Canine Consultant - EmmaMar 34 minOh No, My Puppy Is... Clingy!Have you worried about this? Is this something you've heard, that you must be careful not to 'make' your puppy 'clingy'? I have earth...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 29, 20217 min'Just Ignore the Bad, Reward the Good...'Just like for our cute little dinosaur here, extinction in dog training is problematic to say the least. We've all heard the rather...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 27, 20215 minThe Sneaky Aversive...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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 26, 20218 minPositive Reinforcement - The Oldest 'Modern Fad' Ever?It's pretty common that those who haven't been aware of positive reinforcement or training that avoids the use of aversives, who perhaps...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 24, 20218 minPuppy Development - Exercise Myth & Legend...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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 22, 20218 minPuppy Boom - Avoid Buying HeartbreakWhether you saw the BBC documentary 'Britain's Puppy Boom...' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09nl348 or not, you'd need to be living...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJul 18, 20216 minGetting Socialisation & Habituation Right (and how to avoid getting it wrong!)I keep seeing articles on socialisation and a bunch of other dog training things, with annoyingly click-baity titles like 'I NEVER...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJan 26, 20213 minDo It By Myself... a game!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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaAug 8, 20209 minStress Reduction & Building Independence Todays blog is brought to you by Errol, now our eldest dog, who is seen here advertising his latest favourite treat, Scrumbles Calming...
Canine Consultant - EmmaApr 5, 20208 minPreventing Separation Related Anxiety/FrustrationCurrently, we are all supposed to be staying at home, remaining at home, going out as little as possible, and it is tempting to think...
Canine Consultant - EmmaMar 19, 20205 minCrufts... Oh that's not for me!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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaFeb 6, 201912 minTV Dog Trainers - Part 2 WWYD?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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJan 23, 201910 minTV Dog Trainers Aren't MagiciansEvery so often, a TV channel brings out the latest animal training, animal behaviour based reality program. Sometimes it’s a competition,...
Canine Consultant - EmmaJan 4, 201914 minSeparation Anxiety - Fact vs FictionSeparation anxiety is something of a hot topic, something many trainers and behaviourists avoid like the plague and something widely...
Canine Consultant - EmmaMay 24, 20184 minWhat's Stressing Your Dog?'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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaMay 24, 20183 minLet Sleeping Dogs Lie...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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaMay 8, 20183 minLet dogs BE dogs, please!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...
Canine Consultant - EmmaMay 8, 20182 minTales from the Showground... Having not been overly Busy this weekend it sadly gives us the opportunity to observe really bad dog handling from Joe Public and it ...