HAIRY HOUNDS IN HACKNEY IS A PERSONALISED DOGGIE -SITTING, -WALKING, -TRAINING AND -BOARDING SERVICE
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DOG TRAINING: To support you to create a safe, loving & strong relationship with your dog. £50 per session
DOG WALKING: Available daily with a local, friendly small group. From £12 per hour
DAY CARE: An ideal option while you are working or away. From £25 per day
BOARDING: A comfortable, caring place to stay overnight or longer, with individual attention. from £32 per night (discounted rate available for long stays)
WE HAVE CHANGED THE DATES FOR OUR PUPP CLASSES !
HHH are running puppy & young dog classes starting Saturday 5th October 2024,
🦴 Small Group of six dogs in each class
🦴 Covers all important basics training , socialisation & prevention of behaviour issues.
🦴 Two highly experienced trainers.
Five sessions, 1.5 hours @£370
Register to book a space via msg or via our website
Hairyhoundsinhackney.co.uk
🐾 INTRODUCING OLIVER 🐾
Meet Oliver, a remarkable young man whose unique bond with dogs transcends words. Drawn to the canine world, Oliver finds purpose and joy in giving his time to helping out at HHH after school, where he is never afraid to get his hands stuck in, and in return our dogs encourage to overcome his natural shyness and to build his confidence. His friendships with our pups speaks volumes about the extraordinary relationships between humans and dogs that can exist beyond our understanding.
🐾 INTRODUCING LINDSEY 🐾
Our dedicated early riser, Lindsey has been the HHH Morning Manager for over a year and a half, welcoming our hounds into the daycare. Mornings are very busy here at HHH, with up to 25 dogs being dropped off in all weathers dogs. It takes a special person to oversee this process; getting dogs settled into the daycare adn preparing the site for another day of training and fun, with her calm head and quick-thinking she is an unshakeable leader, with a rock solid and reliable attitude who supports the daycare team around her. Lindsey puts the safety and happiness of our four-legged guests first, as her number one priority. Her dulcet Irish tones can soothe even the most nervous pup on their first day, and calm crazy teenage zoomies in seconds. When she’s not at HHH, she’s a FUR REAL superhero, running a discrimination advice line for people living with HIV for the National AIDS Trust and with her legal training she has supported HHH through our lobbying work with both local and national government bodies on daycare licensing. Lindsey is currently the Editor of our new HHH newspaper. To Lindsey, lots of Power, Paws & Kisses from the whole pack xXx
🟡 Q & A with Edita 🟡
🟡 Edita - HHH Manager & Owner 🟡
Edie’s sixth sense is understanding dogs.
She has a natural instinct working with dogs – whenever we are having difficulty practising a new skill or perfecting behaviours Edie will swoop in, effortlessly command the dogs’ attention, and help us troubleshoot the issue.
She has been training dogs since she was a little girl, and despite her various other skills (judo champion, cabaret performer, and successful interior designer, to name but a few of her crazy past lives) her passion to help dogs and their owners led her to create Hairy Hounds in Hackney.
As a boss, Edie is a committed teacher, supporting all our staff to become better trainers. She is the Mr Miyagi to our Daniel LaRusso, the Marco Pierre White to our Gordon Ramsey, the Yoda to our Luke Skywalker. What she’s done for the community of dog lovers in Hackney is insPAWrational ;) , and Homerton would be a dystopian chaos of untrained dogs without her. We woof you Edie!
🟡 DOG GROOMING – THE NAKED TRUTH 🟡
We humans often think of haircuts and beauty treatments as a relaxing, self-care experience, but for your dog, being groomed is often stressful and scary.
At HHH we make dog health and wellbeing our priority, offering on-site grooming to our regular daycare dogs; in a familiar, calm and safe space.
Grooming can take anything between 2 to 3 hours so it is nice for our dogs that they can take a break, stretch their legs and mingle with their friends, without having to wait in cages or a small enclosure.
Our experienced groomer Agata has been grooming our dogs for 3 years and is always able to call on a helping hand from our staff, known and trusted by our dogs. Agata prioritises two grooms per visit, which means she has plenty of time to make our dogs comfortable without rushing.
You can also minimise stress for your pup by:
* Conditioning your pup to be familiar with nail clippers, the hairdryer and brushing them with a de-matting brush not just a top surface brush.
* Making positive associations with treats in order to make grooming a more neutral experience with some reward (beyond a sharp-looking haircut)
* If you have a puppy take them to good groomer early for a puppy groom session, without the expectation of a full groom. This way groomers can take time getting your pup comfortable. Where possible stick to the same groomer if your pup seems to be happy.
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🟡 1-1 Trainings 🟡
It’s been a busy time with private trainings!
🐶 My regular one-to-one with the most handsome big boy, as well as new and regular daycare clients starting to train with us . All different breeds and kinds of support needed.
❔Do you want to enjoy better relationship with your dog? Give us a shout and come train with us!
Email for more info
[email protected]
#1:1training
🟡 HHH Artwork 🟡
Our newest staff member and residential artist Rupert .d_petart is now offering bespoke portraits of your beloved hound.
For all commission enquires check out his new Instagram profile and get in touch!
🟡 1 to 1 training 🟡
🐶 Birthday boy is 2 years old today!
❤️ We have had many adventures on our 5 month training journey together. We’ve had highs, we’ve had a few lows and we have grown but most importantly we have had lots of fun and taught each other some new tricks along the way!
