Storm's Squad - Dog Training

22/07/2025

Have you read things about "Reset Rules" and wondered what they are or (as most people do!) assumed you know what is involved?

Here are some of the most common MYTHS on what Reset Rules actually are, and the myth busting part of each of them is on Honest Hounds!

"She has never been aggressive over the sofa, so we haven’t introduced any rules over that”

“We’ve been exclusively hand feeding outside to stop the resource guarding, it worked brilliantly until we fed them in their bowl again, but then it came straight back!”

“My dog hates crates, so I can’t do Reset Rules”

“Reset Rules are only relevant for "aggressive"/"dangerous"/"bitey" dogs - they aren't relevant for my dog”

“We can’t do Reset Rules, because my dog can’t play outside - she has to wear a muzzle”

“I’m doing really strict “Reset Rules” I promise - she’s in her crate nearly all the time, but she’s getting worse!?!

“I think Reset Rules might help me, but I’ll miss my dog too much”

“We did Reset Rules for 2 weeks and he improved hugely during that, but he’s backslid since we stopped”

“I don't want to live that strictly with my dog forever”

If you thought any of the above, check out the myth busting section in the Education tier (Code HHJESSICA gets you access for 1 month for £1 to check it out)

20/07/2025

In order:

-the photo you want to get of the dogs

-most of the photos you actually get of the dogs

-behind the scenes chaos

-behind the scenes chaos take 2

18/07/2025

Minsc is 3 today - I wonder if he'll magically grow up now?

Seriously though, he is an amazing shepherd. Not any hint of human directed aggression, ever, but he does display alerting behaviours around the house and my van, which I like.

An eternal optimist and absolute tester, but who has a heart of gold and copes very well overall with my aggressive dysfunctional guest dogs who I keep bringing home.

His favourite things are:
- tug
- carrying his tuggy up and down mountains
- running around baiting Storm with his tuggy (especially if she has a muzzle on!)
- running really fast
- having his nails clipped (yes really)
- all meat
- relaxing at full power

His least favourite things are:
- when Storm has a tug toy and he doesn't
- vegetables (except sauerkraut)

Happy 3rd birthday Mini-Min - offficially a "grownup" now 😂😂😂

21/06/2025

12/05/2025

Personal Story time. 

Storm is coming up to 1 year since she last tried to bite a human.

Before that, she had a run of 6 months of no bite attempts, but on one day absolutely everything went wrong. She hadn’t slept well, neither had I, I was stressed, I wasn’t on great form, and for some stupid reason I decided that doing a training walk in town was a good idea. It wasn’t, she was tense, stressed, and she lunged and snapped at a woman handing me a takeaway coffee. She was muzzled, so “no harm done”, but it was a harsh wakeup call for me, then on her bad days, when she has blips, that pathway was still in there. Why I chose to do a challenging day on a day when I was feeling rubbish, I don't know, but I did, because I am human and I messed up.

The moral of the story - change is absolutely possible, but beware the complacency inducing plateau in the middle…

For the rest of the post, search "The Reality of Rehabilitating Dogs with History of Unwanted/Dangerous Habits" on the Education Tier on .

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