Trick Woofs Dog Owner Support

Tricky dogs are not defined by a behaviour but by what we find challenging.

This phrase is so true and makes me feel some much better.

My experience, why we feel it more than ever now and does it ever really go away?

We can’t agree with everyone, the fact we are all different is the beauty of things. I didn’t agree on a recent post about impulse control and here I explain why.

In this episode I talk about how bringing choice and mindful handling into our walks can help start a conversation with our dogs.

When behaviour is suppressed or can’t be fully expressed in one area, it can pop out in other areas and other ways. I talk a bit about this here and where we might see it in every day life. As well as recognising it in ourselves.

Sometimes training plans can put us in a spin and are often really unrealistic. It’s not a bad thing to opt for the easy way out. It’s normal, practical and realistic.

Realistic expectations and mindset has helped me progress when working with reactive dogs. Here I talk about how you can implement these two things.

This episode was brought up on a few comments regarding our bull breeds friends. But what are the repercussions of calling them danger dogs or softies? WARNING Some of the things I talk about in this episode may be emotionally triggering regarding BSL

Why if do online courses is because I will always revisit similar areas and Ben when working on difficult issues and personalities. Here I talk about the three things that help me build a foundation to working on behaviour change.

If you loose your temper, feel emotional or frustrated by your dog’s behaviour sometimes. You aren’t alone, this episode talks about how we can help in those triggering times.

Sometimes we aren’t looking at good behaviour, we are looking at suppression.

Education is great but it can come with a burden of always worrying and thinking about our dogs. That can lead to wanting to manage every situation our dogs are in. So when it’s it right to protect and when is it better to let our dogs deal with things themselves?

I add a lot of yoga and mindfulness techniques to my membership. As well as aspects of my training. Why have I found those to be so powerful to my training and ownership journey as well as my life journey and so could you.

Removing judgement and changing our thought process can make us feel more positive as well as spread those vibes.

After I put up a social post on some of the negative effects kindness in our minds can have. I wanted to touch a little more on this particular topic.

As an owner or a trainer, have you ever lost your nerve? I know I have and that’s what I’m talking about today. So if you’re going through this, know that you aren’t alone.

It’s world mental health day and I wanted to talk about how sometimes trying to do the best for our dogs can really impact our mental health.

This week I’ve been talking a lot about dogs on lead being as fulfilled as dogs off lead. This episode I talk about anticipation in training and how we can use it to help us with on lead guilt.

So this is my first episode! Bear with me. In this episode I wanted to talk about how I’ve been practicing gratitude and trying to create a habit in my brain of positive thinking rather than jumping to the negative. This has helped me massively when it comes to the way I feel when walks go wrong or we encounter mishaps in life.