🥳 Happy Birthday you handsome devil 🥳
❔Do you need a 1-1 session DM or email for more info:
[email protected]
#1:1training
🟡 Residential Training 🟡
We have an exclusive space available for HHH residential training.
❔What is Residential Dog Training?
This training is suitable for owners who wants to get basic training nailed-down from the beginning.
🐶 Training a puppy is a daily, continuous process – that teaches the basics of good dog behaviour and sets them up for the best start to a happy and well-socialised life.
🐾We build good habits from start by rewarding wanted behaviours and preventing or ignoring unwanted behaviours. Our aim is to get your pup to present ‘automatic behaviours’. For example: if you open a door or outside gate - we want your pup to automatically “Wait “ before they are allowed to go through. Out and about, we teach our pups to automatically “wait” before we let them say ‘hi’ to other new dogs - giving you control to select safe dogs for your pup to socialise with.
🐾 Our typical residential training clients are have busy lives and need guidance in working with their pups, particularly with more demanding breeds, by starting early we build good behaviour habits for life.
❕We only take on pups for this process, unless we know the dog and have made a safety assessment to be around our young child.
🐕 I specialise in training larger breeds so your Doberman, Rottweiler, or Shepard pup will be in very safe hands. However I equally enjoy working with bouncy Spaniels or other smaller breeds.
❔Why is our Residential Training different?
We invite owners for a weekly training visit - for them to see progress and to practice working with their pup. If a dog is with us for longer we will incorporate weekend visits where your pup stays with you. This gives us an opportunity to discuss if you had any challenges and we can shape our training accordingly.
To apply or for more info please email:
[email protected]
🟡 Daycare Spaces Coming Up - For Puppies Only 🟡
We have a limited amount of new daycare spaces available.
🐾 Up to 5 months old (ideally 4 months)
🐾 Female preferred - we like to keep a balanced group.
🐾 Must not have any known behaviour issues or attended other daycares
🐾 Minimum 3 days per week attendance.
We have a strict minimum 3 day attendance policy. It helps new dogs to settle in their new environment, get use to our routines and benefit from our daily training sessions. Our attendance policy ensure that our dogs socialise only with familiar dogs.
Please get in touch to secure a place.
[email protected]
🟡 Party Poopers 🟡
Walk with caution on Hackney Marshes & our local parks! We have been made aware of a number of cases of dogs ingesting what we have nicknamed ‘party poos’. Due to the warmer weather, parties & picnics many people who have taken drugs have also felt the need to use bushes & trees as their toilets. We strongly advise using a long training lead especially with known scavengers & to avoid bushy areas.
If your dog has ingested a ‘party poo’ these are some of the common signs:
🤢 Vomiting & diarrhoea
😵💫 Disorientation & lack of coordination
😢 Dilated pupils
😴 Lethargic/Drowsiness
🤤 Salvation
😡 Aggressive/agitation
‼️ Please note that these symptoms may vary depending on what drug that have ingested. ALWAYS consult your vet as soon as you realise that your dog is not ok. It is likely that they will need medical assistance especially in cases where they may have multiple types of drugs in their system.
🟡 Morning Time At HHH 🟡
Good morning!
We take the health & happiness of our hounds seriously. Welcome to our daycare morning routine!
👋🏻 8-10am
🐾 Just before 8am we arrive & start the day by opening up our indoor space to allow fresh air inside, blinds are put down & doors left open to keep the space cool (in winter we put the fire on!)
🐾 Outdoor beds are put down, in summer these are moved around to keep the dogs settled in shade & stay cool
🐾 Water bowls are filled with fresh water, if it’s a sunny morning, also the pool!
🐾 Dogs slowly start to arrive, they are always so happy to see us & their friends!
🐾 As more dogs arrive we incorporate training into our routine; waiting, stop, gate management polite greeting & re call away from gate
🐾 Every morning we disinfect all outdoor surfaces, toys, bowls & any puddles with a dog friendly cleaner F10 to kill any potential nasties
🐾 All lunches are brought to the kitchen & any wet or raw food is put into the fridge
🐾9:30am a third member of staff arrives as we have more dogs by this time
🎾 10-11:30am
🐾 Any washing hung up from the previous day is folded & put away
🐾 Beds are put back into position after floors being washed the previous evening and water bowls are re-filled
🐾 After the last dog arrives for the day we open up the entire site for ball & sniffer games, scent work & agility training.
🐾 Enrichment activities are set up for the day, treats under cups, hide toys around the site & in boxes, navigating/moving objects to get treats out
🐾 Finally a coffee break!
🐾 We water plants & do a bit of gardening & general up-keep of the site as we think of new and fun ideas for the dogs to enjoy the space
😴 11:30-1pm
🐾 Rest time! We have 3 designated rest times throughout the day. Pups learn to settle around distractions and have a nap.
🐾 Coming in for rest is another training opportunity learning polite door manners for entry and exit.
🐾 In winter we have our log burner lit to make it nice and cozy, in summer we open up the container door and have lovely air con breezing through to keep our doggos cool
🐾 Around 1pm we come out & the evening crew swap with the morning crew
🟡 Dog Shooting 🟡
‼️ We noted with alarm recent incidents involving violent dogs in our parks: attacking and killing other dogs, a threat to owners and attacking a police horse
❌ However, we don’t condone the recent police shooting of two dogs on the lead an inhumane, painful deaths shot at close range.
It looks more like an ex*****on to make a statement around enforcing the law, rather than an act of protecting the public or the officers on the scene.
