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Lucky’s Paws Dog Services | Huddersfield & Surrounding Areas

🐶 1-1 Training | Group Classes | Pack Walks
🐾 Structured Dog Walking Service
💛 Founder of Lucky’s Legacy Rescue

Want to work with us? ⬇️
https://www.luckys-paws.com

01/01/2026

Let’s kick off the new year with a bang! 💥

Come join us for our next scent work class and learn all the skills your dog needs to be a real life detective! 🕵️

It’s fun, engaging, builds confidence, provides mental and physical stimulation all while harnessing your dogs energy and drive into something positive!

It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or you’ve had a go at scent work before this is for dogs of all ages and abilities regardless of breed 🙏🏼

Comment “SCENT” and I’ll send over all the information to get you booked on 🤩 🔍

31/12/2025

Goodbye 2025 ✨

What a bloomin’ year!
Where to even begin…

Firstly, a MASSIVE thank you to my incredible clients. You are what makes the Lucky’s Paws community what it is. Your passion and commitment to your dogs is unmatched 👊🏼

Another huge thank you to my girls Emily, Holly and Sarah. I’m so incredibly proud of our little team and how you guys have developed this year ♥️ I can’t believe that this time next year, there will be another little Lucky’s Paws recruit - huge congratulations to Emily and Lewis 👶🏻

I’ll be eternally grateful for the friends I’ve made this year, whether this is through workshops, partnering on pack walks or just being peer support online through social media 🫶🏻

To my husband Jack, our beautiful dogs and our gorgeous, funny, amazing daughter Brontë. You all make each and every day better 💫 I’m so proud of Jack opening Proper Golf and pursuing his passion! Big things are coming for 2026 ⛳️

So many things to be thankful for this year and I wish everyone the best for 2026

#2026 #2025

30/12/2025

Was it luck 🍀 or was it knowledge 💡

I never allowed archie to say hello to dogs I didn’t know when he was a puppy- not because I knew saying hello to all dogs would build barrier frustration later down the line but because I didn’t trust other owners or dogs not to over-correct or dominate him.
This was definitely just luck 🍀

I had safe dogs owned by close friends and family who I could socialise Archie with and that was enough. Older dogs to show him the ropes and younger dogs like Jessie to learn together through appropriate play.

Resource guarding 🦴

Archie is a resource guarder which may surprise a lot of my clients BUT we manage it extremely well and we know how to work through it should incidents occur. This is my downfall and biggest regret. Getting a Cockapoo I had NO IDEA they were prone to this behaviour and I wasn’t prepared. GOD BLESS ESTELLE is all I can say 🙏🏼 🤣 I’m going to do a troubleshooting reel series on this so stay tuned!
This was poor breed awareness corrected by knowledge 💡

Castration

I wish I’d never got archie castrated. I’m ashamed to admit I used it as a tool to “get him to calm down and listen to me” but he needed training not hormone removal. For some dogs it’s absolutely the right thing, for archie it was not.
Poor education on my part 💡

We’ve always said Archie was “born an old dog” as he’s always been an easy dog. Never had any huge issues with him, never pulled on the lead, never chewed/nipped in those early weeks but this has been down to luck. I don’t know what I was doing and the internet was zero help- if anything it gave me the wrong advice

So! The point of this?!

Mistakes can be rectified 🙏🏼
Behaviours can be modified ♥️
Find your community 🐾
Invest, learn and do better so that next time you can avoid my mistakes and I’m sure many dog owners share these regrets too

22/12/2025

Fear Reactivity

On the surface, the behaviours are similar. Both girls are reactive when a person enters their space, whether that be in the home or outside.

But the devil is in the detail. How I diagnose and then how I work through it.

When looking at the underlying causes for fear reactivity I will look at the following (not limited to this but these are the main areas):

- do genetics play a factor - this looks at what their breed make up is, whether we have any info on parents/siblings and what they are like environmentally (so observing them outside the house, around different noises/novel items etc) as generally when genetics play a factor, the dog is fearful of multiple other things within their environment

- ⁠what were their early life experiences - usually I see one of two things in cases like these; minimal human interaction at a young age (for example, dogs born in shelters or born on farms) or negative interactions at a young age (space invasion/touch without consent and when subtle body language cues were ignored)

- ⁠what does the dogs day to day life look like, focusing on how the owner treats the dog (in smaller dogs it can be quite common that there aren’t many boundaries/rules and therefore the dog struggles to understand who is in charge and can often then spill into some guarding tendencies

- ⁠potential pain

In Meadow’s case; genetics and minimal interactions at a young age caused her fear reactivity (first video)

In Betty’s case; negative interactions, guarding of humans and pain are the factors (second video).

There are similarities in the reactions but they stem from different places.

If your dog is similar and you need help, get in touch ☺️

17/12/2025

🎄 Preparing Your Dog for Christmas 🎄

Because not every dog finds Christmas magical…

Christmas is a BIG change to routine; visitors, noise, food, kids, decorations and late nights. A little prep and thinking ahead can prevent stress, reactivity and unwanted behaviour later.

