Reactive Dogs

Cues - How to Create Clear Communication between You and Your Dog

Clare Russell

Jan 164 min read

Cues - How to Create Clear Communication between You and Your Dog

It is highly rewarding when you feel your dog understands you, and that you can communicate with each other.

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Come Back! Teaching Your Dog to Come When Called

Clare Russell

Dec 7, 20233 min read

Come Back! Teaching Your Dog to Come When Called

Why the classroom 'recall' doesn't always work in the park

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Clare Russell

Feb 6, 20233 min read

Is your dog dominant or depressed?

Conversation about dog’s suffering with mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.

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Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog

Clare Russell

Dec 15, 20223 min read

Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog

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Clare Russell

Dec 13, 20223 min read

Do you need more than one session?

Which issues when resolved will make the biggest difference to your life. Which changes will be most beneficial to your dog?

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Clare Russell

Nov 22, 20225 min read

Teaching your Dog to be Calm

How to go about teaching your dog to be calm

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Transferable Skills - Confidence Building for Sensitive Dogs

Clare Russell

Nov 14, 20224 min read

Transferable Skills - Confidence Building for Sensitive Dogs

Teaching sensitive and reactive dogs the skills they need to cope away from the stressors

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Clare Russell

Oct 1, 20223 min read

Is It Play or Hunting Practice?

When we use the term play to describe the herding behaviour of collies it prevents us from acknowledging what is happening.

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Clare Russell

Sep 23, 20223 min read

Confidence

Confident dogs and Confident people can create magic together, confidence is the spark for the relationship we dreamed of with our dog.

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Why Adding Structure to a Training Session helps your Reactive Dog

Clare Russell

Sep 20, 20223 min read

Why Adding Structure to a Training Session helps your Reactive Dog

These are all key skills that dogs need to be able to walk on a lead without pulling, barking, spinning or biting, making life easy and safe

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Familiarisation or Socialisation? Which does your dog need?

Clare Russell

Aug 26, 20224 min read

Familiarisation or Socialisation? Which does your dog need?

Assessment periods in a young dog are moments of learning, be quiet, let the dog learn

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Thank your dog for growling - why growling is a safe form of canine communication

Clare Russell

Aug 12, 20224 min read

Thank your dog for growling - why growling is a safe form of canine communication

Growling is information that the environment needs to change

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Clare Russell

Aug 4, 20222 min read

Can Pheromones Influence Dog Behaviour?

The presence of appeasing pheromones may decrease the effects of a dog's anxiety.

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Clare Russell

Apr 15, 20224 min read

Struggling with Recall or Lead Pulling?

Dogs naturally seek connection. Knowing how to enhance the communication can improve your lead walking and recall

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Clare Russell

Nov 12, 20213 min read

Excuse Me..... please

From my experience once dogs learn that you understand these subtle signs, they become more co-operative, less reactive, quicker to approach

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Lisa Wilson

Oct 28, 20212 min read

Subtle Signals of a Sensitive Soul

Communicating with a Sensitive Dog. A conversation of a few whispers is how it felt...

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Will 'watch me' really benefit your dog?

Clare Russell

Sep 10, 20213 min read

Will 'watch me' really benefit your dog?

The bulk of my work is with dogs that are showing behaviours known as reactive or aggressive. Often these dogs are anxious and sensitive....

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Clare Russell

Aug 19, 20216 min read

Your Dog's Brain, Fear and Stress

Why your reactive dog often has no choice over their behaviour

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Clare Russell

May 30, 20214 min read

Ditch the Perfectionism

Trying to get training just right is understandable, but can lead to procrastination. It is ok to take the messy first step and get started.

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