Dogs and puppies explore their environment with more than their eyes, noses and ears…

animal training, advice, behaviour, dog psychology, dog behaviour, dog trainingKatie Scott-Dyer June 24, 2020chewing, adolescent dog, dog behaviour, dog training, relatable

How to prepare your dog for life with and after COVID 19

With these unprecedented times we are all in, like it or not our lives have changed one way or another…

Choices and why you should let your dog be silly sometimes

Let your dog be silly sometimes!

animals, animal training, dog psychology, enrichment, mental stimulation, lifestyle choicesKatie Scott-Dyer July 27, 2018dog behaviour, dog trainingComment

HELP MY DOG CHASES MY CAT!

You can have harmony between your fur-god and your dog, it’s knowing what to do instead…!

animal training, animals, chase, calmKatie Scott-Dyer May 31, 2018dog training, dog behaviour, cat behaviour, cat training, chasingComment

Restraint and collar holds

It's their body and our responsibility to care for them physically and emotionally. So I like to teach my clients how to restrain their pets to help their pet understand they are safe …

animal training, anxiety, relationships, pets, husbandry, sentient, fearKatie Scott-Dyer May 3, 2018collar grabs, harness holds, halter training, cat training, cat behaviour, dog behaviour, dog training, restraintComment

Calling your dog to you

dog behaviour, clicker training, dog training, dog psychologyKatie Scott-Dyer January 30, 2018dog training, dog, dog behaviour, recallComment

Learning to do nothing - Why it's good for you and your dog

Learning to settle - They can't do it unless you teach them and for this to be most effective, they need to learn this for themselves. Sounds like a paradox, right!

animal training, ABA, dog behaviour, dog psychology, dog training, human psychology, relationships, pets, trainingKatie Scott-Dyer January 30, 2018dog training, dog behaviour, settle, relax, attention seeking, training protocol, doing nothing

Learned impulse control - how to get it!

When it comes to our dogs we do need to exercise some control over them for safety, and teaching them right from wrong is arguably one of the most important things we can teach them. Acquired bite inhibition is one of them (we don't want our little darlings biting us willy nilly), not launching themselves at us and other people, not counter surfing, not escaping the house at every given opportunity...

animal training, calm, lifestyle choices, mental stimulation, pets, trainingKatie Scott-Dyer February 18, 2017dog behaviour, dog training, learned impulse control, self control, how to teach dogs manners, boundary training, social bond

Clicker Training

Getting started with clicker training is easy, provided you follow a few simple rules. The clicker itself is a small gadget that emits a unique sound in the environment, which is what makes it effective as a learning tool...

dog training, dog behaviour, clicker trainingKatie Scott-Dyer January 6, 2017dog training, puppy training, clicker training, tagteach, dog behaviourComment

what is the key to training dogs

So if a dog is not motivated, he won't be in the right frame of mind to work with you or indeed for you. So what is motivation? What do dogs find motivating? And just as importantly, what do you find motivating? Are you in the mood to train?

Great question! The answer is...

dog behaviour, dog trainingKatie Scott-Dyer January 6, 2017dog training, motivation, dog behaviourComment