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02/11/2026

Just leaving space for the dog to figure it out is one of the most powerful ways of training

This is how you really teach behaviours that stick long term

Command -> WAIT -> behaviour -> mark -> pay

Most of you more than happy to jump to repeatedly asking the dog or getting annoyed at them than just wait 10 seconds for the behaviour to come

We can move forward more quickly now with adding distance, distraction and duration because I sat back and did nothing for a few seconds extra

Of course you need to spend a bit of time building motivation in the first place for the dog to want the reward

Cora just has her evening meal here - no hot dogs or cheese needed here 👀

01/11/2026

And then we have Cora 😂

She is now 11 weeks and 100% mental, feral Rottweiler 😂😂

I have got to know Cora alot over the past couple of weeks. She is a typical manic puppy with bundles of energy but is coming on in leaps and bounds

Likes: Chewing anything possible, flirt pole, crocodile rolling, thrashing ANY toy, sleeping in the car, thinking doing a sit will give her anything in life, chicken feet, chatting to herself, testing my patience 😂

Dislikes: any situation where she cannot be involved.. classic puppy FOMO 😂, going out in wind and rain

I will carry on chipping away at Cora’s exposure and training day by day! She has a lovely nature and will make a great adult dog

31/10/2026

Dog training isn’t a course your dog completes and then magically behaves forever

Even our Behaviour Breakthrough Programme doesn’t come with a magic wand

But it does come with a guarantee… 👀

The whole point of working with a trainer is to teach YOU how to handle, communicate with and manage your dog’s behaviour differently

You learn what to do, what not to do, how to respond to certain behaviours and how to stop accidentally encouraging the very things you’re trying to change

And then comes the really exciting bit…

You carry on doing it. For the rest of your dog’s life

You don’t spend weeks working on behaviour, see brilliant improvements, then go straight back to your old habits and wonder why the old behaviours have made a comeback

Dogs are pretty good at noticing when the rules have quietly been scrapped

Our Behaviour Breakthrough Programme is designed to give you the knowledge, tools and confidence to make lasting changes. But those changes still need maintaining

It’s not about being in training mode 24/7. It’s about making your new way of handling and communicating with your dog part of everyday life

The programme gives you the foundations. What you do afterwards is what keeps them in place

And you can transfer your new skills to any dog you ever own too!

30/10/2026

I might see your dog for an hour a week, but you’re the one living with them for the other 167

And a LOT can happen in that time!

I want to know what’s going well, what’s not going so well, what you’ve struggled with and whether something I’ve asked you to do is actually working in real life

Send me the videos. Ask the questions. Tell me about the walk that went completely wrong or the tiny win that nobody else would understand

You don’t need to wait until our next session to tell me something isn’t working

I’d much rather make a small adjustment now than spend our next appointment undoing a week’s worth of confusion

And please don’t feel like you only need to send me the good stuff

I’m not expecting perfection. If everything was going perfectly, you probably wouldn’t need me

I’d rather know than find out next week!

29/10/2026

One of the hardest parts of puppy training? Learning to say NO to people. Especially kids 😂

In this clip, a child came running straight at my puppy, putting quite a bit of pressure on her and startling her

The parents were caught off guard, it happened quickly and these things happen!

I was THAT animal-crazy kid too 😂 But my parents never allowed me to approach dogs, and I’m glad they didn’t!

It was interesting to see my puppy’s response. She startled but recovered beautifully. I kept moving, created space and got her attention back on me and her food. No drama, just crack on

But this is exactly how dog bites can happen. Walking or running straight at a dog may trigger defensive responses

Not every dog will recover like mine did, and being cute doesn’t make a dog public property

Exposure isn’t about meeting everyone. It’s about learning to be comfortable around the world without needing to interact with it

Cora is pretty social and would like to interact with most people, but I don’t need to reinforce that as a habit. I don’t fancy having my shoulder pulled out when she is fully grown everytime someone comes past

So don’t feel guilty for saying no - you also don’t need to be a dick about it

Teaching kids to love animals is great. Teaching them to respect their space is even better

A different story for entitled adults who think they can touch your dog though 😂🥴

28/10/2026

If I had steak and lobster every single day, it would hardly be a treat anymore, would it?

If your dog has food available 24/7, gets cheese and hot dogs for looking cute and has snacks handed to them for simply existing, why are we surprised when they’re not particularly motivated by food during training? 😂

One of the first things I recommend is cutting out the constant free access to food

Make food worth working for!

Use some of their daily food allowance for training. Build engagement, reward good decisions and create a bit more motivation to actually work with you

Personally, I prefer one bowl feed a day and using some of their daily food allowance throughout the day for training

But if we’re trying to build food motivation, having a buffet available around the clock probably isn’t helping

And let’s not forget, I don’t want you relying on food forever!

Food is a brilliant tool for teaching behaviours and building engagement, but the end goal isn’t to spend the next 12 years carrying cocktail sausages around just to get your dog to sit.. far from it

We use food to teach, build understanding and reward behaviours, then gradually move towards other rewards and not needing food for every single thing

And before anyone starts, I’m not saying you can’t give your dog a chew just because you love them

I’m saying there’s a difference between using food with purpose and running a free for all for your dog

Ronnie feels strongly against this post oxox

26/10/2026

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25/10/2026

When I think about Walter I literally well up

I don’t think I could love a dog more

He is a 8 year old Lab X Cockerpoo (Mongrel basically 😂)

The sweetest prince he has a lovely energy, and will befriend any person, dog or creature 😂

Likes: Balls, getting under the quilt, swimming, party rings, cuddles, evening head scratches, retrieving, parading his toys

Dislikes: grooming, any suspicious new food 😂

Walter is an angel. He doesn’t ask for much and is just happy to be there! He is an absolute mummies boy and spends his evenings at my side

Another great stooge dog. He has some of the best dog to dog communication skills that I have ever seen. He is clear, fair and precise. He doesn’t stand for any funny business!

Many of my clients have met Walter on sessions with his infamous happy bum wiggle

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