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Fully insured, experienced and passionate dog walker and accredited, modern dog trainer (IMDT) with an up to date DBS check providing dog walking adventures and dog training services to Bridgend and the surrounding areas.

So many familiar faces having fun with their new (and old!) friends 😍
09/04/2024

So many familiar faces having fun with their new (and old!) friends 😍

If you're missing seeing the crew - please go check out Steph, Clare and Amy's pages! Well done team, I knew th...
03/04/2024

If you're missing seeing the crew - please go check out Steph, Clare and Amy's pages!
Well done team, I knew they'd be excellent 👏 🧡

😍😍😍 Good job Buffy!!
03/04/2024

😍😍😍 Good job Buffy!!

I knew they'd do me proud 🥰 Good job dogs and thank you Steph 😁🧡
02/04/2024

I knew they'd do me proud 🥰
Good job dogs and thank you Steph 😁🧡

Day 1 🤭
02/04/2024

Day 1 🤭

I think/ hope my Sprocket Crew know how much love I feel for them and how grateful I am to each and everyone one of them...
30/03/2024

I think/ hope my Sprocket Crew know how much love I feel for them and how grateful I am to each and everyone one of them for the love they've given me back.

Four and a half years, over one hundred dogs, thousands of walks and even more memories (and about 120,000 pictures and videos stored on my phone of those memories 😅).

I count myself as pretty darn lucky with the owners who have been part of my team but to all owners who hire a professional for their pets - please, please treat your dog walkers with the kindness and respect they deserve.

Please don't take them for granted, yes we love our jobs but my god it's hard work and making sure requests are in on time, payments are made, you update your walker on any issues with the dog, give them plenty of notice for when you're away, leave your dogs equipment out ready... all those things make our job that bit easier.

I know my crew are all fantastic and I'm so looking forward to seeing them out with their new walkers - such a huge weight and relief to know they're going to the good ones 🥰
I wouldn't want anything less for you all.

It's been a pleasure, even in the wind and rain your dogs have given me so much to smile about 😊

All our love, Rhiannon, Eric&Yzma ###

A much calmer and quieter walk to wrap up the day and my career 🥰 Yzma, Poppy, Hugo and Otis were all fabulous and enjoy...
29/03/2024

A much calmer and quieter walk to wrap up the day and my career 🥰 Yzma, Poppy, Hugo and Otis were all fabulous and enjoyed a splash, some zooms, a few splats and lots of treats and fusses.
Bonus that Otis even found some trash! We couldn't haven't ended the walk until he did, he is the best trash Retriever in Wales after all!

Thank you for all being so wonderful 💖

There are so many things I'd like to say but it'll have to wait until I'm a little more composed and less shell shocked ...
29/03/2024

There are so many things I'd like to say but it'll have to wait until I'm a little more composed and less shell shocked that today really was our last 🥲

So, until then - enjoy the absolute genius idea I had to spend out last morning at the sand dunes, in the sun, on Good Friday with nine little pals - our OG pals groups 🥹
These nine have been fabulous friends for years and have been core members of the Sprocket Crew and enjoyed almost 2hrs as an extra special bonus thank you.

Thank you Eric, Yzma, Nixie, Mabel, Rudi, Teddy, Lilly, Coco and Seren for being there from day dot (or for the later additional siblings, for joining along the way).
It's not been smooth sailing, a broken elbow, a swim across Ogmore River to go on a solo adventure, a cut knee, almost tripping me up about 4000 times, picnic stealing, many attempts to push and pull me down hills and so on... but for the vast majority - we had thousands of fabulous walks.

Also to their owners who became some of the best friends a girl could ask for - you've kept me sane, supported me, grounded me, and made me smile every single day.

I know it won't be goodbye to ANY of these dogs because I'll see all of you again over this weekend anyway 😂 but I will enjoy not being solely responsible for you all 😉🧡

Post groom snuggles with Susie and Cous Cous 💖 then a jumper when we got home because it's so blinking cold and Yzma wa...
28/03/2024

Post groom snuggles with Susie and Cous Cous 💖 then a jumper when we got home because it's so blinking cold and Yzma wasn't thrilled with her new lack of fur 😅🫣❄️

Smashing, splashing, pouncing and crashing 🫣
28/03/2024

Smashing, splashing, pouncing and crashing 🫣

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope! It's turbo Buddy 🤩Buddy used up all his energy on zooming and left none for group pic...
28/03/2024

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope! It's turbo Buddy 🤩

Buddy used up all his energy on zooming and left none for group picture posing 😂🧡

26/03/2024

‘My dog is naughty/bad/untrainable/dominant/stupid’

I hear this most weeks on intake forms. Usually I get pretty excited to see these cos I know I’m gonna get to change a dog and owners life!

