In Safe Hands Dog Training

11/12/2024

Excited a fabulous venue for our Christmas Trails
SSHHH- It's a secret unless you book your space.
Spaces this Saturday for Progression Teams - 2
What's included?
Doggie sausage for your pups.
Mince Pies for us humans.
Dressing up? Father Christmas will he be there? Find the baubles 🎈and win a prize.

To book pop onto -
https://bookwhen.com/insafehandsdogtraining =ev-stav-20241214091500

09/12/2024

While on the Isle of Wight I met up with Benji and his Handler plus Willow and her handler for a training session.

Both dogs were fantastic and are working towards their final assessment to become certified Therapy dogs with PAWS Therapy and Assistance Dog Training.

Good luck 😉 enjoy your training and celebrating Christmas 🎄 with family and friends.

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Paws topic this month is Christmas 🤶

05/12/2024

It’s time to announce I will no longer be offering any 1-2-1 dog training or classes.
Sadly due to my health I am having to slow down and not lift heavy items.
These next few months I’m visiting a number of health professional teams and hoping to get some answers and help.

It’s been a very hard decision but I have loved the past 9yrs starting off as a dog walker-sitter.

However I will be concentrating on adding more new teams to Mantrailing - and also working for PAWS 🐾 Therapy & Assistance Dogs as a Mentor/Trainer/Assessor helping fellow dog trainers and practitioners with their therapy dog to become accredited therapists offering AAI in schools and private practices.

13/11/2024

It’s the time of year when puppies are purchased- Christmas 🎄 and when many old dogs end up in rescue.

Adopt not shop!

Here are some fabulous doggos 🐶 that are needing a new home 🏠 for Xmas.

Have a look-

Omar a Red Fox Lab is just one of them - he is adorable and full of potential.

Check out Dog Trouble page to find out more.

I'm an active boy and love running and doing agility. I want to find a home where I can run and play with my owner.

12/11/2024

Just back from visiting
Vanessa and Scott who have set up a fantastic doggie daycare centre!
It has everything your dog needs including a quiet area for them to rest which is just as important as the fun stuff and training.

So if you’re looking for doggie daycare in a safe and comfortable indoor venue on a regular basis! check this place out.
It also has a great outdoor enrichment area.

https://www.facebook.com/Siriusdoggydaycareandgroomers

https://siriusdoggyservices.co.uk/

Looking for a trusted dog daycare & grooming service in Southampton? We offer expert care, fun-filled days, and grooming sessions for your furry friend

09/11/2024

07/11/2024

It was lovely to see Bailey and his handlers yesterday, there was a couple of wanted behaviour s that needed to be worked on from my last visit including leave and calmness/jumping up when meeting people the team have worked very hard and Bailey has certainly improved in both of these behaviours and more.
He’s ready for his assessment but are the handlers? each individual handier needs to complete their PAWS program that does included finishing all the modules and passing the tests.

Keep up to date with Baileys progress and fingers crossed his handlers finish their training too, now that I have set them a target date.

https://www.facebook.com/TherapyDogTrainingPAWS

04/11/2024

Fantastic news for my Mantrailing Teams, I have been granted access to use Exbury Gardens with my teams.
This is a beautiful location to test all my newbies and current trailing teams.
Quiet times will be more suitable throughout the winter months.
I have asked permission for many other great venues and still enquiring for new trailing locations each week, hoping to vary these regularly once confirmed.

03/11/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MJiBSAQd7cX2KPSr/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Dog industry is broken ...

It's the only industry where clients are happy to pay for BIG EGOS, but not for extensive qualifications, accredited knowledge or verified expertise. We expect so little from those who provide services to our pets... Often no checks are done on those who we entrust with our (best) furry friends....

Why is that?

You won't pay a lot of money to have a manicure done by someone who has never done it before.

You won't have your teeth fixed by someone who is not a qualified dentist.

You won't go to physio who isn't qualified.

You would not have surgery done by someone who may have watched all episodes of Grey's Anatomy, but isn't a board certified surgeon.

You wouldn't have even have a facial from an unqualified beautician ....

Then why are we happy to pay a LOT of money for people who are claiming to be dog professionals, yet who hold zero qualifications in dog training / behaviour ?

The industry is unregulated, which is a big problem. I don't know whether that will ever change, but I remain hopeful. But perhaps that would change sooner if we all started to expect more from dog professionals?

01/11/2024

What a super puppy session with Maggie and her family, adding in fun when training a new puppy is so important especially with a little human in the home 🏠

Teaching children how their new puppy speaks and communicates with us, to avoid the puppy - dog biting.

Puppies do give back off signals and these can easily be ignored, the bites do not just happen and the puppy will show signs of stress especially around young children, as they do not feel as confident and find active children very unnerving.

What did we do today?
Introduce fun games and new tricks building up trust, adding in boundaries for all, teaching Canine body language ( how dogs communicate) to the family all helps with making sure puppy and humans enjoy spending time with each other, instead of being scared when puppy shows unwanted behaviours (jumping, nipping and biting)

Looking forward to seeing the progress on Maggie training.

Fabulous 🥰🐕

Middle
Spin
Touch
Sit - stand
Recall
CBL

31/10/2024

These past few weeks have been pretty busy here at ISH what with moving home and counties and starting afresh in a new area!

It has been challenging for me and my overall health, which sadly isn’t getting any better, because of this I have had to decrease my work load and hours.

What does this mean for ISH and what will I be offering.

Services continuing.
Mantrailing & 1-2-1 puppy training packages
CBL- online & indoor venue workshops

Sadly
I will no longer be able to work with large breed dogs or strong dogs.
My very popular puppy classes will also have to be put on hold as I am unable to lift large amounts of equipment.

Positives I will be taking from these decisions!

I am able to put more time for learning, adding extra CPD hours into my education bucket 🪣

Therapy dogs -

I am proud to be part of the PAWS Therapy & Assistance Dog Training team and all it stands for, its ethical standards, support for all its students/dogs and their employees.
Thankfully this is part of my job I love and I am still able to do as a Mentor, Trainer and Assessor.
Here’s to the future for all, looking forward to meeting new people and dogs 🐕

https://www.facebook.com/TherapyDogTrainingPAWS

PAWS provides comprehensive CPD accredited programmes to train exceptional Therapy Dogs & Assistance Dogs 🐕

29/10/2024

This week is all about learning! Adding to my CPD hours, I’m currently deep diving into my PAWS Therapy & Assistant Dog Training assessors program.. module 2 ..

Loving it 🥰

https://www.facebook.com/TherapyDogTrainingPAWS

23/10/2024

I had the pleasure in meeting Billy and his handler for their PAWS Therapy Dog Assessment at Southampton University yesterday, what a delightful dog Billy was a true star ⭐ at his new role, I am pleased to say they passed, they will be a great asset not only to all the university students and staff but also advocate their professional role on behalf of the PAWS team.

Good luck 🥰

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