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I bought some of these to see how they compared to the discontinued Sea Biscuits from Fish4Dogs. I bought two varieties, white fish and potato (Sea Treats Fish-based treats for dogs and cats) and salmon and potato (Sea Treats Fish-based treats for dogs and cats) The dogs like them. They eat...

JR Pet Products have a sale on at the moment, meaning you can get some of their pure pate at a good rate. You get five tubes each of which is 400g for £9.99, which is pretty great value. You can cut this up into little pieces, put it in Kongs or just feed it as-is. This one is the salmon...

The awful travelling aside, we all had the best time at gundog summer camp. It was four days of training, with five dogs between us. I only took Shadow and Squidge as I thought the journey would be too much for Willow - I can't tell you how glad I am I made that call, given the troubles we had...

I'm at gundog summer camp at the moment with Shadow and Luna. I'll do a full write-up when I get home, but had to share this photo of Shadow on a water retrieve. Yes, he probably should enter the water a little more carefully, but Shadow doesn't know the meaning of the word "careful" :D la

Remember, please keep your comments to observations only, until opened up for discussion. No conjecture. That means no "why"s or "because"s. Goddit? GO!

It is very easy to get a bit discombobulated by the definitions of punishment, reinforcement and whether something is considered positive or negative. We have been programmed to believe that "punishment" means something that is harsh or cruel, always bad. And that reinforcement is always good...

Tawzer Dog | Pattern Games: Clicking for Confidence and Connection From Leslie McDevitt (of Control Unleashed fame), this video shows the practical application of what she calls "pattern games". Pattern games are essentially creating a simple rhythmical pattern with your dog to give them a...

I wrote this article in September '17, which explains the references to Luna being a puppy. Humans are verbose creatures, communicating almost exclusively with the spoken word. English is a vivid and rich language, to be sure, and the nuances in tone and emphasis, not to mention punctuation in...

Dogs are wolves. We’ve all heard it said, and it’s certainly compelling. But how true is it, and how should the answer determine how we live with our domesticated dogs? Our dogs of today share 99.8% (1) of their DNA with the grey wolf, and are taxonomically classified as a subspecies of the...

I thought some of you might be interested to read an essay I wrote a few months back for a course I was taking. It's a more in-depth discussion of the different approaches I had tried with Willow. Be warned, it's LONG! Preface I am a software architect, not a psychologist. In my daily life I...

I've finally got J to make me a place board from some high density foam, so it's easy peasy to carry it around. I'm going to use it specifically to straighten up my front sits, but I'm interested to hear any other drills you use them for. I know their uses are wide and varied but I've never used...

I was just wondering, do you generally start from the list of categories and work through the ones that interest you, or do you, like me, just go straight to "New posts" and look through that?

When getting into behaviour geekery, you will come across the terms "classical conditioning" and "operant conditioning" quite regularly. These terms can be a bit intimidating for people who aren't familiar with them, so I'll try here to present them in a low-key way that's easy to understand...

I was trying to make the forum a bit faster and I accidentally killed it! It went down for a few minutes and would have lost a handful of posts; so if you posted something this morning and it disappeared, it's not because you were norty, it's because I was rubbish! Sorry everyone! :geek:

Dante is a dog that I fell in love with whilst volunteering at our local shelter in Spain. He is a Ratonero Bedeguero Andaluz mix, I think most likely with a GSP. He is just gorgeous; full of life, affectionate and very bouncy! He's always incredibly smiley and happy to see people. He became my...

I want to reinstate Willow's old log at some point, but thought I'd start a fresh one, too. New home, new log. For those of you who may not be familiar with Willow's story, she is coming up to four years of age and is phobic of certain noises. She is generally a very sensitive dog anyway...

We quite often get asked "How much do Labradors moult?" or, "Is this normal?!" from new owners. The answers, respectively, can be anything from "Not a lot" to "I live under a cloud of Labrador hair", and "Yes, it's perfectly normal". I have four dogs, three of which are Labradors. Willow...

Hello all! I am a member of a Facebook page called "Observation Skills for Dogs". This title always makes me laugh, since it's actually about improving our skills for observing dogs, not the dogs' own observation skills, but there you go. What they do is post up a video and members can comment...

Well, there were just too many hours in my day that I had to twiddle my thumbs, so I decided to fill a couple of them with helping out at my local rescue shelter. I have to admit to being rather apprehensive before I visited. I've seen pictures and heard stories from Spanish rescues, and I'm...

Uh-oh, I came across this site. "It's OK", I thought! "It's American", I thought! They ship. Pretty much everywhere. Pretty reasonably. They have funny T-shirts, leads and collars. And more. You're welcome. Teddy the Dog Collars