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Totem Dogs Reward based coaching and Scentwork training. I am a 29 year old dog-obsessed woman living in Derbyshire with my two dogs, Charlie and Poppy.

I am currently studying various courses and workshops through Canine Principles, and I am a Professional Member of the Pet Professional Network. I aim to teach dogs life skills using positive training methods- no nasty equipment or punishments here!

As of today I am no longer taking on any more walking or home visit clients. This is mainly because I am essentially ful...
03/02/2025

As of today I am no longer taking on any more walking or home visit clients.

This is mainly because I am essentially fully booked with a lovely client base, and I want to be able to have some available times for anyone who needs an extra walk or needs to reschedule

It is also because unfortunately it is no economically viable to continue offering the type of walks I want without increasing my prices, which I want to avoid because I appreciate that we are all in the same boat with the current cost of living crisis, and I want to continue offering a service for dogs who struggle with certain people or who aren't able to join a group walk environment.

To be clear, none of my current clients will be affected by any changes in any way.

Instead I will be moving on to training walks and 1:1 training as and when spaces become available. These will be more structured walks with a plan in place for the dog and their gaurdians with extra support to work through any potential issues they may be experiencing. Of course these will be priced higher than my normal walks and there will be limited spaces at a time.

As always I would like to thank everyone who supports me in any way, and those of you who trust me with your wonderful dogs. โค๏ธ

02/02/2025

I'd like to thank Tora for helping me film a little video covering an exercise we did in classes this week.

She picked it up so quickly and was super engaged!

02/02/2025

This isn't a post I would normally put on here, but I unfortunately have a very difficult decision to make.

I appreciate this is a dog page, but if anyone happens to know of a rescue or sanctuary type place that could offer two, 5 year old 12hh cob geldings a home together, could you please let me know.

It's so important that they stay together wherever they go, as they're very much attached to each other and I couldn't bare the thought of them being separated.

Hazel had a busy morning on a Social Walk with Paws For Thought  at Markeaton Park.We did get a bit left being as she to...
02/02/2025

Hazel had a busy morning on a Social Walk with Paws For Thought at Markeaton Park.

We did get a bit left being as she took the 'social' part a bit too literally and had to say hello to every person and dog we came across ๐Ÿ˜‚

31/01/2025

Over the last couple of weeks, Kevin decided he really didn't want to go in my car. I'm not sure why he took a disliking to it, I reckon he could sense Hazel's presence ๐Ÿ˜‚

So we've been working on being confident getting my car and crate again, and yesterday he was happy enough to go for a short drive..

I think he enjoyed himself once we were there, and hopefully he'll remember the car goes to fun places!

This week we welcomed some new paws to the Totem Dogs pack, the gorgeous Sid โค๏ธHe's been absolutely brilliant this week,...
31/01/2025

This week we welcomed some new paws to the Totem Dogs pack, the gorgeous Sid โค๏ธ

He's been absolutely brilliant this week, and he is definitely starting to come out of his shell!

Looking forwards to lots of fun walks with this gorgeous boy!

The face of a Rottie who had far too much fun in a muddy puddle ๐Ÿ™ˆ
31/01/2025

The face of a Rottie who had far too much fun in a muddy puddle ๐Ÿ™ˆ

Fergie taking in the view ๐ŸŒณ
27/01/2025

Fergie taking in the view ๐ŸŒณ

27/01/2025

Pip enjoyed some soggy fun ๐Ÿ˜‚

It's a beautiful morning at the field in Darley Abbey, ready for some puppies to come have fun and learn new skills ๐Ÿถ
25/01/2025

It's a beautiful morning at the field in Darley Abbey, ready for some puppies to come have fun and learn new skills ๐Ÿถ

โš ๏ธWeather Updateโš ๏ธWhilst we appear to be a lot better off than most of the UK regarding the wind, we are still expected ...
24/01/2025

โš ๏ธWeather Updateโš ๏ธ

Whilst we appear to be a lot better off than most of the UK regarding the wind, we are still expected to experience wind gusts of over 50mph today.

As always, the safety and wellbeing of your dogs is my number one priority, so I will be keeping an eye on the weather throughout the day and may swap walks for home visits if I feel it's necessary.

If anyone who is booked in today wants to change or reschedule please drop me a message!

Stay safe everyone :)

22/01/2025

Mayte LOVES getting filthy! ๐Ÿคช He also loves making new friends.

If you also would like to make new friends, Mayte would really like you to join us at one of the monthly group socialisation walks ๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿพ
Come join our friendly and supportive community to help you socialise your dog correctly and safely, as well as pick the brains of our fully qualified training and behaviour consultants for top training tips.

Each month is a different location. The next two dates are:-

Sunday 2nd February Markeaton Park
Sunday 2nd March Shipley Country Park
10am start

Booking online:-
https://PawsForThoughtDerbyshire.as.me/

PLEASE NOTE: These sessions are not suitable for reactive dogs unless we have assessed your dog and suggested that this would be a suitable group for you. Please get in touch about our other options for reactive dogs.

*image courtesy of Mayte's guardian*

It's been a busy day with lots of gorgeous dogs, unfortunately I forgot to take photos of all of them apart from Tora en...
22/01/2025

It's been a busy day with lots of gorgeous dogs, unfortunately I forgot to take photos of all of them apart from Tora enjoying the start of the sunset this afternoon!

A nice chilled field trip today for Beau and Enzo โค๏ธ
21/01/2025

A nice chilled field trip today for Beau and Enzo โค๏ธ

Hazel did a big thing today... We attended a dog show!I was trying to think of somewhere to take Hazel today that would ...
19/01/2025

Hazel did a big thing today... We attended a dog show!

I was trying to think of somewhere to take Hazel today that would be good to watch and observe new things, and when I saw a friend of mine was competing at a show at Derby College, it was the perfect place for Hazel to visit.

It was full of new experiences for her:

A new place, which was the Equestrian Centre so of course lots of interesting smells.

Lots of new people and dogs.

An indoor arena with a sand surface.

An outdoor cross country track designated as an exercise area for the dogs, with a rubber and sand surface as well as more interesting smells.

And a very delicious smelling burger van ๐Ÿ˜‚

It was a smallish show, but still the busiest environment Hazel has been in. She was so excited and got over threshold fairly quickly, but we kept our distance and watched people and dogs going about their business.

We also practiced sitting and lying down to watch and she soon realised she couldn't run and play with absolutely everyone, she also got lots of fuss and lovely comments from the kind people at the show โค๏ธ

We ventured inside a couple of times, but she kept wanting to zoom on the sand and I was slightly concerned she would end up in one of the rings so mainly stayed outside ๐Ÿ˜‚

I reckon Hazel's favourite part was getting to play with my friend's puppy who is a similar age once him and his mum had finished their classes.

She's absolutely shattered now, which is brilliant ๐Ÿ˜‚ and I am on the hunt for more new places to take her each week!

18/01/2025

It's been so nice meeting these wonderful dogs and their guardians, and watching them do so well โค๏ธ

18/01/2025

The sass is strong with this one.. Time to look for one of those beds that fastens to the top of a crate ๐Ÿ˜‚

16/01/2025

I wish I was this excited about doing the washing ๐Ÿ˜…

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