We are having huge problem in general and our solution is to fine and penalise irresponsible dog owners. (All irresponsible dog owners) With large fines and for serious dangerous acts - prison sentences. This problem with the rise of out of control “protection statement dogs” will not go away by shooting two dogs on lead who were clearly not out of control (they were barking but which dog would not in that situation).
With austerity, crime is on the rise and so is the popularity of powerful, seemingly aggressive dogs that make a statement. The real criminals don’t care about having their dogs seized and destroyed. So violence is neither a deterrent or the solution. You need to make owners legally responsible for their dogs and then attitudes will change.
⁉️ We are shocked and appalled!
#1:1training
🟡 Let’s Talk About Daycare Licensing 🟡
Today we were happy to welcome CLLR Susan Fajana-Thomas, CLLR Anya Sizer and CLLR Lynne Troughton to our urban training doggy daycare to discuss issues with licensing and how those have an impact on Urban Daycares. We are hoping to start a discussion with Hackney Council about a fairer system that will support Urban Daycares to raise welfare standards and still thrive.
🐶 Our dogs were as always amazing ambassadors of HHH with some taking it upon themselves to check and greet the visitors. All of them stayed calm and cool even when we had sudden thunder followed by a hail storm!
❤️ Thank you once again to our amazing team for showing why our daycare is so unique and important
🟡 The End Of The Thunder 🟡
All of us at HHH delighted to see this result!
🐾 There is ALWAYS an alternative to using tools such as an e-collar.
If you are struggling to understand how to motivate your dog positively - get in touch!
#1:1training
🟡 Pup In The Pub 🟡
This little princess has been struggling with staying calm in restaurants/pubs, lots of barking resulting with a stressed dog & owners.
🐶 For context, this dog is generally perfectly behaved, happy & well trained
🤔 PROBLEM: We observed that the clients have been treating her at the wrong time: just after she has been barking, not before which can accidentally re-enforce and encourage unsettled behaviour (this is more common than you think!).
When she arrives she would be overexcited, pulling on the lead and is typically first through the door - seeing other dogs, people & being in an unfamiliar busy place she would start barking, when she stops, she gets a treat for stopping barking, this repeated several times encourages barking in order to get reward.
Once at the table when she sits still for a few seconds she gets a treat, stands up, paces, barks, stops for few seconds & gets another treat.
✅ WHAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY:
🐾 We walked calmly & without pulling to the venue. Rewarding only zero tension on the lead & preventing pulling before it happens.
🐾 We entered only when she was calm. I have entered first checking for potential trigers.
🐾 I have walked around the venue with her on short lead treating relaxed, calm behaviour.
🐾 We found the perfect spot on a sofa (not too quite & not too busy) & I have marked using a clean blanket the allocated spot to rest (Please note that some pups will simply relax better when they are higher up and that I will not engage in ANY discussion on why dogs should not be in restaurants or on furniture).
🐾 I have restricted her movements using the lead & I only treated when she settled for longer than 1 minute or remained quite around movement. I have marked verbally “Good” any potentially stressful situation coming up (person approaching) before reaction. Anticipation of a treat prevented reaction.
🐾 This indicates to your dog that you are aware of potential “danger” & that the behaviour you want from the dog is to stay calm & relaxed.
😴 And this was enough for her to relax and fall asleep while we enjoyed our well deserved mocktail.
🟡 An Afternoon At HHH 🟡
Ever wondered what happens behind the closed gate? Come and spend an afternoon with us!
🦴 12:30-2pm Lunch Time
🐾 Our doggos come out after the second rest around 12:30 to stretch their legs, have a run while some choose to lounge on bean bags.
🐾 We start to prepare lunches and then feeding. This is another training opportunity for gate management, pups come in one by one, sit, wait & then leave feeding area, our doggos are also practicing all round patience around food prep.
😴 2-3:30 Post Lunch Nap
🐾 We make sure to have plenty of rest times as we do spend a lot of time outside & young puppies need rest. We teach our dogs ‘go to your bed’ to settle around other dogs.
🎾 3:30-5:30 Training & Play
🐾 We open up our entire site for sniffer games, fetch, tug-of-war, agility & general puppy shenanigans.
🐾 We monitor play style & interrupt any rough play. Our young ones will learn this way what is ‘Good Play’ (will be allowed to continue) and ‘Bad Play’ (will be interrupted)
🐾 Working with our central gate for more gate training, which includes practicing “wait”, “stop” & “re-call"
🐾 Dogs on create rest get sniffer boxes, puzzles & separate toilet breaks
🏡 5:30-7 Rest & Home Time!
🐾 In winter & cold weather we go inside for a rest & our collections begin. In summer our dogs will continue to sunbathe in our main garden area.
🐾 Our hounds learn how to rest with distractions around: us cleaning & answering doors.
🐾 All dogs learn (eventually) to stay calm & to come to the door when name is called.
🐾 When we send them through our door or gate it is perfect opportunity for “re-call” training as they run to greet their pawrents. It is very cute for us to see all the love at the end of the busy day 🐶❤️
🟡 1-1 Training 🟡
Have not done a training postfor awhile. Ironically because I was so busy with ongoing daily trainings. In addition of daily training with this handsome boy here are few of my other latest clever faces of some of our one to one sessions.
❔Do you need a 1-1 session DM or email for more info:
[email protected]
#1:1training
🟡 Residential Training 🟡
We have an exclusive space available for HHH residential training.
