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And this is after loads (and loads and loads) of "walking past cone" training. The one that really hurt was when she grabbed the one at the back, which is the finish line!! :cwl: She's totally bonkers.

I thought I'd post it here, just because I've done it, but this is Shadow's "take one" that we got this evening. It felt really flat compared to how zingy he was earlier, but it doesn't look as bad as it felt. There are a couple of mistakes where I had to give additional cues, so it's a long way...

Just something I was wondering. I consider myself to be naturally introverted; I do put myself into situations where I have to fight that (instructing kickboxing, teaching snow sports etc), but, although I have developed the skills to be a sociable person, I do find it drains my energy. It's not...

A few days back, there was a Facebook Live between Nando Brown, Jo-Rosie Haffendon and Kamal Fernandez, on the topic of,"Is Positive Reinforcement damaging our dogs?" Here is is, for anyone interested in a watch. First, off, man that's some disorganised set-up! You need to skip to about...

I think the title says it all! Until April 30th... The Book | Retrieving for All Occasions

The queen of canine (and feline) cooperative care, Deb Jones, has started a YouTube channel where she will be sharing videos. I've not looked through it yet, but have subscribed. I'm sure there will be plenty in there of interest :) Cooperative Care with Deb Jones

The only treat I will leave my dogs with if I go out is a frozen Kong, and I had a reminder of why this weekend. After a lovely long walk, I gave them each a beef scalp chew and then J and I went and sat on the bed to watch some TV. After a little while, Shadow came up and sat on a dog bed on...

I don't know where the idea for this post came from :wasntme: but here's my take on it. There is a world of difference between saying the word "no", "ah-ah", "getoffthatyoulittlegit" and all those sorts of things in everyday life compared to during planned training. We are all human, and these...

Tug is something I've toyed with (sorry) on and off with Willow and Shadow. Neither of them has ever been massively enthused with tug. I tried using all sorts of different objects to entice them, to no avail. I tried shaping, and got a mouth on the toy, but never much more than that. Then I...

I want to get a new collar for Ginny. The other three are all in Ruffwear Hoopie collars, which I really like (Willow's is red, Shadow's is blue, Luna's is purple). Hit me with your suggestions for her next collar. I generally go for fairly pain collars, but am open to being swayed to a pattern...

I quite like the James Wellbeloved dog food pouches for recall training; they're very high value and the ingredients list is pretty reasonable (Lamb meat, rice, peas, carrots, sugar beet pulp, sunflower oil, calcium carbonate, linseed oil, sodium chloride, seaweed, alfalfa, tomato). They're...

Poor Shadow has a limp on his front left leg. He had a limp on the same leg on and off when we were here in December. Strangely, it was fine in Andorra, even with all the long walks we did, but now we're back here and doing far shorter walks, it's come back. I've got him booked in for X-rays on...

To celebrate World Book Day - if your dog had to dress up as a fictional character, who would that be? I'm still thinking...

I'm starting a challenge of doing 100 days where I do some training for my TEAM levels. All this stuff will also help the Rally that I do. There is a focus on precision, so it's taking behaviours the dogs mostly already have but making them sharper. Here is what's required for Level 1: Level 1...

For when you want to share the wonderful thing your doggy did today! Mine was this morning. I was walking with J and the four dogs up to our normal off-lead morning spot, when I saw three unfamiliar dogs running around up the hill. It was too much to ask of Shadow, so he took the twins for a...

I've decided to start training towards the Fenzi TEAM titles; it's something that works on precision across several disciplines, so will be good for improving my training skills. One of the things you have to do for the first level is scent discrimination, which I've never done before. I've just...

I'm teaching my lot to take a breath on cue. They're all a bit bemused by this. "You do realise I was going to do that anyway, right?" :D

The Petitions Committee has opened an investigation into the use of fireworks. You can have your say here: Fireworks - Petitions Committee I answered it as a family member experiencing fear and anxiety due to fireworks - which is very true! @JES72 - I think you'll be especially interested.