Fjell Canine Co.

Fjell Canine Co. 🐾Specialising in nervous and/or reactive dogs🐾 Solo dog walks only 🐾
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January is made much brighter with this beautiful lot 😃🐾
17/01/2025

January is made much brighter with this beautiful lot 😃🐾

December 🐾🎄😃 Which also marks another year of Fjell Canine Co. I consider myself ridiculously lucky to spend my days wit...
20/12/2024

December 🐾🎄😃 Which also marks another year of Fjell Canine Co. I consider myself ridiculously lucky to spend my days with these beautiful faces.

There’s been so many wins for all of them this year, from reacting less in situations they would previously have and even no reactions at all, quicker recovery times, to holding in some major excitement beans and keeping calm in busy coffee shops, and many more! Here’s to another year of walks that end in happy, fulfilled and relaxed dogs!

Merry merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎊🎄🐾

It was so lovely to see this cutie again last week! She’s been with me since almost the very start, so we know each othe...
05/11/2024

It was so lovely to see this cutie again last week! She’s been with me since almost the very start, so we know each other quite well now and always have good chats on our walks. She also gets a serious case of the wiggles whenever I arrive which is very sweet!

What a way to end the week with an Afternoon Hike with this wonderful girl! There were so many happy wiggles from just t...
11/10/2024

What a way to end the week with an Afternoon Hike with this wonderful girl! There were so many happy wiggles from just the happiness that comes with being on the fells, many sheep raisins consumed (not by me), and she was one very happy girl when she found the perfect stick which came all the way home with us 😃🐾⛰️

How handsome does this boy look on his Afternoon Hike the other month? He was treated to having a personal photographer ...
02/10/2024

How handsome does this boy look on his Afternoon Hike the other month? He was treated to having a personal photographer capture his hike (I.e. my Husband!), also known as the ‘Human Treat Dispenser’ as we wanted to create all the positive associations with new people from the start.

He’s a very sensitive boy and coped so well with all the new smells, sights and sounds.

On his everyday walks, we’ve been focusing a lot on keeping his stress levels as low as possible so he can cope better with his triggers, and we’ve done this by including some puzzle and snuffle toys at the end of his walks. To put this into the context of humans - after a stressful day, do you like to do something relaxing like reading a book or taking a bath, or making a cup of tea? And does it feel like you are better able to tackle the challenging things after doing these things ? Maybe not all the time, particularly if it’s been a very stressful day, but a lot of the time this stuff works. It’s exactly the same for our dogs 😊

This is to do with our nervous systems. Just like humans, dogs have two divisions to their autonomic nervous systems : the sympathetic division and the parasympathetic division. The sympathetic division is activated when the body is put under stress, whether that’s through exercise or the commonly known concept of “flight or fight”. The parasympathetic division counteracts this, regulating bodily functions and preserving energy by lowering the heart rate. In dogs, the parasympathetic division can be activated through activities that lower their heart rate, such as enrichment activities that encourage sniffing or playing relaxing music. Our dogs are so much more like us than we realise when it comes to stress, so if there are ways I can reduce it for them as part of their walks, you bet you’ll find me doing just that !

🐾July’s beautiful faces 🐾Including my own Buddy boy as well 🐶Their happy faces really are the best 😃
26/07/2024

🐾July’s beautiful faces 🐾
Including my own Buddy boy as well 🐶
Their happy faces really are the best 😃

This boy loves a swim, so a river is of course a regular stop on his walks, come rain or shine! I think he actually migh...
26/06/2024

This boy loves a swim, so a river is of course a regular stop on his walks, come rain or shine! I think he actually might be part dolphin 😃🐬

So much fun was had on this girl’s Afternoon Hike today 😃🐾⛰️ We had great views, great snacks, and great conversations. ...
14/06/2024

So much fun was had on this girl’s Afternoon Hike today 😃🐾⛰️

We had great views, great snacks, and great conversations.

Where on earth did May go ?! Time flies when you spend your time with these wonderfuls. I only have a few slots left for...
04/06/2024

Where on earth did May go ?! Time flies when you spend your time with these wonderfuls.

I only have a few slots left for June now so if you do need walks/extra walks, please let me know ☺️🐾

May so far 🐾☀️These happy face pictures never get old 😃😃
17/05/2024

May so far 🐾☀️

These happy face pictures never get old 😃😃

Huge wins for this boy this week!! He struggles with frustration reactivity with other dogs, meaning he wants to say hel...
10/05/2024

Huge wins for this boy this week!! He struggles with frustration reactivity with other dogs, meaning he wants to say hello so badly that he can’t contain all his emotions and they come out in a reaction. Up until now, we’ve managed to get him to the point of staying disengaged until they walk by, and no reaction as they walk by, but remaining fixated and not taking treats. Timing of rewards and time itself is so important in this training, and this boy is proof of that, because yesterday, when we had three dogs pass us, one of which was reacting at him, he didn’t even bat an eyelid and remained playing his “find it” game. Any reactive dog guardian will know this is absolutely HUGE and I’m so proud of him and how far he’s come !

🐾 This week’s faces - part 2 🐾
26/04/2024

🐾 This week’s faces - part 2 🐾

🐾This week’s faces - part 1 🐾
26/04/2024

🐾This week’s faces - part 1 🐾

🐾 This week’s faces 🐾What a pleasure it is to walk these dogs 🙌🏼Weather report from this week - At one point this week I...
19/04/2024

🐾 This week’s faces 🐾

What a pleasure it is to walk these dogs 🙌🏼

Weather report from this week - At one point this week I was boiling in just a hoodie and another point I was wearing 3 fleeces and a shell and still cold 😅😅

🐾 Introducing this beautiful new boy 🐾 He definitely now takes no.1 spot for the tallest dog I walk 😃 He’s such a loving...
17/04/2024

🐾 Introducing this beautiful new boy 🐾 He definitely now takes no.1 spot for the tallest dog I walk 😃

He’s such a loving boy and it’s so lovely to see his tail wags getting bigger every time I arrive as he gets to know me more. It might also be something to do with it being “muzzle-up” time which involves some squeezy cheese!

On his walks, he can be quite easily overstimulated by the world and also anxious of other dogs, so our aim is to keep him under threshold as much as possible and make his walks as happy and calm as possible for him. He really loves his sniffs, which I always find so lovely, as it reminds me to stop and slow down as well.

🐾April weeks 1 & 2 🐾 The gloves came out again this week so back to Winter it is ! We’ve still got the smiling faces tho...
12/04/2024

🐾April weeks 1 & 2 🐾

The gloves came out again this week so back to Winter it is ! We’ve still got the smiling faces though and that makes me smile too 😃 There’s also lots of baby everything at the moment - rabbits, lambs, birds, to name a few, so you can imagine where a lot of training on the walks has been focused!

We’ve also got a wonderful new starter - full introduction coming next week! 🐾

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Cockermouth

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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