Suzy and Fran came back from both weekends studying, learning and being inspired by Dr Isla Fishburn on her 4 Day Canine Wellness course. Not only was the course informative, balancing science, theory and Isla's vast knowledge, but also important to us re canine emotions and well-being. Isla, taught us to see each dog as an entire well-being wheel, to look at the whole animal, not just one part when working and living with canines. Likewise, ourselves and our well-being as a

As we have moved forward into 2019, so has science and scientific study. This means for dog professionals keeping up to date, reading studies and new books. Reward based training has had a new literature consisting of various papers supporting rewards based training. Within the review Dr Gal Ziv writes; “Despite the methodological concerns, it appears that aversive training methods have undesirable unintended outcomes and that using them puts dogs’ welfare at risk. In additio