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...
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...
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...
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...
Dogs aren’t naturally disposed to a whole load of new people coming and going in their home. Many dogs struggle with it. People usually apologise on their behalf as their dog jumps up at the strangers thinking the dog is actually friendly and excited to meet them....
What do we need to do to be safe when walking our dogs. There has been some terrible incidents reported nationally recently. It’s a wake up call to us all to be more careful and to be safe when walking our dogs. It’s a pressure cooker out there with more people owning...