A Training Line: your bridge to off-leash freedom for your puppy or dog!
If you are struggling with your dog's recall and are worried about letting them off lead, a simple training line could be the answer...
Are you puppy ready?
'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail?' Are you puppy ready? In this post I'm going to share how to avoid puppy problems and give your puppy an amazing start!
Read my recent interview with Go Solo
I was recently interviewed by Go Solo, who wanted to find out more about why I started Blue Dog and what motivates me to keep going. It's now been published and you can read the full article here.
I choose kindness in my dog training, what's wrong with that?
The dog training world is in turmoil, with trainers fighting about who's approach is right and who is wrong. I choose to train with kindness, and this is why…
Five easy things you can do for a happier, calmer and better-behaved dog!
In this post I’m going to share five simple things that you can do everyday to help you reduce many unwanted behaviours, promote calmness and make your dog feel pawsome!
Dog Muzzles are a pawsitively great bit of kit!
Muzzled dogs aren't bad dogs, and they could be wearing a muzzle for all sorts of reasons. It's a really useful thing to teach your dog "just in case" and in this post we look at the best types of muzzles to choose and how to introduce them positively.
Teach your dog to "find it"
Boost your dog's feelgood and reduce many unwanted behaviours at the same time!
We all know that our dogs need physical activity to keep them healthy, but building different enrichment activities, play and brain games into your dog's day is just as essential for their wellbeing, and can help reduce many unwanted behaviours too!
10 Quick and Fun Training Games to play with your dog
Playing these 10 quick and fun games with your dog will help build value in staying close to to you, improve their focus on you, help self control, and even strengthen their recall!
Are you rewarding your dog enough?
You can use anything your dog loves as a reward to reinforce behaviours you like! Contrary to popular belief, pups and dogs are not 'stubborn', they are probably just not motivated by the rewards you are using at that moment in time...
Keep your dog safe and happy this Christmas
Christmas can be a "too much" time for both us and our dogs, but there are things you can do to make sure your dog has a pawsome, happy and safe Christmas.
To dog coat, or not to dog coat?
In this post we explain why we choose that our dogs wear a coat in the winter and what we look for when choosing a dog coat.
It's all about your dog's nose (part one)
A dogs nose is a-ma-zing and it's capabilities are truly mind boggling! It is their most important sense and when they are using their nose it makes them happy and more optimistic. Getting your dog to use their nose is hugely important, find out why.
It's all about your dog's nose (part two)
Find out how you can quickly and easily give your dog nosework opportunities every day for free.
Trick training with your puppy or dog is pawsome
Teach your dog to love your hands! Teach a hand target!
Teaching a hand target is one of the first things we train, in this post we tell you why and give a step-by-step guide so you can teach your dog to hand target too!
Teach your dog a positive interrupter!
A positive interrupter is a very powerful tool to have in your toolkit...find out why and learn how to teach one!
How to tackle unwanted behaviours in puppies and (dogs)
Unwanted puppy behaviours include are all those things that you don't want your dog to do such as jumping up, greeding, chewing the table leg and many other things. Find out the force-free and fear-free way to tackle these.
A Training Line: your bridge to off-leash freedom for your puppy or dog!
If you are struggling with your dog's recall and are worried about letting them off lead, a simple training line could be the answer...
Are you puppy ready?
'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail?' Are you puppy ready? In this post I'm going to share how to avoid puppy problems and give your puppy an amazing start!
Read my recent interview with Go Solo
I was recently interviewed by Go Solo, who wanted to find out more about why I started Blue Dog and what motivates me to keep going. It's now been published and you can read the full article here.
I choose kindness in my dog training, what's wrong with that?
The dog training world is in turmoil, with trainers fighting about who's approach is right and who is wrong. I choose to train with kindness, and this is why…
Five easy things you can do for a happier, calmer and better-behaved dog!
In this post I’m going to share five simple things that you can do everyday to help you reduce many unwanted behaviours, promote calmness and make your dog feel pawsome!
Dog Muzzles are a pawsitively great bit of kit!
Muzzled dogs aren't bad dogs, and they could be wearing a muzzle for all sorts of reasons. It's a really useful thing to teach your dog "just in case" and in this post we look at the best types of muzzles to choose and how to introduce them positively.
Teach your dog to "find it"
Boost your dog's feelgood and reduce many unwanted behaviours at the same time!
We all know that our dogs need physical activity to keep them healthy, but building different enrichment activities, play and brain games into your dog's day is just as essential for their wellbeing, and can help reduce many unwanted behaviours too!
10 Quick and Fun Training Games to play with your dog
Playing these 10 quick and fun games with your dog will help build value in staying close to to you, improve their focus on you, help self control, and even strengthen their recall!