So often we write our dogs off as any adjective that fits the above and honestly, I’m yet to meet a dog who fits any of those adjectives (and I have worked with 10k plus dogs over the ten years I’ve been doing this!). I do however week in week out meet dogs with health issues that contribute to their slow progress in terms of training. Did you know dogs don’t show pain or discomfort how we do? We often think ‘oh he isn’t limping or yelping so he is fine’.

Please read the examples below ⬇️

🐾 A huntaway cross who I work with who bit his owner. Reluctant to have his feet cleaned, got spicy over any intense handling, had periods of seeming insanity and relentless barking and being unable to calm down. Huntaways are vocal dogs… but…

Turns out he had hip dysplasia. This dog didn’t limp. He wasn’t lame in any way. He chased his ball and sprinted and jumped and had no issues physically on the surface however under that behaviour was pain.

🐾 A French bulldog. Resource guarding to the extreme. Bit his owners while resource guarding the knot pattern in their wooden floor. Also bombed around without a worry in the world and had no outward signs of pain.

Turns out he had a severe spinal condition causing intermittent excruciating pain.

🐾 A young spaniel owned by a very good friend who was having confidence issues. She would ‘tap out’ of training on the regular and my friend went from ‘this is my ticket dog who will represent my country’ to ‘is this even possible?’

Dog had hormonal issues and likely spikes of hormones left right and centre. A carefully timed spay and she is now grade 6 in agility.

🐾 A friends Border Collie. Owned by a very experienced and talented agility handler and trainer. Regularly ‘checked out’ of training sessions, seemed to not be able to learn things that were moderately straightforward. Described by other trainers as ‘oh she is just a border collie it’s what they are like’.

Turns out she is mostly deaf.

🐾 A black Labrador. Always social and friendly and attended brilliant puppy classes and adolescent classes. Had the best start training wise you can imagine. He started showing some intermittent aggression to his owners in the home and aggression to other dogs out and about.

Turns out he had bilateral elbow dysplasia.

🐾 Young German Shepherd. Always energetic and silly in her behaviour but suddenly got worse. Excessive zoomies, inability to settle, increased reactivity to other dogs, reluctant to get in the car, obsessive destruction at home.

Turns out she had an infection in her va**na that was causing discomfort and exacerbating all those teenage behaviours to the point of being unmanageable.

🐾 My own dog! My NSDTR started missing his dog walk contact early last year. I was tearing my hair out trying to fix it.

Turns out he had a minor iliopsoas strain and some physio fixed the issue for us.

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All these dogs have one thing in common. They are not stupid or untrainable or naughty or dominant. They are uncomfortable and that is triggering extreme behaviour fallout.

None of the above issues would be resolveable with training. All of the issues will be resolveable with training ONLY when the pain is resolved. Some of them will have drastic improvement from the moment the pain or discomfort is managed!

If your behaviourist or trainer doesn’t immediately advise a veterinary visit if any aggression, excessive ‘naughtiness’ or strange behaviour is present, walk away immediately. Even if you think your dog is fine, visit the vets. Ask for a thorough examination and push for a proper evaluation of your dog from nose to tail and potentially blood tests too. If you’re still not sure, get a second opinion.

You cannot train the pain or discomfort out of your dog. Address THIS first and foremost.

The Monday morning crew - Yzma, Oscar, Rudi, Bruno, Nixie&Mabel 🤎
26/03/2024

The Monday morning crew - Yzma, Oscar, Rudi, Bruno, Nixie&Mabel 🤎

A very zoomy last Sprocket play date for Elphie and Fergus... and Luna, Coco, Yzma, Bailey and Womble 🧡 ...
25/03/2024

A very zoomy last Sprocket play date for Elphie and Fergus... and Luna, Coco, Yzma, Bailey and Womble 🧡

Yzma, Bailey, Seren and Coco 🥰
25/03/2024

Yzma, Bailey, Seren and Coco 🥰

The most disgustingly muddy Monday 😅Good job the dogs were all excellent! 🤎
25/03/2024

The most disgustingly muddy Monday 😅
Good job the dogs were all excellent! 🤎

Friday beach trip for Seren, Tilly, Alice&Dexter, Teddy&Lilly ⛱️
23/03/2024

Friday beach trip for Seren, Tilly, Alice&Dexter, Teddy&Lilly ⛱️

Those blinking pesky 🐑 are still living their best lives on one of our favourite walks. The dogs didn't object to a pre ...
23/03/2024

Those blinking pesky 🐑 are still living their best lives on one of our favourite walks. The dogs didn't object to a pre dinner snack on their 💩 mind!

