Dogzine - dog training and tales of my dogs from hull

C U games

2010-08-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

Today I have been out for a walk with my 3 dogs as usual and I am starting to see a big difference in my dog’s behaviour. For the last 6 weeks we have been practicing some of the CU games and particularly the “Look at that”, “give me a break” and when I am standing still my dogs are now beginning to re orient towards me. Leslie McDevitt the author of “Control Unleashed”

Emi with cruciate injury

2010-08-16T04:59:00.000-07:00

Just found this photo from 1999 just after we adopted Emi. She collided with two labs playing ball. We found out she had really weak cruciate ligaments. The vet at the time thought she may have to be operated on, however with some tlc and giving her glucosamine for a while she is fine. Her back legs have always been weaker than the front and she bunny hops sometimes but she can still run like the

Rain mud rain mud

2010-02-26T13:41:00.000-08:00

Ideally when I'm out with my dogs I like to spend part of the time walking the dogs on lead, part of the time off lead playing ball etc and a short training session. It doesn't always work like that though. Having had a good run this morning in the rain, we went out for a walk this evening (again in the rain) and instead of wanting to get wet and muddy on the field /swamp my dogs actually

How to house train your puppy or rescue dog

2010-02-19T12:25:00.000-08:00

Hi, when I am teaching people to train their dogs I am often asked the best way to house train a puppy or rescue dog.I have just published an article on my website www.paws4training.co.uk giving advice on this. It's surprising how many people use disinfectant to clean up after their dog. Although we cannot smell the pee or poo the dog with it's superior nose will return to the same spot again and

At last Martha is playing ball

2010-02-02T14:51:00.000-08:00

Emily since day one of adopting her has always been crazy for playing ball. Charlie didn't know how at first but once he got the idea there has been no stopping him since. He loves to play and when he is playing he totally focused on Dave and me. It's helped with so many of his problems over the years. As I knew this I wanted to get Martha hooked on the same game. This has not been easy as Martha

At last some sunshine

2010-01-28T12:55:00.000-08:00

Today after several days of grey skies and gloom the the sun finally came out this morning. I was in need of a change from walking around the local park so I decided to walk my dogs on lead on a new route. Usually I prefer to walk further from home where the footpaths are wider as when I am walking 3 dogs together I am aware that I am taking up a lot of the pavement. But, as my van's engine went

My new blog

2010-01-22T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hi this is my first post on my new blog Dogzine.After Christmas I resolved that I would start a dog blog in 2010 and stop procrastinating. It's now January 22nd and I am only on my first post. That's one new year resolution down the drain so I"ll have to try and keep up with the blog. I'm not making excuses but on January 2nd one of my dogs had 2 seizures in one day quite out of the blue. He is