<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pure Dog Adventure Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pure Dog Adventure T]]></description><link>https://www.puredogadventuretraining.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:09:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.puredogadventuretraining.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Wagging Tail Doesn't Always Mean a Happy Dog]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, a 19-week-old German Shepherd puppy was killed by a pit bull type dog. The puppy's owner was also bitten, and under the Dangerous Dogs Act the police attended and the dog was euthanised. It was an utterly heartbreaking situation for everyone involved. But what really stayed with me afterwards wasn't just the incident itself. It was the conversation that followed online. People who had seen videos or read accounts of the incident were saying the dog had been "happy" and...]]></description><link>https://www.puredogadventuretraining.com/post/a-wagging-tail-doesn-t-always-mean-a-happy-dog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a523fd6c549c55b35b0e6a0</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03f7bb_cf4c2e4fc6b645e4849fadc89d7a719e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Dixon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Was Never Really About Dog Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[People often ask what makes our training different. The answer isn't really about dogs. Years ago, I was running an equine programme in a prison. Every week, my horse Scarlett would stand by the gate waiting for the lads to arrive. She knew some of them always brought her apples. One day, one of them stopped, smiled and quietly said, "No one's ever been happy to see me before." I've never forgotten that moment. It wasn't really about Scarlett. It was about what she made him feel. Animals have...]]></description><link>https://www.puredogadventuretraining.com/post/it-was-never-really-about-dog-training</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5222315c421b82021c6e63</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:34:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03f7bb_ea9e5c5185424489831e9a021bb3f046~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Laura Hebberd</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>