Mad Dogs and an Englishman

05/09/2025

I met Bernie and his owners for the first time today, he’s been dragging them on every walk. As soon as we went through the basics of loose lead training Bernie has it mastered. Love an easy Friday afternoon ❤️🐾

02/09/2025

Anyone else had enough of the rain yet? Nala certainly has ☹️

23/08/2025

I get lots of people asking how Odin is doing and it’s always nice to know people care. So I thought I’d give everyone a bit of an update after today’s session. For the first time I’ve turned up to collect Odin while his owners are out for a few hours, I had to let myself in (he was already muzzled when I first arrived, baby steps) we went out for a walk, he let me take his harness off when we got back, then chilled in the garden together. then came the big step for Odin and me, removing his muzzle go back inside the house with him. I then left locking him back in the house and I’m pleased to say this went smoothly with no reaction from Odin. All these things sound like minor little things but for a dog like Odin they are major milestones. I’m so proud of him all these things sound progress his made.

19/08/2025

18/08/2025

Kaiser and me have been out working on focus and disengagement this lunchtime. He’s not very focused on his owners when out and very focused on meeting other dogs, so much so he barks when he doesn’t get to meet them. So we worked on focusing on me and ignoring the other dogs, which in turn meant he was able to then meet the other dogs without any problems.

13/08/2025

I’ve been out to meet Bella and her owners this morning. She’s been barking and lunging at other dogs which has caused her owner some concerns, rather than anything aggressive it turned out to be a lack of positive interactions at an early age resulting in Bella not knowing how to interact and relax around dogs. With a bit of focus training we had Bella approaching and interacting with dogs without any barking or over excitement.

12/08/2025

Another step forward for Odin this morning, we were joined on our training session by my glamorous assistant, Hayley, who he’s met before but only outside. Today though he allowed her in the house with his mum there too, he’s usually more reactive when mum is about.

06/08/2025

Little Quincy and I have been out this afternoon to assess his behaviour around other dogs as he’s been getting a little reactive. After a bit of positive association training he started to relax and see other dogs as being a sign of good things rather than fear.

31/07/2025

Eevee has decided that training in the rain is not for her and continues to put herself in a “middle position” between my legs, including trying to walk in this position.

Middle is a great behaviour to teach your dog so they have a safe space while you’re out, they can retreat to this position when they feel anxious or worried about something. Or apparently just use their trainer as an umbrella 🤦🏻‍♂️❤️🐾

30/07/2025

This morning I got to see Harvey and his owners to address some anxiety around other dogs and teach some recall and loose lead work.
Having a solid recall for an anxious dog is vital to keep them safe and control potentially difficult situations.

29/07/2025

Luna has been working on her loose lead walking for a little while now, we’ve got to the stage where the walk itself is becoming the reward. If the lead stays slack she’s can continue sniffing and moving forward, the moment it goes tight we stop she readjusts her position and we continue. Very clever girl.

29/07/2025

Odin continues to amaze me with his improvements in behaviour. Normally when I arrive to see him he charges up to the door barking and I get greeted with a bump with his muzzle, today he lifted his head from the sofa barked and then decided he couldn’t be bothered and went back to resting. While we were out we were charged by 2 very barky Jack Russells, this would usually result in lunging and snarling from Odin but today he just stood and watched as they ran around us barking until their owner managed to get them under control. Towards the end of our session I left Odin in the house with his owner and then returned as it’s people coming Ito his space that’s a big trigger, I’d also taken his muzzle off before leaving, he just stood and watched me walk back up the garden path with no reaction at all. He’s such a special fella who’s come so far