Why Adding Structure to a Training Session helps your Reactive Dog
These are all key skills that dogs need to be able to walk on a lead without pulling, barking, spinning or biting, making life easy and safe
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Clare Russell
- Aug 26
- 4 min
Familiarisation or Socialisation? Which does your dog need?
Assessment periods in a young dog are moments of learning, be quiet, let the dog learn
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Clare Russell
- Aug 15
- 3 min
Is your dog dominant or depressed?
Conversation about dog’s suffering with mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.
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Clare Russell
- Aug 12
- 4 min
Thank your dog for growling - why growling is a safe form of canine communication
Growling is information that the environment needs to change
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Clare Russell
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Can Pheromones Influence Dog Behaviour?
The presence of appeasing pheromones may decrease the effects of a dog's anxiety.
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Clare Russell
- Jul 28
- 3 min
Come Back! Teaching Recall
Why the classroom 'recall' doesn't always work in the park
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Clare Russell
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Struggling with Recall or Lead Pulling?
Dogs naturally seek connection. Knowing how to enhance the communication can improve your lead walking and recall
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Clare Russell
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
Excuse Me..... please
From my experience once dogs learn that you understand these subtle signs, they become more co-operative, less reactive, quicker to approach
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Lisa Wilson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Subtle Signals of a Sensitive Soul
Communicating with a Sensitive Dog. A conversation of a few whispers is how it felt...
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Clare Russell
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
Will 'watch me' really benefit your dog?
The bulk of my work is with dogs that are showing behaviours known as reactive or aggressive. Often these dogs are anxious and sensitive....
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Clare Russell
- Aug 19, 2021
- 6 min
Your Dog's Brain, Fear and Stress
Why your reactive dog often has no choice over their behaviour
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Clare Russell
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
Transferable Skills - Confidence Building for Sensitive Dogs
Teaching sensitive and reactive dogs the skills they need to cope away from the stressors
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Clare Russell
- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
Teaching your Dog to be Calm
How to go about teaching your dog to be calm
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Clare Russell
- May 30, 2021
- 4 min
Ditch the Perfectionism
Trying to get training just right is understandable, but can lead to procrastination. It is ok to take the messy first step and get started.
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Clare Russell
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog
Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog
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Clare Russell
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Confidence
Confident dogs and Confident people can create magic together, confidence is the spark for the relationship we dreamed of with our dog.
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