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CONSISTENCY IS KEY WHEN TRAINING YOUR BEST FRIEND
CONSISTENCY IS KEY WHEN TRAINING YOUR BEST FRIEND When it comes to our canine Best Friend’s, it’s important to understand how they learn and respond to different situations. Here’s an explanation: 🐾 Positive Reinforcement If you give your Best Friend something they...
TALKING DOG WITH TAMARA
Ever wondered what your dog is thinking and if it could talk human what it is saying? Building a strong bond between you and your best friend is what your dog needs. Knowing how to communicate and keeping the communications clear with your best friend is the key. ...
HOW AND WHEN TO TAKE PUPPY FOR THEIR FIRST WALK
Before you even put the harness and leash on your new puppy there are steps to take 😉 We use food to keep our best friend engaged with us and slowly lessen the food amount. Come up with words you would like to use for behaviours, pair these words with your body...
UNDER STIMULATED or OVERTIRED PUPPY
It’s not uncommon for owners to mistake an overtired puppy for an under stimulated puppy, and try to fit more and more activity into the day to try and wear them out. If your puppy is hyperactive, easily frustrated, particularly nippy or barky or otherwise wound...
RESILIENCE DOG TRAINING – for the anxious, timid, scared dogs
Living with an anxious, timid dog can be crippling to them and you. It doesn't have to be, by reaching out to dog behavioural trainers such as Best Friend Dog Care you can find ways that the both of you can live your best life together.Please reach out if you are...
TEACHING TRICKS
Trick training is a fantastic way to clear communications with your best friend. Remember their native tongue is body language not words like we humans. Being clear and precise with your body language cues is imperative for your best friend in picking up what you...
HAVING FUN WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND
If you have a small dog, PLEASE be super careful if you have them up on a table. We do not endorse this if you have a bouncy uncontrollable puppy. Communications between you and your best friend are required to be taught, trained and then proofed in many different...
DOG TRAINING, BACK TO BASICS
How is your best friend coping with all the noises from the neighbours now most are home throughout the day and not at work? If you are noticing your dog barking more than before it could be that he is not used to the extra sounds that are coming from the...
DIGITAL DOG TRAINING via VIDEO CALL
Our successful digital dog training consultations have been going for over a year. While the world continues adding homes and countries into lock down with corona-virus you and your best friend do not have to suffer YOU CAN continue with Best Friend Dog Care's...
KEEPING PUPPY FOCUSED
What a wonderful training session Freddie had at the beach, showing us how much he had learnt in our total of 5 hours together! Sessions are generally 60 minutes and done in consecutive weeks for you and your best friend starting in your home and working towards...