Dog Owner Confidence Crash!
There's so much written about emotions of our dogs, how they're thinking and what they're feeling in various ...
10 Reasons Why the Holidays Might Not Be So Full of Festive Cheer for Your Pet
It's nearly Christmas, traditionally the time of year when we look forward to enjoying lots of yummy food, time ...
Dogs and ‘Digging In’
I work with many owners of rescue or re-homed dogs and one topic I've thought about many times, sometimes raised ...
Spice Up Your Walks!
Long explorations in the country, splashing around in the sea, trekking up hills, they're the reasons we love ...
The Power of Desensitization
Desensitization is a tool I use in my armory virtually every day - it's ultra powerful, versatile and it works ...
How to Make Your Training Work!
All dogs can learn amazing things. Sometimes it's us (maybe more than sometimes!) who don't allow our dogs to ...
Multinational Canine Behaviour Modification
Over the last two years or so, my behaviour practice has welcomed more and more dogs from overseas. Sometimes ...
YOUR Dog, No Comparison
This is a subject I've always meant to write about and somehow it always slips my mind until the topic crops ups ...
Scheduling Your Rewards
So...there we are teaching our dogs lots of new things and he's responding beautifully - treat, treat, treat ...
Added Brainpower!
Quite a 'buzzword' bandied around at the moment is 'enrichment', so here I'm going to take a look at what it ...
Give Me a Break!
A little too often I think we may demand too much of our dogs. It's about expectations. If we push too much, ...
New Puppy – What Now?
We're getting a puppy! How amazingly, brilliantly, wonderfully exciting.... then puppy arrives! No, really - ...