Essential Items for Your Pet’s First Aid Kit (and Why You Need Them)
As pet caregivers, we know that accidents can happen at any time, often when we least expect them. While a first aid kit for your…
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Using Long-line Training Leads
Long-line leads are generally used to teach a dog a recall cue which is obviously important and should form part of any dog’s general training. Howe…
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How to Choose and Introduce a Dog Harness
Care should be taken when selecting a harness because one style doesn’t fit all and some with ‘anti-pull’ features can cause pain. Many styles c…
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Facebook Live with Dogwise
You may already be familiar with Dogwise but if not, it’s a one stop online book store and video streaming platform that specialises in… you’ve…
Recall Training
The reason that a number of dogs run away and do not want to come back when called is because often the owner punishes the dog upon its eventual retur…
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How to Harness Train Your Dog
Harnesses generally tend to be more comfortable and help to control a dog without putting pressure around the sensitive structures around the neck and throat.…
Dog Behaviour: Diary of Triggers Free Download
Working out what it is that triggers an inappropriate behaviour is a major step in helping your dog. The way we manipulate or set-up their…
Top 10 Tips for Keeping Your Dog Summer Safe
Summer is a fantastic time for enjoying being outdoors with your dog but there are lots of potential hazards both in the garden and further away from …
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Dog Enrichment: Creating an Agility Course
In this video I share some ideas for creating a canine sensory agility course. Canine enrichment ideas are almost endless and it doesn’t have to be …
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Touch Training: Targeting the Hand
Target training involves a dog targeting something (usually with their nose). Using a hand for the dog to target is ideal because owners and trainers …
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Helping Dogs & Cats Through Fireworks Season
Dog-appeasing pheromone is associated with increased safety and security. Research shows that using Adaptil (by CEVA) in the location of a hide increa…
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What is Clicker Training?
Information on how animals learn to use a clicker and why it is effective, with links to helpful resources.
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Preparing Your Pet For Firework Season E-Book
Every year, millions of pets suffer from fear and anxiety because of the sudden loud noises and bright flashing lights. This E-Book provides tips and …
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Training a Dog to Accept a Muzzle
As a veterinary nurse, behaviourist and animal first aider, there have been many times when I have had to use or recommend the use of a muzzle. There …
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Separation Anxiety in Dogs E-Book
This E-Book has been designed to help owners of dogs that suffer from separation issues. It will also be useful for helping dogs adapt when owners ret…
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‘Watch Me’ Training: Help for the Leash Reactive Dog
The idea of this training is to help teach the reactive dog an alternative reaction.
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Canine Toilet Training
A helpful guide with advice on toilet training your dog/puppy with things to avoid and a simple training method.
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Systematic Desensitisation & Counter-Conditioning
A helpful guide to improving or resolving fear of animate stimuli, e.g. people or other animals & also fear of inanimate objects and noises.
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Teaching a ‘Settle’ or ‘Calm’ Cue
A guide on teaching your dog a settle command, a technique that is useful to change your dog’s mood. Useful for highly reactive dogs.
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Guide to Crate Training
Helpful information to crate/confinement training your dog, including the benefits and a simple guide.
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Using a House Line
The house line is a useful way of managing and safely controlling your dog without using force or direct physical contact/attention. It is a method …
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Protocol for a Homemade Cleaning Preparation to Eliminate the Scent of Urine and Faeces
House soiling can occur for many reasons although in some cases it can continue due to the cat/ dog detecting the scent where it has previously marked…
Read more Meeting Visitors in the Home
This handout has been designed for dogs that either get very excited when visitors arrive or show fear or anxiety towards them.
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Preventing Euthanasia: The Importance of Puppy Socialisation and Training
A new study, undertaken in the UK on behavioural reasons for deaths in dogs under three years of age, has found that a staggering 33.7%…
Snake Bites: What to Do If Your Dog Encounters an Adder
Now that it’s spring and the weather is warming up, most of us will be planning some lovely long walks with the dog. Whilst out…
Healthy Together: Keeping Fit with Your Dog
Keeping in good shape mentally and physically makes sense for all of us and sharing a healthy life with your dog means that you can…
Understanding Canine Behaviour: Are Dogs Like Us?
Working as a canine behaviour counsellor means that I often have to help people understand why their dogs react or behave in a particular way.…
Keep Your Dog Safe in Autumn and Winter: Top Tips to Avoid Poisoning
As daylight gets shorter and we all begin to turn our thoughts to events like Halloween, Bonfire Night and preparations for Christmas. There’s lots of…
Top Tips for Understanding Dog Body Language and Communication
Observe body language You can watch your own dog in the home, when out on walks and during play sessions. See how they interact with…
Understanding Lungworm in Dogs: Risks, Symptoms and Prevention
Lungworm is a potentially fatal disease affecting the dog. Evidence indicates that it continues to spread across the UK. Read all about this potentially fatal…
Understanding Diabetes in Dogs: Symptoms and Management Tips
Did you know that diabetes doesn’t just affect humans? In fact Diabetes Mellitus, to give it its full name, is one of the most common…
How to Deal with Cut Dog Paws in an Emergency
What if your dog has an accident whilst out on a walk? Would you know what to do? As a veterinary nurse, I am well…
Bloat in Dogs: A Critical First Aid Emergency!
Gastric Dilation-Volvulus (GDV) (Bloat) This is an extremely serious first aid situation. It occurs when the stomach becomes enlarged through a build-up of gas and…
Fear Aggression in Dogs: Expert Tips and Strategies
One of the most common problems I am asked to give seminars on, or help pet owners with, is “aggression”. However this label can be…
Handling Your Dog’s Car Anxiety
Packing up the car for a holiday or day’s outing with our dog should be something to look forward to. Unfortunately, for some dogs this isn’t…
Brushing Your Dog’s Teeth: 6 Easy Steps
Did you know 80% of dogs over the age of three experience gum disease? Gum disease begins when bacteria sticks to the surface of teeth. It forms…
Reward Based Training Techniques with Ian Dunbar
I have been lucky to spend a day with the brilliant Ian Dunbar as part of his roadshow educating dog trainers & behaviourists on the…
Hyperthermia: Helping Your Dog Keep Its Cool
As Summer temperatures rise year after year, it can spell trouble for your dog if they overheat. We’ve all heard about the dangers of hypothermia…