Activdogs is now Steven Symonds — Dog Behaviour & Training. A name that better reflects the work I do.
Activdogs is now Steven Symonds — Dog Behaviour & Training. A name that better reflects the work I do.
Focused one-to-one practice for skills we have already taught together — when you want another pair of eyes, a useful set-up or help taking the training into the real world.
Practice Sessions are for established work. We are not teaching a whole new programme; we are rehearsing familiar skills with the right level of challenge and adjusting the details where needed.
Recall in a more interesting place, loose lead walking on a real route, settling while things happen nearby, engagement around distractions or practising a sequence of skills together — the session is built around the work your dog already knows.
We choose the environment and difficulty carefully so you can rehearse successfully, see what needs adjusting and leave knowing what to practise next.
The exact session depends on the work we have already done together and where you now want that training to become more reliable.
Practise reconnecting, recall, lead walking and working together when the environment is more interesting.
Practise staying able to think, settle and recover while everyday distractions happen around you.
If fear, aggression, guarding, repeated reactivity or safety has become part of the picture, Behaviour Support is the better route rather than simply making the practice session harder.
Tell me which skill you want to rehearse and where it is currently becoming difficult, and I can suggest the most useful practice set-up.
