Dog Training
Puppy Problem – House Training , Mouthing, Destruction, and Whining/Crying .
Dog aggression to people is caused by punishment, rough or unpleasant handling.
We can train your dog to track or detect any substance, including blood sugar levels, or even to find your keys or phone or an item dropped on a walk.
Dogs do not want to please you. If they did you would not need to reward or punish! Dogs want to please themselves – as do we all.
Anxious or fearful dogs have often been punished, had an adverse experience with the trigger, or have not been exposed in a positive way or at all
Socialization is NOT meeting dogs and people and being friendly, as people commonly think . Socialization is teaching your dog to be calm in the presence of triggers, what ever they may be.
Why do dogs pull? Most people walk too slowly for most dogs. It is very hard for your dog to walk slowly enough to stay beside you . There are really interesting sights and smells just ahead they cant wait to get to .
Training your dog can be quick fun and effective if you do it with games !
Dogs bark for a number of reasons but the motivation is to get attention from their people , either to get something they want such as pats or a game, or to get help from them.
I am a qualified assistance dog trainer ( I have done the same course hearing dogs trainers do) and can help you teach your own dog to achieve any required assistant skills and certification.
Is your dog destructive? Your dog is BORED .
The answer is to provide fun, long lasting, things to do – enrichment .
Dog to dog aggression is a very common problem and generally caused by traumatic experiences where a dog has been attacked or threatened or even played with roughly by another.
Dogs jump on people because they want to interact and people ‘s faces are up high. What do people usually do? Push the dog down, or tell it off, or even pat it – all of which are interacting with the dog.
You need to prepare your home in advance, to teach your dog that the various items and behaviors associated with babies
Sadly, sometimes dogs who live together don’t get along. Often this is about resource guarding but happily it is usually able to resolved.
Does your dog chase or is aggressive to your cat or other animals? Most dogs are triggered by movement and find a chase hard to resist.
One of the biggest problems people have is their dog won’t come when called. This is not only frustrating but a reliable recall is a necessity for letting your dog off leash in public, and might even save your dog’s life.
Resource guarding is the aggressive guarding of an item . This can be food , toys, beds , furniture , people , even doorways . Resource guarding is the cause of most dog to dog aggression and some aggression of dogs to people