And while we would all love a dog who adapts to these changes without issue, the reality is that most dogs will need some extra support from us.
Here are some top tips on setting your dog and household up for success at this busy time of year

Any other scenarios you envisage happening but that are not covered here? Comment below and we will help ❤️

12/12/2025

One of my gorgeous friends, who was a client first, shared this into our Lucky’s Paws community WhatsApp group and so many people could relate to the words.
Myself included. ♥️

As it’s fast approaching the new year, naturally we all reflect back on the year we’ve had and what lies ahead

For me, I feel so incredibly grateful for this year. Both personally and professionally this feels like the year I’ve achieve so much!

Heading back to work after becoming a mum and learning how to get the work-life balance right has been a challenge BUT so worth it!

The incredible clients I’ve met this year and the journeys I’ve had the privilege of being part of 💓

Working with and being able to apply her knowledge and skills with my own clients is something I’m so proud and grateful for. Thank you!!

Seeing our 1-1 clients stay with , Zoe you are fantastic with these pups and a shining example of how to board reactive dogs successfully 👏🏼

My incredible team of dog walkers and friends, & ! Not to mention welcoming .luckyspawsdogwalking on board too! 😍 The biggest cheerleaders in my life 🫶🏻

Opening up the multitude of workshops, classes, membership programme, and not to mention continuing with in the background 🐾

In addition to this, we teamed up with the wonderful Woodland Whisperers Dog Training Ltd to hold some pack walks and they have been a huge success. It’s so lovely to have another local trainer who is not only fab at what they do but also incredibly supportive

Gosh there are so many outstanding people and businesses I could go on and on

I’ll try my best to tag you all I absolutely will but please please know you have absolutely MADE MY 2025!

Comment below, is there something you want to achieve for 2026? A goal? A workshop you want to attend? Something personal? It doesn’t even need to be dog related! ⬇️

09/12/2025

✨Grayson, a shining example of what is possible ♥️

One thing we pride ourselves on at Lucky’s Paws is making sure the training plan is tailored to YOU.

The “one size fits all” approach doesn’t work when it comes to dog training, it’s this close minded approach that often costs owners a lot of wasted time and money but more importantly gives owners false hope that’s quickly shattered when the training doesn’t work

It has taken us months of steady introductions, relationship building, management and positive associations to get Grayson the point where he can successful PLAY with other dogs off lead and recall out of play too 🐾

The Grayson you see here is far from the Grayson I met in session 1. Redirection, dog aggression, no recall and no positive relationships with dogs.

This is what’s possible when the training is right FOR YOU!

It can be the difference between lost hope and a happy, fulfilled life ♥️

Find your community, surround yourself with the right support system and it could change your life AND your dogs life too 🙏🏼

04/12/2025

The Reactive Dog Workshop 💥

TAKING BOOKINGS NOW!

🕰️ Saturday 28th February 1-5pm
📌 Skelmanthorpe Community Centre, 32A Elm St, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield HD8 9BH
💰 £75

Following on from the success of the first 2 dog walker workshops; we are hosting a more specific one around reactivity!

What can you expect on the day?

Short answer… LOTS! But please take a look at the infographics for full details.

If you want to book on; please head over to the website www.luckys-paws.com/bookings (link is also in our Instagram bio). If you have any questions at all, please get in touch ☺️

02/12/2025

Nicola and Bo ❤️

Where do I start?

I spoke to Nicola as I was coming to the end of my maternity leave, in March this year.

Nicola heartbreakingly lost her lovely Chris in February this year, after a short battle with cancer. From the stories Nicola has told me about him, he was a wonderful man. They filled their lives full of adventure and also full of dogs ❤️

Nicola and Chris had one older dog, Barney the Rommie and mid last year decided to adopt a lovely little Serbian dog called Lala. They then kindly swooped in to help, Bo. The dog you see here in this video. Bo is an Egyptian rescue who was abused by his family in Egypt. After finding a home in the uk, Bo was given up within hours of being placed and the rescue reached out to Nicola and Chris to help. And of course, because of the people they are, they did just that.

Shortly after Bo and Lala came home, Chris started to become unwell. He sadly passed away in February this year.

Nicola, faced with an overwhelming amount of heartbreak, reached out to me just a few months later. At a loss of what to do. Bo was incredibly reactive to everything he encountered and she didn’t want their lives to be restricted to secure field walks and early morning/late night walks.

And so, in May this year, we had our first session. And just 6 months later, Bo is unrecognisable from the dog I first met.

Although Nicola is still navigating each day following Chris’ passing, she is doing so with her 3 beloved dogs by her side.

I am writing this post because my heart bursts with pride. Nicola, you are an incredible person and I am lucky to now call you a friend.

01/12/2025

Lucky’s Paws Christmas Party 🥳 🎄

We invite YOU, our 1-1 clients; past and present, to join us to celebrate not just Xmas, but another year of building the most amazing community of dog owners.

It is our first “proper” Xmas do since we started all the way back in 2020! It will be held at Proper Golf; my husband’s incredible new business in Skelmanthorpe.

Please book your free ticket over on our website;
Www.luckys-paws.com/bookings. We can’t wait to see you guys ❤️🎄

Side note! Proper Golf is open for other events; Xmas do’s, corporate events, birthday parties etc.

Address

Station Road
Skelmanthorpe
HD89AU

Telephone

+447850341415

Website

http://www.luckys-paws.com/

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