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Hounds About Town, London (2025)

Dog training//Dog walking//Cat & Small pet visits//Medication visits//dog treats

02/11/2024

Happiest of birthdays to this absolute legend/pain in the arse!! 13 years of you Nancy Pants- grateful for all you’ve taught me about dog behaviour and making us all laugh on a daily basis!! Nance graciously shared her birthday party with an epic kids Halloween party.

11/10/2024

Dog bums!
Big Floofer on training walk.
2 & 4 legged Kids
The Good Boi Club
Being held hostage after a training session.
Autumn in the garden
Boop from the long dog
Autumn sunshine
Crow friends
Tiny dog club

21/03/2024

‘My dog is naughty/bad/untrainable/dominant/stupid’

I hear this most weeks on intake forms. Usually I get pretty excited to see these cos I know I’m gonna get to change a dog and owners life!

So often we write our dogs off as any adjective that fits the above and honestly, I’m yet to meet a dog who fits any of those adjectives (and I have worked with 10k plus dogs over the ten years I’ve been doing this!). I do however week in week out meet dogs with health issues that contribute to their slow progress in terms of training. Did you know dogs don’t show pain or discomfort how we do? We often think ‘oh he isn’t limping or yelping so he is fine’.

Please read the examples below ⬇️

🐾 A huntaway cross who I work with who bit his owner. Reluctant to have his feet cleaned, got spicy over any intense handling, had periods of seeming insanity and relentless barking and being unable to calm down. Huntaways are vocal dogs… but…

Turns out he had hip dysplasia. This dog didn’t limp. He wasn’t lame in any way. He chased his ball and sprinted and jumped and had no issues physically on the surface however under that behaviour was pain.

🐾 A French bulldog. Resource guarding to the extreme. Bit his owners while resource guarding the knot pattern in their wooden floor. Also bombed around without a worry in the world and had no outward signs of pain.

Turns out he had a severe spinal condition causing intermittent excruciating pain.

🐾 A young spaniel owned by a very good friend who was having confidence issues. She would ‘tap out’ of training on the regular and my friend went from ‘this is my ticket dog who will represent my country’ to ‘is this even possible?’

Dog had hormonal issues and likely spikes of hormones left right and centre. A carefully timed spay and she is now grade 6 in agility.

🐾 A friends Border Collie. Owned by a very experienced and talented agility handler and trainer. Regularly ‘checked out’ of training sessions, seemed to not be able to learn things that were moderately straightforward. Described by other trainers as ‘oh she is just a border collie it’s what they are like’.

Turns out she is mostly deaf.

🐾 A black Labrador. Always social and friendly and attended brilliant puppy classes and adolescent classes. Had the best start training wise you can imagine. He started showing some intermittent aggression to his owners in the home and aggression to other dogs out and about.

Turns out he had bilateral elbow dysplasia.

🐾 Young German Shepherd. Always energetic and silly in her behaviour but suddenly got worse. Excessive zoomies, inability to settle, increased reactivity to other dogs, reluctant to get in the car, obsessive destruction at home.

Turns out she had an infection in her va**na that was causing discomfort and exacerbating all those teenage behaviours to the point of being unmanageable.

🐾 My own dog! My NSDTR started missing his dog walk contact early last year. I was tearing my hair out trying to fix it.

Turns out he had a minor iliopsoas strain and some physio fixed the issue for us.

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All these dogs have one thing in common. They are not stupid or untrainable or naughty or dominant. They are uncomfortable and that is triggering extreme behaviour fallout.

None of the above issues would be resolveable with training. All of the issues will be resolveable with training ONLY when the pain is resolved. Some of them will have drastic improvement from the moment the pain or discomfort is managed!

If your behaviourist or trainer doesn’t immediately advise a veterinary visit if any aggression, excessive ‘naughtiness’ or strange behaviour is present, walk away immediately. Even if you think your dog is fine, visit the vets. Ask for a thorough examination and push for a proper evaluation of your dog from nose to tail and potentially blood tests too. If you’re still not sure, get a second opinion.

You cannot train the pain or discomfort out of your dog. Address THIS first and foremost.

02/02/2024

What I wish I was doing right now! It’s been a looong week so no witty insta post. Just updated my website with some jibber jabber about new services available. Any questions- shoot me an email/DM/Whatsapp.

In summary:

🐕Walks for fizzy/nervous/reactive dogs. Tailored to THEIR needs. Pace, environment etc all taken into consideration for your dog to get the most out of their walk. Fun and easy games to build confidence.
If you’ve seen a trainer and need their instructions followed by an empathetic and experienced hand.
£25 per hour- to be booked in blocks of 4.

🐶Puppy walks. For the new ones- getting it right during the vital habituation/socialisation period can be tricky. Let me take your puppy out, gently expose them to the world all whilst building their confidence. I will also lay the foundations for recall and lead walking.
£25 per session* minimum 4 sessions block booking or be used within a month. *sessions are 1 hour but walks may be shorter due to your puppy’s age.

27/01/2024

Morning walks with my own fizzy dog. There’s few places she can fully relax on a walk and really enjoys. Nance has been wearing a muzzle for years, we took our time to properly introduce it and now it’s just another accessory along with my scarf as it was colder than I thought it was going to be!🤣

24/01/2024

WE’RE BACK!! I’ve been putting my time and energy into real life and have been on a much needed break from social media!
It’s given me time to reevaluate what I want after years of working with dogs and studying training and behaviour. I’m still ironing out the details but it still involves dogs (surprise surprise), walks and training.

Having a Fizzy dog (pictured!) and worked with many fizzy dogs over the years- I have a special place in my heart for them. I will be offering 1–2-1 tailored walks for YOUR dog. Those dogs who can’t go on group walks, those who find London life a bit overwhelming and need to be walked in quieter spots, those who have had sessions with a trainer and need the work continuing with an experienced Walker, those nervous Nellie’s who just need the extra time to get out the door and down the street- THESE are the dogs I want to help, all with patience, empathy and experience.

I’ll also be offering short term puppy walks- I can walk and do basic training with your new, tiny ones. Expose them gently to the world to give them a great foundation for life in London!

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+447826557383

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http://www.houndsabouttown.co.uk/

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