I'll be posting this on Facebook too but I wanted to see what everyone thinks Benji is! This is Benji who's mam is in here. Benji is 5 months old and a cross breed, but can you guess what he is....?

You’ve probably heard people say dogs can “tell the time” and know when you’re coming home because they can smell how much your scent has faded during the day. Interestingly, there actually is some science behind the idea, although not quite in the way the internet often presents it as absolute fact. Researchers know dogs can detect incredibly tiny changes in scent strength and can even tell how “fresh” a scent trail is. Because of that, some scientists believe dogs may learn that when your scent in the house fades to a certain level, it usually means you’ll be home soon. So your dog probably isn’t sat there thinking “it’s 5 o’clock”, but they may be using scent as a kind of timer. That said, there’s currently no definitive study proving dogs mainly track time this way. Most scientists think dogs are probably using a combination of: • scent changes • daily routines • light levels • sounds in the environment • their internal body clock So the “dogs smell time” idea is currently more of a fascinating scientific theory than a fully proven fact. Either way, dogs are far more incredible than most people realise.

How to tell if the food that your dog is on is any good, the impact food will have on behaviour and the link for the All About Dog Food website.

I'm just back i the office after having a long weekend in Pembrookshire! How has your puppy been for you over the weekend?

Hope you have had a great weekend with your puppy! This week, i'm changing our wednesday live calls so that they take place just once a month from now on, just so we can try to get more people joining per call! This week's training challenge will be all about a release cue. I will be posting more about this later today and showing you how to start training a release cue, where you can use it and how to build from the start! Does your dog have a release cue?