Kindred Paws Dog Services

10/11/2024

Sundays are dachshund days 🐶🥰

The best little group to come back to after a couple of days off 💓

05/11/2024

An emotional Tuesday with this pair as their Mum comes home from her travels this week. I’ll miss walking this bouncy, happy little pair. They always make me laugh and smile, and I absolutely love walking them 🥰🥰

04/11/2024

Loving the autumn vibes today on our walk 🥰

And the lady on the right aced her 121 with her fab owner. She’s grown so much!

04/11/2024

Please, please, please be careful if you’ve ordered Yumove tablets from Amazon.

03/11/2024

Pets, wildlife, people…

Fireworks can cause distress to many pets. 💔 The loud noises and flashing lights can be extremely stressful and frightening.

We invite you to pledge that you will not celebrate with fireworks this year.

Advice here 👉 https://bit.ly/3tSbbCp

02/11/2024

Hilbrae’s Christmas Doggy Shoebox Appeal, No dog should be In kennels for Christmas so let’s make sure every rescue dog here at Hilbrae has a box full of goodies to open on the big day 🎄🐾

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween 🎃
Halloween pals accompanying me today! 🐶

30/10/2024

Wednesday woofers are always such good fun 🐶

30/10/2024

29/10/2024

Happy dogs in the lovely sunshine today ☀️🐶🥰

25/10/2024

Rocking the one ear up, one ear down look 🥰😂

23/10/2024

We are allowed to make mistakes 🥰

In order for our dogs to get it right, we need to allow them to be confident enough to try, offer and progress. This all comes more naturally when we allow them to confidently make mistakes.

The same goes for us. You wouldn’t be able to look back and say ‘I wish I’d done it differently’, if you hadn’t made those mistakes in the first place. Mistakes are what progresses us, keeps us unstuck and helps us grow. Mistakes are never really mistakes at all.

23/10/2024

When you do ‘nose touch’ and are very pleased with yourself!

‘Nose touch’ can be great for recall, or something to do instead of jumping up or barking. Message if you want more information or to book in for a training 121 😊😊

22/10/2024

When your day is filled with dogs and not people 😂😂🐶

21/10/2024

DISTANCE ASSISTANCE
It’s not easy having a reactive dog. As much as we may feel frustrated, restricted, angry or even ashamed or embarrassed, our reactive dogs are also experiencing a range of negative emotions when they react to something that triggers them.

This reaction is usually caused by anxiety, fear, feeling threatened, frustrated or related to pain.

These emotions cause high levels of stress and stress prevents both us and our dogs from being able to process information, think clearly or learn a different, more acceptable way of reacting to whatever triggers us.

This is why creating enough distance is so important. I’m really scared of snakes and even struggle to look at them. The only thing I want to do is run away and create as much distance as possible.

If someone was restraining me, forcing me to sit down and look at the snake while trying to feed me my favourite chocolate, telling me there was nothing to worry about or trying to educate me about the specific species, it would do nothing to alleviate my fear and would only increase my stress levels.

Doing this at a sufficient distance, where I felt safe would be far more effective and my stress levels would be much lower. In time, with patience and practice, I may even be able to get much closer to the snake without having a negative reaction.

The same principle applies to reactive dogs. Creating sufficient distance where they can see the trigger but still feel safe and don’t react is the best way of helping them to cope with their feelings.

Some dogs (and people) may never be able to decrease that distance and that’s also okay.

Accept your dog for the unique individual they are, keep working on the things you can change and accept the things you can’t.

21/10/2024

When you manage to get all five dachshunds in the same photo!
(It’s a shame you can’t see how much the tails were wagging while they posed 😂)
Such a delight to spend Monday with 🥰

I hope everyone is easing back gently into the week 🐶🐶

20/10/2024

Firework season is getting closer and closer everyday! Put the preparation in before time so that your dog feels as safe as possible.

As well as what’s mentioned in the picture below from Dogs Trust, gradual noise exposure to fireworks can help too.

Stay calm and stay safe 🥰
If you have any questions, send me a message 🐶🐶