Canine Kin

I am passionate about helping you and your dog live a more fulfilling life. How can I help you? How can I help your dog? How do I train?
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I have over 9 years working with owners and their dogs as well as experience lecturing students at College and University level within the field of Canine Behaviour and Training. I have achieved an Award and Certificate in Education and Training from the City and Guilds as well as completed Building Instructing Skills with the Dogs Trust. I am not only able to help your dog but more importantly, I

understand how we learn and can help you to apply what we do in class to the real world. I have worked in rescue for 3 years, training and rehabilitating dogs that present with behaviour concerns and aggression. I enjoy training the more challenging personalities that have been deemed untrainable and thrive on breeds such as huskies, malamutes, mastiffs, and akitas. I take pride in the dogs I have helped throughout my career and still maintain relations with the dogs and their new owners. I have completed Building Training Skills with the Dogs Trust and I am a Certified Shelter Dog Behaviourist with the International Association for Animal Behaviour Consultants. All of the methods I use a compassionate, focusing on developing your dog’s mind to better equip them for success. Holding a Masters by Research and BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour and Welfare the methods that I use are science based, driven by trainers and behaviourists published research to ensure we use the most up to date methods when helping owners with their dogs. My training is not generic. The training you will receive will be flexible enough to meet both of your needs and ensure both you and your dog succeed.

18/07/2024

How do you keep track?

This week we are learning more about our dog’s enrichment needs. If you have read our recent blog you realise they have quite a few! How on earth are we meant to keep track of all this while also managing our own lives?!

Here at Canine Kin we create an online diary for your dog so you can easily access it from your mobile or computer. This way you can update how you and your dog are progressing and we can offer advice and support when needed. Your dog’s behaviour plan is added to their unique dog diary so you can easily see what training you need to do from your mobile phone.

Send us a message to learn more about what working with Canine Kin could look like for you and your dog.

18/07/2024

How do you exercise your dog’s mind?

You may have heard of brain training for humans 🧠 but what about for dogs?

It is important to exercise our dog’s mind and body. We may do this by completing a crossword or Sudoku. Not sure our dogs will know how to do this though (much less hold a pen). How do we train their mind? We can play games at home like puzzles and training or we can get them to take part in sports for their brains, such as Mantrailing, Rally, or Obedience.

Comment below games and activities you and your dog enjoy to play to exercise their minds.

Want to learn more? Check out our latest blog on enrichment for our dogs:

https://caninekin.co.uk/dog-enrichment/

17/07/2024

Feeling overwhelmed?

A lot goes into building an enrichment plan for our dogs, especially as each dog has their own unique needs due to their genetics and upbringing. Most, if not all, behaviour concerns are a result of an enrichment need that is not met.

Book your behaviour support call where we can discuss how to build a bespoke enrichment plan for your dog:

https://caninekin.co.uk/book-your-behaviour-support-call-now/

16/07/2024

Is it a challenge to exercise your reactive dog?

This morning we shared ideas for exercising your dogs. This is not so easy though if your dog is reactive. Walks are need us to:
⏰ Get up ridiculously early or opt for a midnight walk for a peaceful walk
🏃‍♀️ Running away from any trigger we may find (or risk our dogs exploding)!
🐕 Having our arm pulled out of joint as our dogs pull and lunge towards anything and everything that triggers them

All this is exhausting! If this sounds familiar be sure to check out our blog on How to Exercise your Reactive Dog:

https://caninekin.co.uk/how-to-exercise-your-reactive-dog/

16/07/2024

What are your dog’s favourite activities to exercise?

Comment below what activities you and your dog enjoy to keep fit and healthy. This can range from going for walks, playing games like tug and fetch or sports.

Want to learn more about how to enrich your dog? Check out our latest blog here:

https://caninekin.co.uk/dog-enrichment/

15/07/2024

Does your dog struggle at the vets?

Whether they:
🐕💨Scurry to runaway in the corner
🚗 Learn to loathe the car as it usually means they are going to the vet
🐶 Growl or snap at the vet
🐈‍⬛ Struggling to cope in the waiting room around all of the dogs and cats

We are here to help.

