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Does Your Dog Get To Choose Enough?

It’s chaos in this house and the chaos is largely to do with the conduct of the dogs, with Holly (our puppy farm survivor and the smallest Yorkie) right in the middle inciting riots that she might in some way benefit from and she usually does. And there’s positive reinforc…
What Is Canine Reactive Behaviour?

Reactive behaviour is a sign that the internal state of the dog has changed and that the dog is dog suffering with an emotion such as stress, fear, frustration or anxiety. It is strictly speaking, an overreaction and can include lunging, barking, threatening or trying to get away. The exact behaviour type and reason for it will depend on the dog, their personality and capacity to cope.
Whilst overt…
Don't Touch The Dog!

Choices - Give Your Dog The Chance to Get It Right!

When he sees a dog that he’s not comfortable with, Chips will put on an aggressive display – as braveheart terriers often do when…
Worried Dogs Speak - Do You Listen?

Dogs get worried and scared of things they think may be threatening to them just like we do, so even if the excited stranger is friendly they can make our dogs feel tense. Our job as thei…
Helping A Scared Dog Through Skilled Engagement

Do You Know Your Dog's Triggers?

Triggers can occur through one or more senses. Extremely visual dogs, collies, for example, might be overwhelmed visually, while sound-sensitive dogs might be overwhelmed by sound. So for a sound-sensitive collie, a car roaring past at 40 miles…
Make Dinner Time More Interesting For Your Dog

Food games are easiest and most obvious to the dog learning to sniff for fun and relaxation. Foraging is such a natural behaviour that most dogs love it, and naturally know how to do it. Food fulfils a primary need and tasty food is motivating and interesting enough to merit a little sniff effort. The beauty of food games and foraging is that we can start the dog off so easily, that he can’t possibly find a way…
Choices and Touch - Consent Is so Important.

Emotional Intelligence & Reactive Dogs

The basis of mindfulness is awareness and being aware will help you to take a less involved view of your mind chatter. Through being mindful we can’t stop our thoughts but we can stop assuming they are an accurate representation of our reality because often they are not. An example would be how we start to see other dogs and dog walkers when we…