MeeraPuppins Puppy Training

19/10/2025

A very merry unbirthday to me!

So, this is 38!

When I moved to Sheffield in Spring 2023, it was on a whim. I was absolutely miserable after rehoming Theo 🐕 and needed a fresh start.

Today, I celebrated my birthday with some of the kindest, funniest women I've met in this beautiful city, and I'm so lucky to call them my friends.

Tomorrow I'll go to my (brand new role!) at my full time job, where I still can't believe this is what I do for a living, and in the evening, I've got a Meera Puppins consultation call for a new dog owner. I'm exactly where I want to be - working quietly behind the scenes, and pulling together puppy-projects too!

I still miss Theo 🐕 in exactly the same way - I don't think that will ever change.

Every year, on my birthday, I think about last year. Who was I with, what did we do.

Then I think about next year, and all the things that may be different, and everything that I hope stays exactly the same.

But first, there are three hundred and sixty four unbirthdays to enjoy!

15/10/2025

I got a C in art when I was at school, so it should come as no surprise that I'm using these badly cropped screenshots from my website to promote the Sheffield Puppy Owners Survival Guide.

Over the last four years of Meera Puppins, I've been paying attention to the things you struggle with the most.

Here's my top three:

Puppy biting
You want to know if it's normal. You also ask if its aggression - how are you supposed tell the difference? If your puppy bites so hard you're bleeding, this is when I wake up to panicked 3a.m. emails from you - demanding immediate training ;)
But more than anything, you want to know how to make the nipping and biting stop.

Puppy toilet training
You're setting a toileting alarm at 2a.m. (which your partner annoyingly manages to sleep through!) You're leaving the garden door open in Summer, putting puppy pads down in Winter, giving your pup a treat for rare toileting in the garden, so why are you STILL cleaning up wees and poos in the house? Why is your puppy not telling you they need "to go"?

Puppy jumping up...
So cute! And it's a good job - otherwise you wouldn't be happy about it! You've tried saying "no", "off" or "get down". You pushed your puppy's bottom onto the floor. Turned your back. Folded your arms. None of it seems to have worked. Surely there is nothing else left to try? And to make it worse, the other day your puppy jumped up at a stranger and they were not very nice about it...

The Sheffield Puppy Owners Survival Guide is going to help you make it past these three challenges.

Your mission, should you still have some energy left to accept it, is to download the Survival Guide, and positively transform your problematic pup into a Practically Perfect one.

Let me know how you get on!

13/10/2025

Sorry you can see up my nose a bit, but ignore that and watch this if you have a puppy, are struggling with the puppy blues or are just finding it hard work!

Contact links in the comments - you can book a complimentary 20 min puppy chat with me too!

26/09/2025

Behind the Scenes...

Caved into my intrusive thoughts.

Against my better judgment I started touching things on my website with the aim of updating the Sheffield Puppy Owners Survival Guide.

This is a project I've been working on for ages and I chose Friday afternoon, on my one day off, as the best time to start messing with things on Mailerlite.

I've written a brand new Sheffield Puppy Owners Survival guide with my top tips on banishing your puppy's painful biting, fast-tracking their toilet training and easily stopping them from jumping up.

Except I don't know if you can download it currently, in all of its glory.

After touching all of the things, I had one (just one) successful test run and now can't get the pop up to erm, pop up.

Which is a shame as the Guide is actually really helpful if you've got a bitey puppy who won't go for a wee outside and likes to jump up at you.

I've got about 2% brain juice left and I've used it to create some screenshots from the new Guide.

Swipe for a sneak peek...

P.S. I have an excellent website lady who helps me, but I'm not making this a Friday afternoon problem when it can be a Monday morning problem instead.

This is a glimpse into the behind the scenes stuff. Or more accurately, behind the screams. I yelled a lot at my laptop this afternoon

24/09/2025

This gorgeous boy is Eric, who graduated from my Zero to Hero puppy training earlier this year.

I met Eric at that awkward age between puppy and teenage dog, where his cute looks made his "oh no" behaviours a bit more bearable.

Outside, Eric had mixed reactions to other dogs – he always wanted to say hi, but struggled when he couldn’t. Unfortunately, this led to his dad getting nipped on the leg a couple of times.

Inside, Eric was determined to have his own seat at the dinner table – namely so he could help himself to the kids’ food. He also enjoyed using the furniture as his very own agility course, and heaven forbid he saw you carrying anything – whether a washing basket or a tea-towel, Eric had a habit of jumping up to grab it – and if you didn’t let him have it, he’d give you a little nip to remind you that it’s not him who needs the training – you just need to let him have his stuff!

Four years ago, I would have written a twelve page training report for his family to follow to "fix" these issues.

