Just like for our cute little dinosaur here, extinction in dog training is problematic to say the least. We've all heard the rather...

From time to time I find people sharing ideas or methods that appear benign, that seem like they can't cause pain or distress, how can...

It's pretty common that those who haven't been aware of positive reinforcement or training that avoids the use of aversives, who perhaps...

You'll often hear a rule of thumb, that puppies should only have 5 minutes of exercise per month of age... so an 8 week old puppy can...

Whether you saw the BBC documentary 'Britain's Puppy Boom...' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09nl348 or not, you'd need to be living...

I keep seeing articles on socialisation and a bunch of other dog training things, with annoyingly click-baity titles like 'I NEVER...

I thought I'd write this up as a blog as I find myself referring to this game a lot lately! This a game designed to build independence...

Todays blog is brought to you by Errol, now our eldest dog, who is seen here advertising his latest favourite treat, Scrumbles Calming...

Currently, we are all supposed to be staying at home, remaining at home, going out as little as possible, and it is tempting to think...

I hear that statement so many times. Crufts... it's not for me. It's for posh show types, it's for prancey dogs that never play outside...

So the previous blog got some criticism, mainly along the lines of 'well what would YOU do?' and after a week of deliberation I have...

Every so often, a TV channel brings out the latest animal training, animal behaviour based reality program. Sometimes it’s a competition,...

Separation anxiety is something of a hot topic, something many trainers and behaviourists avoid like the plague and something widely...

'But my dog isn't stressed! My dog has an amazing time every day, chasing the ball, chasing the kids, going to the park and chasing ducks...

It would seem, as old as this adage is, (circa 1380 if you really needed to know) it seems we've been ignoring the importance of sleep...

What exactly is it we want from our dogs? I was watching some training videos the other night and ended up sidetracked into watching a...

Having not been overly Busy this weekend it sadly gives us the opportunity to observe really bad dog handling from Joe Public and it ...