Taryn Blyth

Although I'm officially on leave for our summer holidays, it seems my dogs are still teaching me lessons I should have learned by now....

​​This is one that comes up over and over again: A dog is afraid, the owner picks the dog up or cuddles or soothes the dog and everyone...

On one occasion while taking my dogs for a walk, I encountered a man on the side of the road near to where I had parked the car. I let...

We regularly get questions from our clients when their dogs reach 6 months of age, as to whether they should now spay or neuter them....

In our jobs as trainers, we want to encourage and inspire people to be the best companions and teachers for their dogs. To do this we...

This video captures something which truly makes us very happy: happy dogs, with happy owners all working happily on an exercise in class....

I posted on Tuesday about how we need to consciously reinforce the behaviours we like (as opposed to punishing them!) - this shouldn't...

I was walking today with a couple of friends and our dogs. At one point we saw someone ahead with two very lovely dogs. The younger one...

Just a quick reminder that nothing has ever been achieved by denying a dog affection or reassurance. There are still sadly many...

I hope this post is not too self-indulgent, but I know so many colleagues who are struggling at the moment that I believe awareness needs...

While hiking yesterday we had an "interesting" encounter with a dog owner with 5 dogs that reminded me of all the things one SHOULDN'T do...

One of my older articles explains in detail the experience of raising Cruz as a singleton puppy: https://www.tarynblyth.co.za/raising-a-s...

A week ago, I posted a short piece on the misunderstandings around counter-conditioning, and I promised to follow up with a post...

We often talk about how important it is that puppies are introduced to new things (people, dogs, places and experiences) during the...

Desensitization and Counter-conditioning is a common protocol for working with dogs to overcome fears, phobias and reactivity. However,...

LOTS of dogs bark in the car at pedestrians, motor bikes, cyclists and other dogs – in fact this is one of the most common complaints...

This is a bit of a sensitive subject, but one that there is an increasing need for rational discussion on. How many dogs should a person...

This isn’t a post about what cues or what language you should use with your dog - we always tell owners they can use any cues they like –...

Wednesday was a lovely warm day ahead of the storm and my friend/colleague and I went on another great outride with our horse riding...

We have all heard people say, “My dog just isn’t really food motivated”. While all dogs have to eat to live and so they are essentially...