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The Fun | Focus | Play Podcast

Natasja Lewis / Wendy Halliday

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Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 38

Ever find yourself confused about what dog trainers are on about? In a world where dog owners are bombarded with dog training Jargon. Your Hosts Natasja and Wendy are determined to make the art of dog training easy to understand for all dog owners, we have even gone as far as banning all Jargon! So if you are struggling with your dog, don't understand what your dog trainer is telling you and you just want to learn how to have a dog that does as it is told and walks with you rather than piss off the moment you take him off the lead. This podcast is for you!

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https://www.nopullingallowed.co.uk/
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https://www.nightsabredogtraining.co.uk/hoopers
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Episode 37 - The Play Master: Craig Ogilvie

Season 1 · Episode 38

Monday, October 26, 2020 • Duration 41:59

In today's episode, Natasja is joined by the Play Master himself: Craig Ogilvie. Craig is the Author of The Interactive Play Guide and together they have a chat about importance of using play to build and maintain your bond with your dog as well as touching on how to use play as an effective reward in your training.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink and discover all there is to know about Interactive Play and find out how to use play to help you train your dog. As a special treat there is even a video version of this podcast episode on the Nightsabre Dog Training YouTube channel head here to check it out.

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.

Want to find out more about Craig and his business Craig Ogilvie Dog Training
You can find the Interactive Play Guide on Amazon

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
Online training courses
Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade

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Episode 36 The Rescue Dog Ranger

Season 1 · Episode 37

Monday, September 7, 2020 • Duration 51:52

Today Natasja is joined by the lovely Suzanne Gould from Edinburgh Holistic Dogs. Suzanne is a rescue dog specialist and she has just published her first book The Rescue Rangers Roadmap.

So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink and discover all there is to know about rescue dogs what to look out for when getting a rescue as well as sharing some top tips on settling a new rescue dog into your home. Get ready to pour us into your ears.

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.

Do you have a just acquired a rescue dog and want to know what you can do to make your new pal fit in right from the start? Check out Suzanne's book on Amazon

You can discover more on the training classes offered by Natasja Lewis here:
Training Classes in Dorset
Online training courses
Natasja's Book on the No Pulling Allowed website
No Pulling Allowed on Amazon

Intro and outro music by Joseph McDade

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Episode 27: The Lead Perfect Puppy

Season 1 · Episode 28

Monday, March 23, 2020 • Duration 29:13

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

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Episode 26 - Stuck At Home With Your Dog

Thursday, March 19, 2020 • Duration 36:41

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.

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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

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Episode 25 Is this the one for you?

Monday, March 9, 2020 • Duration 50:07

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

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Episode 24 Do those who can do, and those who don't teach?

Monday, March 2, 2020 • Duration 46:46

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

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Episode 23: Is Counter Surfing Self-Rewarding?

Monday, February 24, 2020 • Duration 46:37

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

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Episode 22: See, Like, Reward!

Monday, February 17, 2020 • Duration 37:04

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

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Episode 21 Mistakes can be easily made...

Season 1 · Episode 22

Monday, February 10, 2020 • Duration 36:46

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

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Episode 20: Ghostly Encounters of a Dog Kind

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 • Duration 28:17

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

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