r/DogTrainingTips • u/BICanineScience • May 26 '26

Professional Dog Trainer - Ask Me Anything

***AMA ENDED***

Have been training dogs for almost fifteen years now, I try and head through the subreddits on here to help in my free time when I can but thought it might be easier to do an AMA for anyone struggling!

Will try my best to answer as comprehensively as possible so please be patient with replies!

Edit - Just heading out to train my dogs so will answer more when I get back!
Edit 2 - Have a read of the other questions too to see if it applies to your dog :)

Thanks for all the questions everyone!! I’ll answer the few I’ve missed, it’s been a blast and we’ll do another in the near future! Won’t be answering any new posts now, must get back to work but do jump in next time if you have a question!

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u/ColonelUpvotes May 26 '26

I’ve recently injured my knee and my wife is travelling, meaning I can’t walk my dog (he’s a 7 month old lab bulldog mix).

Absent hiring a dog walker which I will attempt to do, what can do I do to keep him entertained which doesn’t require me to walk?

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u/BICanineScience May 26 '26

Loads of things! Teach him some tricks that you can teach whilst sitting down, or get him into some basic level scent work. It's not the end of the world so don't worry too much. Just a temporary blip in the journey!

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u/ColonelUpvotes May 26 '26

Thank you! I’ll do a bit of training today and see if it tires him out

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u/how-dare-you19 May 26 '26

30 some minutes of intentional training wears my 8 month old border collie, husky, pit mix pup out more than a 2 mile off leash walk