The importance of increasing your value to your dog

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One of the biggest struggles that most dog owners encounter, is the ability to maintain control & focus in different environments, especially when factoring distractions into the equation.

More often than not, we compromise our ability to control our dogs, by either constantly engaging in activities that create competing motivators for ourselves, or not engaging in any activities that promote our relationship with them at all.

Training your dog is so important, but it is an extremely difficult task if we don’t ...

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16
MAY
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Behavioural Problems, Dog Training

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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

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On behalf of myself and my family, we just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU!!! for all the wonderful work Paul and the Excel Dog Training Team have helped us accomplish with what used to be, our 2 little 18 month old Terrorist Jack Russell Terriers Jacko & Frankie.

Before contacting the Excel team we were at our wits end, and had a whole list of issues ranging from Barking constantly at the neighbours kids on the trampoline, going off every ...

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6
AUG
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Behavioural Problems, Dog Training, Obedience Classes

Bilbo the Naughty Beagle!!!

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If you could imagine a 9 month old Beagle that pretty much thought he ruled the earth, then you can begin to imagine the nightmare we created in our Little Bilbo.

Unfortunately due to some bad advice early on in Bilbo’s life, and lots of time spent googling dog training on the net, we were left extremely confused and lost, as to where we had gone wrong. We had created so many bad behaviours from Jumping all over the furniture, Jumping ...

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6
AUG
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Behavioural Problems, Dog Training, Obedience Classes, Puppy Classes, Puppy Training

Young Male Rottweiler For Sale

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Young Male Rottweiler For Sale

 

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We currently have a young male Rottweiler for sale.

Jett (Seeuferhaus Sovil Yago), who is 17 months old, has great drive and would be ideally suited to a working home, or an active family with older children that would be willing to provide a lifestyle that has all of his genetic requirements fulfilled. (His energy levels are way to high to put into a backyard and forgotten about)

He has had some great early development training as well ...

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29
JUN
0

Dog Training, Dogs For Sale

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The Advantages of Crate Training your Puppy, or Adult Dog

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Crate Training for most dog owners can be a difficult concept to grasp, due to the fact that they simply just don’t understand the importance of crate training, and the positive impact that it will have on your puppy, or adult dogs long term behaviour.

From a dog trainer’s perspective, crate training is one of the most important and useful things that you can teach a dog.

“Once a dog is crate trained, yours and your dogs quality of life will be ...

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28
JUN
0

Behavioural Problems, Dog Training

Is using an Off-Leash Dog Park for Socialisation a good Idea?

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Is using an Off-Leash Dog Park for Socialisation a good Idea?

This is potentially the biggest mistake that dog owners can make.  Off-Leash dog parks are not designed for socialisation purposes, but more for the benefit of social dogs being able to run free off-lead.

Taking fearful or dominant dogs into an Off-Leash area with the intentions of socialisation, more often than not is going to end in disaster. These particular dogs with such temperaments would far better benefit from a specifically designed training program, which would be conducted in a controlled ...

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21
MAY
0

Behavioural Problems, Dog Training

Is my dog too old to begin obedience training?

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Is my dog too old to begin obedience training?

How many of you have heard the old saying, “YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS”,  Well this couldn’t be further from the truth, so don’t throw in the towel just yet!!!

We offer a vast range of different training options and programs for All dogs, All ages that cover Basic Obedience for those of you that just want a better behaved pet at home, through to Advanced Obedience programs for all the enthusiasts that want to take their training ...

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21
MAY
0

Dog Training, Obedience Classes

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How do I stop my dog barking?

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How do I stop my dog barking?

The better question to ask in this particular case is,  Why is my dog Barking in the first place?

Whilst barking is a significant part of a dog’s normal behaviour, Excessive Barking can create a great deal of stress not only for the dog owner, but the entire neighbourhood as well.

The first step to modifying an undesirable behaviour, is understanding what is causing the behaviour in the first place. Dogs can bark for a number of different reasons, and this is why ...

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21
MAY
0

Behavioural Problems, Dog Training

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