18/11/2025
Meet Myfanwy (Miffy).
She’s a Welsh Terrier with a history of charging over to other dogs- and not with good intent.
Proper incidents. With proper consequences.
Unfortunately this dog has been failed by previous training and a veterinary behaviourist that immediately pulled out the Prozac without actually observing her behaviours or offering any practical techniques. Drug them, move onto the next victim.
Her owners have been working with Lee over several previous sessions, and today was the big test. Trainer Matt joined in too, Miffy was worked around Lee’s dog Sonny and Matt’s dogs Beau and Ruby.
A mix of Long line, off line, different distances, different setups.
She did it. She made the right decisions. No charging over. No aggressing. For a dog who would have gone to 100% conflict every single time before, instantly on sight, distance not a factor- that is huge.
Watching her today you could see all the learning finally slotting into place. Looking at the dogs, fine. Choosing to stay with her handler, fine. Running over and starting trouble, not fine. Simple criteria. Clear choices. And she chose the good ones.
Now that we’ve got her to this stage, this is where the real work begins. Exposure, repetition, consistent reinforcement of the behaviours we want and keeping her out of the ones we don’t. This is the start of the next chapter.
Massive credit to her owners. Massive win for Miffy. Big steps taken! 🐕😀
