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Stopping your dogs 'bad' behaviour
Are you restricting your dogs behaviour? You might be in for short term success but long term failure.
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Why is my dog doing this?
I wish the answer was simple, if we could ask them ourselves wouldn't that be great! But it's often more complex than just a simple...
Dog Smart with Megan
May 14, 20242 min read
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I need my dog not to...
If I told you the amount of things my dogs don't do, or that I manage so they can't do...you might be surprised. I must admit lately with...
Dog Smart with Megan
Mar 29, 20243 min read
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What Makes Your Dog Training Successful? Part 1
This isn't a 'how to' guide to training your dog, or about the value of food you should use, the best toys to buy, or what methods to...
Dog Smart with Megan
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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The never ending push back using food in dog training
This is still something I come up against quite regularly unfortunately. The use of food (and positive reinforcement in general) has come...
Dog Smart with Megan
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Is your dog stressed?
The stress hormone 'Cortisol', plays a hugely important role in the body (human and canine). Just the right amount helps us thrive....
Dog Smart with Megan
Jun 9, 20236 min read
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Trigger Stacking - Dog Behaviour
How monitoring your dogs daily triggers can help you avoid an outburst… To talk about trigger stacking I first need to explain about...
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Jun 9, 20236 min read
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The ABC's of Dog Training
Why do you need to know these ABC's? Learning is a continual process from the moment a dog wakes until they next go back to sleep (in...
Dog Smart with Megan
Jun 9, 20235 min read
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Help, my dog is barking!
Are there different types of barking? There are typically 5 different types of barking (this will differ from different sources and can...
Dog Smart with Megan
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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Can I just use praise to reward my dog?
The notion that dogs should do stuff JUST TO PLEASE YOU, is quite outdated now. We know so much more about dogs than we did a few decades...
Dog Smart with Megan
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Puppy Training: When, what and where?
Bear in mind that each puppy is different to the next. Their genes, their breed, their early history in the litter, their individual...
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Jun 9, 20236 min read
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Puppy Socialisation
The sensitive period of socialisation The sensitive period of socialisation starts at 3-4 weeks of age, ending approx at 16 weeks (for...
Dog Smart with Megan
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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