Cumbria Dog Training

18/01/2025

My pack loves this!

It’s a great way to reward a recall or a check in too as it’s giving the dog what it wants but around you

18/01/2025

So true

This has been in every conversation with clients recently

A pg from Dog People. Xoxo

17/01/2025

“What’s the hardest part about having a dog?” they asked, their tone casual, like it was just another question.

I glanced at the worn leash hanging by the door, my chest tightening. “Letting them go,” I said quietly.

They frowned a little, waiting for me to explain. “They come into your life like they were always meant to be there,” I said, trying to find the words. “They make everything better—simpler, brighter. And you think it’s always going to be that way. But it’s not. One day, they’re gone, and you’re left with all the space they used to fill.”

They nodded, but I wasn’t sure they understood. “It’s not the messes they made or the routines you have to let go of,” I continued. “It’s the absence. You walk into the house, and it feels... wrong. The quiet is heavier. The mornings don’t feel the same without them nudging you awake.”

“So why do it?” they asked, their voice softer this time.

I sighed, glancing down at my hands. “Because the love they give you is worth every bit of the heartache. They teach you how to love without holding back, even when you know it’s going to hurt in the end. And you keep choosing that love because you know it’s one of the best things you’ll ever feel.”

R.M. Drake 🐶 from the book ' Dog People'

Artist Credit : Iain Welch

17/01/2025

16/01/2025

Love this

Energy work and a loving understanding lifestyle for us and our dogs

Love energy work with my clients 🙏❤️🐾

Vitality is the key to EVERYTHING when it comes to good health and longevity in your animal companions. I think of animals as having a 'VITALITY BATTERY'.

This is a way of thinking of how the body and being store and manage vital life force energies.

You want to do everything you can to both keep the battery strong/healthy, AND fully charged.

Things that do this include:

- Healthy fresh whole foods diets.

- Superfoods and supplements.

- Healthy exercise.

- Healthy relationships, and a relaxed life.

- Play!

- Proactive, preventative, holistic health care (regular checkups, tests, etc)

- Lots of love!

- Time outdoors, on the earth, in the sun.

Things that damage the vitality battery, and drain it, include:

- Stress.

- Trauma.

- Excessive vaccination.

- Antibiotics and prescription drugs.

- Processed foods.

- Lack of healthy exercise, play, sunlight, etc.

What do you do for your pet's Vitality Battery? Let me know in the comments!

I help animals all over the world heal and be well + happy with holistic veterinary care, kind training, and energy healing. If you want me to help your pets, message me! Zoom and in person appts available.

16/01/2025

Looking forward to the reactivity workshop on 25th
Meeting at Toddle cottage unless you know the fell location and I’ll meet you there.
1 space still available. weather dependant

15/01/2025

I have the privilege to be asked to connect with many dogs and other animals but predominantly dogs for their wonderful humans

It is always interesting what they show me, the theme is ususally how their human or the environment is affecting them in the physiscal but also trauma that they have come in with

This isn't a criticism on the human but an awareness of how WE can affect our dogs health.

There is usually a long term issue going on with the human whether mental or physical, which can in turn create a long term issue with the dog where no vet intervention has helped or has helped but the issue has returned.

It might not be an illness within us but also what our attitude is to having a dog that is struggling, we can become very attached and try very hard to sort "it" but our attaching to the situation makes things worse

We MUST detach and step back to allow the process to allow the body to work through what it needs to but at the same time we MUST look at ourselves and ask why/where is this coming from, look at it and remove and work with the energy of whatever shows itself. Don't get me wrong yes veterinary support is needed but not interfere with the body's natural processes. Its all about balance.

I connected with a youngster yesterday and the issue was a trauma at birth manifesting in the physical now. The energy of the trauma was removed.

Dogs come to us for a reason, not necessarily a soul contract but a knowing, they connect to our vibration and enter our lives with so much to teach us if we would only allow.....

15/01/2025

I love offering workshops!!

The next one to be added is..........

🐑🐾INTRODUCING YOUR YOUNGSTER TO SHEEP!🐾🐑

Would you like the tools to be able to train your dog not to be interested in sheep and lambs using positive reinforcement?

Included in this workshop is:-
How to make yourself the world to your dog!
How to progress through different arousal levels.
Understanding how dogs learn.

MARCH 2ND
11.00 - 1.00
Meeting In The Mill Yard Cafe, Morland for the theory and a cuppa
Then working in the sheep field.
£40 per dog

PM me or call 07505 267172

I look forward to hearing from you!

Thank you to Rachel for this lovely picture of her 1yr Cocker, Torvi. 🙏❤️🐾

14/01/2025

The whispers are so important

Listen to the whispers

Whispers are soft, subtle and so easy to miss in our often busy, hectic lives, but making an effort to listen to them can prevent situations from escalating, resulting in reactive behaviour.

