Mind Your Paws

15/11/2025

Who’s with me on this?

🙋🏻‍♀️ Have you had enough of your dogs behaviour?

Comment below if you are on my side and let me know what behaviour you’ve finally had enough of.

If you’re on Chips side, I don’t want to hear about it. He reminds me enough every day!!!

27/10/2025

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25/10/2025

THIS!!!

It goes for grooming too.

It’s not the vet, vet nurses, groomers job to train your dog for you.

🛑 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 🛑

Period.

When you own a dog, regardless of size, breed or temperament, it’s your responsibility to keep everyone around you safe.

This includes your vet.

This is my dog Roy. He is my absolute world and I love him and would do anything for him. He’s an incredible pet to our family and a small circle of people that he’s chosen.

He’s also a prick to people he has no relationships with. Before me he had a bite hitory and he is absolutely capable of still doing it at 11.5 years of age. He’s got terrible genetics and very thin nerves.

Yesterday he needed vet care.

You know what I did?

✅ I checked reception before I walked in to ensure nobody was in our path.

✅ I had him on a short lead under physical and verbal control.

✅ I kept both of us away from the doorway until we were called in, while keeping an eye out for unexpected people ready to move if needed.

✅ I restrained him appropriately while the vets and nurses did their thing and reassured them that they would be safe not only with my words but with my actions.

✅ I didn’t get offended at their requests around safety or his cage label.

In short, I did everything in my power to help the vets and nurses do what they needed to do safely and go home in one piece.

It bugs me intensely when I see people endangering professionals who are there to help them. Your vet clinic shouldnt end up with staff at the ED because you dont believe in muzzles, restraint or responsible dog handling.

When you own a dog, you have a duty of care to ensure they do not cause damage to other people in EVERY environment and situation. You dont get to pass off responsibility.

If you have a dog who has social issues, thats ok.
Just make sure you keep your community safe 🫶

22/10/2025

This would be the last thing I’d be thinking of when I bring home a new puppy.

New puppy owners are always wanting to go to puppy school so their pup can learn to be social with other dogs, but there’s so much risk with this and it’s not something I’d be focussing on.

Do I want my dogs to social with other dogs? NO ❌

Do I want my dogs to tolerate and listen to me around other dogs? YES ✔️

Instead of having this as your goal, focus on building your relationship with your new puppy.

Your bond with them, being the most important resource to them.

Share below:

1️⃣ Something you WON’T focus on with your next puppy

2️⃣ Something you WILL focus on with your next puppy

Need help with your puppy, I’ve got an easy to follow online puppy training program for you.

‘RAISE YOUR PUP’

Comment PUPPY and I’ll send you the link.

17/10/2025

Thanks for having Sharon and Jackson visit!!!

15/10/2025

Did you ever play the game on school camps where the group only had one roll of toilet paper 🧻 for everyone?

You had to take the number of pieces you would need for the whole trip……. And then the leader would ask you another question about each piece of paper you had. Those who took a lot quickly learnt the game.

Anyway 🙄 I didn’t have any string…. Lucky it’s not Covid days anymore.

How long does training take?

Such a common question but there’s no set time frame… it all comes down to you 🫵🏼

• How much time are you willing to spend training?
• Are you going to follow the plan?
• Age of your dog?
• History of your dog?
• Behaviour/problem?
• Current lifestyle of dog?

If you’re wanting to change your dogs behaviour, help them be the best dog they can be, want them to live a life you dreamed, you need to put in the work.

Your dog will only change if you help them.

Tell me in the comments, how many pieces of toilet paper would you and your dog need?

Message TOILET if you’re keen to help your dog.

12/10/2025

Want your dog to live a life that you always dreamed for them?

• off leash freedom
• recall
• walking nicely
• manners around the house

Having trouble with your dog, send a message with HELP and I’ll get back to you.

Let’s get your training journey started.