The Fun | Focus | Play Podcast

Wendy and I are once again settled in my kitchen drinking cups of tea and eating biscuits. This time we are talking about keeping your dog fit and healthy and how a gentle exercise regime can help you and your pet lose weight and keep fit.

Bury yourself in your favourite 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 why building a daily dog training habit will help you improve your dog's behaviour.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Fun Focus Play® 2020 Dog Training Challenge
Introduction to Hoopers Workshop only a few spaces available on the afternoon session.

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 

Wendy and I are drinking more cups of tea, and eating some lovely chocolate Biscotti biscuits while talking about building habits and we are launching the Fun Focus Play® 2020 Challenge and share how you can get involved.

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 why building a daily dog training habit will help you improve your dog's behaviour.

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
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 

Today I am joined by Dog Trainer and Author Sarah Bartlett to talk about multidog household. We dive right in there and start busting myths about multidog households and cover every aspect of having more than one dog and managing the different personalities as a whole and how to avoid problems right from the start.

And we do all that without even putting the kettle on for the obligatory cups of tea! but as Sarah lives 140 miles from me meant that we had to record this chat via the internet. If you have or are thinking of becoming a multidog household, pull up that comfy chair, fix yourself a lovely hot totty and start pouring us into your ears! This podcast is filled with tips and tricks on how to have a successful multi-dog household and why we recommend you wait for 3 to 4 years between dogs before adding another one.

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Mentioned in this episode:
Sarah Bartlett
Another Pup? By Sarah Bartlett
Puppy Prepared by Sarah Bartlett

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

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Natasja is joined by yet another special guest: Author, Dog Trainer and Business Coach Dom Hodgson, aka The King of Canine Common Sense, and this time we are tackling how to be more f-ing interesting when walking our dogs so they will stick by you rather than p*ssing off to find their own entertainment.

So grab your favourite tipple or hot beverage and snuggle down to listen to this weeks episode and find out why we don't condone the use of drugs.

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.

You can find out more about Dom and check out his books on Amazon and if you are a dog professional interested in learning about how to Grow Your Pet Business Fast check out his website here and sign up to Dom's 33 ideas email series.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

This week Natasja is joined by a very special guest on the Podcast. Kerry Lawson the FairyDogMother from Leeds has joined me to talk about flexibility and why it is important to teach our dogs to bounceback and be flexible in their responses to whatever life throws at them.

We didn't have tea or biscuits this week as the podcast was recorded over the internet as Kerry lives and works in Leeds, but don't let that stop you from nestling down in your most comfy chair with your favourite hot drink or tipple and pour us into your ears.

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You can find out more about Kerry and what she is up to on her website or check out The Happy Dog Project here.

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I are drinking more cups of tea while discussing whether we should teach our dogs what we don't want them to do or whether it is better to concentrate on teaching our dogs to do the things we want them to do.

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink, have a piece of cake and settle down to find out which list you should be concentrating on teaching your dog and how doing this will help you create a stronger bond with your dog.

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 Training Classes
Introduction to Hoopers Workshop
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 are back in my kitchen sipping tea and talking about the fabulous sport of Canine Hoopers. We both passed our Canine Hoopers World Instructors course and we are feeling pretty darned good and happy about it, so we thought we would share what Hoopers is all about.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a mug of your favourite hot beverage and pour us into your ears. Settle down to find out why you should try Hoopers and why we love it so much.

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.

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
2-day Tellington TTouch Zero to Hero Course on the 14th and 15th December here in Dorset.
The No Pulling Allowed Interactive Video Course sign up page
Introduction to Hoopers Workshop on 18th January 2020

Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Wendy and I have changed venues and we are sitting around Wendy's kitchen table drinking cups of tea while discussing the fact that dogs learn 24/7. It is easy to forget that you need to be consistent, and this was highlighted by a question on Natasja's recent "How To Fix Your Pulling Dog webinar. So we dive in and explore the training circle.

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 make the effort to be consistent in ensuring that your dog doesn't learn any bad habits that are easily avoided.

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.

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
2-day Tellington TTouch Zero to Hero Course on the 14th and 15th December here in Dorset.
The No Pulling Allowed Interactive Video Course sign up page

Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

Another Monday morning sees Wendy and Natasja drinking more tea, eating biscuits and discussing yet another hot topic. We explore what the term punishment in dog training really means and whether there is such a thing as punishment free dog training.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink and get your head around punishment and what it means to you when you are training your dog.
 
Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes, Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it. Share the podcast on Social Media and leave us a nice review.

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
2-day Tellington TTouch Zero to Hero Course on the 14th and 15th December here in Dorset.
The No Pulling Allowed Interactive Video Course sign up page

Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade 

It's another Monday morning at Chez Lewis and Wendy and I are drinking more cups of tea as we contemplate the importance of teaching our dogs self-control.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink and discover how important focus is and what problems we face with our dogs due to the lack of focus from other dog owners.

Subscribe to The Fun Focus Play Podcast on I-Tunes, Stitcher Radio, or wherever else you stumbled across it. Share the podcast on Social Media and leave us a nice review.

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
2-day Tellington TTouch Zero to Hero Course
Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Sign up to the "How to fix your pulling dog" Webinar on 15th November 2019

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade