Lympstone Dog Training

14/04/2024

Lovely walk at Trenchford Reservoir with the Devon Sunday GSD Walk Group. Apologies but may have overdone it with pictures.

13/04/2024

Never far from water in Lympstone. Alaska loves it, Fynn, well he's a collie.

12/04/2024

Fynn on his morning walk. What a difference the sun makes.

05/04/2024

Fynn on his morning walk.

04/04/2024

Had a lovely day at Arc Animal Rescue centre in Ottery St Mary yesterday which included socialising Livvie at the beach.

29/03/2024

24/03/2024

Alaska and I had a great time on the GSD walk at Bellever Forest today.

23/03/2024

Alaska and friends had a nice walk at Woodbury Common today. Rather wet to start but lovely when the sun came out.

23/03/2024

I can relate to this.

22/03/2024

Had a lovely walk with Alaska along the Exe Estuary Trail yesterday to help desensitise her to cyclists.

18/03/2024

Just love this photo of Alaska and Ellie (granddaughter).

15/03/2024

Poor Rupert was dumped outside a bakery. 💔 He was clearly very hungry and couldn't resist raiding the bakery and eating all the hot cross buns!

Despite waiting for someone to claim him, no one came forward, and he was brought into our care, where he finally felt safe.

He's now on his way to finding a loving home after gaining confidence and mastering his training. But, sadly, larger breeds like him tend to take longer to be adopted.

Let's give this sweet boy the loving family he deserves! 👉 https://bit.ly/3PopvKT

15/03/2024

Buddy
Buddy is in a local rescue after a very bad start in life. I have been working with him for nearly 3 months now and he is responding so well to training. He would need to be an only dog and needs an experienced patient owner. He is wonderful with people and loves cuddles. Given how well he is responding to training I believe he has so much potential in the right home. He is available for adoption in the East Devon area.

14/03/2024

Hi Guys for those of you who may have noticed I have changed the name of the page to Lympstone Dog Training to reflect the fact that I have moved to Devon. Having decided to carry on with training now that we have settled in, watch this space for pictures of some of our adventures. Also if anyone in the East Devon area needs a dog trainer please give me a shout. Picture is of the view from one of the dog walking fields in the village.

25/08/2023

Last day dog walking has meant I have had to say my goodbyes to these awesome dogs. Going to miss them.

24/08/2023

Last walk with this very big boy today. Going to miss our walks.

23/08/2023

Last walk with this adorable girl. Such a wonderful client so calm and eager to please.

21/07/2023

Last walk with this boy today. Looking forward to retiring but I am going to miss the dogs.

09/07/2023

Puppy Training from 25th July
We have a new intake on Tuesday 25th July for our puppy classes.
Our training classes are held in our enclosed training field at Aldridge Airport Outdoor Centre, Bosty Ln, Aldridge WS9 0QQ.
Classes will start at 6.00pm .
We also have limited space in our Bronze class for more experienced dogs who have already had some training
Message me if you would like more information or to enrol.

24/05/2023

Tuesday Night Training
We have a new intake on Tuesday 6th June for our puppy and beginners classes.
Our training classes are held in out enclosed training field at Aldridge Airport Outdoor Centre, Bosty Ln, Aldridge WS9 0QQ.
Classes will start at 5.30pm with a puppy class and a beginners class for older dogs.
We also have limited space in our Bronze class for more experienced dogs who have already had some training

19/04/2023

They found the water again. 🙈

18/04/2023

Trust these 3 to find the water.

16/04/2023

Tuesday night training is back from 25th April at Aldridge Airport Outdoor Centre, Bosty Ln, Aldridge WS9 0QQ.
Classes will start at 5.30pm with a puppy class and a beginners class for older dogs.
We will also be running Bronze, Silver, Gold and Advanced classes.
Spaces are limited so message me if you are interested.

19/03/2023

Having a reactive dog doesn’t determine whether you’re a good owner or not.

Having a friendly dog doesn’t determine whether you’re a good owner or not.

What you do with and how you manage that said dog is what determines it.

Someone trying their absolute best to manage a difficult dog, keeping them safe, thinking of the safety of others, putting effort into training them etc is a much better owner in my eyes than someone who got lucky with an easy, friendly dog with no recall that bounds over to everyone and everything.

“It’s okay, he’s friendly” isn’t a badge of honour, when it’s your dog harassing a dog that is clearly uncomfortable with the interaction.

After seeing yet another social media post blaming all reactive dog owners for under-socialising, under-training, mollycoddling, reinforcing their dogs fear through affection etc, I feel like I need to scream from the rooftops:

MIND. YOUR. OWN. BUSINESS.

Reactive dog owners are trying their absolute best. A quick walk for you might feel like scaling Everest for them. They don’t need your ‘advice,’ they need you to respect their space and leave them alone. Until you’ve walked in their shoes, back off.