Book your free behaviour support call to learn how we can help:

https://caninekin.co.uk/book-your-behaviour-support-call-now/

21/06/2024

🌟LEON🌟

Huge well done this week for winning the Star of the week in our Dog Reactivity Intermediate Class!

This week we focused on teaching our dogs to automatically walk to heel when they see dogs or people. This was Leon’s first time practicing the training and they absolutely smashed it 👏🥳🐶

Thank you to La Petite Paws Patisserie for the amazing pupcakes! 🧁🐶😍

12/06/2024

What does your dog do when they are feeling stressed?

This week we are focused on distress! What exactly is distress?

There are many things in life that can cause our dogs to feel stressed. We can divide these into two categories:

☹️ Negative Stress: We do not enjoy this! For our dogs this could be going to the vets or going to the dentist for us! We often refer to this as distress.

😀 Positive Stress: We love this and find this fun! This could be going on rollercoasters or just meeting up with friends at the pub.

Stress can build up over time, causing us to quickly feel overwhelmed. Signs of feeling overwhelmed could be that our dogs pull, lunge, bark, or growl. It is important that we prioritise welfare at this point and focus on reducing their stress.

Wish to learn more? Learn more about stress and reactivity by reading our Blog: https://caninekin.co.uk/what-is-reactivity/

07/06/2024

Such a lovely evening for the first week of the Dog Reactivity Intermediate course! Tonight we focused on helping our dogs go for walks alongside other dogs. With time and practice our dogs can remain calm as they get closer and closer to other dogs.

Tonight Bonnie and Leon did absolutely amazing! So impressive in just the first week! Both did so well that Bonnie and Leon are Stars of the Week this week! 🌟🐶🧁🐶🧁🌟

Thank as always to La Petite Paws Patisserie for your amazing pupcakes!

07/06/2024

This week’s Star of the Week cupcakes from La Petite Paws Patisserie look amazing (as always)!

Tonight the June group are starting their Dog Reactivity Foundation Course followed by the Intermediate Group.

07/06/2024

🌟STAR OF THE WEEK🌟

🐕 Bonnie 🐕

Huge congratulations this week to Bonnie and the pet parent Helen for all of their incredible hard work! Bonnie has come such a long way since starting in our Foundation course. Bonnie can now:
🐶 Notice other dogs calmly.
🐶 Focus on Helen automatically when there are dogs around.
🐶 Walk on a lovely loose lead while up to 1 metre away from other dogs.
🐶 Say hi to Alfred calmly (our stooge Labrador).

Amazing work as always! I hope Bonnie enjoyed her pup cake from La Petite Paws Patisserie.

Does your dog bark, pull, or lunge while out on walks? Do you dream of long relaxing walks with your dog? Get in touch to see how I can help you and your dog achieve this goal.

31/05/2024

Such a lovely session this evening with our Dog Reactivity Intermediate class. Alfred (our Labrador stooge dog) helped our dogs to practice calmly greeting other dogs. The weather was great and everyone did so well!

Does your dog bark, lunge, or pull when going out for walks? Get in touch to learn how we can help.

22/05/2024

📣 This Week’s Newsletter 📣

This week we are focusing on achieving calm at the vets 😊🩺

Routine vet visits are a must to ensure our dogs are in good health. This could be for their regular health checks or for emergency care. 🐕

Often our dogs can react by barking or lunging at other dogs or staff at the practice. Our dogs may react by drooling or hiding in the corner. ♥️

If this sounds like your dog then get in touch. I can offer one to one behaviour support to help build your dog’s confidence visiting your vets.

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19/05/2024

Huge well done to everyone this week on the Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course!

This week we focused on teaching our dogs to be calm while going for a walk with other dogs.

The skills our dogs need to achieve this are:
🐶 Notice other dogs and people calmly
🐶 Focus back onto us so we can offer support if needed
🐶 To walk on a loose lead so we can talk to the person we are walking with!