❔What is Residential Dog Training?
This training is suitable for owners who wants to get basic training nailed-down from the beginning.
🐶 Training a puppy is a daily, continuous process – that teaches the basics of good dog behaviour and sets them up for the best start to a happy and well-socialised life.
🐾We build good habits from start by rewarding wanted behaviours and preventing or ignoring unwanted behaviours. Our aim is to get your pup to present ‘automatic behaviours’. For example: if you open a door or outside gate - we want your pup to automatically “Wait “ before they are allowed to go through. Out and about, we teach our pups to automatically “wait” before we let them say ‘hi’ to other new dogs - giving you control to select safe dogs for your pup to socialise with.
🐾 Our typical residential training clients are have busy lives and need guidance in working with their pups, particularly with more demanding breeds, by starting early we build good behaviour habits for life.
❕We only take on pups for this process, unless we know the dog and have made a safety assessment to be around our young child.
🐕 I specialise in training larger breeds so your Doberman, Rottweiler, or Shepard pup will be in very safe hands. However I equally enjoy working with bouncy Spaniels or other smaller breeds.
❔Why is our Residential Training different?
We invite owners for a weekly training visit - for them to see progress and to practice working with their pup. If a dog is with us for longer we will incorporate weekend visits where your pup stays with you. This gives us an opportunity to discuss if you had any challenges and we can shape our training accordingly.
To apply or for more info please email:
[email protected]
🟡 Upcoming Spaces 🟡
We have a limited amount of upcoming daycare spaces available.
🐾 Up to 5 months old (ideally 4 months)
🐾 Female - we like to keep a balanced group however we will consider a male if they are the right fit
🐾 Must not have any known behaviour issues, separation anxiety, reactivity etc
🐾 Minimum 3 days per week attendance.
We have a strict 3 day policy and only regular attending dogs. We found this is the best number of minimum days for pups to attend, this is so they settle in their new environment, get use to the routine and socialise with the same dogs.
If you have a pup or are getting one soon that meets these criteria’s please get in touch to secure a place.
[email protected]
🦈 Bite Inhibition 🦈
This little shark demonstrates beautifully why it is important to teach your pup a bite inhibition.
🤔 What is it?
Bite inhibition is a dogs ability to control the strength and use of their bite. This is very important to teach them as a young pup, but to also continue training as they develop.
❕Teaching it correctly your dog learns to moderate the strength of its bite so when exited around food, upset or involved in disagreement your dog will effectively only use a soft mouth.
#boxerdog #1:1training
🟡 We are Hiring! 🟡
Join our amazing team!
🐶 Learn to become a daycare trainer. On going on the job training.
🐾 Great opportunity to get high quality learning about dog behaviour and obedience training. We work with a range of breeds, from puppies to adulthood, and only with a regular pack of daycare dogs.
🐾 You must be passionate about dogs, willing to learn, a reliable, hard worker, and you must be able to demonstrate good instincts around dogs.
🐾 This role is flexible, working in shift rotations and is ideal for a freelancer.
🐾 Candidate must live locally in the Hackney area with easy transport links.
❕DM or email:
[email protected]
🟡 Wishing Of Summer! 🟡
🐶 This cold weather has got us thinking of warmer times.
☀️ Here is a little throw back to summer of 2022!
We can’t wait for another amazing year (with plenty of icy, watermelon treats!)
🟡 Meet Jenny 🟡
contacted us towards the end of the year being interested and wanting to help with our Dog Daycare Lobbying Group. She understands the industry having worked for a daycare in the past. Jenny was really keen to help and contribute to our campaign for changes in the licensing system. She has been amazing with ideas and interviews as she owns a pet based advertising agency. If you are a doggy daycare, pet shop, dog focused brand and need advertising help we highly suggest getting in touch with her!
A bit about Jenny:
🐾 JPets Digital is an advertising agency in the pet industry
🐾 They have a combined 12 years of experience in the pet industry and marketing
🐾Jenny discovered the impact that advertising could have on any business after previously working as a social media manager and now uses it to help pet companies grow and reach their marketing goals
🐶 Message us if you want to be part of our supportive daycare lobbying group!
🟡 Daycare Lobby Group Update 🟡
Little interview we did with the wonderful Jenny from about lobbying efforts to influence possible changes to current licensing system.
✅ We have been super busy working on encouraging a fairer licencing process, taking into account all our members difficulties they experienced with the process.
⁉️ If you are a dog daycare and you have been struggling with planning or licensing please give us a shout. Together we might be able to support each other in more effective way that standing alone.
For the full interview you can find it here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKaBApw9w4
🟡 Happy New Year! 🟡
Tomorrow we will all wake up to a New Year & I would like to thank everyone who has made last year a good year, where lots of little almost insignificant steps took me and HHH on quite an unexpected journey.
🐶 I will start by first thanking our incredible team without whom HHH would not be such an amazing place. Rosie for being my rock and really stepping-up to co-manage HHH and take care of our new admin system and social media, Lindsey for choosing to stay another year before starting her Law training and for supporting me on our lobbying mission to change the DC licensing system. Lucy for always bring a good cheer & never saying ‘no’ to extra help when it was most needed, Fifi for asking intelligent questions that I know will take her further along the path towards dog obedience training. And to Aysen who as the youngest member of our team (except for Maja) has proven to be reliable and very helpful.
