My Happy Dog & Me

22/08/2024

🌟Calmness🌟

At the centre of everything is Calmness.

Develop the skill and it will be the greatest gift you can give your dog.

Calmness can help your dog physically and physiologically too.

21/08/2024

Are you ready to learn all things Happy for you and your dog.

During this fun workshop we will cover all the important things that make going out for the day with our dogs a little easier.

Development of skills in controlled situations and distractions.

• On the Lead Skills
• Long Line Skills for Off Lead Confidence Building
• Dealing with Distractions
• Focus on Handler
• Preparing for Coffee/Pub Stop Calmness
• Confidence & Optimism games

Secure your space by following the link below.

Practice your skills ready for real life Adventures. Join these small in-person group sessions in the West Midlands. When you register for the Group Training, there is an Initial Fee to cover the content of video tutorials and resources you can access FOR LIFE to help you prepare for your first Grou...

20/08/2024

Knowing how to read how your dog is feeling and understanding the intent of that language can really help with knowing if your dog is managing their off lead.

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20/08/2024

🌟Adventures with your Dog 🌟

Top Tip for Off Lead Adventures

People focus on recall for taking your dog off Lead, which of course is always a priority but let's not forget all the other things, like Disengagement.

Teach an awesome response to Disengage from any distraction and it can keep your dog safe from buggering off.

If you need any support let me know how I can help you get out more and enjoy your adventures together.

12/08/2024

Ok the votes are in from a recent poll I ran, so I'm offering Free Coaching that will be covering:
Settling in a Cafe/barking at everything that moves!
Grab your spot by registering here

My Happy Dog & Me just loves getting out on Adventures, all types, from local nature reserves to hiking up mountains and everything in-between. If you have a dog that needs to develop skills beyond the basics like loose lead walking or recall training, this is the place for you. Each month I provide...

12/08/2024

🌟Adventures with your Puppy🌟

Best advice for Puppy Adventures

🐾 Use a long line to allow Puppy freedom to explore new and novel things safely.

🐾 Watch for signs of overwhelm

🐾 Let your puppy observe from a distance and create some neutral responses.

🐾 Take plenty of stops to let puppy take everything in.

11/08/2024

🌟Adventures with your Dog 🌟

Nobody tells you this....

It's bloody hard work.... there I've said it, no rose tinted glasses around here.

With a high energy dog, walking past LIVESTOCK especially this time of year here in the UK, it can be really testing on your dogs skill set and on your emotional resilience after being pulled so much. No adventure is nice when you're both not enjoying parts or all of it.

Nobody tells you that there is a rich tapesty of skills required to help a high energy dog go for a stroll in the county, especially if you are ONLY working on teaching your dog Loose Lead Walking....

There is so much more going on.

Be mindful to work on all aspects of skills to cope with what your adventures may involve.

Training a skills like loose lead walking for high energy dogs will never be enough for those more sensitive to their environment.

There is nothing better than getting out together with your Dog and even better if your arm is still it's socket because your dog can cope and able to keep their cool.

If you are struggling and want some support, not just how to develop skills your dog needs, but emotional support on how get you both there. Let's chat. Check out ways to connect with me in my bio on Linktree

https://linktr.ee/MyHappyDogUk

09/08/2024

FREE WEBINAR

Come join me as we talk about some of the most asked about struggles when out and about with your Dog.

Register for the Webinar here

https://my-happy-dog-and-me.newzenler.com/live-class/coaching-corner-live/register

06/08/2024

FREE WEBINAR

Join me on Wednesday 14th August for a Free Webinar to discuss those all-important real-life ready skills that can make a difference in your Adventures.

What are you currently struggling with? you're not alone and you won't be the first to feel like this.

You can register for FREE below

03/08/2024

What are your biggest struggles holding you back from enjoying your adventures?

I'm running a poll, let me know where you need support and my next free LIVE will run on the most voted for struggle.

Let's do this.... follow link below to cast your vote on my Facebook Group

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Kk2yD1hezetgJCg4/

30/07/2024

🌟Adventures with your Puppy🌟

Best advice for Puppy Adventures

🐾 Use a long line to allow Puppy freedom to explore new and novel things safely.

🐾 Watch for signs of overwhelm

🐾 Let your puppy observe from a distance and create some neutral responses.

🐾 Take plenty of stops to let puppy take everything in.

26/07/2024

Great Dog Training Tip

Building Confidence for all owners not ready for Off Lead adventures yet.

