Counter conditioning a dog to a crate
Recently I commented on the use of Flooding as a technique used by dog groomers. It is apparent from the uproar that the post caused on a closed Facebook groomers group that…
Wider understanding of canine behaviour
What happens to your puppy in its first 14-16 weeks or life are critical to the personality it will develop as an adult. This is independent of where the puppy may…
Is force free grooming even possible?
I spend many hours on Facebook talking to force free (or positive reward) trainers from all over the world and there is an opinion that professional grooming is a very…
Matted mutt to pampered pooch in 5.5 minutes
Watch a matted mutt become a pampered pet in 5 minutes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdrSuDrQAQ Kareema Healing Energy Animals Kareema is the owners of Healing Energy Animals where devil dogs, horrible horses and crazy cats…
Summer is here – Quick shave off the dogs!
Dogs come in a multitude of shapes, sizes and colours; they also have different grooming needs. What they don’t vary in is that they are susceptible to heat stroke and…
Does our emotional state affect our ability to train our dogs?
I have spent my day off reading an interesting book from Ben Angel called “Sleeping your Way to the Top in Business”. I applied what I was reading to training…
My dog is too young to train – How young is too young to start training your puppy?
As a professional dog trainer I am regularly approached by puppy owners who understand it is important to train their dogs but have been told that they should not start…