As you can see here our Intermediate group smashed these goals! 👏🥳🐶

🐕🐕There are multiple dogs in the area while we all practice our reactivity training. 🐕🐕

Does your dog bark, pull, or lunge while out on walks? Would you love to be able to have calm and relaxing walks with your dog? Get in touch to learn how I can help.

05/05/2024

📣NEW GRADUATE📣

Huge congratulations to Rye for graduating the Dog Reactivity Foundation Course! 🐶🎓

During the Foundation course Rye focused on building:
🐶 Their confidence noticing their triggers calmly.
🐶 Automatically focusing on their owner when around their triggers.
🐶 Core skills for managing their stress to help reduce the need for reactivity.

Rye will be joining the Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course next week! In this course Rye will work on:
🐶 Walking close to use when around other dogs and people.
🐶 Recalling when other dogs and people are present.
🐶 Emergency behaviours, such as hide behind, for managing tricky situations.

Do you feel your dog would benefit from our support? Why not get in touch to learn how we can help.

04/05/2024

🌟Huge well done to Arthur-Bear for winning Canine Kin’s Superstar for April! 🌟

👏🥳 Arthur-Bear first joined us on the Dog Reactivity Foundation Course and has now graduated into intermediate. Arthur-Bear can now calmly go for walks around other dogs ♥️🐶

Does your dog bark, pull, or lunge while out on walks? Get in touch to learn how we can help.

30/04/2024

This week Chewie finished their Dog Reactivity Foundation Course. They have progressed so much from when they first started with Canine Kin.

Chewie gets frustrated when seeing other dogs and people and struggles to understand why they cannot just run up to everyone! This feelings explode when on the lead and in situations where Chewie cannot run up to people or dogs.
🐕 The course focused on first teaching Chewie how to notice dogs calmly. Teaching this as a default helps to change Chewie’s expectation, reducing how frustrated they feel when they see dogs and people.
🐕 Next Chewie needed to learn how to then focus on their owner. It is difficult to give instructions or help Chewie if their owner is talking to the back of their head.
🐕 Finally Chewie needed to learn how to do this while walking otherwise they would never get home on walks!

The next goal Chewie will be focusing on is how to follow a target when around dogs and people. This will allow their owner to easily manage Chewie in challenging situations by guiding Chewie into heel, or using the target like a magnet to get Chewie to settle behind them if needed. Once this skill has been achieved Chewie will be ready to graduate to Intermediate. Be sure to follow our page to see how they get on!

Does your dog bark, lunge, or pull when out on walks? Join our Dog Reactivity Foundation Course now for calmer and easier walks with your dog 🐶♥️
https://caninekin.co.uk/product/dog-reactivity-foundation/

29/04/2024

Walking a dog who barks or lunges at other dogs or people can make walks with them stressful (for us and our dogs)! Living in a town or city usually means you are surrounded by other dogs and loads of people! This can make it almost impossible to avoid when you and your dog just need a break. Living in the countryside usually means off lead dogs will run up to your dog. This is especially challenging when our dogs are on lead.

If this sounds like your dog walks check out my blog on Exercising Your Reactive Dog:
https://caninekin.co.uk/how-to-exercise-your-reactive-dog/

13/04/2024

Absolutely lovely session today at Ettington Dog Walking Meadow - Really Wild Walks for the Dog Reactivity Foundation Course. Everyone is already making amazing progress and we are just on week 2! 🐶🐶👏🥳

12/04/2024

Such a lovely session this evening with April’s Dog Reactivity Foundation Course at Evesham. It is lovely to see how much everyone is progressing! Huge well done! 🐶👏🥳

05/04/2024

Excited and ready to welcome the new April Group starting their Dog Reactivity Foundation Course tonight!

24/03/2024

Absolutely gorgeous weather right now at our Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course.

22/03/2024

‼️Exciting news‼️

La Petite Paws Patisserie training treats are now available to purchase during Canine Kin’s classes and in-person consultations! 🐶😋

22/03/2024

Huge well done tonight to the Dog Reactivity Foundation Group. Tonight Alfred and I started going for a walk to really test all of the work everyone has put in.

