Gundog training for my puppy – help where do I start? Welcoming a new puppy into your home is an exciting time, filled with the promise of future adventures. To ensure your pup grows into a skilled and reliable gundog, early training is crucial. Here’s a guide to get you started on the right paw. […]
Socialising your puppy is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure they grow into a well-adjusted, confident adult dog. Proper socialisation helps puppies develop the skills they need to interact positively with other dogs, people, and various environments. However, it’s essential to strike a balance, as over-socialisation can lead to its […]
This is a question we hear a lot from our clients especially when they have highly driven working bred dogs, join us while we look at how to teach a dog to settle. Dogs are naturally energetic and curious creatures, often bounding with enthusiasm and sometimes a bit too much excitement. While this exuberance can […]
UK Dog Sport is a relatively new dog sport that is the brain child of Wendy Beasley. Encouraging pet dog owners to get involved in a developing sport and have fun training and competing. What is UK Dog Sport? From UK Dog Sport “UK Dog Sport is not a substitute for Working Trials and it […]
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 […]
On Sunday 13th November our latest groups of gundog classes graduated. They have all done soo well and it’s been a real pleasure watching them progress and grow as handlers. WELL DONE EVERYONE Remember gundog training isn’t just for those that want to work their dogs but is also great for building a strong bond […]
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 […]