Written by W&W client – Rona Brown This is Ailsa. Who wouldn’t want such an adorable puppy? Much to my surprise, it turns out I didn’t – at least not the version of Ailsa that dominated my life during her first months with us. We had a dog before, in fact we’d had a Cocker […]
A bit of a different and tough topic this week, but one we as dog owners all go through at some stage in our lives. The goodbye. This is by far the hardest part of owning a dog. Harder than toilet training, recall training you name it, it’s harder. However it is more often than […]
We all love our dogs and want to give them everything we can to make them happy. However, our waiting hand and paw on our pets can become detrimental to our dogs behaviour without us even being aware. In this blog Jemma talks about dog boundaries and why they are important to our dogs training. […]
Over the last few years cocker spaniels have rocketed in popularity as family pets and just looking at that face above you can see why! There were 38,910 cocker spaniels registered with the kennel club in the UK last year alone and this doesn’t include the thousands of unregistered litters and cocker cross breeds. For […]
Dogs pulling on the lead is one of the most common problems that owners come to us with and can be a real source of frustration. In this blog we look at how to stop a dog pulling on lead. Why do dogs pull? Dogs aren’t born with a desire to pull. Think back to […]
LATEST NEWS On Tuesday 11th October our latest 8 week life skills course graduated. It has been great to see the progression in the dogs and the hard work and dedication that their owners have put in. If you would like to find out more about our life skills course and how to sign up […]
You can use this command for off limit items, wildlife, people, other dogs to name a few Don’t confuse your ‘leave’ for ‘drop’ or ‘give’ – this is a very different command Don’t use ‘leave’ for something you are going to then give your dogs – this make the dog anticipate ultimately receiving the item […]
Build a strong bond with your dog. You are the most important thing to them Your verbal recall command should be the dog’s name and then the command, e.g. “Willow, Come!” Always use a consistent command and do not keep repeating it if your dog ignores you the first time, do something about it to […]
We get asked a lot about crate training and the correct way to do it successfully. So we thought we would put together some tips and hints on the topic. Why is crate training so useful? When you first bring your new puppy home they are a little bundle of fun and in to absolutely […]
On Thursday 14th July 2022 we held a gundog taster evening to give people and their dogs of what we would cover in our longer 8 week gundog foundation course. We looked at many things from heelwork and steadiness through to retrieving and recall from distraction. All the owners and the dogs thoroughly enjoyed themselves […]
