Services | Whitty Canine Academy

Dog Training Services

Every dog is different, which is why all training is tailored to both the dog and the owner. Whether you're looking to improve obedience, address behavioural challenges or build a stronger relationship with your dog, Whitty Canine Academy offers practical training designed to achieve real-world results.

What I Offer

Personalised training sessions designed around your dog's individual needs and your goals as an owner.

Whether you're raising a puppy, navigating adolescence or addressing behavioural challenges, sessions are tailored to help you develop the understanding, skills and consistency needed to make lasting progress.

Training may include:

Recall
Loose lead walking
Engagement and focus
Impulse control
Confidence building
Reactivity
Household manners
Obedience and reliability around distractions

Every training plan is built around your dog, your lifestyle and the challenges you're facing, providing practical training solutions that create lasting results in everyday life consistently.

1-1 Dog Training

Training doesn't just happen during formal sessions. Real progress comes from practising behaviours in the environments where your dog actually lives and spends time.

Training walks provide your dog with structured exercise while reinforcing important behaviours in real-world situations. Sessions are tailored to your dog's individual needs and may take place in a variety of environments to build confidence, focus and reliability around distractions.

Training walks may focus on:

Recall
Loose lead walking
Engagement with the handler
Confidence around new environments
Neutrality around dogs and people
Impulse control
General obedience

These walks help dogs apply their training in everyday life while building confidence and reliability in a variety of environments.

Training Walks

Board & Train offers an immersive training experience where your dog lives with me and receives structured daily training tailored to your goals.

This option provides consistency, repetition and clear guidance, allowing dogs to make significant progress while maintaining a balanced daily routine. Training is tailored to your dog's individual needs and the goals you'd like to achieve.

Training programmes are customised to the individual dog and may focus on:

Recall
Loose lead walking
Obedience foundations
Engagement and focus
Confidence building
Reactivity
Behaviour modification
Household manners

Owner handover sessions are included to ensure the training transfers successfully back into everyday life and that you feel confident maintaining your dog's progress.

Board & Train

The first few months of a puppy's life play a huge role in shaping their future behaviour.

My Puppy Foundations programme focuses on building confidence, engagement and essential life skills while helping owners establish healthy routines and clear communication from the very beginning.

Areas commonly covered include:

Toilet training
Crate training
Recall foundations
Lead introduction
Socialisation guidance
Confidence building
Play and engagement
Household manners

The aim is to provide your puppy with the best possible start while helping you avoid common problems before they develop.

By building strong foundations early, we can help set your puppy up for success both at home and out in the real world.

Puppy Foundations

Adolescence can be one of the most challenging stages of dog ownership. As dogs mature, behaviours that were once reliable often begin to disappear, leaving owners feeling frustrated and unsure how to move forward.

Training focuses on rebuilding consistency, engagement and reliability through practical, real-world training.

Common areas of focus include:

Recall regression
Lead pulling
Overexcitement
Poor impulse control
Lack of engagement
Jumping up
Frustration around distractions
General obedience

With the right guidance, adolescence can become an opportunity to strengthen your relationship rather than a source of frustration, setting both you and your dog up for long-term success.

Adolescent Dog Training

Drawing on my experience as a Military Working Dog Handler, I offer specialist protection dog training for suitable dogs and handlers.

Protection training is built on control, obedience, confidence and clear communication between dog and handler.

Training focuses on maintaining existing skills while ensuring dogs remain safe, reliable and responsive.

Areas may include:

Obedience under distraction
Engagement and focus
Control work
Handler communication
Scenario-based training
Environmental exposure
Confidence building
Maintenance training

Ideal for maintaining existing skills and reliability while helping handlers build confidence and consistency in their dog's training.

Protection Dog Training

The Training Process

1. Initial Consultation

We'll discuss your dog, your goals and any challenges you're experiencing to determine the most suitable training approach.

2. Tailored Training Plan

Training is customised to your dog, lifestyle and individual objectives.

3. Ongoing Progress

Training focuses on creating reliable behaviours that transfer into everyday life, with support and guidance throughout the process.

Why Choose Whitty Canine Academy?

With over a decade of experience working with dogs, including a background as a Military Working Dog Handler, I provide practical, real-world training tailored to both dog and owner.

Every dog is different, which is why training is designed around your individual goals, lifestyle and the challenges you're facing, helping you build reliable behaviours and a stronger relationship with your dog.

• Over a decade of professional experience

• Former Military Working Dog Handler

• Tailored training plans

• Practical, real-world results

• Ongoing guidance and support

• Balanced, relationship-focused training

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