Take a look at the video. 🐾🐾

Dog Training Tips • High Energy dogs • Prey Drive • Gundogs • Off Lead • Recall • looselead walking • on Lead •

24/07/2024

💪 Super proud 💪

Cool, Calm and Confident around water..... this may not seem like a big deal but for a Lagotto Romagnolo, an Italian Water Dog, his genetics can drive a certain emotion sky rocketing.... as a gun dog his genetics and breed characteristics influence how he feels and, in turn, drive him to pursue certain activities..... so we've worked hard on there being a time and place for such emotions and pursuing activities that meet all those needs.

You can't stop those internal drivers..... but we can create an understanding of when and where those activities take place!

Good work, little one. I'm super proud of you.

Need help to create a cool, calm, and confident dog?

Let's chat so I can let you know how I can help

• Gundog • Italian Water Dog • Calm Dog • loose Lead Walking • Recall Training • On Lead Joy • Off Lead Joy • online training • adventures with your Dog • Hiking with your dog•

23/07/2024

15/07/2024

We've been on holibops.... let's help this Monday get started with a few pictures of your Weekend pups. Please share your photos 📸

Here's our little Adventurers enjoying one of many nice costal sunny walk this week.

We were far off any cliffs and only a short blast off lead as it's always best to be safe when coastal walking.

02/07/2024

🌟Common Theme🌟

What do you gain from working with a professional? I'm not talking about obedience,..... unless that's your thang... crack on, you'll rarely hear that word fall out my mouth.

I'm referring to Real Life Living, dogs need more than knowing how to sit and give paw! They give us so much. The greatest gift YOU can give is to understand your dog how the see the world.

I like to coach by guiding you to lean into the what's, the why's and the how's....

The biggest feedback I get is:

🐾 Feeling of having someone by your side
🐾 Someone to vent to when feeling frustrated
🐾 Someone to cry with when overwhelmed
🐾 Someone to laugh off some of the antics whilst I help interpret what's going on.
🐾Having a plan in place to unravel those struggles.

Having someone there for you will always make a difference, and I've made it super easy to get access to my support.

For me, I'm super passionate about people living a life full of love and adventures together. Keep our dogs safe and feel their best by simply understanding what your dog emotionally and physically needs.

If you'd like to know when enrolment will be opening up, pop me a message....

26/06/2024

🌟Loose Lead Walking 🌟

Have you checked out my resources for free to help you get started? Let me know if you'd like to view my Freebie?

25/06/2024

🌡Temperatures are set to rise🌡

Want to know what's best for your dog in this heat?

Have a high energy dog that HAS to be walked?

Check out this Blog and please share

What is best for your dog and understanding what to do as the temperature rises.

14/06/2024

Why Recall is So Important....

Why Recall is Important, not only to keep our dogs and wildlife safe, it's an essential part of any adventure.

30/05/2024

🌟Adventures with your Puppy 🌟

For me, taking Diggory out with us on our adventures was important. He wasn't expected to walk far and was either in his buggy or carried. We also didn't try to plan much to expect much out of day, just went with the flow and always prepared to come home early or be happy to sit down for a couple of hours.

If we were away for the week, we would tend to do 1 day out and 1 day to decompress.

29/05/2024

🙏I NEED YOUR HELP!! 🙏

I'm eager to hear from you, I'm gathering a little research and would love to read through your WHY, why did you choose to have a dog? what were you wanting from your four-legged friend?

Please share your comments or drop me a DM

28/05/2024

🌟Calm Adventure Walks 🌟

This isn't always easy and can be the most frustrating struggle for teams wanting to have those ideal walks side by side enjoying all that nature wants us to enjoy.

When you feel you've tried everything. Try working on :

🐾 Understanding what motivates your dog?

🐾 Understand what to invest in skills wise for YOUR dog.

🐾 If you feel you've tried everything, you maybjust be missing a tiny piece of the puzzle.

If you need to find out that piece... let's chat

21/05/2024

What do you gain from working with a professional? I'm not talking about obedience,..... unless that's your thang... crack on, you'll rarely hear that word fall out my mouth.

I'm referring to Real Life Living, dogs need more than knowing how to sit and give paw! They give us so much. The greatest gift YOU can give is to understand your dog how the see the world.

I like to coach by guiding you to lean into the what's, the why's and the how's....

