunting instinct, and obedience are all important, but they mean very little if a dog cannot confidently adapt to the environments and challenges it will face in real-world deployments.

Too often, dogs are pushed into operational roles before they are truly ready. When environmental weaknesses are missed or ignored, mistakes happen, performance suffers, and confidence can quickly be lost.

Environmental resilience isn’t just another box to tick—it’s the foundation that supports every aspect of a working dog’s performance.

Kallie may not have completed the journey, but the lessons she taught continue to shape how I assess, train, and develop working dogs today.

Big thankyou to Philippa Hunt & Andy Lightfoot

Have you ever had a dog teach you a lesson you didn’t expect? Let me know in the comments.

Team Chief and his focus training progression 👊🐾One of the best ways to improve focus and reduce reactivity in dogs is t...
29/05/2026

Team Chief and his focus training progression 👊🐾

One of the best ways to improve focus and reduce reactivity in dogs is through simple “focus training” using the “watch me” command.

With Chief, the progression started in low-distraction environments, rewarding eye contact, engagement, and calm decision-making.

Over time, we gradually increased the challenge:
More distractions, more movement, more environmental pressure, while still reinforcing the same behaviour:
Check in with the handler first.

The goal isn’t just obedience.
It’s teaching the dog to stay mentally connected and engaged instead of reacting to everything around them.

Focus training helps build:
• Better engagement
• Improved impulse control
• Reduced reactivity
• More confidence in busy environments
• Stronger communication between dog and handler

The “watch me” command may seem simple, but it creates the foundation for calm, controlled behaviour in real-world situations.

Small sessions. Consistent repetition. Real progression.

One of the most important things we can teach our dogs isn’t obedience. It’s engagement.Not outward engagement with ever...
28/05/2026

One of the most important things we can teach our dogs isn’t obedience. It’s engagement.

Not outward engagement with every dog, person, sound, or distraction around them but inward engagement with us.

A dog that constantly looks outward for stimulation can become reactive, overstimulated, impulsive, or disconnected. But a dog that learns to check in with their handler develops something far more valuable: trust, focus, and emotional regulation.

True engagement looks like:
• Choosing you over the environment
• Looking to you for guidance in uncertain moments
• Remaining connected even around distractions
• Finding fulfillment through partnership, not chaos

This doesn’t mean your dog never socializes or explores the world. It means their default orientation becomes relationship first.

Many behavior issues begin when the environment becomes more rewarding than the handler.

The goal isn’t control. The goal is connection.

When a dog inwardly engages with you, training becomes clearer, walks become calmer, and your relationship becomes deeper than commands and corrections.

A connected dog is a confident dog.

More loose lead walking work this week with Team Boris 🐾Boris is a notoriously strong pulling dog, and here we are teach...
27/05/2026

More loose lead walking work this week with Team Boris 🐾

Boris is a notoriously strong pulling dog, and here we are teaching him exactly where we want him to be through clear commands, consistency, and reward-based training.

One of the biggest mistakes dog owners make is assuming their dog should naturally know how to walk nicely on lead. Then when the pulling starts, they often look for tools to fix the problem instead of educating the dog first.

Training creates understanding. Understanding creates reliability.

Loose lead walking doesn’t happen by accident it’s taught. 👌

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