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Saying Goodbye to Caoimhe
Those of you who have followed by pack for many years now may remember my Flatcoat Retriever, Caoimhe. She came to me in 2014 aged 11 months. Initially, her owner placed her with me for residential training. It soon became […]
Update on Mia the Flatcoat Retriever at 8 months
Our Flat Coated Retriever, Mia, is making good progress. She has been trained using The Tessleymoor Way (of course), building bond and focus for the first six months. We have kept her predominantly on the lead and with this inner […]
Update on Mia – our Flat Coated Retriever puppy
Our Flat Coated Retriever puppy is now nearly 19 weeks old and growing fast. Her training is progressing well. We are still focusing on what I call the ‘inner circle’ training. Working mostly on the lead, we are looking for […]
Consistency in dog training
A problem I encounter a lot is dogs slipping back in their training. We have some great lessons initially and lots of progress is made. Then we have a lesson where unwanted behaviours have slipped back in and they are […]
Residential dog training with Milo the Flatcoated Retriever
Milo has now resided with me for nearly six weeks. Throughout his training programme, it has been important to ensure he becomes a well behaved and respectable young boy. In my previous blog, I described just how unruly Milo […]
The downside of owning a Ferrari – Milo the Flat Coated Retriever
I often refer to highly bred working dogs as Ferraris. They look great and have a huge amount of power. Just like a Ferrari, they can be tricky to handle – it’s not like taking your Honda Jazz for a […]
Testimonial – Healthy & Happy
Damian’s support and advice has been invaluable to us, as our 4 month old Flat Coated Retriever, Bonnie ate a sock and had to have an operation to have it removed. She took a long time to recover from the […]
Directional Retrieves with Flatcoat Retrievers – Video
Gundog training with 2 Flatcoat Retrievers working on directional retrieving.
Residential Gundog Training with Two Golden Retrievers
Millie and Oscar arrived today for some Golden Retriever training in a residential setting. Over the past months I’ve been training with these two beautiful dogs on a 1-2-1 lesson basis. Whilst they are developing well with their training, it […]
Follower or Leader ?
We hear so many times about pack leadership/mentality within dogs. ‘Be the pack leader’ is one quote we read about from Cesar Milan, but for some reason we still allow our dogs to become pack leaders. Many dominate their owners making […]