The biggest feedback I get is:

🐾 Feeling of having someone by your side
🐾 Someone to vent to when feeling frustrated
🐾 Someone to cry with when overwhelmed
🐾 Someone to laugh off some of the antics whilst I help interpret what's going on.
🐾Having a plan in place to unravel those struggles.

Having someone there for you will always make a difference, and I've made it super easy to get access to my support.

For me, I'm super passionate about people living a life full of love and adventures together. Keep our dogs safe and feel their best by simply understanding what your dog emotionally and physically needs.

If you'd like to know when enrolment will be opening up, pop me a message....

16/05/2024

This is your Warning ⚠️ 😉

Now we know the importance of sniffing, right?

We love a good sniffari walk, but did you know that sniffing out a good scent can be the first part of your dog hunting!!!

You will hear me refer to HIGH energy, which is really Predatory Energy, some dogs are really sensitive to switching this ON....

How do you know if you have a dog with a Predatory Energy or Prey Drive?

🐾Their sniffing turns into running very quickly

🐾 They can pull like a train on the lead

🐾They stop in their tracks for what seems like no reason

🐾 They run after something, and your recall goes to pot

🐾 Once they run off, they come back when they're ready 🤔

🐾 Get very excited when something moves

🐾 They find it difficult around critters... (don't say these out loud 😉 birds, squirrels, cats.... if you know, you know)

So this is your WARNING ⚠️ if you have a high predatory all or some of the above, probably make your adventures together a tad difficult 😉

Do you think you have a dog with high prey drive?

Want to make your adventures together more enjoyable and safer for everyone 🤔 make sure you join my mailing list to get inside scoop on the ways I can help you achieve that.

You can sign up for FREE and get all the details straight into your inbox.

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08/05/2024

🌟Adventures with your Dog 🌟

If you’ve read my other posts, you will get an idea of what I’m passionate about, if you’ve not read them and this is the first time you’re reading, well hello there!! 

Let me introduce you to me and if you’ve read it before, then a lovely comment or acknowledgement would be a fab way to help me tackle the ever-difficult reach that Instagram has implemented!! 

I’m Charlotte, owner of a heavenly Cockapoo, my Rew Bear and Diggory Dawg, my tearaway teenager!! Life is FULL on with my Diggory Dawg, he’s like a dog high on life and in ways that it’s a blessing in his zest for life, but by gawd it’s exhausting… but he’s up for adventures and that is what we love so it’s a perfect match…. However his Tenacious work mode can cause it’s struggles and from doing my research with the breed knew, as much as we can know, that they’d be an amount of “drive” to his character….. 

How does this impact our adventures, well let me tell you, if I hadn’t done as much work as I have into Diggory I think I’d have been retiring from Hiking with a Dog, as it wouldn’t be easy and even with all our hard work there are times when everything is just TOO MUCH MUM as our dogs as EPIC PARENTS is to recognise that, adjust the environment (not always easily in a field of sheep) and help give our dogs the skills needed away from those Hikes to make Hiking more pleasant with our dogs. 

How have I done it, well, as with any teams I work with, we look at the individual dogs, we work on helping develop lots of impulse control, which basically means we help our dogs learn how to: 

🐾Manage and control your dog's instinctive behaviour

🐾Develop the skills for dealing with frustration 

🐾Have some self-control 

To do all of this, we also need to be a dog detective so we can motivate our dogs to develop what’s needed for adventures! details in my Bio! 

12/04/2024

🌟Adventures with your Dog 🌟

Off Lead Joy

What's not to love about seeing your dog frolicking about enjoying their time to be more dog!

When safe on our Adventures, it feels great to let Diggory explore his environment, especially as he's getting a bit older and can manage longer times indulging in his natural instinct to hunt....

Does your dog love to hunt?

11/04/2024

🌟Countryside Calmness🌟

Yep that's right.... for your dog to enjoy our countryside adventures there needs to more than "obedience" that you teach your dog.

Developing skills is always top of my priority because how my dog feels is what I care about.

How your dog feels is influenced by many things, as dog parents it should be our job to understand how they see the world and how we can help them see it through a calm emotional state.

Calm countryside walks can be a challenge for some breeds.

Do you dream of calm countryside walks?

09/04/2024

⭐Adventures With My Dog⭐

Adventures With your Dog require some skills, check out my Dog Blog on Tips for Hiking with your Dog, as it isn’t just about choosing a mighty fine location, because I’m sure you’ll agree this view is prettttty fiinnnnneee.

https://www.myhappydog.co.uk/hiking-with-your-dog