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Dog walking is wonderful in the summer, even in Scotland. But autumn and winter are another story. Wet, windy and muddy, but with the...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Sep 26, 20234 min read
How To Trim Your Dog’s Nails
🐾Training Tip! 💅Cutting a dogs nails is not easy and there are two ways of getting it done. The first is the ideal way. The slowly...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Why is play so important for puppies?
Play is super important for puppies, they get so much more out of than just being tired and making friends, though they are very helpful...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Aug 22, 20234 min read
Real-Life Success Stories: How Positive Reinforcement Transformed Problematic Behaviours
Every dog has a story to tell, and sometimes those stories involve overcoming behavioral challenges with the power of positive...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Aug 18, 20233 min read
How to Help Nervous Dogs
Welcoming a nervous dog into your life can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its unique challenges. Whether your furry...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Jul 4, 20235 min read
Three Ways to Stop Barking
Three easy ways to reduce your dogs excessive barking
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Alicia's House of Paws
Jun 25, 20235 min read
What is 'reactivity'?
'Reactivity' refers to an unusually heightened response by a dog, to stimuli in the environment. Unusual in that this reaction is often...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Apr 15, 20231 min read
DIY Foot Targets
For my Fun Agility class I try to make the equipment or find it cheaply. I don't wish to use lots of fancy equipment for my own sake and...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Brucellosis in Dogs
I've been hearing about vets pushing a Brucellosis vaccinations on our dogs so I did a bit of research. First thing to know is that...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 16, 20221 min read
How to Greet a Dog
Many people have no idea how scary they can be to a dog when they immediately begin smothering them when greeting them. Even if the dog...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 9, 20221 min read
How much sleep your pup needs
When we receive an enquiry from one of our clients or a new client, about their dog suddenly mouthing/biting them or their clothes,...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 2, 20223 min read
We don't just ignore unwanted behaviour, we use active disengagement
There are two main philosophies when it comes to dog training. One (often considered ‘old school’) is compulsion training. This is a...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Apr 25, 20224 min read
How stressed is too stressed?
Copied from The Academy of Pet Carers In the force free training world (aka positive reinforcement), we try to minimize the amount of...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Dogs and Cats Need to Hunt
It is well understood in the cat world, that cats have a need to hunt and that satisfying this need leads to happier and healthy cats. If...
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Alicia's House of Paws
Jun 5, 20213 min read
Operant Conditioning in Dog-to-Dog Interactions
Quoted Post by Chris Jackman of Enrichmutts As trainers when we hear the words operant and classical conditioning we typically associate...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 28, 20215 min read
Identifying and Relieving Stress in Cats
Despite being known generally as aloof and unfeeling, domestic cats are loving, playful and sensitive creatures that do their best to...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 23, 20214 min read
Luring Vs. Shaping in Dog Training
Why Luring is Potentially Better Than Free Shaping for Your Easily Frustrated Dog Quoted Post by Chris Jackman of Enrichmutt I often see...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 16, 202110 min read
Why I Will Regret Our Session With 'Balanced' Dog Trainers For the Rest of My Life
An anonymous account of the damage so-called 'balanced' trainers cause brought to you by Alicia's House of Paws... In March 2018, we...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 14, 20212 min read
Managing Neutering Recovery in Dogs
My girl was spayed yesterday and as we live in a first floor flat, had to be carried upstairs. Thank goodness she didn't need a toilet...
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Alicia's House of Paws
May 5, 20213 min read
Why your 'overly-friendly' dog is actually terrified!
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