Why won’t your dog do what you ask?
Why nagging your dog won’t work! If you find yourself saying “Fido, sit…sit…sit…sit..”, your dog will start to ignore you because the repeated words become background noise & you become boring
Why nagging your dog won’t work! If you find yourself saying “Fido, sit…sit…sit…sit..”, your dog will start to ignore you because the repeated words become background noise & you become boring
Teaching a great recall in real life is a challenge. At home, a primary school level recall is fine, but out and about you need a university degree level response. You need to take account of the big D – distractions
On #NationalWalkingDay what else could we talk about except how proud we are of our dogs? A recent walk on a local beach tested Gus’ recall and we helped spread the word. There’s nothing better than our own dogs showing the world how well they’ve been trained!
Some of us are party animals while others are definitely not. And dogs are the same. It’s one reason why our classes are group classes but we still give dogs space. This provides the happy medium where most dogs cope well – and we help those that struggle to learn to cope better
While Autumn is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, it’s also a potentially dangerous time for our dogs – fungi, mushrooms, spent fireworks, fallen fruit, rat poison and ticks are all hazards you need to watch out for
Your dog will respond to how you treat them and if you give them lots of attention on a walk then they’re much more like to come back to you when you call them
Nothing gets my goat as much as people who can’t or won’t control their dog: it’s totally unacceptable to allow your dog to run up to another dog unless you have first checked with the owner that they are happy for the dogs to meet
We talk about taking pride in your dog training achievements – there’s no better feeling than your dog whipping round and charging back to you when you call and feeling the envy from other dog owners!
Does your dog come back when you call them, first time, every time? If you’re sheepishly answering ‘no’, then we can teach you the secret that underpins a great recall using games and our special formula!
Find out how my usually obedient collie went straight into predator mode when he saw some baby pheasants and how I responded!