Everyone knows puppies bite – it’s a normal part of their development.  But the frequency and intensity of the biting can take many by surprise as there are huge variations between puppies.This information refers to puppies up to about 4 months old (maybe 5 months at a push) as this is when they still have their needle-sharp puppy teeth.  If your puppy is older than this and still biting, the information here may not be relevant, so please seek advice from a qualified/educated an...

What do you want your life with your dog to look and feel like?If there was no social media; no internet; no TV trainers; no dog training books; no podcasts; no dog trainers; nobody telling you what to do.Would it to be different to what it looks and feels like now, if there was nobody to influence you, nobody to tell you what you should be doing?Because I really wonder how much of what people say they want from their dogs and lives together, is what they really want, and how much of it is wh...

This information refers to puppies, but the principles are the same regardless of your dog’s age, the main difference being that adult dogs can “hold on” for longer.  If your adult dog, who is toilet trained, has started having accidents in the house, please get a thorough vet check now.  Sometimes a physical problem (such as urinary tract infection) or some medications can cause increased urination, so this needs to be ruled out first. Puppies are likely to need to go to...

I use the term "Reward Based Training" to describe how I do what I do.Putting labels on training approaches can be problematic.  Labels can be ambiguous.  They can mean different things to different people.  They can overly simplify something that can be quite complex.  However a brief description does give dog owners an easy to understand summary of the way a trainer will approach training and how their dog will be treated along the way.   What Is Reward Base...