Helping Hounds - dog training and behaviour management

31/10/2024

Happy Howl-O-ween to you all from me and Count Iggy 🦇👻🎃🕸️🧹🐾

📸 Photo credit Hannah Parker

26/10/2024

It's almost time! 👻🧹🕸️🎃

Trail Hunt International Howl-o-ween Spooktacular takes place tomorrow 3.30pm!

Prep complete ✅

We have 3 games planned Clubbers....
1. Choose the correct creepy pod! 👻
2. Terrifying time trial trail 🎃
3. Dare you go again, mwah ha ha haaaa🧹🕸️

See you all there 🐾

24/10/2024

Another great piece of kit has been added at Midge Hall Secure Dog Field .

Fiona is always thinking of new things to add to your dogs experience ❤️

24/10/2024

Team Maverick are away on holiday this week and not able to come to club, but that doesn't stop them practicing 💪

Well done team - A⭐ students!

And I'm loving that Mav's brother Ralph is observing too. He'll be joining the Trail Hunt International squad very soon!!! 🥳

23/10/2024

Who's excited?

4 more sleeps for our Trail Hunt International Howl-o-ween Spooktacular 👻🕸️🎃🧹🐾

Costumes (for you hoomans) are optional? 😉😆

20/10/2024

Lovely follow up session with Team Lily today.
Lily has big feelings about other dogs which means she is quite barky & shouty if she sees dogs out and about.

We've been doing some exercises in the home and practising them in low distraction environments in preparation for "real-world" exposure. And today was that first test out in the big wide world 😮

We focused on:
Paying more attention to her guardian
Noticing triggers and disengaging from them
Establishing her practiced exercises prior to her going over threshold

She did really well and we saw improvement towards the end of the session, which was amazing!
We're going to continue work on building a more positive feeling when she sees other dogs. And her next big test will be introducing her to another member of the families dog in her home. 😊

Great work team 👏

16/10/2024

Bit of synchronised recall 🥳⭐🎉

Full disclosure....this doesn't happen every time 😉
No 1 & No 2 dog (Iggy & Doris) are great 👍
No 3 dog (Ms Tia) 😆

16/10/2024

The Original!

The reason why I decided to become a dog trainer / learn to understand dogs better is celebrating his 4th gotcha day today! It's been a journey and we've had many ups and some downs but this boy is my soul dog and he has taught me sooooo much! My world is a better place because he's in it ❤️

Happy 4th gotcha day big lad - bestest boy 🥰

14/10/2024

Iggy and I ran a quick 10-15 minute trail this evening when I got back (in place of a walk). It wasn't a complex one, just a couple of surface transitions and two turns.
This is the result!

I ❤️ scentwork and I ❤️❤️❤️ Trail Hunt International

14/10/2024

When you love your instructor so much you just have to come & say hi before you start your trail 😆🤣
Love you too Nellie 🥰

Trail Hunt International

09/10/2024

🌟 Hear what our Trail Hunt International INSTRUCTORS say about this exciting fast growing sport.🌟

Lisa Hulme owns Helping Hounds - dog training and behaviour management and offers Trail Hunt International classes, workshops and 121s in the Lancashire & Merseyside area.

“I love trail hunt international because it is accessible for everyone! Any dog regardless of breed, background or behaviour can do it.

I thoroughly enjoyed completing the instructor programme. The theory was really in-depth and there is lots of on-going support via the instructors group and CT Vault post qualification.

My clients love it and our Club sessions have become a great little community for the humans as well as getting to work the dogs.

What I love most about Trail Hunting is seeing how it can support nervous / anxious dogs build confidence and develop coping skills in situations that they previously couldn't deal with.”

To start Trail hunt with Lisa drop her a line.

If you want to bring Trail Hunt to your clients please get in touch about our Instructor course.

With our current October offer you can get your Components lv1 instructor course 50% off when you sign up to the foundations.

This sport is so much fun and highly addictive!!!

