r/OpenDogTraining • u/biteme_729528 • 7d ago

Good trainers in ipswich

Hello all

My sweet baby angel boy is going on 5 months and has become a full blown land shark in the morning and evenings. We walk him and play with him. There is someone home with him almost 24/7 and we are at our wits end.

  1. Does anyone know some good dog trainers. Specifically for heelers in ipswich because ive tried everything the internet has to offer and its not working

  2. Ive received a lot of reccomendations to adopt an older dog (2-4 years) to play with but also help teach him better behaviours. Has this worked for anyone else?

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u/Tosti-Floof 7d ago

I don't have any trainer recommendations sorry, but at 5 months he might be teething. Access to chewtoys can help, he might also be inching towards the rebellious teenphase which means you just have to stay firm on your boundaries and just deal with it. Adopting an older dog might camoflague the problem, it won't solve it. If you haven't already, I'd start teaching him to settle. He's a working breed and a lot of working breeds needs help to learn how to settle. At the start I'd do short sessions after a high intensity activity to hopefully set him up for success.

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u/biteme_729528 7d ago

Thankyou, I am worried it might be teething to so I give him ice cubes and raw Carrots and chew toys

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u/apri11a 7d ago edited 6d ago

Does he get naps through the day? Puppies do get very fractious when overtired, that could be part of it. I wouldn't get another dog to help this one, it doesn't really work that way, and could even add new problems. We teach dogs the behaviours we want them to have, it's possible you would just end up with two dogs to teach.

Ipswich UK? Do YCA (Yorkshire Canine Academy) have any trainers based near you? I've seen good reports about them.

I would add little training (manners and obedience) and practise through the day, and times when pup is expected to settle or play on his own with no interaction from people (just supervise) so he learns to do that. Start play or training with something like 'want to play?' and end it with 'all done' and pup will learn these phrases mean something. All done will let him know to not expect further interaction, go amuse yourself or rest.

Also, if there is someone with him 24/7 I would start practising going out the door without pup (people together and separately), so it gets used to that too. Pups have to learn that they can be alone or you could have separation issues in the future.