Happy Hounds

15/11/2024

Winter is coming! If you’re not keen on dog walking in the cold and wet please get in contact👍🏽😁

04/11/2024

Places still available for regular or adhoc walking in and around North Tawton.

28/10/2024

Space available for dog walking by fully insured and experienced dog lead operative👍🏽😁

24/10/2024

Highly recommend TtLDT 👍🏽

Three days of working with this little beauty and her wonderful owner!!

4 years of exercise largely confined to a long line up until this point, with periodic ‘secure area’ off lead opportunities. She would shoot off after the scent of anything worth chasing so despite hours and hours of training, her owner remained stuck between a rock and a hard place and was stressed to Hell. The dog would throttle herself on a slip lead and put immense pressure on her tear duct, pulling and lunging in a figure 8 head harness. You know the type - up on two back legs and bouncing forwards, repeatedly smacking the end of the lead in a mess of wanting to run but not having any real understanding of lead manners.

Until you’ve had a dog like that, you really cannot begin to understand how much like hard work it becomes, even just taking them for a simple walk.

You find yourself in the horribly guilty position of questioning whether the dog is in the right home, or whether you should have got them in the first place.. You question yourself, your abilities and your knowledge. It’s horrible. A mixture of shameful regret, guilt and ineptitude.

Whilst it’s totally understandable, none of that is necessary.

This morning she did exactly what she was born to do - working her way through bracken and bramble hedgerows amongst the pheasants, the rabbit scent and the squirrels. She was living life and loving life, as was her owner who “Never dreamed that she would be running free and responding in an area like this!”

You could literally feel years of stress and worry lift from her owner who decided to bite the bullet and see if I could help!

Love it love it love it!!

24/10/2024

Veterans With Dogs is now working closely with Op COURAGE referrals. For those who aren't familiar, Op COURAGE is the NHS's specialist mental health service designed for the armed forces community.

This collaboration means we can now offer our assistance dog programme to veterans who are already receiving support through Op COURAGE, creating a more comprehensive approach to their mental health care.

By working with Op COURAGE referrals, we're able to:
Provide a complementary service to the NHS's mental health support
Offer our specially trained assistance dogs to veterans who might benefit most from them
Create a more holistic approach to veterans' mental health and wellbeing

This new development doesn't change our core mission. We remain exclusively dedicated to current and former members of the British Armed Forces. Our evidence-based approach, combining practical experience with input from experts in psychology and dog behaviour, continues to be at the heart of what we do.

We're excited about this opportunity to work alongside Op COURAGE and to continue making a difference in the lives of our veterans.

Remember, if you're a veteran seeking support or someone looking to contribute to our cause, we'd love to hear from you. Every bit of support helps us foster those life-changing bonds between veterans and their trusted canine companions.
Let's continue to create a brighter future for our nation's heroes, one wet nose at a time.

18/10/2024

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14/10/2024

Not all Dog Walks have to be this formal, honestly👍🏽😂😂
This was me 20 years ago ‘Passing Out’ after an intense 10 week Initial Police Dog Training Course in Exeter.
Such an honour to have worked with such an amazing dog, PD Max, who came to me as a Rescue to train ❤️

11/10/2024

An appropriately exercised hound is a happy hound.
Get in touch soon 👍🏽

09/10/2024

Puppies 🥰

Raising our future HERO dogs

09/10/2024

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Did you know you can appoint a guardian for your pets in your Will? 🐾

It's a great way to ensure your furry companions are looked after when you're no longer here.

By leaving a gift in your Will to Veterans With Dogs, you can also help us continue supporting veterans in need. Your legacy could change lives - both human and canine!

To learn more about legacy giving, visit:
https://veteranswithdogs.org.uk/get-involved/gifts-in-wills

09/10/2024

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Speak Dog offer Veterinary recommended Behaviour Consultations and Puppy Life Skills Sessions. Based in Lincoln and Swindon but we have a client base of people and dogs from all over the world.

09/10/2024

I’m back and available for regular and ad hoc dog walking from the beginning of November!
Please use the many means of communicating available to us these days to make enquiries😁
The picture is “extreme dog walking” when I lived in Argyll!!

31/05/2024

Bonny Bonnie 🥰

01/05/2024

Amazing progress made with Bonnie 👏🏽

29/04/2024

Who needs a Hydrotherapy Pool when you have a Loch on the pooch’s doorstep!! 👏🏽

28/04/2024

Amazing story 👍🏽👍🏽