Paw targets are one of my most used and favourite behaviours to teach. You can check out our tutorial HERE. Give this a try and let us know what you think! Hard? Easy? Helpful? If you’re having any problems I’m happy to help coach people in the comments!
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There are so many variables when it comes to raising a puppy, especially if you want to do everything right. Here I explain what I consider to be the best way of raising a puppy as a pet dog owner and why this leads to the perfect puppy. 1. Contact a trainer before you buy
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Hand touches are one of my favourite behaviours and they’re so helpful for when you want to move your dog in any context. Check out the tutorial on how to teach this below. A video version of this tutorial can be found here. Give this a try and let us know what you think! Hard?
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One of my favourite phrases in the dog training world is “The learner is always right”. I love the various levels it can be applied at. My dogs are learners, my client’s dogs are learners, my clients themselves are learners and finally I myself am a learner. I find that when working with reactive dogs
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Event markers are crucial for teaching a dog more complex behaviours such as recall, not jumping up, and how to behave when visitors come over as well as many other things! Check out our tutorial on this below: A video version of this tutorial is on its way as soon as I’ve dealt with some
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Socialisation is a word that tends to carry a lot of confusion, debate and false information with it. It can be really daunting considering what you need to socialise your puppy to as a new dog owner. My best advice is that you consider the life you want for your new puppy as an adult.
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Settle is such a helpful behaviour and is crucial for teaching dogs to behave nicely and chill out in public but can also be used to help to teach dogs calm when in the home, particularly when you have visitors over! A video version of this tutorial is on its way as soon as I’ve
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In my training journey, I’ve learnt that the more you set dogs up to make the correct choices and reward the hell out of those correct choices, the better a time you’re going to have as the trainer of that dog. For example, back before I was a dog trainer and took Pumba to classes,
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“A student that doesn’t allow her dog to sniff often feels she’s caught in a constant battle between winning the dog’s focus versus losing the dog to the environment.” – Leslie McDevitt, “Uncontrol Unleashed” Page 51. Photo by Kahla Delahay This is exactly how I felt with Pumba when I first started training him. I
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Sit is one of the key behaviours we ask our dogs to learn. It’s crucial for teaching the dogs to ask for things nicely, as well as an integral part of any manners training programme. A video version of this tutorial is on its way as soon as I’ve dealt with some technical difficulties. I’ll
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