Tina's Happy Hounds

04/04/2025

Ears up and looking perky after a another fabulous Freework session at

03/04/2025

And we’ve started! 🥰

03/04/2025

Totally agree with Norway.

Hei alle hundeeiere! 🐕📣❗

Vi erfarer stadig at bur blir brukt som oppholdssted for hunder, for eksempel om natten eller mens eier er på jobb. Hunden skal ha plass til naturlig bevegelse, og det beste er at den får bevege seg fritt rundt i hele eller deler av boligen.

Hvis du må begrense hundens oppholdssted skal den likevel ha nok plass til å kunne stå oppreist, snu seg rundt, ligge i naturlig stilling, endre stilling og regulere temperaturen ved å velge mellom ulike underlag.

Bur skal bare brukes i korte perioder, som under transport, oppstalling hos veterinær eller under konkurranser.

Hunden kan gjerne ha tilgang til et bur, men da må den selv kunne å velge om den vil ligge i buret. Det betyr at døren ikke skal være stengt. 🚪❗

Lurer du på hvor stor plass din hund skal ha? Her kan du lese om minimumsstørrelser for oppholdssted: https://www.mattilsynet.no/dyr/kjaeledyr/hund/tilsynsveileder-for-hund/dyrs-levemiljo/oppholdsrom-sted-og-bruk-av-bur

30/03/2025

This is exactly why I highly recommend The Renew Centre.
They don't give up! I had also been told there was "nothing wrong" with Sadie by my regular vet, when there was in fact something wrong (she had torn a hole in a leg muscle....)

And this is why when we tell clients to get a vet check, we mean a thorough one, and sometimes more than one because not all vets link behaviour and pain.

Well done to Bears humans for being persistent! And I hope he feels better soon.

On another note, as we are leaving England soon I'll now be struggling to find a centre as great as they are. I hope I can!

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28/03/2025

True! 😂

25/03/2025

So, I mentioned yesterday that we had an unfortunate event on our trip and that unfortunate event was that Sadie had an altercation with two other dogs. One of the other dogs was the instigator, and they kind of ganged up on her. Luckily, we were able to get them apart before it escalated into something really ugly and everyone is fine. No injuries.
If you’ve experienced an incident like this, don’t beat yourself up about it. You can be as prepared and ready as possible for things to happen and yet things still do happen.
Just focus on moving on from here.

Now, obviously I am worried about whether Sadie will become reactive again or not. However, I will be working for the next few days with her to decompress from the experience. So today we went to a secure field just to let her run around and have fun and play . Tomorrow, I will take her for walks away from other dogs, and we will do some Freework at home in the garden. We will take at least two days off from being near other dogs.

When we go back to walking in areas where there are dogs, I will assess her behaviour carefully and then maybe I will implement some of the exercises that I used to do to help her with her reactivity.

She seems fine. She seems like her old, silly self and hopefully it was nothing and she’ll be over it in no time. But what I would like to add is that it is important that you work with your dog after something like this happens. Ensure that they still feel safe around other dogs by slowly letting them get back to their normal routines.

Take a few days off to do decompression with them. And decompression can look different for different dogs, depending on what they like to do. Sadie likes to run free. She also likes Freework and she likes scentwork so these are the things that I will focus on the next couple of days. And then I will walk her in quiet areas or at quieter times.

Once again, don’t beat yourself up if this happens to your dog. First, ensure they are safe and then slowly help them understand that the world isn’t a bad place after all.

22/03/2025

Beautifully written about adolescence in dogs 💕

Adolescence has arrived in this house! Six months old, and Bertie is changing by the day — sometimes hour to hour. One minute he’s leggy and sweet, melting into me for a cuddle on the sofa. The next, he’s flinging himself headlong into life like a teenager who’s overdone the Red Bull and found the front door unlocked.

He cocked his leg to p*e the other day for the first time. It was awkward and unsure, more of a sideways lean than a proper lift. But still, it felt like a big deal. A rite of passage. He’s not just marking territory; he’s beginning to carve out his place in the world. There’s a new kind of confidence about him, and with it, a steady trickle of challenge!

He’s started pushing back. Not in any dramatic way, more like subtle, everyday defiance. That slow turn of the head when I call him, the pause before deciding whether coming back is worth it. It’s less about being ‘naughty’ and more about him figuring out his autonomy. “Do I have to?” “Can I do it my way?” “What if I don’t?”

And then there’s the over-arousal. He goes from 0 to 100 in a blink. A passing dog, a gust of wind, a rogue crisp packet, it’s all so much. Sometimes he barrels into things, all noise and movement, tail high, energy spilling everywhere. Other times, just as quickly, he backtracks, visibly unsure, tail tucked, scanning the environment, and me, for answers. It’s like he’s caught between two selves: the big man explorer and the nervous kid.

What’s been most striking is how often he still looks to me; not for control, but for backup. I can almost hear the subtext: “You’ve got me, right?” It’s not about needing to be told what to do, but needing to feel supported while he works it out. That small moment of eye contact before he dives into something chaotic, or the quiet lean against my leg after a big reaction says so much.

From a behaviour perspective, this stage is where a lot of learning happens; not neat and tidy learning, but messy, layered, deeply emotional stuff. He’s not trying to ‘test boundaries’ in the way people often assume. He’s mapping the world. Testing himself. Seeing what holds steady, especially when he doesn’t.

And that’s where I come in. My job isn’t to clamp down or try to skip ahead to the ‘well-behaved’ adult dog. It’s to walk with him through the unpredictability. To let him stretch and stumble, knowing I’ll be there when he swings back, not with judgement, but with quiet steadiness.