07/10/2024

Today marks a whole year since this little bundle of cuteness joined the Pooch Pack! Tia is my third overseas rescue dog who is a sassy little minx and a real cutie pie in equal measures. She has slotted right into our little family and she makes me smile every day! 🥰

Happy first gotcha day special girl ❤️

07/10/2024

Welcome our next team...this is Team Nellie ❤️
And no, you're not seeing double 😆 Nellie is litter sister to Florence. So I'm very lucky to be working with 2 gorgeous leggy lurcher girls!

Nellie really got the hang of things quickly this evening and we had a couple of zoomies round the garden with the pod in mouth....that's commitment to your pod 😉

This sweet girl is only 7 months so we are careful to give breaks and time to process the learning, but I think she's going to love completing her Trail Hunt International foundations 🙏

Welcome to the team guys ❤️

07/10/2024

Introducing one of 3 teams who are currently going through their Trail Hunt International foundations course via a 1:1 programme.

This is Team Florence who underwent their first of 6 sessions on Saturday. What a great start and we even saw an interest in a retrieve indication which we'll do some free shaping to encourage.

Looking forward to watching this beautiful girl develop her skills! Welcome to the squad Team Florence 🥳

29/09/2024

I received some post club pictures of some very contented and tired puppers who were having a well earned afternoon nap 😆🥰

Trail Hunt International is a great way to tire out your high energy doggos. Not only are they exercising but they are using their brains and developing amazing problem solving skills! ❤️

27/09/2024

When I say Trail Hunt International is for any dog....I really mean it!
Here is a specially ordered small size pod ready for a new mini member of Team Trail Hunt squad joining us in October!

Reach out if you want to know more 👍

22/09/2024

Another lovely review from Team Maverick for this month's Trail Hunt International foundations course. This boy really did grow over the 3 weeks and it was a privilege to watch ❤️

22/09/2024

A lovely review from one of the participants of our latest Trail Hunt International course - thank you! It's important to me that while the teams are learning, they are also having fun, which ultimately helps the learning stick!
Interested?
October course still has 2 spaces available 👍

20/09/2024

Oh I do love a little homework video in-between classes 🥰 Team Cody smashing their little lunch break practice, enjoying a bit of free trailing in the sunshine!
Well done team 🥳🎉❤️

Trail Hunt International

14/09/2024

I've been the caretaker for Midge Hall Secure Dog Field this week so that my good friend (who owns it) could have a well deserved holiday 😊
I deliver a lot of my training classes here and today I held Workshop 2 of the current Trail Hunt International foundations course. So tonight while I was doing end of day field checks, my dog, Iggy casually picked up a trail and followed it 😆🥰

I have a spare pod in the car, so he got to find it & get his reward 😉

Can we count this as an aged trail Alexandra Butler ??? 😉😆

14/09/2024

You can hear just how windy it was in this video!
Team Theo undertook a challenging longer trail that had hard & soft surfaces, a turn and surface transitions to contend with!

He took that challenge and smashed it 💪 Look at that tail go while he's working. Great work team 👏

Trail Hunt International

27/08/2023

So glad you had fun! Well done both of you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My boy Otis enjoyed his Introduction to Scent Workshop today! Fantastic way to bond with your dog, and watch them animated with different smells! Thank you Alex from Nell & Co Dog Training Nell and Co and Helping Hounds - dog training and behaviour management

27/08/2023

That’s summer camp 2023 completed!
Thank you to Nell and Co and Positively Wild K9 for supporting us at Helping Hounds to deliver this years summer camp 🙏

And a HUGE thank you to all the teams that have participated and made all the classes and workshops such great fun!

We are currently scoping an indoor venue to offer a winter programme so watch this space for details!

27/08/2023

Our last class of the 2023 summer camp took place today! We hosted Nell and Co for an Introduction to Scentwork class!
Sadly we had a couple of teams unable to attend today due to illness so we hope they both get well soon ❤️‍🩹

Teams Cody & Otis did brilliantly and the weather didn’t dampen their spirits!

If you’re interested in starting scent work or giving mantrailling a go…pop over to Nell and Co for dates or drop Alex a message 👍

22/07/2023

Shout out to my wonderful class assistant Chloe Whyte for your support today!

You were soaked to the bone by the end of the session but still smiling and loving being with the doggos ❤️