A dog’s attempt to communicate is so often misunderstood or completely ignored.

Body language is one of the only ways that dogs can let us know how they are feeling. When we know how they’re feeling, we can intervene, help them feel safe and prevent those emotions from boiling over.

Body language can be subtle and fleeting, but with careful observation and knowing what to look for most of us can learn to recognize and understand what our dogs are saying.

It’s always important to look at the context, the situation and especially what the rest of the body is doing when deciphering their language.

Being able to understand a dog’s emotional state through their body language helps us to predict behaviour, prevent potential problems or simply allows us to just enjoy observing what they are feeling.

Although dogs each have their own unique personalities and distinct way of communicating, there are many common signs that can give us insight. We just need to take the time to learn and then notice them. I believe dogs would be so grateful if we make the effort to learn their language.

Here are some resources and links to learn more about body language -

On Talking Terms With Dogs - Calming Signals, 2nd Edition by Turid Rugaas
https://www.dogwise.com/on-talking-terms-with-dogs-calming-signals-2nd-edition/?srsltid=AfmBOoqj8ruQJx5bCP7qWb03TqCyAGfmAvCj988UuWk_L1_UHbYcZsES&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0AaDd_wwhSC4JEUqkvQmOG9lU5bNdbAOEeHQb0st7P_DXrdAOR-utY_-k_aem_cqU0VLHHyjrKbce9ddT84g

The Veterinary Behaviour Centre
https://www.heska.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TVBC-Canine-Dog-Body-Language-handout.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3mKGykzNJr7_yFf1_e6mc2sRHjNvjEok2GLvKTw-OMtTxEfjtlxM6vk4I_aem_B-YAlekmE0eV03c_1x8cyw

14/01/2025

Snows all gone
Good to be back out this afternoon after catching up with a back log of emails this morning

14/01/2025

We live in a busy world and our dogs can struggle with the demands that it can bring, it is up to us to understand our dogs, what do they need and how can we help them.

Do you have a youngster that struggles to settle when out and about?
Would you like to help your dog to feel safe when out and about?
Do you have a worried dog that you would like the tools to help it feel less worried?

Then this may be for you.......

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

🐾🐾SOCIALISATION WORKSHOPS🐾🐾😀

🐶SATURDAY MARCH 8th
🐶10.30 -12.30 OR 1.00 - 3.00
🐶BAMPTON VILLAGE HALL
🐶BAMPTON CA10 2RS
🐶£25 per dog

Helping your dog to feel safe in our human world, helping your dog to relax.
Giving you the tools to continue helping your dog after the workshop.

There will also be tables set up to replicate a cafe scenario with refreshments provided!!

PM me to book or call 07505 267172

I look forward to hearing from you

13/01/2025

Be aware

12/01/2025

Love this

Not sure there would be many dog trainers that would disagree with this list.
The longer a behaviour is practiced, the sooner it becomes a habit and that is for both unwanted and wanted behaviours.
Please don't delay.
They very, very rarely "grow out" of unwanted behaviours and if left they can certainly escalate.
In saying that, when they DO show us the behaviour we want, it NEEDS rewarded.

Dog training handouts available through abcdogsnz.com

11/01/2025

Love this

It’s all about how your dog feels, it needs to feel safe with you, confident with you so it can encounter new experiences in the “right” emotional state
You cannot rush
Ensure you are the safe place, your dog is happy then go “seeing” things

11/01/2025

Today has been busy too with this young lad who is coming on really well.

I look forward to working with him more when his owners book the next course.

It’s great to do puppy training, to start with the right foundations so we can start building and progressing more, always at the pace of the youngster

11/01/2025

I had the pleasure of working with this young beauty yesterday

🐾❤️🐶

10/01/2025

This needs to be recognised for what it is....a very BIG issue, but it isn't addressed as much as other forms of reactivity (or even viewed by some as a reactive behaviour)‼️
Of course it is ok for a dog to be excited at meeting another ✅ but it pays to be aware of the habit that is being created here.
This can 💯% be the start of a very big issue called reactivity and continually allowing a dog to drag you towards another dog or having a dog bark, yelp, spin, screech and dig in... dragging you to meet another dog, can be a VERY damaging behavioural issue, even if many people view this as a dog just being happy.
This habit will continue.
It can get a whole lot worse.
If you are new to a reactive dog or have this issue, you may find the videos in the comments helpful, there will be one there about lowering excitement before a walk even begins which is crucial for dogs that have over excited reactivity.
This dog training handout is available abcdogsnz.com