This time, I gave them very simple solutions. We worked together remotely and in person - including play to support positive behaviour changes, because no self respecting teenage dog wants to be learning in a stuffy classroom!

Eric responded really well to the changes, and his family felt the pressure easing off as his behaviour got better.

At times though it did feel like we’d just got to the bottom of one thing, only for Eric to throw us a curveball. I had to laugh when they told me he'd stopped climbing onto the dining table at mealtimes, but he had started licking the plates as they were being loaded into the dishwasher instead.

A few things helped keep us on track. Eric’s humans were fantastic – consistent, patient and trusting. They turned up to every session, phone call and shared regular feedback with me so I could tweak things as we went.

Since then, I'm pleased to share that Eric has had a staycation with his grandparents without any issues, his behaviour is massively improved around other dogs, and he’s found his manners inside the house - much to everyone's relief!

If you want your puppy to be more Eric - link in the comments to get in touch!

14/09/2025

How it started... and how it's going...

This version is called "37 year old puppy training lady who doesn't know how to do reels..." and missed a slide where I tell you that the first week of lockdown my friend drove me to Essex to emergency foster a rescue greyhound called Theo.

He had never lived in a home before and was nearly 6 years old. He stank my entire flat out, urinated on all my shoes, and smushed his way into my heart like no one else before.

For just under two years, I learnt what it means to love a "difficult" dog, and how to carry on when that love is gone.

11/09/2025

Thoughts of a 38 year old girl with a secret...

❤️ I'm not going to turn around from this photo and reveal a baby bump. I might show you what your belly looks like when you eat a box of doughnuts for your dinner though.

💅 The only ring on my finger is from a high street jewellery shop and I've no plans to change this. My Knight in shining armour is actually just a 5ft 10 bloke wearing own brand tinfoil, trying to ride in on a donkey. Which is cruel to the donkey.

🐕 You can know absolutely nothing about something you really like and spin it into your whole life.

🐈 I wanted to adopt a cat from work (I know) but I still love greyhounds so now I'm a hybrid cat-dog lady. This is also the official response to my marital status on paperwork.

☠️ Social media is the digitised version of Shrek's swamp. You got to try, try, try a little tenderness. And set a pre-recorded 3 minute timer that blares out all the insults from Mean Girls, so you can look at something else, but not through your phone screen.

🦴 4 years of Meera Puppins and the urge to rip up all my work and start with fresh, shiny new things is very real.

🏡 After 36 years of flitting around from job to job, home to home, I'm staying in

💩If you're getting your puppy from websites that sell cars, washing machines and real life animals, you need to stop it.

🏋‍♀️ Your puppy doesn't need to carry your unrealistic expectations. You've basically welcomed an adorable gremlin into your home. What happens next should be a collaborative approach.

💷 Price is relative to your budget. I'm possibly one of the most premium priced puppy trainers in Sheffield. I'm not a quick fix to your puppy training problems, but I am qualified, experienced, supportive and pretty funny sometimes.

🙋🏽‍♀️I'm taking on a couple of new pups for positive training in Sheffield & remotely also. Links in the comments if you want to book a chat first.

10/09/2025

03/09/2025

Don't tell the puppies, but Sol is looking for his new home!

13/08/2025

📷 in Chesterfield!

This lovely little lad is called Oakley. Hannah, at recommended Oakley's owners get in touch with me to help them with Oakley's chomping.

Do you remember Chomp chocolate bars? Delicious, right? But not so fun if the chocolate bar is your arm, your leg, the top of your head or sleeves (although who the hell is wearing sleeves in this weather?!)

This kind of mouthing behaviour needs active management, as it rarely gets better on its own.

I offered Oakley's owners a complimentary call to chat through what was going on, and recommended either my Zero to Hero or Problem to Practically Perfect Puppy training packages.

Whilst they're not quite ready to book in yet, they shared some feedback with me, based on our chat:

We booked the initial call to give Meera a clearer picture of our 7 month old Husky’s behaviour and challenges.

She asked lots of thoughtful questions that made us reflect on what we’ve been doing and how Oakley responds, which was very helpful.

She also shared valuable insights into why he may behave the way he does, helping us to understand him better and feel more confident about the way forward, along with the methods she would use to help him improve - exactly the guidance we were hoping to get from the call!

Meera came highly recommended by our dog walker, who spoke very highly of her, which made us feel even more confident in reaching out!

The call felt well-paced - not too long or short - and it was great to have the time to discuss Oakley’s individual needs and behaviour.

Although we decided not to move forward at the moment, we felt more informed and reassured about the next steps to support him and will definitely be in touch with Meera in the future!

If you're ready for some Meera Puppins magic, get in touch via the links in the comments!