Puddleducks

13/07/2025

More often than not, the dogs i meet are quite nervous - particularly of strangers, strange places and this wet stuff they suddenly find themselves swimming in!

Take Sadie, for example, when i met her last year, she was frightened to death of meeting anyone new, being in strange surroundings, and doing anything out of the ordinary - her owner had warned me of that before, so i knew to expect a few nerves during her first session.

After a few weeks, Sadie began to warm up to it all, beginning to wag her tail when she saw me, and even walking through Kirkham with a little more enthusiasm!

A month or so later, and she shocked her owner by taking treats from me after her swim!

Now, she loves her visits so much, she positively drags her mum to the door every week - as you can see below! She is also overcoming her fears kd strange places, and some people are looking less threatening than before!

We spent time giving Sadie the space she needed to overcome her fears while we worked to rectify her leg issues - working calmly and gently is what we’re best known for, and we manage to help so many dogs overcome a variety of land-based fears along with water based ones!

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02/07/2025

Nothing makes my heart happier than getting videos like this!

Maggie visited me last month for some swimming lessons - her owner was taking her to the lakes for a few days and wanted her to be confident enough in water to go swimming!

After two sessions, look at her go! Beautiful girlie fully enjoying wild swimming!

I’m so happy for Maggie and her mum! Happy swimming beautiful girl!

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28/06/2025

Ending the first half of 2025 with a post about this gorgeous boy!

Jack has been a regular visitor to Puddleducks for help shedding a few kilos, and generally improving his fitness!

He’s worked incredibly hard with me over the months, shedding the excess at a steady rate (even more so when we discovered Jack had also been munching his gran’s digestive biscuits when mum and dad weren’t looking!!), and now we’re starting to see a very nice shape coming in!

Hand in hand with this, his mum says he seems a lot less stiff when he wakes up these days, which goes to show how beneficial swimming can be to those furry friends who aren’t necessarily living with any kinds of mobility conditions!

I’m so proud of this boy, and i look forward to keeping everyone updated!

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25/06/2025

Look at Princess Lilly swimming like a pro!!

Lilly joined swim school at the start of this year, and was DISGUSTED with the whole process initially!

How - after some breaks for various reasons, she’s about to be awarded her Puddleducks rosette, and move from swimming lessons to fun and fitness swims!

Go, Lilly, Go!!!

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23/06/2025

The lovely little Ralph is joining us today to talk about his sessions at Puddleducks!

Ralph was referred to us, at his dad’s request only a few weeks ago, after living with chronic arthritis for a while!

Ralph was stiffening up, starting to lose his desire to go on walks and play, and just feeling a bit miserable with proceedings!

After the relevant forms were filled in, Ralph’s sessions began - and i would dearly love to be able to say he remotely enjoys it… but i’d be lying to you 😂😂

Ralph comes swimming once a week, and positively detests every second! That being said, he works hard in our time together, and does seem to be feeling the benefits of swimming along in the nice warm water!

He’s set to be a regular visitor to the pool, so watch this space for progress updates!!

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19/06/2025

Hi everyone!

What with it being so lovely and hot outside over the next couple of weeks, i’m giving everyone the choice - if you’d rather cancel your swims/walks, i completely understand - all i ask is for as much notice as possible! If, however, you’d rather still come, let me know and we’ll carry on as planned!

Meanwhile, enjoy the sunshine, make sure your humans are covered in suncream, and get an ice cream or two!

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18/06/2025

A few members of my Puddleducks family!

Everyone joins the tribe for different reasons - some to get out and about in the fresh air, some for help with joint care, some to learn to swim, and some just to come and play in the pool!

Whatever the reason, each and every dog I see if treated as the unique individual he or she is! Our sessions are all specific to the needs of the dog, and we never push too far past anyone’s comfort zones until everyone is comfortable!

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11/06/2025

Paws up if Sausage Sunday has got you so confident that you jump off Beth’s shoulder to chase your ball in the water!!!

My gorgeous little friend, Mabel, has been coming to Sausage Sunday since the very first one! Initially she - like pretty much every sausage dog! - HATED it!

Her mum persevered, and eventually introduced her ball into proceedings, and now look at her go! Jumping in like an absolute pro!!

The next Sausage Sunday is on 22nd June - open to all sausage dogs, or sausage mixes! Slots do go quickly, so if you’d like to come along, please let me know!

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08/06/2025

The beautiful Bucky just popping in to show off his swimming skills!

Bucky is another boy who came to Puddleducks for help getting over his fears of deep water and swimming!

Initially, he was a huge scaredy cat (dog!), and hated every second, but, after only a few sessions, he was swimming like a pro - in his very own jacket, complete with a shark fin! - and thoroughly enjoying every second in the water!

After getting his rosette, Bucky moved from lessons to fitness swims , keeping him super mobile and fit - important since his mum is a dog walker, and Bucky often goes out with her!

Another swimming lesson success story!!

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04/06/2025

Ivy has something super exciting to say!

This beautiful little rescue baby began visiting me over a year ago for help with sore elbows - Ivy had needed surgery to fix a small issue which was restricting the movement through her elbow joints and making it hard for her to walk!

Following a brief rest period, we started to work hard, rebuilding her strength, and improving the motion through her elbow joints where we could.

We’re both thrilled to say, we’ve achieved our goal! Ivy has an almost normal range of movement through her elbows now, and can be signed off her hydrotherapy treatment!

That being said - everyone feels that she’d miss her visits to me, and therefore needed to keep coming - for fun and fitness purposes now, not the hard work to help her joints! (Although swimming does do that!)

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01/06/2025

This gorgeous little face belongs to Tallulah!

She began visiting me at the start of the year for swimming lessons, just to help get her confidence up around water - she’d had a pretty hard start to life, first being rescued by her mum and dad, then being very poorly - so new things were a bit of a struggle for her to really deal with!

Her first few sessions were quite scary for her - she wasn’t a fan of getting wet, or not feeling the floor under her paws! However, we did what we always do, and worked slowly and quietly with her, getting a little calmer and a little better each week, until, eventually, Tallulah started to swim happily in the pool, wearing her life jacket!

Fast forward to this week, and we’ve finally been able to take her life jacket off briefly at the end of the session! The goal now is to increase the amount of time she swims without the jacket until she’s confident enough to swim a full session in her harness!

I’m so proud of her progress already, and I look forward to updating everyone when she’s got her Puddleducks rosette!

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28/05/2025

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