Alpha 1 Canine Communication

18/07/2022

17/07/2022

26/06/2022

Be very aware of water intoxication!

The very day this was filmed, Winter the Border Collie passed away. Dr. Lee wants you to know what to look for.

04/05/2022

Glad to say I got 6 out of 6! How did you do? X

07/03/2022

04/03/2022

18/02/2022

Not letting your dog sniff would be a bit like me taking you to an art gallery blindfolded. Walk slower and let your dogs sniff.

18/02/2022

Stay safe this weekend, and keep your pets safe too 🙏

And if you have stray cats that you feed, please make sure they are safe too and have somewhere to go, or even set up a space in a spare room if you can.

10/08/2021

If you love to throw a ball for your dog.... please read....

A family in Edinburgh will have to raise thousands of pounds after a game of fetch resulted in their Springer Spaniel getting a nasty and pricey injury.

06/08/2021

Hi all, we can now advise you of the classes we are offering.

Places will be limited and will initially be a six week commitment. Full payment of £60 (plus £10 for new members) by online banking will be required to secure your place. If you have not attended any classes with Louise during the last 18 months, we will need to send you another joining form!!

Please let us know as soon as possible which class you would like to join, if possible.

Please WhatsApp your preference & email address to Louise on 0797 123 2881 or email her at [email protected].

Monday Evenings STARTING 9TH AUGUST 2021 - Meadowcroft Kennels,
Stoneybridge, Belbroughton, DY9 9XS (Outdoors)

6.30 -7.15pm Puppy Class - POSSIBLY FULL
7.15 - 8.15pm Bronze Class

Wednesday Evenings STARTING 18TH AUGUST 2021 - Church of the Ascension,
Pineapple Grove, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2TJ (Indoors)

6.30 - 7.15pm Puppy Class
7.15 - 8.15pm Bronze Class
8.15 - 9.15pm Silver/Gold Class - FULL

Friday Evenings - STARTING 13TH AUGUST 2021 - Meadowcroft Kennels,
Stoneybridge, Belbroughton, DY9 9XS (Outdoors)

6.30 - 7.30pm Silver/Gold Class

25/07/2021

This looks interesting

A new documentary, Britain's Puppy Boom: Counting the Cost, sheds light on the impact of Britain's fascination with puppies, including illegal activity on a canine fertility course in Manchester.

19/07/2021

This is a link to a free webinar on what to do with heat exhaustion in dogs... Highly recommended you watch it... and hope you never need it!!

With the opioid crisis and increased legalization of THC products, in the United States, there is increased concern about the risk of working dogs becoming exposed to these drugs on the street.  Despite reports of an epidemic of K9 exposures to fentanyl and other drugs, there is little documented ...

08/07/2021

I personally know Caroline and was involved in the original searches... Keep your dogs safe, it is tragically too easy to have them disappear...

Rags was last seen entering the woods but never came home and the devastated owner has even travelled to Ireland to track her down

18/06/2021

Background Clinical canine massage involves muscle tissue manipulation and fascial release techniques to rehabilitate injured soft tissues. Quantitative efficacy data are lacking. This cross-section...

26/05/2021

We're working on how best to tackle this distressing crime and clamp down on perpetrators. Tell us what you think.

22/05/2021

This is brilliant!

Guys, I promise this isn’t another usual my-dog-on-leash-other-dog-off-leash type of post. It gets good! (Or I think it does 🤣)

The other day I was on the local public park (not a dog park, but dogs are allowed) walking Menta. We were on a high movement area, so I had her on a leash. Another dog, off leash, sees us and starts approaching. Menta wasn’t interested and started moving away, but the dog got to us before we could leave. So she politely greeted him back, they sniffed for a few seconds, all perfectly good and fine. Dog was young and wants to play, so he offers a couple of very polite play bows, but Menta declines and moves away. Dog gets the message and moves on.
Quite good, right? Here comes the juicy part:
As I’m leaving owner comes to me with a speech more or less like this:
- Hey, if your dog is autistic and doesn’t even play with other dogs, go somewhere else! Don’t come to the park and ruin the other dogs’ days!!!!!

I heard this, a wave of fury started taking over, but suddenly I think I had a lightbulb moment and switched gears completely.

With the biggest, friendliest smile, I opened my arms as wide as I could and go:

- Ohhhhh! Come here! I want to give you a BIG hug!

*panic in her eyes as she backs up, speechless*

- Hey, don’t run, I’m so friendly, come on, I just want to give you a hug! I’m friendly, I just want to hug!!!

*still speechless and backing away with terror now*

- Wait? You don’t want my friendly hug?

-....no...

- neither does my dog. Have a nice day.

As I walked away, I saw her just standing there, speechless, and she was leashing her dog! 😅
I think I’ll try this approach more often 🤣

11/05/2021

I don't know about you, but I don't like every person I meet and dogs don't like every dog they meet. Let's not set up dogs to fail by expecting more from them than we expect of ourselves. - Lori