There’s something incredibly touching about this phase. Frustrating and annoying? Yes. Exhausting? Often. But underneath all the noise and growing pains, I can see glimpses of the dog he’s becoming. He’s finding his shape. And every time he returns to me, after the zoomies, the barking, the bouncing off the sofas, he brings a bit more of that future self with him.

So I breathe a bit deeper, remind myself to be patient and keep showing up. I laugh more than I sigh (most days). And I remind myself: this stage isn’t forever, but it is important. It’s where trust is deepened, not just taught. Where we learn to read each other in the chaos, not just the calm.

If you have an adolescent dog, remember it's not forever!

14/03/2025

Det er jo dybt uansvarligt og dyreplageri, at man ikke må varme sin hund op før konkurrencer!
Hvis man sendte fodboldlandsholdet direkte på banen uden opvarmning ville de jo blive skadet fra en ende af. Det er ikke anderledes for en hund.

Det er en ommer FCI!

🔴 OPDATERING 17/3 2025 🔴

DKK har meldt ud, at ihvertfald osteopati IKKE falder ind under deres dopingregler.
Det er enormt positivt og glædeligt, at de har holdt fast i deres linje om at have fokus på hundens sundhed og velvære samt på dyreetik 💪🏻

Jeg håber, FCI vælger at tage udgangspunkt i dopingreglerne indenfor elitesport (human), så hundenes sundhed kommer først.
Her er eks. både laser, kiropraktik, fysioterapi, osteopati, infrarød og massage tilladt både før, under og efter præstation 🤩

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🐶 FCI forbyder korrekt opvarmning og terapi inden konkurrencer - hvor er fagligheden, etikken og dyrevelfærden i det? 🐾

Af hundeosteopat, hundefysioterapeut og hundekiropraktiker Rie Ravn

Der er netop debat om dopingregler i FCI og dermed også DKK - Dansk Kennel Klub. Dopingreglerne har været de samme siden 2009, men der er usikkerhed omkring fortolkning.

Ifølge FCI er følgende forbudt:
- Foranstaltninger til at lindre smerter.
- Foranstaltninger der påvirker hundens generelle kondition.
- Foranstaltninger der påvirker sygdomsprocesser.
Det gælder både konventionel medicin og alternativ behandling. Der er givet eksempler på alternativ behandling som værende bl.a. akupunktur, kiropraktik, laser, magnetfeltterapi og TENS, men hvis ovenstående forbud skal overholdes, vil det også gælde massage, osteopati og fysioterapi - i særdeleshed, når noget så mildt som infrarød lys er forbudt.

Alle former for behandling (bl.a. infrarød, laser, kiropraktik) er forbudt 7 dage forud for deltagelse i udstilling, prøver og konkurrencer - sågar opvarmning med massage (smertelindrende) eller infrarød lys (opvarmer muskulaturen)!

Det er da fuldstændig utilstedelig at forbyde korrekt opvarmning og terapi inden en sportspræstation - både ud fra et sundhedsfaglig, etisk og dyrevelfærdsmæssigt aspekt.

Lad os tage udgangspunkt i osteopati og fysioterapi.
Behandlinger af denne type vil aldrig kunne få hunden til at præstere over evne.
Behandlingerne retter kun op på allerede eksisterende problemer, hvilket gør hunden funktionel snarere end overfunktionel, dvs. i princippet vil hunden uden behandling kunne underpræstere - og det er da doping med omvendt fortegn.
Det vil derfor aldrig kunne være præstationsfremmende ift. at kunne give overmenneskelige (“overhundelige”) evner.
De to terapiformer vil aldrig kunne skjule problemer - de vil snare gøre problemerne mere tydelige især lige efter behandling.

Det er en regulering, der ikke tager hensyn til hverken dyrevelfærd eller biomekanisk forståelse.
At forbyde behandling op til en konkurrence giver i bedste fald anledning til etiske spørgsmål og i værste fald øger risikoen for skader.

Hvis FCI går den vej, kan det potentielt skubbe hundeejere til at undlade behandlinger, der i realiteten forebygger skader og fremmer trivsel – hvilket jo er stik imod dyrevelfærd.
Og nej, det hjælper ikke, at hunden må behandles 7 dage før konkurrencer, for mange problemer opstår i de sidste dage inden, hvor træningen intensiveres.

Et forbud mod korrekt opvarmning er direkte uansvarligt.
Opvarmning er en grundlæggende del af enhver sport, både for mennesker og dyr, fordi den:
- Øger blodgennemstrømningen til musklerne.
- Forbereder nervesystemet på bevægelserne.
- Mindsker risikoen for akutte skader.
- Optimerer bevægeapparatet til præstation.

Uden korrekt opvarmning risikerer hunde at gå direkte fra hvile til maksimalt pres på led, sener og muskler – det er en skadesopskrift. Så selv om opvarmningsforbuddet primært relaterer til eks. infrarød eller massage og udstrækning, er det stadig et stort problem.

Hvis reglen er så stram, at selv let mobilisering, blid massage eller stræk før start kan tolkes som ulovligt, er det et tilbageskridt for sportshundes - og hunde i almindeligheds - sundhed. Det kunne give mening at have en karensperiode for f.eks. visse injektioner eller smertestillende midler, men man kan ikke argumentere for, at manuel terapi og fysiologisk forberedelse hører hjemme i den kategori.

Og hvis infrarød og massage er doping, så må brug af blower også være det, da der både er stimulering af bindevæv og muskler samt varmeterapi.

Jeg håber, andre fagpersoner og DKK også vil støtte op om at tage en faglig og saglig dialog og få reglerne ændret.