You’ve got your dog, their bed, their bowls and their toys. Now it’s time to get down to some training so what else do you need? To help you out, here's our essential training tools list.

Clicker training is pure positive reinforcement using classical conditioning, you know…the Pavlov thing. We take the sound of the clicker, which is ‘neutral’ and pair it with a ‘positive’ stimulus, food so that in time the dog receives the same ‘reward’ reaction to the clicker as they do with food.

We recommended starting formal training from 8 weeks on, of course you have to get all their vaccinations first so sometimes it's closer to the 4 month mark for group classes. Dogs learn through repetition and experience so it is vital that you set the rules for life when they are young and haven’t learnt any unwanted behavior yet.