Are you rewarding your dog enough?
You can use anything your dog loves as a reward to reinforce behaviours you like! Contrary to popular belief, pups and dogs are not 'stubborn', they are probably just not motivated by the rewards you are using at that moment in time...
Keep your dog safe and happy this Christmas
Christmas can be a "too much" time for both us and our dogs, but there are things you can do to make sure your dog has a pawsome, happy and safe Christmas.
To dog coat, or not to dog coat?
In this post we explain why we choose that our dogs wear a coat in the winter and what we look for when choosing a dog coat.
It's all about your dog's nose (part one)
A dogs nose is a-ma-zing and it's capabilities are truly mind boggling! It is their most important sense and when they are using their nose it makes them happy and more optimistic. Getting your dog to use their nose is hugely important, find out why.
It's all about your dog's nose (part two)
Find out how you can quickly and easily give your dog nosework opportunities every day for free.
Trick training with your puppy or dog is pawsome
Teach your dog to love your hands! Teach a hand target!
Teaching a hand target is one of the first things we train, in this post we tell you why and give a step-by-step guide so you can teach your dog to hand target too!
Teach your dog a positive interrupter!
A positive interrupter is a very powerful tool to have in your toolkit...find out why and learn how to teach one!
How to tackle unwanted behaviours in puppies and (dogs)
Unwanted puppy behaviours include are all those things that you don't want your dog to do such as jumping up, greeding, chewing the table leg and many other things. Find out the force-free and fear-free way to tackle these.
A Training Line: your bridge to off-leash freedom for your puppy or dog!
If you are struggling with your dog's recall and are worried about letting them off lead, a simple training line could be the answer...
Are you puppy ready?
'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail?' Are you puppy ready? In this post I'm going to share how to avoid puppy problems and give your puppy an amazing start!
Read my recent interview with Go Solo
I was recently interviewed by Go Solo, who wanted to find out more about why I started Blue Dog and what motivates me to keep going. It's now been published and you can read the full article here.
I choose kindness in my dog training, what's wrong with that?
The dog training world is in turmoil, with trainers fighting about who's approach is right and who is wrong. I choose to train with kindness, and this is why…
Five easy things you can do for a happier, calmer and better-behaved dog!
In this post I’m going to share five simple things that you can do everyday to help you reduce many unwanted behaviours, promote calmness and make your dog feel pawsome!
Dog Muzzles are a pawsitively great bit of kit!
Muzzled dogs aren't bad dogs, and they could be wearing a muzzle for all sorts of reasons. It's a really useful thing to teach your dog "just in case" and in this post we look at the best types of muzzles to choose and how to introduce them positively.
Teach your dog to "find it"
Boost your dog's feelgood and reduce many unwanted behaviours at the same time!
We all know that our dogs need physical activity to keep them healthy, but building different enrichment activities, play and brain games into your dog's day is just as essential for their wellbeing, and can help reduce many unwanted behaviours too!
10 Quick and Fun Training Games to play with your dog
Playing these 10 quick and fun games with your dog will help build value in staying close to to you, improve their focus on you, help self control, and even strengthen their recall!
Are you rewarding your dog enough?
You can use anything your dog loves as a reward to reinforce behaviours you like! Contrary to popular belief, pups and dogs are not 'stubborn', they are probably just not motivated by the rewards you are using at that moment in time...
Keep your dog safe and happy this Christmas
Christmas can be a "too much" time for both us and our dogs, but there are things you can do to make sure your dog has a pawsome, happy and safe Christmas.
To dog coat, or not to dog coat?
In this post we explain why we choose that our dogs wear a coat in the winter and what we look for when choosing a dog coat.
It's all about your dog's nose (part one)
A dogs nose is a-ma-zing and it's capabilities are truly mind boggling! It is their most important sense and when they are using their nose it makes them happy and more optimistic. Getting your dog to use their nose is hugely important, find out why.
It's all about your dog's nose (part two)
Find out how you can quickly and easily give your dog nosework opportunities every day for free.
Trick training with your puppy or dog is pawsome
Teach your dog to love your hands! Teach a hand target!
Teaching a hand target is one of the first things we train, in this post we tell you why and give a step-by-step guide so you can teach your dog to hand target too!
Teach your dog a positive interrupter!
A positive interrupter is a very powerful tool to have in your toolkit...find out why and learn how to teach one!
How to tackle unwanted behaviours in puppies and (dogs)
Unwanted puppy behaviours include are all those things that you don't want your dog to do such as jumping up, greeding, chewing the table leg and many other things. Find out the force-free and fear-free way to tackle these.