Start quiet. Go anywhere.
Off the lead. On purpose.
Picture the walk that isn't a mission. No scanning every path for other dogs, no crossing the road, no arm nearly wrenched out of its socket. That's what we're building towards — properly off the lead, and you both actually enjoying it.
Newcastle upon Tyne · Reactivity-led · One-to-one
What you get
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Where most people start
You've started planning your day around the dog
Nobody here thinks you've failed. Most owners arrive having already tried a lot, on their own, for a long time.
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Freedom isn't the reward for good behaviour. It's the point of it.
Who you'd be working with
Adam Jaques
I work with dogs who bark, lunge or freeze on lead, and the owners who've stopped enjoying walks because of it. Reactivity is the whole practice — everything else exists to get those dogs off the lead again, properly free to just be a dog.
Training is one-to-one, on the routes you actually use, at times that fit around your week. I'm one person, so I answer my own messages — usually the same day.
Is this you?
Built for reactive dogs — not basic manners
This programme is for dogs who bark, lunge, freeze or panic around triggers on the lead, and for owners who are done managing it and want it actually resolved.
If your dog is generally sound but just needs some polish — recall, loose lead, the basics — a group class will get you there faster and cheaper than this will. If walks have become something you brace for, this is built for exactly that.
How it works
Call first, then the work
Nobody signs up to anything before I've seen the dog and told you honestly what I think.
Initial call and assessment
A call about your dog, then an honest look at them in person. If I'm not the right person for this, I'll say so on the call.
The Intensive
One-to-one work built on three things, in this order.
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It finishes with Rush Hour — graduation day, in a busy place, doing ordinary things.
All kit included · one upfront price
Off Peak Dog Club
Where graduates carry on: group walks with handlers who get it, and somewhere to ask the small questions as they come up.
What we're working towards
That's not a rare photo. It's the plan.
Not just a dog who behaves — a dog who gets to be a dog again. Off the lead on the streets you used to avoid. Recall that holds with a squirrel, a jogger, another dog crossing the path.
None of that happens by hoping. It happens by teaching your dog to cope with the world properly, once — which is why the reactivity work comes first.
Free · Twelve pages
Calmer Walks, Starting This Week
Practical steps for the week ahead — where to walk, how to read your dog before a reaction builds, and what to actually do in the moment it does. Enough to make things easier now, while you decide about the rest.
Thanks — I'll email the guide over shortly.
That didn't send. Email adam@offpeakdogtraining.co.uk and I'll send it straight over.
Questions
Asked, and answered plainly
Get in touch
Tell me about your dog
A few lines is enough to get started. The call and the assessment are free, and I'll tell you straight if this isn't the right fit.
Ready to pick a time? Book your free Initial Call and Assessment directly — no back and forth.
Or, if you'd rather message first
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Thanks — that's with me
I answer messages in the evening, so you'll hear from me within a day. If it's urgent, email adam@offpeakdogtraining.co.uk directly.
No charge, no obligation
Initial call and assessment