Adult Dog Behaviour

Food is Fundamental to Life

Food is Fundamental to Life

I love food. I literally wake up and am immediately looking forward to breakfast! Its not my reason for living but without it we would die. I know how to find more food in our modern world its very easy to pop to the nearest shop. Our dogs also wake up thinking about...

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Dogs Digging and Why they are not Bored.

Dogs Digging and Why they are not Bored.

I am a member of several Springer and Sproodle facebook facebook groups. It keeps my mind alert to all the problems everyone has with their dogs and I offer what I hope is sensible dog listening advice to help them. Last week one issue stumped me and I had to wait for...

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Which dog bed is Best?

Which dog bed is Best?

I talk alot about sleeping when coaching families in how to do dog listening. When I send my puppies off to their new homes getting them to sleep is the number one priority but sometimes we also just need some practical common advice too! I have made 24 years of...

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New Dog Food for my Springer Spaniels

New Dog Food for my Springer Spaniels

We gave our dogs an unusual food this week, this is what happened...Do you know what your dog would have done? The Wolf, the Bloodhound, the Gun Dog and their freshly caught Trout! I have three Springer spaniels with the same parents, born and brought up the same way...

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Crate or not Crate your dog?

Crate or not Crate your dog?

To crate or not to crate your dog? I don’t remember crates ever existing when I grew up. When we came back from Zimbabwe in 2010 we were used to our dogs standing in the back of our pick ups, in the bush, noses to the wind. It wasn’t until Lupin started living with us...

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