Author: Andy Ramshaw
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You Don’t Need to Dominate Your Dog
We’ve all had a friend, colleague or family member who has advised us that we need to show our dog who’s boss. Or be their pack leader and dominate them otherwise they’ll think they’re in charge. Some literature even tells new puppy owners to view their puppy as a playful wolf who needs to know…
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Dog Trainer or Canine Behaviourist. Which is right for your dog?
What’s the difference? How do you choose? A good place to start is to write down what your dog is doing that you don’t like. Then decide if it is a physical thing that can be trained or a behavioural problem that you need help with. So, what is the difference between a dog trainer…
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Rescue Dogs. Three Days, Three Weeks, Three Months
There has been a massive surge in dogs being surrendered to shelters and charities in 2022. Luckily though, there are still people adopting dogs. It is exciting and equally terrifying to bring a rescue dog into your life. You have probably wondered about the amount of time, love and patience required with a rescue dog.…
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Which Method of Dog Training is the Best?
At Venture Dog Training, we use training methods that are known as Positive Reinforcement and Reward based. These are methods that don’t cause dogs any physical or mental discomfort while teaching them different behaviours. When training like this the dog is rewarded in some way for doing what we’d like them to do. A lot…
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How Long Should a Dog Training Session Last?
An often-asked question is “How long should a dog training session last?” Well, a session is only a session to the human part of the partnership. We make the conscious effort to chop up some cooked chicken or some sausages and put them in our treat pot or pouch. We grab our dog’s favourite rope…
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Why is Dog Training Important?
Dog training put simply is teaching your dog English as a second language. Or French, German, Spanish or whichever language you speak. Training physical movements or behaviours as we call them and pairing them with words. This gives you, the human part of the partnership, a means in which to communicate with your dog. Your…
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What is Dog Training?
Sometime in the future someone might collaborate with google and breed a dog that comes with downloads on how to behave and live happily in our human world. Until then, it’s our responsibility to teach our dogs our house rules and some behaviours we’d like them to know. Training your dog is the process of…