Puppy Perfect Training

31/05/2026

26/05/2026

Clover the 9-month old cocker spaniel starting her very gentle gundog journey…

26/05/2026

I had a lovely morning teaching a 7-month old cocker spaniel. Clover is a client I’ve been training since she was 8 weeks old and has been to my classes. She’s a truly lovely pup with absolutely no issues and, having watched our spaniels demonstrate the basics of gundog work, they asked me to help train clover on the whistle, retrieving and dummies. We had a wonderful hour and Clover picked up the new tasks so quickly - clever pup!

Then I worked with 9-week old Australian labradoodle, Barney, who’s living his best life with a family of 3 children on a beautiful property in Wimborne. We talked about nipping and distraction and then taught him his name through ping pong recall, worked on him not jumping up, touch, leave it and play.
Toileting and sleeping going really well.

25/05/2026

Happy birthday to my very special friend, Rosie

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23/05/2026

What a morning! We escaped the worst of the heat and held our class on our lovely soft green lawn with shade and plenty of water. Smashing dogs, delightful owners, great kids, a superb assistant and a lovely photographer!

We got through lots of training tasks with great success. Everyone went away with smiles on their faces and happy dogs.

It was a great moment when Soufleé, the beautiful aristocratic white Standard Poodle 4-month old pup appeared through the gate with her head held high and a pink ribbon on her collar and there was a collective aaaahhhhh from all of us!

A lovely morning ending up with Patrick and I heading to the pub for a pint!

23/05/2026

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Meet Poppy the person and Barney Bear the puppy - a glorious Labradoodle just acquired by this family. He’s an absolute joy and doing everything right at only 9 weeks old except nipping! We worked on distraction with toys, a licky mat and a kong which worked well. He returned to excessive nipping because he was tired which is often when the nipping increases so we quietly popped him in his pen with the kong to go to sleep. Putting the pup away in its pen must never be a punishment which is why something pleasant should always accompany the pup.

20/05/2026

In amongst all the training i do of other people’s dogs I also train my own pup Rosie. I have plans for her to compete in gundog trials but only if I can get her to a good standard. Here she is doing the stop whistle this morning. She turns one year old next week. I am very pleased with her progress…

20/05/2026

Last night’s class was mostly dachshunds with a chihuahua and a cavapoo thrown into the mix! A really delightful group of puppies who responded so well to the tasks and training. Bluetooth connection, placeboard, “touch” and ping pong recall. A lovely session and really looking forward to the next one