Author: James Grey

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Social Club 2025

Are You ready!

🐶 Join Me for a Countryside Hill Walk With Your Dog! 🌿
Saturday, 10th May 2025 — 16:30 | Approx. 6 miles

Location: KT22 – Norbury Park

Hello all dog lovers!

Let’s step off the beaten path together for an energising 6-mile countryside hill walk—just you, your dog, and a like-minded group of fellow dog owners. This is a chance to stretch your legs, stimulate your dogs, and enjoy the beautiful outdoors in good company.

I’m planning a refreshing hill walk through the rolling green, and you (and your pup!) are wholeheartedly invited. We’ll wander winding paths, breathe in the crisp country air, and let the dogs run free and wild.

Whether it’s muddy paws, shared laughs, or quiet moments overlooking the hills—this will be soul food wrapped in simplicity.

As a dog trainer, I’ll be there to guide the group along the stunning countryside trails offering support and sharing tips as we take in the breath-taking scenery of the Surrey Hills.

Let’s chase horizons, find joy in the little things, and make memories worth muddy boots.

Are you in?

Details:
📍 Meeting point and parking info will be shared upon RSVP

🚶 Distance: ~6 miles | Duration: ~2-3 hours
🐶 Well-socialised dogs welcome (on-lead or off-lead depending on control and comfort)
👥 Limited to 10-15 people to keep the group manageable

What to bring:

  • Yourself
  • Your dog
  • Comfy walking shoes
  • A sense of adventure (and maybe a few treats!)
  • Picnic and Water – we will have a couple of stops for refreshments and multiple stops for pictures!

👉 To reserve your spot, please message directly to dogtrainingplanet@gmail.com

 Looking forward to walking with you and your four-legged friends!

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Fireworks? Prepare your pooch now!

If you are concerned about your dog during fireworks and the festive season, start now! Desensitisation process takes time and instead of waiting for the fireworks to be banned, let’s teach your dog how to cope with the sudden loud bangs. It is a very simple and easy going process for most dogs and puppies and it is always better to start when your pooch is still very young.

We have developed a very simple protocol for training and we have been using this since emmm… ?1987 probably and this protocol proved to be very safe and reliable. Besides, it helps dog owners to better observe their dogs and learn their body language which is another benefit of using our training technique.

This works for noises, fireworks, loud machinery and cars, and shooting.

Please get in touch – james@dogtrainingplanet.co.uk  for more info

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APBC 35th Anniversary Conference 2024 – One World, One Health, One Welfare

We have had a wonderful time at the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) conference in Daventry this weekend.
Speakers from around the world discussed a variety of topics focusing on companion animals in the community – and taking a holistic approach to welfare from all aspects – animal, human and environment. This was a true multidisciplinary approach and I am very pleased of this tendency of integrated care when not only animal professionals (vets and nurses, dog trainers and behaviourists) but also human doctors and professors of human science and medicine are now widely included into discussions.
Grey definitely enjoyed being a part of this conference and being pet by so many people

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There is a good news finally to change “neuter all that moves” approach from vets.
Veterinary Scientists are urging veterinarians to rethink old methods of neutering.
“There is growing evidence that surgical castration of dogs may not bring all the benefits previously assumed. Times have changed too, and vets and clients are increasingly questioning whether routine castration should continue to be considered best practice.”
Here are some headlines from Veterinary Record which is the official journal of the British Veterinary Association – BVA, which is the largest membership community for the veterinary profession in the UK.
Links will open for BVA members
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Emergency Stop Training for puppies and adult dogs

Emergency Stop is a very helpful tool to operate your dog remotely if you need to for many different reasons. It could be a car, a road, another dog, working moments – anything that can put your dog in danger.
At Dog Training Planet we include this essential training into our basic puppy/dog course and it is also available for those owners that would like to master this on an advanced level. This is an ongoing training and we do this without any aversive techniques like e-collar etc.
In this short video Grey shows what you can achieve on an advanced level if you keep on practicing regularly. We started when he was a pup of 4 months old and he reached his advanced level by the age of 1.2 yo. He is 2 yo now and we are progressing on all levels with and without distractions. You will be able to do that on your own once you’ve got a training plan to help you to gradually progress.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who we  were proudly serving for some period of time since 2005.
Rest in Peace.