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So I had my Easter weekend all planned out. And you know what they say about best-laid schemes. This last month I have been focusing on training with Archie, my working lab, and noticing, and recording, my own emotions as I progress. This is part of the research I am working on. A friend was…
Sheep Worrying
Sheep Worrying on the Increase The BBC recently reported that “the number of dog attacks on sheep in [in Scotland] has risen by 67% in two years, according to the latest rural crime figures (Dog owners warned ‘no excuse’ for sheep worrying) It’s a harrowing subject. Sheep mauled and injured, dogs shot or destroyed, criminal…
Help on Labrador Sit-stay Training
I have decided to get more focused on my dog training. I had attended a positive gun-dog training conference recently which re-fired my interest. So Archie and I went for a couple of days training away from home with a well-known gun-dog trainer. We’re not used to being around a lot of people and dogs,…
Hounds Connect the Dots
This article was first published in the 2020 Spring/Summer edition of ‘Counselling for Scotland’, the COSCA (counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) journal. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of COSCA, slightly editted to suit internet publication. A full copy of the journal, including the original article, can be obtained from COSCA Self-Mastery “Mastering…
An event exploring buried emotion – helped by my dogs
I have been following the Natural Dog Training methods for some weeks now. Mostly pushing for food, to encourage the dogs to invest their energy in me. Things have been going well and I have been enthusing about the process. Then last week we had, what appeared at first, to be a set-back.After pushing for…
A dog can’t remember yet it never forgets
“The difference between a mental and physical memory is that while the mental memory is remembered, often erronoeously, physical memory is relived, and the body is never wrong about the past……. …a dog can’t remember yet it never forgets” ….’Your Dog is Your Mirror’, Kevin Behan I have to admit that I struggled to understand this concept when…