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Calmness Leads to Reward

Posted: January 30, 2020

This week I had a follow up lesson with clients who own a very lively male Springer Spaniel. In fact he has two Ferrari engines for performance which is causing many behavioural problems. One main issue is his over excitement […]

Happy New Year 2020

Posted: January 1, 2020

I’d like to wish all my past, existing and new clients a Happy New Year. 2019 has seen many achievements with training. It’s through commitment and dedication that results are achieved. Let’s hope we all have a positive 2020 pushing […]

Cooper’s First Shoot – through the client’s eyes

Posted: November 4, 2019

The journey from our first lesson with Damian to Cooper’s first shoot was full of twists and turns but with an overwhelming sense of achievement and pride that: ‘we did it! and he can do it!’. Cooper is a 16-month […]

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Pre-Shooting Season Cold Game Training

Posted: October 28, 2019

For a good number of my working clients it’s nearly time to take their dog into the shooting field for their first time this year. All summer they have trained hard instilling good solid foundations in readiness. Some clients set […]

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Tessleymoor Road Trip

Posted: October 8, 2019

Last week myself, Jade and our dogs took a Tessleymoor road trip as we travelled to Scotland to a beautiful location called Eskdalemuir, near Langholm in the Scottish Borders. We stayed at Billholm House, set in its own grounds surrounded […]

Don’t be fooled: is your puppy as advertised?

Posted: October 7, 2019

This weekend we were all ready to collect Mia, our eight week old Flatcoat Retriever puppy and welcome her to our pack. As you’d expect from someone like myself, we’d researched the sire and dam and the five generations within […]

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Residential Training 6 month old Myrtle the Wirehaired Vizsla

Posted: June 6, 2019

It’s Myrtle’s first few days in residence and she’s settling in well. This Wirehaired Vizsla is part of a busy household. It would appear that there have been lots of distraction and inconsistencies in her training. Both owners have their […]

Testimonial – Dog Training Yougi the Labrador

Posted: May 30, 2019

Yogui my five year old Labrador was brilliant around people but unfortunately not around other dogs and walking him was not the enjoyable experience it should have been. He had been to fun and agility classes, various dog training classes […]

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Remembering My Princess

Posted: May 21, 2019

Today would have been my Megan’s 12th birthday. Unfortunately, February 1st 2018 I had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. Megan was the most amazing dog I’ve ever owned, the bond we had was inseparable and […]

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Residential dog training with Milo the Flatcoated Retriever

Posted: May 12, 2019

  Milo has now resided with me for nearly six weeks. Throughout his training programme, it has been important to ensure he becomes a well behaved and respectable young boy. In my previous blog, I described just how unruly Milo […]