The Fun | Focus | Play Podcast

Ever wondered why so many dog owners have dogs that pull on the lead? In this episode, Wendy and Natasja discuss how easy it is to teach a puppy to pull on the lead, without you realising that is what you are doing and we give you some pointers to avoid this from happening.

So pull up a chair and grab your favourite tipple or hot beverage and snuggle down to listen to this weeks episode.

If you enjoy our podcasts then please subscribe on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie
3 Steps to Silence with Claire Lawrence

Our regular dog training classes:
No Pulling Allowed Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

In light of the Coronavirus outbreak, Wendy and Natasja discuss how you can keep your dog entertained at home when our ability to walk them has been curtailed by self-isolation or in the event of a national lockdown that will severely limit our ability to walk our best friends as we would normally do.

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a few biscuits or a piece of cake and settle down to find out how to keep your dog entertained at home.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:


Our regular outdoor dog training classes:
No Pulling Allowed Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Ever wondered what the best way is to choose a puppy or a rescue dog? This week Wendy and Natasja tell the stories of how they chose the dogs they have and discuss how you can assess the suitability of a particular rescue dog and warn that proper research into breed, breeder and rescue centre can save you a lot of heartaches.

As ever they are fuelled by cups of tea and accompanied by snoring dogs and jingling bells as the dogs move around the kitchen while the podcast is recorded.

So pull up a chair and grab your favourite tipple or hot beverage and snuggle down to listen to this weeks episode.

If you enjoy our podcasts then please subscribe on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie
3 Steps to Silence with Claire Lawrence


Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade

This week Wendy and I discuss what makes a good dog training instructor. We look at what it means to be a dog training instructor and what you as a dog owner should consider in a teacher before joining a class.

So pull up a chair and grab your favourite tipple or hot beverage and snuggle down to listen to this weeks episode and find out why your dog trainer doesn't have to be a top obedience or agility handler when teaching you to train your pet dog.

If you enjoy our podcasts then please subscribe on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 The Habit Continues
Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie
3 Steps to Silence with Claire Lawrence


Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I sit in Wendy's kitchen, with the obligatory cups of tea, discussing the topic of self-rewarding behaviours and explore whether there is truly such a thing as self-rewarding when we talk about dogs or whether the dogs are just offering behaviours they have previously found to be rewarding.

Find out why Natasja had to use the excuse my dog ate my homework when she was studying to become a qualified behaviourist.

Pull up your favourite chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a few biscuits or a piece of cake and let our voice cascade into your ears.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 The Habit Continues
Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie
3 Steps to Silence with Claire Lawrence


Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

We are holed up in Wendy's kitchen for today's episode of the Podcast, talking about Capturing and why it is considered to be the laziest way of training your dog, our discussions lead up onto two other dog training techniques, Modelling and Mimicking.

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a few biscuits or a piece of cake and settle down to find out the pros and cons to Capturing and why you should only use it to teach your dog behaviours that are otherwise difficult to teach.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie
3 Steps to Silence with Claire Lawrence
Introduction to Hoopers Workshop

Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

On Today's podcast, Natasja is joined by the lovely Sue Kewley from the Sue Kewley Practice in Suffolk. Together they discuss the intricacies of excitement and how this affects our dogs, both at home, on a walk and when competing in dog sports.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a piece of cake and settle down to find out why you should be aware of your dog's excitement levels.

Remember to share, leave a review and subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it.

If you would like to find out more about Sue Kewley visit her website here

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
The No Pulling Allowed Interactive Video Course sign up page

The Fun Focus Play 2020 Challenge The Habit Continues
Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I sit down at the kitchen table with our regular cups of tea to talk about the weird, wonderful and sometimes outright spooky abilities of dogs. Do dogs have psychic abilities or are they just very perceptive?

So if you like ghostly stories and spookily weird anecdotes pull up a chair, pour yourself a cuppa of your favourite beverage and make sure you are not alone when you tune in to this weeks episode.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 Dog Training Challenge -  The Challenge Continues

Upcoming events:
Craig Ogilvie Interactive Play Workshops

Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I sit down at the kitchen table with our regular cups of tea to discuss taking the stabilisers off when training your dog. By having a look at the processes of Luring, Prompting and Fading we show you how to refine your cues to your dog and maintain the behaviour you taught your dog.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cuppa of your favourite beverage and enjoy.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 Dog Training Challenge
Craig Ogilvie Interactive Play Workshops

Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I sit in the kitchen drinking cups of tea and eating Leberkuche, following on from last weeks podcast we thought we would discuss the different dog sports that you can get involved in with your dog. 

Feel the inspiration and discover some of the options out there that will help you and your dog become fitter and healthier in 2020. Listen up as we give you a brief overview of what agility, rally obedience, obedience and Parkour are all about.

Pull up your favourite chair, make yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a few biscuits or a piece of cake and pour us into your ears.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes or on Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it and remember to leave us a little review and share the podcast with your friends and family.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 Dog Training Challenge

Our regular dog training classes:
Fun Focus Play Classes
Fun Focus Play Hoopers Classes

Natasja's Book No Pulling Allowed: from painfully disappointing drag to delightfully relaxing stroll.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade