Christmas and summer preparation
November 7, 2026
Getting your dog ready for summer and Christmas visitors
Summer and Christmas turn up together. That means hot days, a houseful of people, and routines that go out the window for a couple of weeks. A little preparation now helps your dog enjoy it as well. Keeping cool Footpaths and roads soak up the sun and can be far hotter than ...
Why fireworks terrify dogs, and what actually helps
October 7, 2026
Why fireworks terrify dogs, and what actually helps
If your dog turns into a different animal every time a firework goes off, you're not imagining it and you're not alone. It's one of the most common things owners bring to me this time of year. Here's why it happens, and what genuinely helps, before the night and during it. W...
Your dog is not a wolf
September 27, 2026
Your Dog Isn't a Wolf, and That's the Whole Point
There's a persistent idea that if we just understood "the wolf" inside our dogs better, we'd understand our dogs. It's everywhere in outdated training advice, and it's wrong. Somewhere between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago, dogs and humans started down a shared path, and every...
Are we training our dog or is our dog training us
September 4, 2026
Your Dog Is Being Trained Right Now — Whether You Mean To Or Not
Here is a thought that changes how a lot of people see their dog.Training isn't something that happens in a class, or during the twenty minutes you set aside to work on sit and stay. It's happening all the time. Every single interaction your dog has with the world is teachin...
How You Reward Your Dog Matters as Much as What You Reward
August 5, 2026
How You Reward Your Dog Matters as Much as What You Reward
Most people think about rewards in fairly simple terms. Dog does something good, dog gets a treat. Done. But how you reward — the value of what you're offering, how you deliver it, when it arrives, and where it lands — shapes the behaviour you're building just as much as...
What I wish I knew when I got my first dog
July 22, 2026
What I wish I knew when I got my first dog
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Got My First Dog I talk to a lot of people who are frustrated with their dog. Not because they don't love them — they clearly do — but because things aren't working the way they hoped, and nobody told them what to expect.&nbs...
Importance of foundations for agility
June 26, 2026
Foundation Skills for Agility: Why Handling Comes Before Equipment
Wondering why your agility dog has plateaued? Discover why flatwork and handling skills matter more than equipment time, and how Foundation Skills for Agility builds the basics properly. If you have spent any time around agility, you will have seen it. A dog that flies over...
Over arousal in high energy dogs part 1
June 3, 2026
Over arousal in high energy dogs
The bucket is full and there is no more band width: Understanding and Managing Over-Arousal in Sports and High Energy Dogs Your dog isn't being naughty. They've run out of bandwidth. Here's what's actually happening — and what to do about it. You've done the training. You...
puppy
May 17, 2026
Early Training Sets Your Dog Up for Life
There is so much to do with puppies where do you start. Socialisation isn't just exposureMany people think socialisation means taking their puppy everywhere and letting them meet everyone. But quality matters more than quantity. What we want is for a puppy to have positive, ...
The importance of connecting with your dog
April 12, 2026
Connecting with your dog changes everything and how to get it
Most people think training is about control.But the truth is? The strongest, most well-behaved dogs aren’t controlled — they’re connected.What does connection actually meanConnection isn’t just affection or cuddles.It’s when your dog:Looks to you for guidanceFeels ...
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