✅ This year we have hosted few important visits from Hackney councillors, our MP Dame Meg Hillier & DEFRA representative in a hope to highlight issues with the current licensing system and hoping to raise more understanding around the challenges faced by urban daycares. I have visited Hackney council and the house of parliament; thank you to our local Councillor Lynne Troughton for listening to us when no-one else would.
✅ We have talked to many other daycares and created a lobbying group to combine our efforts and get our voices heard towards establishing a new, fairer licensing system as part of a proposal to be submitted to DEFRA.
💛 2023 has been a challenging year for me, that has highlighted how important collective support and effort is in creating changes. And I have received support from the most unexpected places and for that I am grateful.
🧔🏻♂️👧🏼 As always I could not done any of this without backing from Adam my partner who was with me every step of the way and pushed me when I was ready to give up. And to Maja for her continued presence as the inspiring, hilarious light of our lives, who continues to challenge us to try and be better people.
⬇️ Continued in comments…
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🟡 DOG GROOMING – THE NAKED TRUTH 🟡We humans often think of haircuts and beauty treatments as a relaxing, self-care experience, but for your dog, being groomed is often stressful and scary.At HHH we make dog health and wellbeing our priority, offering on-site grooming to our regular daycare dogs; in a familiar, calm and safe space.Grooming can take anything between 2 to 3 hours so it is nice for our dogs that they can take a break, stretch their legs and mingle with their friends, without having to wait in cages or a small enclosure.Our experienced groomer Agata has been grooming our dogs for 3 years and is always able to call on a helping hand from our staff, known and trusted by our dogs. Agata prioritises two grooms per visit, which means she has plenty of time to make our dogs comfortable without rushing.You can also minimise stress for your pup by:* Conditioning your pup to be familiar with nail clippers, the hairdryer and brushing them with a de-matting brush not just a top surface brush.* Making positive associations with treats in order to make grooming a more neutral experience with some reward (beyond a sharp-looking haircut)* If you have a puppy take them to good groomer early for a puppy groom session, without the expectation of a full groom. This way groomers can take time getting your pup comfortable. Where possible stick to the same groomer if your pup seems to be happy.#doggrooming ##cockerpoogroom #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogcare #cutedogs
🟡 DOG GROOMING – THE NAKED TRUTH 🟡 We humans often think of haircuts and beauty treatments as a relaxing, self-care experience, but for your dog, being groomed is often stressful and scary. At HHH we make dog health and wellbeing our priority, offering on-site grooming to our regular daycare dogs; in a familiar, calm and safe space. Grooming can take anything between 2 to 3 hours so it is nice for our dogs that they can take a break, stretch their legs and mingle with their friends, without having to wait in cages or a small enclosure. Our experienced groomer Agata has been grooming our dogs for 3 years and is always able to call on a helping hand from our staff, known and trusted by our dogs. Agata prioritises two grooms per visit, which means she has plenty of time to make our dogs comfortable without rushing. You can also minimise stress for your pup by: * Conditioning your pup to be familiar with nail clippers, the hairdryer and brushing them with a de-matting brush not just a top surface brush. * Making positive associations with treats in order to make grooming a more neutral experience with some reward (beyond a sharp-looking haircut) * If you have a puppy take them to good groomer early for a puppy groom session, without the expectation of a full groom. This way groomers can take time getting your pup comfortable. Where possible stick to the same groomer if your pup seems to be happy. #doggrooming ##cockerpoogroom #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogcare #cutedogs
🟡 First Day At Daycare 🟡A puppies point of view of his first day at HHH.Having a paw-some time exploring, making new friends and having fun with training! ❔Do you want to enjoy better relationship with your dog? Give us a shout and come train with us!Email for more [email protected]#cutepuppy #maltipoo #firstday #dogdaycare #eastlondon #londonsummer #doggypool #ukdogs #puppycuteness
🟡 1 to 1 training 🟡 🐶 Birthday boy is 2 years old today! ❤️ We have had many adventures on our 5 month training journey together. We’ve had highs, we’ve had a few lows and we have grown but most importantly we have had lots of fun and taught each other some new tricks along the way! 🥳 Happy Birthday you handsome devil 🥳 ❔Do you need a 1-1 session DM or email for more info: [email protected] #hairyhoundsinhackney #welovedogs #residentialtraining #doormanagement #ukdogs #doggylife #dogtreats #mentalstimulation #london #londonsummer #howwedoit #puppies #dogobedience #rewardbasedtraining #1:1training #trainyourdog #reactivity #reactivedogsuk #nervousdog #hackneydogdaycare #doberman #looseleashwalking #cleverdogs
