Happy Hills Hounds

07/02/2025

The doggos enjoying their regular social outing in Kalorama 😁🐾🐾
, ,

02/02/2025

So true

"I didn’t believe it at first, but it’s true—having a dog makes a difference," I said, watching the light catch on the old leash hanging by the door.

At first, it’s just a dog, you tell yourself. Just another thing to care for in a world that already demands too much. But then they work their way in. Little by little, they show you parts of yourself you didn’t even know existed. The softer parts. The patient parts. The parts that needed someone to just sit beside them without asking for a single thing in return.

You notice it most on the days when life feels too heavy. They’re there, waiting, looking at you like you’re still worth something even when you’re not so sure yourself. They remind you how to keep going, not with words or grand gestures, but just by being there—steady, present, and unshaken by whatever storm you’re caught in.

And that’s the difference. They don’t fix you, but they remind you that maybe you don’t need fixing. That maybe love, in its simplest form, is all you needed to feel human again. And it’s a kind of love you don’t forget. The kind that stays with you long after they’re gone..

R.M. Drake 🐕

Artist Credit: Pascal Campion

20/10/2024

This is my worst nightmare!!! Please be aware of this horrific reality https://www.facebook.com/share/p/yBA8pwk5EnJ4YWCf/

🆘Please be aware, we have noticed a continuing pattern of toy (Smaller Breeds) & Staffys (larger Bull Breeds) dogs going missing, these are the ones that mysteriously go missing and are never located.
You need to remember now is the time that the dog fighting rings are gearing up for their annual dog fights which allegedly happen around Christmas time.
I would hate to think what happens to these dogs and their final moments.
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOGS SECURE AT ALL TIMES!!!!
• Lock your gates, secure fences.
• Install CCTV cameras & Dog Doors
• Desex your pets.
• If possible keep pets inside at night.
• Please don't leave them tied up outside a shop unless secured with a Super lock up leads
• Refuse help from strangers.
• Don't leave your dog unattended in the car, if necessary for a short period of time keep them secured with a Superlockuplead.
• Microchip your dog.
•Put an ID Tag on your dog's collar with your phone number.
•Don't let strangers ask too many. questions.
• Exercise your dogs regularly
•Please add additional Pet Theft Prevention Tips in the comments👇🏽

06/09/2024

Haha 😂

04/09/2024

Real shifts in behaviour take time and it's not just the dogs behaviour that is usually needing to be changed

An ethical dog trainer will explain how your dog is seeing the environment and help them to cope with it better.

An ethical dog trainer will gather information, use rewards, avoid intimidation and never put a nasty collar on your dog to make them do something more convenient.

Get my book and be ethical: https://amzn.to/4gbSBsD

22/08/2024

https://happyhoundsdogtraining.ca/why-doesnt-force-free-dog-training-work/

Let me ask you this: If you used a vacuum upside down, would it clean your floors?

17/05/2024

Dogs lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There's such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price.
Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and the mistakes we make because of those illusions. ~Dean Koontz

(Book [ad]: The Darkest Evening of the Year https://amzn.to/4bdGOax)

(Art: Photograph of actor Alain Delon and his dog by Benjamin Auger)

18/04/2024

A dog's reaction while over a threshold is not them "being bad". Rather than punishing them, what should you do?

11/04/2024

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/comfort-your-dog/?fbclid=IwAR3QfTYUq0KfdwZeefDgUdsa4gm8BkUjXwo16f3aptMcWQw_NP3UcgZhJM4_aem_Abw7u4Td346-BykVTwbOHxnLNCDvXsSu9TMPKIuOLEewPXZJRvWuJECE3oEAskxyCGs

training

Whole Dog Journal‘s mission is to provide dog guardians with in-depth information on dog food, training, behavior, health, and more.

07/02/2024

Oh 🤫

05/01/2024

A good resource for training

30/12/2023

19/12/2023

I’m a dog trainer.
I teach people how to teach their dogs.
But I also - just as much or maybe even more - am a “dog manager”.
Teaching people how to manage their dogs.
Management is faster, and for many owners more accessible and realistic than training.
Sometimes this management is short-term, and sometimes it is a long-term solution.
The balance between training and management is individual to each family.
You know what makes management really hard?
Dogs that are stronger than their owners.
I am starting to see this more and more, and it worries me.
Dog owners are reaching out because they are small-framed (I am, too!) and their 80 lbs adolescent Doberman is pulling them over on every walk.
They tell me their dog got in a fight because he got loose when they couldn’t hang on to the leash.
When they try to wrestle their dog away from the opening front door, the dog easily wins and darts out and gets in trouble …
This is not good.
If owners acquire powerful working breeds, they need to be able to keep them under control (through training and/or management) or this quickly gets out of hand.
I want to be clear that I am not making this about body types.
There are a lot of amazing dog trainers out there who have a small frame, who are not physically strong or who have a medical condition or disability and their large dogs are *fantastically* trained.
It's a joy to watch. I highly respect them.
I am by no means a strong person either.
BUT let’s be realistic: If you get a dog that is stronger than you, your training game needs to be on point.
Because if a dog’s behavior is neither regulated by management nor training we have a problem.
In my in-person training I have seen many situations in which the training ability & physical strength of the dog owner was grossly mismatched with the dog’s level of drive and power.
There is so much frustration on both the human and canine sides of these teams.
Those cases are really difficult for a trainer to resolve - and they quickly become sketchy for others around, too (such as the dogs that are charged when the strong dog gets loose).
If you love training fast, driven & strong dogs - fantastic. I love that, too.
If you are looking for a companion and don’t have a huge interest in training - choose a dog that does not overpower you. You and your dog will be MUCH happier with this arrangement.

18/12/2023

They sure are, so please be kind and patient with your dog if they are reactive to things and if you don’t want your dog to be reactive you need to try and not be reactive yourself and instead respond

How to Relax Your Reactive Dog In 10 Min A Day