
21/03/2025
Over the past few months, I've been completing a course all about the wellbeing of dogs on walks. The information in this course is really important for dog walkers to know and put into practice in our everyday work. I already have an animal management qualification, however, this course looks into a lot of topics specifically about the wellbeing of dogs, and it covers them thoroughly.
These topics include:
●Dog body language, splitting, play bows, and 'fun policing'.
●Trigger stacking, the emotional bucket, decompression.
●Dog law in the UK.
●Play: healthy, balanced, unbalanced.
●Walking with a sensitive dog, understanding their triggers and accommodating their needs on walks.
●Social preferences in dogs.
●Matching up groups, introducing new dogs, managing resources on walks.
●Working as part of a team around the dog, communicating with clients or other professionals, changes in behaviour including sudden reluctance to go on walks.
I've now finished this course and am very happy with everything covered. Thank you to Know Your Dog - Behaviour & Training with Sally Lewis for this brilliant opportunity and also for being flexible as I've had a few things to work around. Sally will be running this course again in the future, and I highly recommend it to any dog professionals!