🟡 Residential Training 🟡 We have an exclusive space available for HHH residential training. ❔What is Residential Dog Training? This training is suitable for owners who wants to get basic training nailed-down from the beginning. 🐶 Training a puppy is a daily, continuous process – that teaches the basics of good dog behaviour and sets them up for the best start to a happy and well-socialised life. 🐾We build good habits from start by rewarding wanted behaviours and preventing or ignoring unwanted behaviours. Our aim is to get your pup to present ‘automatic behaviours’. For example: if you open a door or outside gate - we want your pup to automatically “Wait “ before they are allowed to go through. Out and about, we teach our pups to automatically “wait” before we let them say ‘hi’ to other new dogs - giving you control to select safe dogs for your pup to socialise with. 🐾 Our typical residential training clients are have busy lives and need guidance in working with their pups, particularly with more demanding breeds, by starting early we build good behaviour habits for life. ❕We only take on pups for this process, unless we know the dog and have made a safety assessment to be around our young child. 🐕 I specialise in training larger breeds so your Doberman, Rottweiler, or Shepard pup will be in very safe hands. However I equally enjoy working with bouncy Spaniels or other smaller breeds. ❔Why is our Residential Training different? We invite owners for a weekly training visit - for them to see progress and to practice working with their pup. If a dog is with us for longer we will incorporate weekend visits where your pup stays with you. This gives us an opportunity to discuss if you had any challenges and we can shape our training accordingly. To apply or for more info please email: [email protected]
🟡 Morning Time At HHH 🟡 Good morning! We take the health & happiness of our hounds seriously. Welcome to our daycare morning routine! 👋🏻 8-10am 🐾 Just before 8am we arrive & start the day by opening up our indoor space to allow fresh air inside, blinds are put down & doors left open to keep the space cool (in winter we put the fire on!) 🐾 Outdoor beds are put down, in summer these are moved around to keep the dogs settled in shade & stay cool 🐾 Water bowls are filled with fresh water, if it’s a sunny morning, also the pool! 🐾 Dogs slowly start to arrive, they are always so happy to see us & their friends! 🐾 As more dogs arrive we incorporate training into our routine; waiting, stop, gate management polite greeting & re call away from gate 🐾 Every morning we disinfect all outdoor surfaces, toys, bowls & any puddles with a dog friendly cleaner F10 to kill any potential nasties 🐾 All lunches are brought to the kitchen & any wet or raw food is put into the fridge 🐾9:30am a third member of staff arrives as we have more dogs by this time 🎾 10-11:30am 🐾 Any washing hung up from the previous day is folded & put away 🐾 Beds are put back into position after floors being washed the previous evening and water bowls are re-filled 🐾 After the last dog arrives for the day we open up the entire site for ball & sniffer games, scent work & agility training. 🐾 Enrichment activities are set up for the day, treats under cups, hide toys around the site & in boxes, navigating/moving objects to get treats out 🐾 Finally a coffee break! 🐾 We water plants & do a bit of gardening & general up-keep of the site as we think of new and fun ideas for the dogs to enjoy the space 😴 11:30-1pm 🐾 Rest time! We have 3 designated rest times throughout the day. Pups learn to settle around distractions and have a nap. 🐾 Coming in for rest is another training opportunity learning polite door manners for entry and exit. 🐾 In win
🟡 Morning Time At HHH 🟡 Good morning! We take the health & happiness of our hounds seriously. Welcome to our daycare morning routine! 👋🏻 8-10am 🐾 Just before 8am we arrive & start the day by opening up our indoor space to allow fresh air inside, blinds are put down & doors left open to keep the space cool (in winter we put the fire on!) 🐾 Outdoor beds are put down, in summer these are moved around to keep the dogs settled in shade & stay cool 🐾 Water bowls are filled with fresh water, if it’s a sunny morning, also the pool! 🐾 Dogs slowly start to arrive, they are always so happy to see us & their friends! 🐾 As more dogs arrive we incorporate training into our routine; waiting, stop, gate management polite greeting & re call away from gate 🐾 Every morning we disinfect all outdoor surfaces, toys, bowls & any puddles with a dog friendly cleaner F10 to kill any potential nasties 🐾 All lunches are brought to the kitchen & any wet or raw food is put into the fridge 🐾9:30am a third member of staff arrives as we have more dogs by this time 🎾 10-11:30am 🐾 Any washing hung up from the previous day is folded & put away 🐾 Beds are put back into position after floors being washed the previous evening and water bowls are re-filled 🐾 After the last dog arrives for the day we open up the entire site for ball & sniffer games, scent work & agility training. 🐾 Enrichment activities are set up for the day, treats under cups, hide toys around the site & in boxes, navigating/moving objects to get treats out 🐾 Finally a coffee break! 🐾 We water plants & do a bit of gardening & general up-keep of the site as we think of new and fun ideas for the dogs to enjoy the space 😴 11:30-1pm 🐾 Rest time! We have 3 designated rest times throughout the day. Pups learn to settle around distractions and have a nap. 🐾 Coming in for rest is another training opportunity learning polite door manners for entry and exit. 🐾 In win
🟡 An Afternoon At HHH 🟡 Ever wondered what happens behind the closed gate? Come and spend an afternoon with us! 🦴 12:30-2pm Lunch Time 🐾 Our doggos come out after the second rest around 12:30 to stretch their legs, have a run while some choose to lounge on bean bags. 🐾 We start to prepare lunches and then feeding. This is another training opportunity for gate management, pups come in one by one, sit, wait & then leave feeding area, our doggos are also practicing all round patience around food prep. 😴 2-3:30 Post Lunch Nap 🐾 We make sure to have plenty of rest times as we do spend a lot of time outside & young puppies need rest. We teach our dogs ‘go to your bed’ to settle around other dogs. 🎾 3:30-5:30 Training & Play 🐾 We open up our entire site for sniffer games, fetch, tug-of-war, agility & general puppy shenanigans. 🐾 We monitor play style & interrupt any rough play. Our young ones will learn this way what is ‘Good Play’ (will be allowed to continue) and ‘Bad Play’ (will be interrupted) 🐾 Working with our central gate for more gate training, which includes practicing “wait”, “stop” & “re-call" 🐾 Dogs on create rest get sniffer boxes, puzzles & separate toilet breaks 🏡 5:30-7 Rest & Home Time! 🐾 In winter & cold weather we go inside for a rest & our collections begin. In summer our dogs will continue to sunbathe in our main garden area. 🐾 Our hounds learn how to rest with distractions around: us cleaning & answering doors. 🐾 All dogs learn (eventually) to stay calm & to come to the door when name is called. 🐾 When we send them through our door or gate it is perfect opportunity for “re-call” training as they run to greet their pawrents. It is very cute for us to see all the love at the end of the busy day 🐶❤️ #hairyhoundsinhackney #welovedogs #doormanagement #ukdogs #doggylife #dogtreats #mentalstimulation #london #londonsummer #howwedoit #puppies #dogobedienc
