Dog Training Guides

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Help your dog regulate excitement, frustration, and impulse control so they can think clearly and respond better in real life situations.

Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Fixation on Moving Objects

Learn why your dog fixates on moving objects and how to manage this behaviour effectively with practical tips and supportive guidance.

Understanding Frustration Tolerance Issues in Dogs

Learn how to recognise and manage frustration tolerance issues in dogs with practical strategies for improvement.

Understanding Impulse Control Issues in Dogs

Learn about impulse control issues in dogs, their causes, and practical tips to improve their behaviour in a supportive manner.

Understanding Over-arousal and Hyperactivity in Dogs

Learn about over-arousal and hyperactivity in dogs, why they occur, and effective strategies to help your pet remain calm.

Understand why dogs bark and learn practical, humane strategies to reduce nuisance barking at home, outside, and around triggers.

Understanding and Managing Demand Barking in Dogs

Learn how to address demand barking in dogs with practical steps and calming strategies for dog owners.

Understanding and Managing Excessive Barking in Dogs

Discover effective strategies to manage excessive barking in dogs, understand its causes, and find practical solutions for a peaceful environment.

Barking at Door and Visitors

Understand why dogs bark at visitors and learn practical tips to manage this behaviour effectively.

Support calm behaviour indoors and out. Build relaxation skills, better settling, and routines that reduce restlessness and overstimulation.

Inability to Relax After Exercise

Understanding why your dog struggles to relax post-exercise and how to help them unwind more effectively.

Helping Your Dog Settle in New Environments

Discover effective ways to help your dog adjust to new environments with practical tips and support.

Understanding and Addressing Night Time Whining in Dogs

Discover reasons for your dog's night time whining and practical steps to help them feel secure and calm throughout the night.

Helping Your Dog Settle Indoors

Discover practical tips to help your dog relax and settle indoors with expert advice on behaviour management.

Understanding and Overcoming Crate Training Difficulties

Learn about crate training challenges and practical solutions to help your dog feel safe and secure in their crate.

Learn how to provide a reassuring environment for your rescue dog.

Creating a Safe Space for Your Rescue Dog

Discover effective ways to create a safe and comforting space for your rescue dog to help ease their transition into your home.

Address outdoor problem behaviours like digging, chewing, and destructive outlets by meeting needs and teaching better alternatives.

Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Digging Behaviour

Explore the reasons behind your dog's digging behaviour and find practical steps for addressing it effectively.

Prevent door dashing, escaping the garden, and boundary testing with training, management, and safety-focused routines.

Escaping the Garden: Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Behaviour

Learn why dogs escape gardens and discover practical steps to manage this behaviour effectively.

Preventing Door Dashing in Dogs

Learn how to stop your dog from door dashing with practical tips and understanding their behaviour. Create a safer environment for everyone.

Build confidence and reduce fear responses with gentle, step-by-step training for anxious or worried dogs.

Understanding and Helping Dogs with Fireworks Fear

Calm your dog's fireworks fear with practical guidance, understanding the issue and learning effective steps for support.

Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Fear of Novel Objects

Discover practical strategies to help your dog overcome fear of new objects and create a more confident companion.

Understanding General Anxiety and Fearfulness in Dogs

Learn how to identify and help your anxious dog with practical tips and strategies for lasting improvement.

Understanding and Managing Noise Sensitivity in Dogs

Learn how to support your dog through noise sensitivity from fireworks, thunder, and household sounds with practical, reassuring guidance.

Improve manners around food: reduce begging, stealing, counter surfing, and scavenging using training, routines, and management.

Managing Poor Impulse Control Around Food or Toys

Learn practical strategies to help your dog build better impulse control around food and toys.

Stealing Food and Counter Surfing in Dogs

Learn how to manage your dog's food stealing and counter surfing behaviour with practical tips and understanding of why it happens.

Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Begging for Food

Learn effective strategies to manage your dog's begging for food and ensure a harmonious mealtime experience.

Make handling easier and safer by building comfort with touch, grooming, equipment, and day-to-day care.

Understanding Your Dog's Sensitivity to Touch

Explore reasons behind your dog's touch sensitivity and learn calm, practical steps to help them feel more comfortable with touch.

Helping Your Dog with Handling and Grooming Concerns

Explore practical ways to help your dog feel comfortable with handling and grooming to ensure a happier experience for both of you.

Create reliable toilet routines, reduce accidents, and build confidence with clear house training steps.

Toilet Training and House Training

Effective guidance for dog owners on toilet and house training their pets, ensuring a supportive and understanding approach.

Teach polite greetings and everyday manners, including jumping up, attention-seeking behaviour, and overexcitement around people.

Understanding Overexcitement During Greetings in Dogs

Learn how to manage your dog's overexcitement during greetings with practical steps and guidance.

Understanding and Managing Attention-Seeking Behaviours in Dogs

Learn practical steps to manage attention-seeking behaviours in dogs and provide a calm environment for your pet.

Understanding and Managing Jumping Up at People

Learn practical strategies to manage your dog's jumping up behaviour with understanding and patience.

