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4 days ago

The Puppy Proofing Experience

Your developing puppy is going to experience lots of new sights, sounds and species. That’s why it’s best to start early and get your puppy out there to experience what else lives in the world.
Don’t wait until they are teenagers. A 6 month old dog is not exactly a puppy anymore, it is in the transition period.
With this lovely Labrador girl we are working on early pleasant exposure where we target a pup’s natural curiosity as we instill early Recall Training and directional cues.

Get your pup off to the best start in life! The early days are crucial.

Book your puppy package by checking out the offers on the website and email below
info@action4dogs.co.uk
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5 days ago

The Big Bear Update!

We are now in the 3 month click period. The time it takes an approximately 2 year old dog to finally settle into a new home, become familiar with the environment and familiar with who I am and what my expectations are.

The first three to four months are always hard consistent work. Bear has had no grounding, direction or any education to speak of, he’s highly spirited and so the training relationship has been my main focus.

Recall is improving well as is distance control when walking. He’s certainly improved my whistle work! We are now in that relationship ‘click’ period.

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5 days ago

Assessing Recall Potential

This is Hugo’s first time off leash in an totally new area. This is the start of his Recall and Respond Training. In the opening assessment you take a few initial steps:

• Know the environment you are going to train in. Drive or walk around it beforehand if possible to make sure there are no Big surprises waiting.
• Gage what the dog’s interest to a new area is like when on a long lead. Do not ask for anything from the dog at this stage.
• Once you have chosen a suitable environment (preferably open space) remove the line pending judgement and look at the dog’s movement in relation to you.
• Start to move around and check your dog’s attentiveness to what you do.
• Use a whistle if possible 1 toot for attention (that’s it), and invite your dog (non verbally) to join you in your chosen direction.
• Quiet sincere praise, back on line and leave the area.

There are a few crucial stages to creating a solid Recall and at some point it takes a leap of faith from you. That leap is good judgement built on a rock solid foundation. You also must consider the dog’s developmental stage and your own temperament to training. That’s vital. … See MoreSee Less

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6 days ago

Extremely enjoyable first session with this young 8 month old lad.
We are going to be working on:
Recall
Focus
Hand Signals & Direction
Pulling on Lead
And most of all Social Confidence which is the priority with any dog at this age.

Do you have a young adolescent dog in need of confidence building?
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2 weeks ago

The Big Bear Update!

Bear needs tough toys cause he’s a Ripper! He’s trashed whatever he can get his jaws through.

Success: Bear does not chew stones anymore. He had a fixation with stones when he cane but an increasingly enriched life has helped immensely with that. When you have been locked up all day you tend to create your own stimulation.

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