The little gingers and big chocolates on our afternoon walk 😁
21/03/2024

The little gingers and big chocolates on our afternoon walk 😁

Archie and his ladies 🥰🤣
21/03/2024

Archie and his ladies 🥰🤣

21/03/2024

Use it or lose it!

Rat Dogs Lulu and and Bertie have been showing their age recently. It’s been a bit of reality check for me, as while I joke about terriers surviving a nuclear holocaust, they are in their twilight years.

Temptation is to wrap our old dogs up in bubble wrap but that only serves our own interests. If we stop our elderly dogs from keeping up a level of fitness and mental stimulation then they will loose those things relatively quickly and decline faster for it. We can make some accommodations for them that doesn’t take away their enjoyment but also isn’t running them into the ground.

This can mean:
⭐️ adjusting where you walk
⭐️ adapting training to their physical ability
⭐️ adding some 121 time with them
⭐️ veterinary support and pain management
⭐️ changing my own habits like walking speed

I’ve already started with adjustments for my old codgers. Bertie has dementia so there are lots of things he can no longer recall. He’s very arthritic now as well. But he loves going for a walk so I take him to places with sniffs and flat paths. I do mostly luring type training with him and fun shaping any behaviour he offers. He’s getting all the drugs to live as pain free as possible.

Lulu is still all there in mind and body but she’s also on meds and having physio for pain management and fitness. I’ve started making adjustments to where I walk her so I keep joints lubricated but not pushed past their limit.

I’ll be writing a few follow ups about doggy dementia and more we can do to ease the way for our senior dogs.

Peggy&Peach, Seren and Tilly on a treat trip to Wig Fach 🥰
20/03/2024

Peggy&Peach, Seren and Tilly on a treat trip to Wig Fach 🥰

Such a wonderful little bunch 🥰
20/03/2024

Such a wonderful little bunch 🥰

Spot the difference 🧐🥰Her name may be Peach but she looks an awful lot like a dandelion sometimes 😂
20/03/2024

Spot the difference 🧐🥰
Her name may be Peach but she looks an awful lot like a dandelion sometimes 😂

Another drizzly day full of friends and fun 🥰Ruby, Bailey, Yzma, Oscar, Buffy, Nixie, Mabel, Rudi, Seren, Alice, Dexter,...
19/03/2024

Another drizzly day full of friends and fun 🥰
Ruby, Bailey, Yzma, Oscar, Buffy, Nixie, Mabel, Rudi, Seren, Alice, Dexter, Luna and Tilly 😊

Another walk we haven't done for a while thanks to the constant rain creating scary rivers - it was just about low enoug...
18/03/2024

Another walk we haven't done for a while thanks to the constant rain creating scary rivers - it was just about low enough for me to bring the dogs here today and not worry (too much) when they went in for a swim 🥰
Seren, Luna, Bailey and Tilly.

Starting our final two weeks with a special trip for the fabulous five 🥰 Yzma, Coco, Otis, Nixie&Mabel 🧡
18/03/2024

Starting our final two weeks with a special trip for the fabulous five 🥰
Yzma, Coco, Otis, Nixie&Mabel 🧡

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Last week of walks planned 🥲 Busy but scheduled so that we can go on some lovely adventures as we wrap things up 🧡 we've already said goodbye to quite a few pals this week as the Easter Holidays start. Now if the weather could arrange some 🌞 that'd be just perfect 👌 #dogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #friends

Happy #nationalpuppyday 🥰 I of course have hundreds (if not thousands) of pictures of Yzma as a puppy and Eric was still a baby really when I adopted him (and still is obviously!) I can only imagine how adorable he was as a proper baby 🧡 #dogs #dogwalker #puppy #puppies #rescuedog #adopted #responsiblebreeders #cockapoo #sprockerspaniel #terrier #love

Rudi was particularly taken with Baxter! So long as he remembered his manners and didn't try and take it a psw too far 😂🤎 #dogs #dogwalking #dogwalker #flatcoatretriever #flatcoat #collie #merle #merlecollie

Yzma started her first day of Sprocket walks with a very close shave with a squirrel!! If she keeps up that behaviour she'll be banned from all future walks 😠🐿 #dogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #cockapoo #squirrel

And we're back to it on a gloomy, dreary, moody wander in the forest 🌲 the dogs didn't mind one bit and we stayed pretty well sheltered from the wind and rain 🌧 #dogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #forest #cockerspaniel #cockapoo #portuguesewaterdog #collie #cavapoo