🦈 Bite Inhibition 🦈 This little shark demonstrates beautifully why it is important to teach your pup a bite inhibition. 🤔 What is it? Bite inhibition is a dogs ability to control the strength and use of their bite. This is very important to teach them as a young pup, but to also continue training as they develop. ❕Teaching it correctly your dog learns to moderate the strength of its bite so when exited around food, upset or involved in disagreement your dog will effectively only use a soft mouth. #ukdoggydaycare #doggydaycaretraining #focus #puppytraining #youngdogs #dogtraineruk #londondogtraining #bigdogtraining #boxerdog #ridgeback #australiancollie #labrador#irishterrier #dashund #cockapoo #ukdogs #dogsuk #reactivity #livingwithdogs #dogenrichment #trainyourdog #dogobedience #rewardbasedtraining #treattime #nervousdog #1:1training #belgianmalinois #malinoisxshepard #hairyhoundsinhackney #bigdoglove #cutepaws #fluffyears #happydogsaretraineddogs #dogtrainingisfun #welovedogs #biteinhibition
🟡 Wishing Of Summer! 🟡 🐶 This cold weather has got us thinking of warmer times. ☀️ Here is a little throw back to summer of 2022! We can’t wait for another amazing year (with plenty of icy, watermelon treats!) #hairyhoundsinhackney #welovedogs #summer #hotdogs #keepcool #ukheatwave #ukdogs #heatstroke #doggylife #dogtreats #mentalstimulation #dontwalk #cockapoo #cockerspaniel #london #londonsummer #londonsummer #beattheheat #cooldogs #boxerdog #puppies #dogobedience #rewardbasedtraining #homerton #summer2023 #happydogs #watermelontreats
🟡 Meet Jenny 🟡 @jpetsdigital contacted us towards the end of the year being interested and wanting to help with our Dog Daycare Lobbying Group. She understands the industry having worked for a daycare in the past. Jenny was really keen to help and contribute to our campaign for changes in the licensing system. She has been amazing with ideas and interviews as she owns a pet based advertising agency. If you are a doggy daycare, pet shop, dog focused brand and need advertising help we highly suggest getting in touch with her! A bit about Jenny: 🐾 JPets Digital is an advertising agency in the pet industry 🐾 They have a combined 12 years of experience in the pet industry and marketing 🐾Jenny discovered the impact that advertising could have on any business after previously working as a social media manager and now uses it to help pet companies grow and reach their marketing goals 🐶 Message us if you want to be part of our supportive daycare lobbying group! #urbandoggydaycare #londondoggydaycare #ukdoggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #dogsoftheuk #islingtondogs #hackneydogs #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogsoflondon #dogdaycarelobbygroup #ukdogs
🟡 Daycare Lobby Group Update 🟡 Little interview we did with the wonderful Jenny from @jpetsdigital about lobbying efforts to influence possible changes to current licensing system. ✅ We have been super busy working on encouraging a fairer licencing process, taking into account all our members difficulties they experienced with the process. ⁉️ If you are a dog daycare and you have been struggling with planning or licensing please give us a shout. Together we might be able to support each other in more effective way that standing alone. For the full interview you can find it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKaBApw9w4 #urbandoggydaycare #londondoggydaycare #ukdoggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #dogsoftheuk #islingtondogs #hackneydogs #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogsoflondon #dogdaycarelobbygroup #ukdogs
🟡🎄 Merry Christmas from HHH🎄🟡 With love from our dogs, “we made this for you because we love you (and peanut butter 🥜)” Merry C-hhh-ristmas! 🎅🏻🤶🏻🐶 #christmasdogs #doggypeanutbutter #dogartist #dogfun #enrichment #doggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #trainingdaycare #dogobedience #puppytraining #dogsofuk #dogsofinstagram #doggydaycareuk #supportlocalbusiness #ridgeback #minischnauzer #cockapoo #cockerspaniel #labrador #snowday #snowdogs #londonsnow
🟡 Edita On Times Radio 🟡 Edita was invited to raise current issues around dog licensing act with Matt Chorley on his segment on the Times Radio. This was a great opportunity to highlight the need for change to the current 2018 legislation of dog daycares. 📰 Do you work in media or have a platform you would like to use to help us generate more awareness of our dog daycare lobbying group and our work? Please get in touch! 🐶 If you would like to join or support our lobbying group and to share your own story & issues you are facing, we want to hear from you! Join our campaign and help us to make a change. #urbandoggydaycare #londondoggydaycare #ukdoggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #dogsoftheuk #islingtondogs #hackneydogs #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogsoflondon #dogdaycarelobbygroup #ukdogs
🟡 DEFRA Visits HHH 🟡 Yesterday we had an on-site meeting with DEFRA representatives (Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Dame Meg Hillier MP. We’d like to thank DEFRA for visiting our training daycare and taking the time to listen and acknowledge the plight that Urban Daycares are facing. 🐾 A massive thank you to Meg for joining the meeting and adding her voice to raise awareness of the need for reform in licensing and welfare standards of Urban Dog Daycares. 💛 As usual all of our dogs were PAW-some ambassadors and the HHH Team did an amazing job showing-off our daycare’s best practice — what we do and why we do it! #urbandoggydaycare #londondoggydaycare #ukdoggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #dogsoftheuk #islingtondogs #hackneydogs #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogsoflondon
