Seminar Neil Short !
Neil Short is internationally known and highly respected for his positive approach to dog training worldwide.
Seminar 19 October 2025
Intro;
After a bootcamp with Neil, everything you know is completely different.
His more than 30 years of experience gives Neil a great background and knowledge. His positive approach to both people and dogs is exceptional and contagious.
He is excellent at reading the dog's emotions and finding just the right tools to solve any challenge. He has a very big heart for dogs and dog training, which permeates all of his teaching.
Everything about his teaching is positive, even when the dog fails, he manages to use it for a better understanding of the dog in an absolutely fantastically fine way. A fair and kindness way for the dog and his human to take all the pressure off. This ensures that your dog's trust can grow so that your dog feels "special" with you.
Neil's passion is to show you that you can have fun with your dog and reach the top in a dog & human creative, playful way.
Experience "the" (training) moment with a smile from ear to ear. Even if everything goes wrong. No more fear of always having to do it perfectly. Neil has all the Psychology so you can catch this without blaming your dog.
How you dogs is feeling after the training is more important.
Practical information
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Due to the large number of registrations, places are unfortunately very limited.
Mail: info@dogzdevotion.be
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These lessons are taught in English.
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There will be a maximum of 8 handlers with a dog on a course.
Day one starts with an introduction by Neil and a brief explanation of Neil's training philosophy. Then the conductors come on one by one each for 20 minutes where you can present your challenges and get help with this.
The following day begins with 20 minutes of follow-up, then continues with hands-on training for the rest of the day at 20 minutes for each combination.
Any issues handlers have can be addressed on the course.
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Price for 1 day:
Participation with dog: 165€
spectator: 75€
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Location: Green Fields
*with Indoor & outdoor location!
Palinghoekstraat 9
8630 Eggewaartskapelle
Veurne, België -
We have room for your dog inside, you just bring your own crate. In the week prior to the course you will receive an email with the latest information.
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Video filming is allowed, BUT FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY!
Photos may be posted on facebook, instagram and other media, but no video of the lesson.
What can you expect?
How do you take advantage of the mistakes your dog makes and change the behavior to what you want, without the dog realizing that he has done something wrong.
WHY does the dog make a mistake? This insight gives you a positive view of errors.
How do you help a dog with low motivation or with too much drive?
How do you deal with sniffing dogs, not interested, jumping up, barking, forward working, ...
Do you have a problem with retrieving: picking up the wrong dumbbell, nibbling/repacking, slow return, too fast start...
How do you make wholework fun and still maintain the accuracy, drive and motivation.
How and when do you reward, which reward and where? Prevent a problem or solve it positively.
How to use distraction to help your dog become bombproof so they can perform in all conditions.
"I've trained 3 showline golden retrievers in English Obedience. All of them working at Crufts and two becoming Obedience Champions.
My second dog, Flame, taught me everything i know. He taught me how to use mistakes to help your dogs learn, so they never feel like they have done anything wrong.
Being positive when the dog is good is easy. Being positive when your dog doesnt do what you want is much harder, but crucial to release stress and keep the dog experimenting.
When you understand why your dog doesn't do what you want, you can look at mistakes and failure in a very positive way, as they will help you and your dog learn, if you deal with them with the right mindset. This means both dog and owner can have lots of fun because they no longer fear failure.
My philosophy also involves trying to let the dog make all the choices in training. This really builds confidence and self esteem. Breaking exercises down into small pieces allows the dog to have a great chance of sucess.
