Going away this Christmas? In-home dog sitting with a trainer: adventures, play, training and loads of check-ins. Perfect for anxious and reactive dogs.

Visitors, doorbells and a busy house: how place training, settling, crate training and tethering can help your reactive dog have a calmer Christmas.

Simple games you can start at home for each part of the hunt, and the dog sports they can grow into: scentwork, mantrailing, treibball, tug and more.

An anxious dog is often a dog who isn’t getting what they need. Learn how the hunting sequence drives your dog’s needs and how to find the part they love.

Teach your dog the rules of play: when to grab, how to teach the out, how to end the game, using the toy as a reward, and toy drive vs food drive.

Play isn’t one thing. Find out which part of the hunting sequence your dog loves, hunt, stalk, chase, bite or possess, and build games that actually fulfil them.

The clocks have gone back. Here’s how to use dark evenings to train your reactive dog: lit car parks, town centres, quiet fields and dog-friendly stores.

Bonfire Night with a reactive dog Fireworks don’t have to mean fear. Start with a whisper. If your dog already finds the world a lot, fireworks season can feel like weeks of bracing yourself. The good news: dogs can learn that bangs are just background noise. It...

A beginner’s guide to dog body language: the facial cues, body language and behaviour dogs use to tell us how they feel, plus an interactive ladder of arousal showing what a dog looks like when they are coping, struggling and over threshold.

Rescue dogs: the first 3 months Your rescue isn’t broken. They’re still arriving. You gave them a warm home, food, safety and love, and they’re still lunging, barking or shutting down. You’re not doing it wrong. Their nervous system was shaped long before they met...

Reactive dog walks, step by step A good walk isn’t a long walk. It’s a calm one. For a reactive dog, success isn’t distance or exercise. It’s your dog coming home no more stressed than when they left. Here’s how to get there in 7 steps. Before you leaveYour...

2026 UK prices How much does a dog trainer cost in the UK? The honest answer. It varies a lot, and price doesn’t always tell you what you think it does. Here’s real, current UK pricing, what the differences mean, and what you’re actually paying for. UK price...