🥳🐶Everyone did so amazingly well!🐶🥳

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Lovely evening teaching our Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course. Tonight we went through how to teach our dogs to greet other dogs calmly.

Huge well done to everyone this week on the Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course! This week we focused on teaching our dogs to be calm while going for a walk with other dogs. The skills our dogs need to achieve this are: 🐶 Notice other dogs and people calmly 🐶 Focus back onto us so we can offer support if needed 🐶 To walk on a loose lead so we can talk to the person we are walking with! As you can see here our Intermediate group smashed these goals! 👏🥳🐶 🐕🐕There are multiple dogs in the area while we all practice our reactivity training. 🐕🐕 Does your dog bark, pull, or lunge while out on walks? Would you love to be able to have calm and relaxing walks with your dog? Get in touch to learn how I can help.

📣NEW GRADUATE📣 Huge congratulations to Rye for graduating the Dog Reactivity Foundation Course! 🐶🎓 During the Foundation course Rye focused on building: 🐶 Their confidence noticing their triggers calmly. 🐶 Automatically focusing on their owner when around their triggers. 🐶 Core skills for managing their stress to help reduce the need for reactivity. Rye will be joining the Dog Reactivity Intermediate Course next week! In this course Rye will work on: 🐶 Walking close to use when around other dogs and people. 🐶 Recalling when other dogs and people are present. 🐶 Emergency behaviours, such as hide behind, for managing tricky situations. Do you feel your dog would benefit from our support? Why not get in touch to learn how we can help. #dogbehaviour #dogowners #rehabtraining #dog #dogtrainingevesham #dogreactivity #dogtips #dogtraining

Canine Kin Superstar: Arthur-Bear

🌟Huge well done to Arthur-Bear for winning Canine Kin’s Superstar for April! 🌟 👏🥳 Arthur-Bear first joined us on the Dog Reactivity Foundation Course and has now graduated into intermediate. Arthur-Bear can now calmly go for walks around other dogs ♥️🐶 Does your dog bark, pull, or lunge while out on walks? Get in touch to learn how we can help. #dogowners #dogbehaviour #dog #dogtips #rehabtraining #dogtraining #dogtrainingevesham #dogtrainers #dogreactivity

This week Chewie finished their Dog Reactivity Foundation Course. They have progressed so much from when they first started with Canine Kin. Chewie gets frustrated when seeing other dogs and people and struggles to understand why they cannot just run up to everyone! This feelings explode when on the lead and in situations where Chewie cannot run up to people or dogs. 🐕 The course focused on first teaching Chewie how to notice dogs calmly. Teaching this as a default helps to change Chewie’s expectation, reducing how frustrated they feel when they see dogs and people. 🐕 Next Chewie needed to learn how to then focus on their owner. It is difficult to give instructions or help Chewie if their owner is talking to the back of their head. 🐕 Finally Chewie needed to learn how to do this while walking otherwise they would never get home on walks! The next goal Chewie will be focusing on is how to follow a target when around dogs and people. This will allow their owner to easily manage Chewie in challenging situations by guiding Chewie into heel, or using the target like a magnet to get Chewie to settle behind them if needed. Once this skill has been achieved Chewie will be ready to graduate to Intermediate. Be sure to follow our page to see how they get on! Does your dog bark, lunge, or pull when out on walks? Join our Dog Reactivity Foundation Course now for calmer and easier walks with your dog 🐶♥️ https://caninekin.co.uk/product/dog-reactivity-foundation/ #dogtraining #dog #dogreactivity #dogbehaviour #rehabtraining #dogtrainingevesham #dogowners #dogtips #dogtrainers #dogfacts

Walking a dog who barks or lunges at other dogs or people can make walks with them stressful (for us and our dogs)! Living in a town or city usually means you are surrounded by other dogs and loads of people! This can make it almost impossible to avoid when you and your dog just need a break. Living in the countryside usually means off lead dogs will run up to your dog. This is especially challenging when our dogs are on lead. If this sounds like your dog walks check out my blog on Exercising Your Reactive Dog: https://caninekin.co.uk/how-to-exercise-your-reactive-dog/