Lifeline K9's Dog Training

30/10/2024

Happy 3rd birthday to our sparkle pup. She got to spend the day running with her friends, had an extra long nap and got lots of treatos.

27/10/2024

Time to relax after a busy old day

25/10/2024

Arnold has had a final obstacle check ready for our Halloween dog parkour workshop at Charwell Dog Adventures and Wacky Woofers Dog Shop tomorrow. I can fit in one more if anyone would like to take the space

17/10/2024

Brave and Dave learning to chill in different situations. When it comes to assistance dog training the number one priority is a dog who feels comfortable in a number of different scenarios. Brave and Dave aced it today

14/10/2024

07/10/2024

Help Your Dog Stay Calm During Fireworks Season! 🎆
Join our Online Fireworks Challenge, a fun and interactive program designed to help your furry friend feel ok with loud noises that will soon fill our skys.

For day one of the challenge we will be preparing all the things we will need.
- download sound cloud
- prepare your enrichment feeders. Kongs, lick mats, snuffle mats (fill and freeze your kongs and lick mats)
- have super yummy treats at the ready

I will be getting myself ready for the challenge with young Arnold too

04/10/2024

Great 1 to 1 with Roxy and of course Toby had to join in for end of session nap time too!
Roxy is a Romanian rescue and of course with her journey so far in life she is quite nervous of the outside world.
Today we worked on getting her comfortable in a harness so she can progress to the outside world.
I love when I have clients who are committed and compassionate.

29/09/2024

What do you do when you have a tiny dog to entertain for the day?
🐾 Parkour on the smallest objects
🐾 Eat ice cream
🐾 Sun bathe

So glad the sun was shining for her yesterday

26/09/2024

Practicing on our props for the dog parkour Halloween workshop at Charwell Dog Adventures and Wacky Woofers Dog Shop
It’s a bit thumbs up from sparkle and Arnold

25/09/2024

It has been brought to my atteattention that we have an issue with the website when registering for classes. We’re hoping to have the issues resolved soon. If you have registered for classes in the last few weeks please send us a message through here

25/09/2024

What else is there to do on a wet rainy Wednesday. Obstacles are coming together nicely for the Halloween parkour workshop at Charwell Dog Adventures and Wacky Woofers Dog Shop 👻👻

24/09/2024

Join our Halloween Dog Parkour Workshop at Charwell Dog Adventures and Wacky Woofers Dog Shop! 🎃 Let your pup build confidence, gain some new skills, and of course have the perfect photo opportunity through our Haunted Obstacle Maze. Spots are limited, message to book your spot and give your dog a howling good time! 🐾👻

Cost £45
*all dogs must be wearing a Y front harness

22/09/2024

People may have noticed that sparkle doesn’t appear much on my page. Those of you that have worked with me will most probably have heard about her. For those of you that don’t she had an accident just over a year ago. This lead to her being on crate rest and very limited walks for an awfully long time. Her confidence was knocked lower than I ever would have expected and some behavioural issues surfaced as a result.

But I am pleased to say that she is doing really well in her behaviour modification and is almost ready to continue her training. I’m not sure if she will be able to make it to assistance dog again but she’s definitely ready to try

22/09/2024

My dog fell asleep in an Asda box like it’s the coziest bed ever! 💤 He’s so comfy in there thanks to all the positive reinforcement we’ve used for his dog parkour training. Guess all those jumps and tricks have him feeling right at home in the oddest spots! 🐾

21/09/2024

What’s the easiest way to get your dog’s attention? Buy ice cream🍦

21/09/2024

The all important task training. The things that mitigates a person’s disability.

If we think about the tasks we need they are just fancy tricks. Essentially the easiest part of training an assistance dog.

When should we train tasks to our assistance dog prospects and most importantly puppies?

A dog needs to be mature enough to stand on their own four feet to be able to assist. Mentally it can be scary for young dogs to assist with medical/psychiatric difficulties. The last thing you need is a dog that is worried about your difficulties!

In the pictures you see Arnold laying on my lap. Is he tasking? Nope. Am I having difficulty due to my disability? Nope.

I have baseline behaviours that will be moulded into tasks when Arnold is mature enough to handle task work. Before I can expect him to task reliably he needs to be comfortable in many different environments, able to disengage from many distractions and able to engage with me in many different situations. That is why exposure to the many different environments our world has to offer first is top priority

21/09/2024

Beach trip for Arnold yesterday.

What’s your dog’s favourite place to go?

20/09/2024

Lord Arnold the chunk getting ready to be vested. He looks so pleased to be in orange!

At this point he will still only be going to dog friendly places. He is not mentally ready for anything else just yet.

Why do we take public access slow though?
Putting assistance dog puppies into situations they can’t cope with can be very overwhelming. This can cause stress, anxiety and fear. It can create a lasting negative association, leading to behavioural setbacks. These can all cause the future assistance dog to not be able to task reliably.

Remember the turtle won the race

18/09/2024

Not the best picture but what is your dogs favourite human food treat?

*Disclaimer sparkle was a cake thief as a puppy. She always managed to find it no matter where it was hidden. Her addiction to cake was so bad that I couldn’t even say ‘cake’ without her running to find me*

17/09/2024

A comment I’ve had a lot when working my dogs ‘she/he isn’t interested in me, even when I say their name’ Well that would be because I never tell people their real names.

Top tip when you’re training your dog around the distraction of people have an alias name

17/09/2024

Remember, assistance dogs are hard at work, even if they seem calm or friendly. Distracting them can disrupt their focus and put their handler at risk. Notice the pictures on this vest? No taking pictures, talking to, staring at or touching. Some handlers will let their dogs say hello, always ask first and don’t be offended if the answer is no!

16/09/2024

One of the most important things you can do with your prospect assistance dog is get them used to lots of weird wonderful things in our world

14/09/2024

So super proud of this achievement. Note to self do not register for courses during the next summer holidays

14/09/2024

Best Asda delivery I’ve ever had

13/09/2024

From 2 months old to 6 months old. The size of this puppy is crazy!

So glad we’ve been working on lead skills and impulse control from day one. I’m not sure my shoulders could take being dragged along by the streets