Helping our dogs fit into a human society
Dog training with a difference based in Monmouthshire
Modern dog training which is based on scientific methods. All positive, all force free.
Parker's Canine Care and Training was established in 2008 and has been designed to help owners build a relationship with their dog which is built on communication, respect and trust. Sarah is the founder of Parker's Canine Care and is a qualified training instructor, her mission is to help you communicate clearly, understand what your dog needs and ultimately think dog, be their advocate, trainer, family and team mate. Successful training can only be achieved in a positive and calm mind set. Emotion drives behaviour, your dogs emotional needs must be understood and met.
By using positive reinforcement to increase desired behaviours Sarah will make living together more enjoyably. Training gives freedom to the dog and piece of mind to the owner.
All the services you need in one place, you can choose any or all to join.
Starting with the Puppy Package before you even get your puppy. A comprehensive Puppy Pack to read through and two home visits. Home visits are useful to get an idea of the dog you are living with and techniques to help you through puppy hood.
We then have a 4 week Problem Prevention classes, these don’t focus on obedience but environmental socialisation and teaching skills that help your undicual puppy. This is different to other classes as we really focus on building confidence. You can join 7 days after your first vaccinations.
Positive Puppy is a 6 week themed rolling course held in the training field, you can join in on any week, you will learn skills in a way that will help you transfer them into real life situations.
Our Proofing course is our Life Skills course, its 4 week training in different locations, your dog needs to be over 6 months and have some training skills already.
We help you all the way through your dogs life. There are many course you can join in with, they are offered in a group or 1 -1 for any dog who prefers their own company.
Hoopers is a low level agility type sport, brilliant for all ages and suitable for mobility issues as long they are cleared by your vet. The Gun Dog Games course is for all your HPR breeds, giving our pet working dogs the outlets they need. Lost Property Search and Scent work are available for everyone.
We can help you with recently rescued dog who may need a little more time and patience to settle in to their new home. I have studies hard to obtain Pass with Honors with The Science Academy where we spent 6 months deep diving into stress and resilience.
Behaviour cases such as Separation Anxiety, inter household aggression, human aggression will be referred to a behaviorist.
I have studied and learnt many training techniques and uses only up-to-date scientific methods, with no fear or force, & with welfare at the heart of all we do.
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Parker's Puppy package
A downloaded able booklet and two home visits to help you through the most critical learning period of your dog’s life. Management of their environment, toilet training, teething, handling, socialisation and so much more.
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Puppy Problem Prevention
AGE 8 TO 16 WEEKS.
4 WEEK ROLLING COURSE
£15 A SESSION OR £80 FOR ALL
Don’t wait for a pup class, again, join in at any session.
Lets be proactive and prevent the most common unwanted behaviours such as jumping up, counter surfing and many more from developing. Building confidence and resilience to novel items and things they will come across in the environment.
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Positive Rolling Themed Puppy Classes
£120 for full 6 week course
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£20 a session.
All welcome, as a follow on course to Problem Prevention or at any age after 16 weeks old.
This course creates solid foundation for future learning. You will learn body language, a mini dive into the canine mind, delivery of cues and rewards for clear communication.
The life saving skills of recall and lead walking along with some fun themed classes.
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Practical Proofing
£80
4 WEEKS
Any dog over 6 months old,
Does your dog carry out behaviours perfectly at home or quiet familiar places?
Dogs don’t generalise as well as humans and their instinctive nature can make it hard for their cognitive agility to kick in. This course we will learn and practice the basic obedience techniques such as stays, downs, targeting, Focus work, Impulse Control techniques in a variety of places, starting with low distractions and building up.
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Scent work
Find out how incredible your dogs nose is, you will learn how to teach your dog a passive search indication, be able to hide “hides” out for your dog where ever you like. Its amazing for your dog and you to do together, it really strengthens bonds. Learn why I love scent work and how beneficial it is for your dog.
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Hoopers
Brilliant and additive! Learn to work your way through a variety of courses. Like agility but no jumps or fast turns
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Fun gun dog
Do you own a gun dog breed? Hunter, pointer, retrievers, full and cross breeds welcome. A brilliant and fun way for your pet dog to have a safe outlet for all their natural instinctive desires.
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Calming course
Sometimes we all need to have a little clam in our life, dogs actually find this hard to do as a humans world is full of noise, sights, sounds and smells. Even their own home. This course teaches you both to take a seat, sit and chill. Its a clicker course, you will learn all the signs of dog relaxation and how to reinforce it. We practice in different locations.
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1 to 1 Training sessions
The first visit we have a consultation to decide what we work on and how many sessions we need and where to work. This is all dependent on the individual needs. Maybe the one visit is all you need or maybe we need to work through a number of things. I love 1 to 1 sessions as we can work in the home or/and out and about.
£50 for the first session
£35 for every further session needed
all with follow up notes and videos.
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For anxious dogs
A Safe Space where owners are in the same boat. A place where we can build on positive exposure, each time building confidence and resilience to your anxious dog.
Stress on daily walks can really take its toll on your dog. Everytime your dog has a stressful encounter the sympathetic nervous system is engaged and priming the body with norepinephrine and adrenaline ready for the amygdala to make its decision. Even if your dog hardly reacts the dogs heart rate has increased, blood vessel have restricted and all the nerve ending are fully wired.
These experiences not only cause a negative association and reduce your dogs confidence they create a stress response which while in full swing reduces the function of other organs, it can slow down the digestive system for example and if not helped create chronic stress. It can even prevent reproduction. The body cant function to its fullest when its sympathetic nervous is continually engaged.
Here at Safe Space we avoid that from happening because we are all at a distance and distance s key, I shall explain all things anxiety to you on the day. I shall come and walk with you (if your dog doesn’t mind) find out about your dog, teach you some pattern games and offer tips on day to day management.
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RECALL WORKSHOPS
IN PERSON AND ON- LINE
In person workshops run periodically throughout the year but don’t worry if you cant make one as you can now purchase the on line version
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