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Moving with Your Dog – the Ultimate Guide

Moving homes is a massive undertaking that is recognised as one of life’s stressful events. Researchers have found that moving homes regularly has significant impacts…

Simone Tuten04/08/2023

Dog behaviour Training Wellness

Puppy play in puppy classes

Puppy play in puppy classes use to be very common, yet there are an increasing number of classes where puppy playtime doesn't happen. It may…

Simone Tuten10/01/2023

Dog behaviour Enrichment Training Wellness

Dog destroying beds? – learn how to stop it

Is your dog destroying beds? Dogs destroy beds for a number of reasons. Exploding bed (and couch) photos are quite common on social media and…

Simone Tuten06/08/2022

Wellness

Give your dog a better life – top 10 tips

We all want to give our dog a better life. Dogs are a part of our family; we have deep connection with them and want…

Simone Tuten05/07/2022

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What Qualification or Certification should your dog trainer have?

Finding an appropriately skilled and knowledgeable dog trainer or behaviour consultant to help you can be difficult. Dog training and dog behaviour consulting are unregulated…

Simone Tuten28/02/2021

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Grieving animals: how we can help them

One of the challenges we face as animal carers is supporting our other animal friends while we are also grieving the death of one of…

Simone Tuten04/01/2020

Training

Gifts boisterous dogs give us – aka what have we learned

Sometimes we need a reminder. A reminder of the gifts boisterous dogs give us. A reminder just for those times when they do something and…

Simone Tuten20/12/2018

Training

How much exercise does your dog need?

You may have heard people say that “a good dog is a tired dog”. But how is this done safely? How much exercise does a…

Simone Tuten12/12/2018

Training

Can essential oils calm dogs

Essential oils are often used to help create a relaxing environment for people; but can they help calm dogs? Several dog training colleagues and dog…

Simone Tuten26/10/2018