🟡 DEFRA visits HHH 🟡 Thursday the 27/10 Dame Meg Hillier started a debate in the House of Commons about the struggles of Urban Doggy Daycares are facing, our voices are being heard! Thank you to Meg for your support & raising awareness. The full video can be found in our Instagram profile - debate is from 4:30-end of video 🐾 This Friday we will be having a Ministerial meeting with DEFRA representatives. We are hoping to achieve sensible amendments to guidance to the Animal Welfare Act that would improve dog welfare & increase viability of urban daycares. 🐾 If you are an Urban Doggy Daycare owner with issues over licensing? We want to hear from you! ✅ EXCITING NEWS - HHH & @islingtondogwalkers are forming an Association of Urban Dog Daycares to lobby on behalf of the industry. Pease get in touch with us if you are a licensed or unlicensed urban daycare in the UK, together we will be able influence regulations & implementation of our new industry. Putting together our resources, knowledge & experience we will be able to advice, plan, influence and support each other more effectively than stand alone business can do for themself. #urbandoggydaycare #londondoggydaycare #ukdoggydaycare #hairyhoundsinhackney #dogsoftheuk #islingtondogs #hackneydogs #hairyhoundsinhackney #londondogs #dogsoflondon
🐶 Reactivity to Humans Update 🐶 This is Little Miss’ progress after 3 months working on her fear of men. We are almost there. Seeing her to be able to relax with known (and new!) male visitors makes all the hard work worth it. 💛 Well done Little Miss! #hairyhoundsinhackney #welovedogs #residentialtraining #boxerdog #doormanagement #ukdogs #doggylife #dogtreats #mentalstimulation #london #londonsummer #howwedoit #puppies #dogobedience #rewardbasedtraining #1:1training #trainyourdog #reactivity
🐶 Reactivity to Humans Part 3 of 3 🐶 ⚠️This is a big deal – especially if you have a big dog⚠️ Testing a dog’s reaction to people is very difficult to safely assess and to accurately figure-out triggers and thresholds – there are so many variables. So we had to do a bit of detective work and lot of try & test. Through a series of mini trials we have worked out that Little Miss is LESS reactive/fearful if she meets people in the park and they remain neutral and she is off-lead (which is not surprising - most dog reactivity I see is on-lead), however lots of tests are needed and measures need to be put in place to determine if a fearful dog is safe to be greeting/checking-out people off-leash. The bigger and more powerful the dog the more alert and diligent you have to be even if dogs is muzzled. 👋🏻 Meeting people in a neutral least reactive space is a good start to work under the threshold. The idea is that gradually with each positive encounter we slowly move toward our goal of people being able to safely enter the house. So meeting people in park was much better (definitely not very practical) than meeting people in the street. However crossing from outside to our front garden was another challenge. Street meet-ups resulted in huge reactions when crossing into our gate, park meet-ups less so. 🕵🏻♀️ The next trial was to identify what would happen if a male person is already in the front garden and our dog is able to approach on her terms and then she is sent away to her bed where she knows she will not be approached by any stranger. This is her safe space. We have been practicing separate commands like “Go to your bed”, “Wait” and “GO” (a release command). 👍🏻 The first trials were consistently positive so we have now worked out a ‘Stranger Danger’ entering protocol that works and we can progress with knowing that her owners will be able to replicate it at their house. ⭐️ Please stay tuned for
🐶 Reactivity to Humans Part 2 of 3 🐶 ⚠️ This is a big deal! ⚠️ Testing a dog’s reaction to people is very difficult to safely assess and to accurately figure-out triggers and thresholds. There are so many variables. So we had to do bit of detective work & lot of testing. We have identified when Little Miss came to board with us that she is reactive to men, indoors and outdoors even if the men remained neutral and ignored her. 😮 We had one surprisingly positive encounter with a fellow dog walker, without a reaction. That led us to try an introduction in the park rather than on the street (where we had strong reactions). Hoping that if the intro goes well entering a house together for a visit will be less of an issue for her. ❗️We have tested men that own dogs and men without dogs to see if that will make a difference in reactions – introduction in the park were mostly positive – almost no reactions. 🏆 Our goal is for her to be able to ignore men on the street and to tolerate house visitors safely, without her becoming stressed. We are not aiming for her to be best friends with strange men or letting just anyone stroke her, although in some scenarios like vet visits, getting over her fears of men would be useful. Our aim is simply for her to be able to relax in a safe/dedicated space in the house without reacting. To support this we are working on conditioning and desensitisation behaviour modification, simplified: ⚠️trigger appears – 🦴treats appears – while the dog is under reaction threshold. Separately we are working on better obedience, focus and impulse control (controlling overexcitement) in the house and on a walk. 🌟 Mastering command like “Go to your bed”, “Wait” “GO” (a release command) and good “Heel” & “Recall” will help with keeping our dog focused, under control and calmer. Please stay tuned for our next big breakthrough to follow Little Miss’ amazing progress! #hairyhoun
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