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Puppy Proofing Your Home: Essential Tips for a Safe and Happy Pup
Bringing a new puppy home is an exciting time, filled with adorable moments and plenty of energy. However, puppies are naturally curious...
Adolescent Dogs
Nov 10, 20245 min read
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Breaking Bad Habits: Rewiring Your Dog's Behaviour
When it comes to dog training, breaking bad habits and replacing them with new, desired behaviours can be quite a journey. One of the...
Adolescent Dogs
Oct 7, 20245 min read
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Identifying When Your Dog is Overwhelmed: Signs, Strategies, and Diagnostic Behaviours
As dog owners, we want the best for our four-legged companions, ensuring they are happy, comfortable, and well-balanced in all...
Adolescent Dogs
Oct 7, 20245 min read
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From setbacks to success: Embracing challenges in dog training
Training a dog is a journey filled with milestones, surprises, and plenty of learning opportunities—for both you and your canine...
Adolescent Dogs
Oct 5, 20245 min read
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Solving common behaviour problems using scentwork
Are you ever amazed by how much your dog sniffs? They experience the world in a way which we could never understand, our sense of smell...
Adolescent Dogs
Feb 20, 20246 min read
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The Spooky Days of Fear Stages
It can be confusing and surprising to witness your dog suddenly spook at something which has never bothered them before. It could be a...
Adolescent Dogs
Oct 6, 20238 min read
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“Don’t worry, he’s friendly!” … The guide to dog walking etiquette
We’ve probably all been there, you’re doing your best to focus on your dog and suddenly another dog is barrelling over to you and getting...
Adolescent Dogs
Sep 12, 20237 min read
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Keeping kids safe around dogs
The Humane Society estimates that 51% of dog bite victims are children. And most dog bites happen at home and with a familiar dog. So...
Adolescent Dogs
Jul 14, 20239 min read
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Please Don’t Go … Dealing with separation anxiety
We don’t often think about needing to ‘train’ our dogs to be left alone, many of us will have been lucky to live with dogs who can be...
Adolescent Dogs
Jun 28, 20238 min read
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Puppy Biting - THE WHY’S, WHAT’S, WHAT-NOTS & HOW’S
Puppies are adorable. They’re cute, silly, mischievous and endless fun, but it’s not long before those little needle-sharp teeth start to...
Adolescent Dogs
Jun 25, 20239 min read
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When play biting escalates in the adolescent dog
When you bring a puppy home, you’re prepared for some level of mouthing and biting, and accept it’s a normal part of puppy development....
Adolescent Dogs
Jun 6, 20239 min read
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Two Puppies are Better Than One?
Puppies are undeniably cute and fun, we love their adorable antics, their clumsy ways and how they need us so much in those early days....
Adolescent Dogs
May 10, 20238 min read
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The Guilty Look: Can dogs really feel guilty?
Have you ever walked into a room, looked at your dog and thought “what have you done?”. Maybe there are obvious signs of destruction, or...
Adolescent Dogs
Apr 28, 20236 min read
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Waggy Tails and Happy Dogs?
It’s often assumed when a dog is wagging their tail, they’re happy or excited. We get confused when a dog is barking or acting...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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Keeping your dog safe around Livestock
There is sometimes a significance placed on training dogs to listen around livestock, particularly sheep and cows, as though it’s a vital...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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Traffic chasing and the many faces of fear
We tend to picture a fearful dog with their tail tucked low, cowering or trembling and looking visibly scared. These assumptions make it...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 29, 20238 min read
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Are you bribing your dog?
When you’re using treats or toys to reward a dog for good behaviour, you will often hear people make comments like ‘it’s all bribery’ or...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 25, 20235 min read
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Are your emotions affecting your dog's behaviour?
Anyone who has lived with an anxious dog has probably wondered at some point ‘Is it my fault?’ or ‘Have I made them anxious?’. Some...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 8, 20237 min read
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Are routines good or bad?
We are creatures of habit, as much as we might aspire to be free of routine and live spontaneously, many of us still have daily routines...
Adolescent Dogs
Mar 6, 20238 min read
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What Makes a Good Dog Trainer?
When it comes to choosing a dog trainer, it can appear to be quite straight-forward, there are so many options, all of whom will tell you...
Adolescent Dogs
Feb 18, 20238 min read
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