Zooms for Ruby, Coco, Oscar, Nixie and Mabel 🥰 Seren was staying well out of it! #dogs #dogwalker #dogoftheday #cavapoo #cockapoo #portuguesewaterdog #cockerspaniel #frenchbulldog #frug #pug

Tree zooms 💚 #dogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #dogoftheday #goldenretriever #goldie #cockerspaniel #collie #frug #portuguesewaterdog #frenchie

When the line up is too long to fit in a picture 😅 what a beautiful little bunch! Coco, Seren, Yzma, Tilly, Teddy, Eric, Lilly and Phoebe 🧡 #dogs #dogwalker #dogoftheday #cockapoo #frug #weechon #frenchie #equafleece #littledog #sand #Wales #sprockerspaniel

Such a lovely little group 🧡 Yzma, Otis, Oscar, Nixie&Mabel #dogs #dogwalker #cockapoo #cavapoo #goldenretriever #portuguesewaterdog #cockerspaniel

The best kind of spot in this 🌞🥵🌡 #dogs #dogwalking #dogwalker #summer #hot #labrador #cockapoo #goldenretriever #labs #poodle #pug #friends

Bean was definitely on top form today! It may just look like a bunch of dogs running around but watching, monitoring and understanding the dogs is crucial. Bean and Lilly have met several times but aren't regular walking buddies. Bean loves to run, be chased and play jumpy, snappy games, Lilly loves to chase and does enjoy tumble games with dogs she knows well. Lilly can get barky when she chases and plays, Bean is a big barker herself but not so much during play and she doesn't like to be pounced on. Although I'm sure they'd have been absolutely fine without any intervention - monitoring and managing their play, ensuring they have teeny breaks and distractions before choosing to continue means I can make sure they're both happy and avoid any conflict or upset. It also helps them not get too carried away or silly! I also commentate and chat away because it seems really weird to me when people walk in absolute silence 😅 but that's just a personal preference of mine! #dogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #cockapoo #cockerspaniel #collie #friends #dogtraining #spanielsofinstagram

The Thursday crew are taking it easy this morning - I suppose not every walk can be a zoom fest and my ears are quite enjoying the peace! #dogs #dogwalker #cockapoo #portuguesewaterdog #bavarianmountainhound #vizsla #terrier #friends

#throwbackthursday to this dirty little gremlin 🙈😂 #dogs #dogwalking #puppy #cockapoo #collie #love #pup

Seren likes to conserve her energy and save her big zooms up... but when they come out... there's no stopping her 😂 thankfully Dexter is a very willing zooming partner and they have a fabulous time being crazy 🥰 #dogs #dogwalker #cockapoo #pug #poodle #friends #collie #labsofinstagram #labrador #zoomies

A little Friday treat for Yzma, Bailey, Elphie, Fergus and Tilly 🤩 #dogs #dogworld #dogwalker #cockapoo #cavapoo #bestfriend #love

Sprocket Scuba Club? Apparently 🤷‍♀️ On hot days we head to the river and shade 🥰 afternoon walk with Bruno, Hugo, Bobby, Scout and Nixie. #dogs #dogwalker #dogoftheday #labsofinstagram #labrador #frenchbulldog #cockerspaniel #portuguesewaterdog #summer

Quiet, happy, splashing dogs 🥰 #dogs #dogwalker #cockapoo #cockerspaniel #labsofinstagram #labrador #pug #poodle #work

⚠️ DOGLESS POST ⚠️ I know - basically a crime BUT I thought I'd share something from my other love today 😁 I took to the platform for my first powerlifting competition - held at my joint second home @kongsgymbridgend (@addixfitness is my other joint second home 😂). An incredible day - for two incredible causes - supported by incredible people. I hit a new PB at squat (85kg), failed my PB attempts at bench (gutted but 💩 happens and i know i have 65kg in me!) and smashed my PB deadlift lifting 120kg (a 10kg increase on my previous PB). I had help and support from two incredible powerlifters @sbdelth and Tracy O'Callaghan - and my team mate Vikki who bagged herself 3 new PB's. I'm sold on Powerlifting and that 65kg Bench? I'm bloody coming for you! Until then - here's my new 120kg Deadlift PB 💪 The other lifts are on Instagram - Facebook is being lame about uploading more than one video at a time 🙄 #dogwalker #dogtrainer #powerlifting #powerlifter #sbd #squat #bench #deadlift #girlswholift #strong #love

These girls 🙈 they are absolute fruit loops but watching them play like this makes my heart smile so much 😁🧡

Zooms
Zooms

Buffy did not get the 'it's hot' memo today and the others followed her example 😅 Luckily we spent the entire walk in the shade and by the river so they could cool down inbetween laps 🤣

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