Images of Paws In Hand Dog Training Classes
In Paws In Hand Puppy Training classes we take your puppy's socialisation experience very seriously. This is why you will not find a free for all play session. We run controlled free play sessions with two or three puppies usually off at any one time. We give advice about what is going on in play so that owners are aware of body language in both their's and other people's dogs. We also encourage inerruption of overly aggressive play to ensure that your puppy learns proper dog play code so reducing the likelihood of running into trouble later on!
The following are pictures of Purdy and Rhodie who are playing for top dog position with each other. On the left you can see that Purdy (GSD/Rottie cross) is standing over Rhodie (Rhodesian Ridgeback.) In the second picture you can see that Rhodie is continuing to invite play with a nice play bow. During the 6 weeks course Rhodie did become more competitive and play was more evenly matched. I wonder who will be top dog by a year old?
The following is a pitcure of three puppies, one of which has grabbed a toy and the other two are chasing to try to get the toy.
Here are some really cute photographs which emphasise that Paws In Hand classes are run using fair, kind and effective techniques, puppies wouldn't be looking like this if forceful techniques were used! Signs of stress would be ears back, low tail carriage, wide grin, panting, lip licking, urinating, eliminating (although puppies tend to do this anyway!), and sweaty paws. So if you are checking out dog training classes, do watch out for these signs.
Here are some action photos. As you can see from any of the photographs, there is plenty of space available as we only have 6/8 per class and in the main the halls we use are very spacious, except the Stapehill Hall in which we only train puppies as it is not so spacious. You can be assured of one to one attention in training to ensure that you are using the right techniques for you and your dog, not all techniques work for all which is why it's important you get individual support. You may spot me in some of them, looking a little older than in the photo on the front page I'm afraid, that's what happens when you have a three year old son!
In the photo on the left I am giving some one to one tuition on "stay" training, haven't got a clue what I was doing with my hands though? In the photo on the right I am demonstrating how you can teach your puppy to shake paw.
Below left you can see me habituating a Husky to a child's toy, look at the grey puppy on the right and note his body language. Initially he was fearful but we took advantage of his brother who was more confident and in no time he was also approaching the remote controlled car, shame we didn't get the photo of that to show you! But you will have to trust me on that one I'm afraid!
In the photo on the right you can see the puppy final week competition in progress.
And below is a lovely photo of Penny and Bill with Charlie. Charlie is a beautiful male chocolate labrador who is from working line. He is a lively boy and has taken a great deal of commitment from Penny and Bill to train him. He won the Paws In Hand Achievement of the Year 2007 award for outstanding commitment to training. Charlie is now in the advanced class and at just over a year old is an absolute joy to behold in class now... not always that way though, ha ha!!! However, for those of you with lively labradors I am pleased to say that we seem to have a knack with this breed and see some really wonderful results. So, if your lab is running off to play with everyone except you and play biting and jumping up rather a lot then why not check out our classes.
Below you can see a typical labrador approach to working with cones... trail of destruction! Just so that you know the above photos are not fake, here is what CAN happen! I'm pleased to say that they all come good in the end with a bit of effort.
