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Welcome to October
It’s an exciting day on the shooting calendar with the pheasant season starting today, October 1st. For those of you lucky enough to have shoot days planned, I hope you have a great season. If you’re taking your dog along […]
Dealing With Scent Marking
Jaxx is a young German Shepherd. At just over three months, you can already tell he’s going to be a big dog. They have brought Jaxx as a companion dog for the Retriever, who I trained many years ago and […]
Could Your Dog Be A Covid-19 Detector Dog?
I am interested to see dogs being used to sniff out Covid-19. Apparently, their success rate is higher than that of the actual test. While mostly hunting breeds have been trained so far, the researchers believe that any breed could […]
Puppy Training Yoshi the Australian Kelpie
It’s always great to meet the eclectic mix of breeds across my dog training services. Today I met Yoshi the Australian Kelpie who’s starting out on his training journey. This is an active breed that comes with certain characteristics that […]
Unscrupulous Puppy Breeders
I have been blogging extensively about what I see as the scandal in dog breeding. This has come about as a result of demand for puppies during lockdown and the crisis seems no where near resolving itself. Just the week […]
Testimonial – Otto the German Wirehaired Pointer
I have blogged previously about Otto the German Wirehaired Pointer, who has now returned home from his residential stay. From an aggressive dog who attacked people, including me, Otto has come along way. At one point, his owners were thinking of […]
Coronavirus Update 4 – September 2020
Unfortunately, the virus is still with us. Here’s the latest update on my services – for the most up-to-date information, please do get in touch. Following the latest guidance, my services are running as follows: One-to-One Lessons These are running […]
Good to meet Coco the Cocker
It was great to meet Coco the Cocker Spaniel yesterday. We’d started Coco’s training pre-collection with a virtual lesson to prepare the family for their first dog. This ensured a routine was established from the moment she arrived home. It was […]
The Dog Training Journey
The last week has been crazy busy with many 1-2-1 lessons each day, followed by virtual lessons every evening. I have seen a huge mix of breeds, both large and small on their dog training journey. As always, training raises […]
Cold game pre-shoot group training
Yesterday’s lesson with two client was thoroughly enjoyable. The aim of the pre-shoot group training was to work on steadiness around multiple dogs for both my clients as they are destined for the 2020 shoot field. We worked Springer Spaniels […]