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Floki and Bertie enjoyed the Paws Up exercise and then we had fun with some hoop jumping. Floki was a bit wary at first so we just let him investigate the hoop first before encouraging him through. He was soon jumping through happily! Bertie took to it very quickly and loved showing off his circusContinue reading “Jumping Through Hoops! 🐶🐾”

Our Advanced class had fun teaching their dogs to put their paws up on various surfaces. They all took to it easily and the dogs really enjoyed doing it. They then taught them a relaxed chin hold to make examination of their eyes, ears nose and teeth a pleasant experience. Great work by everyone 😃🐶

Some fantastic recall by owners and their dogs at this week’s class! People have clearly been practising as they were able to call their dogs away from the other person who had all the tasty treats! We then went on to teach take it and drop it, followed by a retrieve. Really good work byContinue reading “Recall from distractions 🐶🐾”

The other puppies couldn’t join us yesterday so Mac got his own 1:1 session. His owners did a great job of teaching him to walk nicely on a loose lead and then to give eye contact on cue, which he took to brilliantly!

We had beautiful sunshine for Thursday’s Walk and Talk. It was still quite flooded and muddy but the dogs all had a great time gallivanting around and swimming in the overflowing lakes 🐶💦