dog tales
PUPPY & DOG TRAINING
Helping dogs and their humans cohabit happily...
Dog Tales is a positive, reward-based puppy and dog training company located in North Yorkshire.
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Teaching with clear, consistent communication, kindness, and fun, I help puppies, dogs and their humans cohabit happily and understand each other better.
i offer one-on-one sessions tailored to you, your dog, and your shared environment, as well as group puppy, junior and adolescent classes.
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I service Stokesley and surrounding areas including Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby, Nunthorpe, Marton and Coulby Newham.
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Please reach out to discuss your requirements. I'm here to help you and your dog enjoy your best life together!
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services
PUPPY SCHOOL
Give your new family member the best start in their life with you and learn how to raise a confident, happy puppy and build a strong bond with your new family member.
I’ll provide tips on canine behaviour and learning, enrichment, socialisation, mouthing and biting, and teach essential cues and life skills including name response, recall, and lead walking. And of course, there'll be puppy play time!
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This is a 5-week course for puppies from 8-20 weeks old (all puppies must have had their first vaccination). Classes are held in Great Ayton and Stokesley.
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5-week course | £75
PUPSTARS
Did you miss out on Puppy School, or would you like to do some more training with your pup?
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Pupstar classes focus on strengthening the bond between you and your dog, practising foundation cues and behaviours such as recall, walking on lead, greeting and interacting with other dogs and humans, and focusing and settling around distractions.
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Pupstars is a 4-week course for puppies from 6+ months old, with a maximum of 4-5 dogs per class. Classes are held in Stokesley.
4-week course | £60 (Puppy graduates receive a 10% discount!)
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ONE-TO-ONE
Do you need help with recall, walking on lead, polite greetings (humans and other dogs!), confidence building, resource guarding or other cues or behaviours?
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Our one-on-one sessions are tailored to you, your dog – young or old – and your shared environment.
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Initial Session | 1.5 Hours £75 (including personalised Training Tips & Plan).
Follow Up Session | 1 Hour £55
ONE-ON-ONE PACKAGES
Would you like to book a series of training and support sessions, for which I will devise and help you implement a programme for you and your dog?
Prices for packages of one-on-one training sessions are as follows:
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3 Sessions | £175 (including initial 1.5 hour session)
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4 Sessions | £230 (including initial 1.5 hour session)
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5 Sessions | £275 (including initial 1.5 hour session)
PUPPY PACKAGE
Are you about to welcome a puppy into your home? Let's get you off to the best start!
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This one-on-one package includes a Settling in Session (1.5 hours) before or just after your puppy arrives, plus a one-on-one follow up.
You'll learn how to raise a happy, calm and confident puppy – with tips on enrichment, safe socialisation, independence training, toilet training, and how to deal with challenging – but perfectly natural! – puppy behaviours such as mouthing and biting. We’ll also cover 2-3 basic cues, from name response to recall and walking on lead.
Puppy Package: £110
PUPPY SOCIAL CLUB
Do you have a puppy that LOVES ​to play, or a puppy that could do with learning more social skills?
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Play is an important life skill, and these supervised sessions will help your puppy learn how to interact calmly, to read and respond to other puppies’ body language, to build confidence, and have fun!
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Our puppy social sessions are for graduate puppies only, and take place once a week, for one hour, in Stokesley.
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Puppy Social Session: £10
Puppy Social Package: 2 = £18 / 3 = £24
Setting you and your dog up to succeed, together...
Would you like to help your dog thrive and live happily in their human world?
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Would you like to build a strong bond and learn to communicate with your dog effectively, and teach them valuable life skills such as how to:
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greet and interact with other dogs, animals and humans
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respond to a recall
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walk on a loose lead
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‘wait’ or ‘stay’ on cue
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‘leave' or ‘give’ on cue
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settle at home and / or in other environments
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All of these behaviours can be taught using ethical methods and positive reinforcement - without force or corrections – setting you and dog
up to succeed, together!
Hi, I’m Nicole...
I’ve always loved (ok, been a little obsessed with!) dogs.
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I began studying dog training and behaviour in Australia in 2016, whilst working with and learning from some of the best trainers (and dogs!) around.
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Since gaining a Certificate IV in dog behaviour and training (and becoming a self-confessed behaviour geek!), I continue to update my skills and knowledge, and am committed to using ethical and effective, force free methods to help you understand and communicate with your dog.
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After living in Australia for over ten years – where I ran my own puppy and dog training business and worked as part of the behaviour team in an animal shelter – I am now based back home in beautiful North Yorkshire.
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I look forward to meeting and working with you and your dog.
Let's talk dogs...
Dogs are my favourite topic of conversation, so feel free to reach out to learn more about my services and how I can help you and your dog.
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I am often away from my desk - with dogs! - but I will respond to your message just as soon as I can.
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07739 519 290
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Qualifications & Learning
2024: 3 Day Learning Workshop with IMDT and Ken Ramirez
2024 - present: L.E.G.S.® Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation® Professional Course
2023: First Aid HLTAID003
2016-2021: Delta Institute Certificate IV Dog Training & Behaviour
2020: Living and Learning with Animals (The Science & Technology of Behaviour Change)
with Professor Susan Friedman
2019: An Evening with Dr. Susan Friedman
2019: Communication, Arousal & Problematic Behaviours with Craig Ogilvie
2019: Delta Institute Dog Behaviour Conference - Take the Lead: Exploring the Relevance of Dog Emotional Health in Training with Dr. Sarah Heath
2017: Delta Institute Dog Behaviour Conference - Being A Dog with Dr. Alexandra Horowitz
2016: Wagging School Instructor Training & Behaviour Skills
