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Muzzle training a reactive dog

Miles with Michelle — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:07:31 +0000

Dog behaviourist Alex Cooper shares her insights into why some dogs behave reactively, the importance of understanding their triggers, and how muzzle training a reactive dog can be a helpful tool. She also shares advice for helping reactive dogs overcome their triggers through fun, confidence-building activities, including canicross! Alex Cooper started Coxhill Behaviour Services after…

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Running with your dog

Miles with Michelle — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:44:41 +0000

Since starting canicross and qualifying as a canicross trainer, people frequently ask my advice about running with dogs. Here I have condensed all those frequently asked questions about running with your dog into what is hopefully a succinct article. I hope you find it useful if you are keen to begin running with your dog safely. Canicross is the sport of cross country running with dogs.

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Changes to parkrun rules on running with dogs

Miles with Michelle — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 21:47:53 +0000

I won’t pretend I’m not disappointed. When I learned the news, I had just got home from a canicross taster session, where the person trying canicross for the first time with her dog commented how much more in control she felt, having ger hands-free and how her dog was much less reactive. To summarise the changes, parkrun have decided that, effective from (and including) Saturday 2 April…

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Canicross Conversations Episode 2, Heatstroke in Dogs

Miles with Michelle — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000

In this week’s episode of Canicross Conversations, Louise at Paws 4 Running and I chat to canine researchers Anne Carter and small animal vet Emily Hall from heatstroke.dog about recognising the early signs of heat stroke in dogs. Anne, like myself and Louise, is a keen canicrosser – but what are the risk factors for our dogs of exercising them in the heat, and what should we be looking out for?

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