Reduce nipping and unwanted chewing while teaching appropriate outlets and bite inhibition.

Understanding and Addressing Chewing Behaviour in Dogs

Learn why dogs chew furniture and effective steps to manage this behaviour. Supportive guidance for dog owners.

Understanding Nipping and Mouthing in Dogs

Learn about nipping and mouthing in dogs, why it happens, and how to manage this behaviour with practical steps and supportive guidance.

Support dogs showing repetitive behaviours like shadow chasing, tail chasing, or excessive licking, and learn when to seek professional help.

Understanding and Managing Tail Chasing in Dogs

Learn about tail chasing in dogs, why it happens, and how to help reduce this behaviour effectively.

Understanding and Managing Shadow Chasing in Dogs

Discover practical guidance on managing shadow chasing behaviour in dogs with effective techniques and understanding.

Understanding Excessive Licking and Self-Soothing Behaviours in Dogs

Learn about excessive licking in dogs, its causes, and practical steps to reduce this behaviour effectively.

Reduce reactive behaviours such as barking, lunging, or freezing around dogs, people, or environments with structured, confidence-building plans.

Understanding and Managing Leash Frustration in Dogs

Learn about leash frustration in dogs and discover practical strategies to help manage and reduce this behaviour effectively.

Understanding Nervousness and Reactivity in Dogs

Learn how to support your nervous or reactive dog with practical advice and understanding of their behaviour.

Build a reliable recall so your dog returns when called, even with distractions, using proven training games and reinforcement strategies.

Understanding and Improving Your Dog's Recall Under Distraction

Discover effective strategies to improve your dog's recall in distracting environments.

Understanding and Improving Your Dog's Recall

Struggling with your dog's recall? Discover practical tips and insights to help improve their response to commands effectively.

Understand guarding behaviour and improve safety around food, toys, beds, and valued spaces using humane, step-by-step approaches.

Guarding Resting Places: Understanding and Managing Canine Behaviour

Learn how to understand and manage your dog's guarding of resting places with practical, supportive guidance.

Help your dog cope when left with sitters, in kennels, or when alone by building independence and reducing distress.

Helping Your Dog Adjust to Being Left with Sitters or Kennels

Learn practical strategies to help your dog feel comfortable when being left with sitters or at kennels.

Understanding and supporting rescue dogs with separation anxiety.

Rescue Dogs And Separation Anxiety

Learn how to help your rescue dog cope with separation anxiety through practical steps and reassurance.

Support friendly, appropriate social behaviour with people and dogs, including play skills and confidence in new situations.

Inappropriate Play with Other Dogs

Understand and manage inappropriate play between dogs with calming guidance and practical steps.

Addressing Socialisation Difficulties in Dogs

Explore common socialisation difficulties in dogs and discover practical solutions to help your pet feel more comfortable and confident.

Improve focus, engagement, and learning speed with better training structure, motivation, and clearer cues.

Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Training in Dogs

Learn why dogs resist training and discover practical strategies to help them engage better with the process.

Understanding Dogs: Difficulty Learning New Cues

Explore why dogs struggle with new cues and how you can help them learn effectively and patiently.

Why Your Dog May Not Respond to Their Name and How to Help

Explore why your dog may not respond to their name and discover practical strategies to encourage a better response.

Addressing Poor Focus and Distraction in Dogs

Discover practical strategies to help your dog improve focus and reduce distractions for a better training experience.

Reduce stress around car journeys and travel with practical steps for calm loading, riding, and predictable routines.

Understanding and Managing Car Anxiety in Dogs

Learn how to help your dog overcome car anxiety with practical tips and understanding of the issue.

Make vet and grooming visits calmer with cooperative care foundations, desensitisation, and simple handling games.

Understanding and Tackling Vet or Grooming Fear in Dogs

Learn how to identify, understand, and help your dog overcome fear of the vet or grooming sessions with practical advice.

Improve loose lead walking and reduce pulling, leash frustration, and walk refusals with training plans that work in the real world.

Transforming Dog Walks Using Loose Lead Methods

Discover how to enjoy stress-free dog walks with loose lead techniques for a more harmonious experience.

Master Loose Lead Walking with Simple Techniques

Discover straightforward methods to help your dog walk calmly on a loose lead. Improve your walks with practical tips and positive reinforcement.

Understanding and Managing Your Dog's Fear of Specific Surfaces

Learn how to help your dog overcome fears of specific surfaces with effective strategies and compassionate support.

Understanding Freezing on Walks: Causes and Solutions

Learn why dogs freeze during walks and how to help them feel comfortable and safe with practical tips and guidance.

Understanding and Addressing Your Dog's Refusal to Walk

Learn how to manage your dog's refusal to walk with practical tips and a supportive approach.

Pulling Toward Other Dogs or People: Understanding and Managing the Behaviour

Learn how to manage your dog's pulling behaviour toward others with practical tips and support for everyday dog owners.

Understanding and Managing Lead Pulling

Learn how to address your dog's lead pulling with practical tips and supportive guidance for a more enjoyable walking experience.