Oh the cheek of it eh Daisy 😅
Just to add, this isn’t our boundary fence, rather a small barricade to let the birds eat in peace.
When you need an expert, duty calls for a professional! 😅
Totally speechless!!
This is Daisy (the bouncy, dog ‘reactive’ one) playing kiss chase with the cottage owner’s dog, Johnny the 14 year old Bedlington.
I have watched the video a dozen times and still I cannot believe what I’m seeing!
It is evident to us she is leash reactive.
I never in a million years thought this was possible with Daisy and an unknown dog.
What’s a girl to do!
Places to go, sniffs to sniff and the wind in her hair!
“It’s mine all mine.”
So we’re back home in Yorkshire having spent 8 days in Nairn with Tia Greyhound & Lurcher Rescue
It has to be said it was without doubt one of the best if not THE BEST holiday we’ve ever had. I’ve covered most of the U.K. and stopped in many self catering places. The cottage is perfect, homely, comfy and warm with all the essentials.
The night sky right outside the cottage is beautiful with no light pollution and as for the scenery and places to visit. We haven’t even scratched the surface.
With Daisy being reactive to any four legged moving target I had my doubts about her behaviour and this trip, I needn’t have worried. There is an air of calm & peace that surrounds the farm and it’s almost like all of the animals here communicate to the nervous ones. It’s paradise, it really is. Daisy did not react once to any animal on the farm. She was a totally different dog.
The long drive is over before you know it especially while there is magnificent scenery to admire.
Would we go again?? Absolutely, we’ll see you next year Deb, thank you for having us.
Today’s adventure was a gentle one, to give those aching pins a rest.
Linn Falls at Aberlour.
Deserted and beautiful.
It was April the 17th 2022 and I’d just arrived from Essex after visiting my family for the weekend.
First things first was to give the dogs a big kiss and a cuddle as soon as I walk through the door. Always guaranteed a hero’s welcome.
Paul said that Penny, our eldest girl a feisty Jack Russell hadn’t quite been herself for a few days while I’d been away. Sleeping a lot and needing more encouragement to eat.
We knew that the bridge was coming in closer from previous weeks.
I took her in way back in May 2008 aged about 2 years old and advertised as ‘Free to a good home’ she was a petrified wreck back then in the early days, urinating constantly through fear.
If I raised my hand to scratch my head she would run and hide, if I picked up her lead she would run and hide. No idea what had happened to this girl but it wasn’t going to happen any more. Only took a few months but she soon learned to trust and love.
Penny was the first of our dogs that accepted Daisy into our home. Penny would give Daisy a facial or an ear wash regularly.
On the evening of the 17th April, everyone was tucked up in bed, lights out and time for snoozing. Several hours later I was woken by a constant barking accompanied by a very loud banging noise! Sounded like someone was hammering on the front door.
I threw on my dressing gown, scared of what I was going to find and flew downstairs at break neck speed, flung open the living room door to see that Penny had toppled over and was unable to stand up again. I scooped her up and reassured her with plenty of hugs & kisses. In my heart and my head I knew that today was going to be her last journey.
The barking and the loud banging wasn’t Penny, it was Daisy throwing her two front legs frantically up against the living room door alerting me of the dire situation.
In just 15 months of Daisy being with us at that time she totally took control of the situation and knew exactly what to do.
She is much smarter than I ever gave h
If there was a job centre just for dogs 😅🐾🐾
The girl that just keeps on giving 💕
Today Daisy went for short walk with the gang from Fidgets Spinners. She walked beside another reactive dog in total harmony for over an hour. No fuss, no drama!
The rest of the group consisted of smaller & larger dogs.
Other dogs not in our group who passed us, kindly leashed their dogs without asking which made the whole experience so easy for me & Daisy.
This time last year, she would be spinning, lunging & barking and I was at my wits end.
The rewards are immeasurable 🐾🐾
Freshly picked, homegrown mangetout and the cherubs have demolished it 😅
What madam wants doesn’t always get!!
Harry has the patience of a saint 🤣🤣
Daisy walking nicely next to her friend Duke the greyhound!!
Didn’t see that coming 😍
It’s splendour & beauty never tires, Cragside. ❤️
We’ve been many times and still haven’t seen it all.
The photos do not do it the justice it deserves.
We love it, as do the dogs 🐾🐾
Bit nippy out there! ⛄️
We are open today if you’re thinking of venturing out!
Daisy thinks it’s wonderful. Alfie & Harry had other ideas 😅
I don’t understand a dogs logic! 🤣
They won’t go for a wee and yet they believe the weather out the front door is sunny & warm and wanting to go for a walk!!
Fresh Yorkshire air, a tennis ball and two whippety Whippets 😍
For the past six weeks we have been working with Daisy on her reactivity towards other dogs.
She would bare her teeth & lunge and have us diving for cover hiding behind cars and in bushes.
We don’t know much about her history or what has caused her fear of other dogs but we knew we needed help for her and us.
After a vet visit to rule out any physical health issues we were sign posted to a dog trainer/behaviourist.
We done the obligatory Google search and settled on Love of Dogs Dog Training based in Wakefield who are IMDT accredited.
This video is from last Sunday. The task, The Rucksack Walk.
There are two other reactive dogs in her line of sight, she knew exactly where they were and she did not give a hoot.
We are not there yet but she has come such a long way in such a short length of time. We could not be prouder of her achievements. To even get this far is a massive win.
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https://www.loveofdogstraining.co.uk/
“Anyone see where that squirrel went??”🐿 🤣🤣