Honest Hounds’ head behaviourist Jess Probst talks often about the importance of hand feeding for building a partnership between our dogs and us. After years of talking about it on the Honest Hounds platform we thought it was worth asking her to write a short blog to share with the wider world.

Freeze vs Shutdown in Dogs: What’s the Difference?
One of the most common misunderstandings in dog behaviour is confusing a dog in freeze with a dog who has shut down. They can look…

Anna & Beau orignially joined Honest Hounds on the online Reactivity Reset to enable them to rebuild their partnership and start working through the bits of life Beau was finding hard. After seeing success she began working with our Affiliate trainer Hannah on Scentwork and was kind enough to write a blog about this for us.

If you’ve ever watched your dog vanish after a deer, rabbit or squirrel, you’ll know how quickly instinct takes over. Recall cues disappear in an instant, and it’s SO stressful as the owner standing there praying our dog will come back. The challenge is how to get our dogs to hear us when their adrenaline is sky high and their prey drive is in full swing?

Willow spent a week staying with Honest Hounds founder Jessie in July. During her stay, Jessie wrote a daily diary of Willow’s challenges and how she overcame them and shared those in the Honest Hounds Education Zone.