If you own an XL Bully, a big chonky bull x, a Cane Corso, a Presa Canario, a Rottweiler mix... if you own ANY big chunky fatheaded bull...

It seems a really simple, basic thing - dogs stay home whilst we're out doing boring chores, going to work, trips to the shop - the...

Tedium and Boredom modelled excellently by Hattie Poodle! The Flitting Game is something I came up with (following much discussion with...

‘We’ve tried everything… nothing works’… Boy if I’d had a quid for every time someone said this to me… I’d be writing this from a luxury...

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...

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...