Walk With Lightwood

06/08/2024

The two bookends and Shaia 🫣🤣

05/08/2024

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03/08/2024

Petra enjoying some
Quiet time in the garden

28/07/2024

Long lines are a fantastic tool if you are in the process of teaching your dog recall, or you want to freshen up on their recall.

103 likes, 21 comments. “Introducing recall to your dog”

28/07/2024

I know its not a dog post but!!
Give these page a like/follow and see if you can help kittens/cats out with a small donation towards injections so that they can be fit and health and find their purrrfect homes

CASH POT DRAW

We have decided to do a cash pot waffle due to not having much success with our previous raffle and having to refund people. With this there is guaranteed to be a winner.

This is a waffle where one winner wins 50% of the cash pot.
So for instance if 100 tickets were brought then this would mean that you would win £25 with the other £25 going into the rescue funds.
The more tickets brought the more money there will be to win!

Each ticket will be 50p each
Please state how many numbers you would like after you have paid.
Numbers will go in order so if the 1st person brought 10 tickets then there numbers will be 1-10.
In this cash pot waffle then there will be no choosing numbers as we don't know how many will be sold.
The winner will be drawn via a random number generator.

Please put CASH BUILDER as your reference when paying so we know the money is for the cash builder.
Payment details are

Paypal [email protected]

Bank account

Purrfect haven cat rescue

Account number- 36476162
Sort code- 309950

This is a business account as we carnt get a charity account as we're not a registered charity sadly.

This draw will end on the 31st of July at 7pm

Thank you

27/07/2024

4 very photogenic
Pooches that needed
A little photshoot
On our walk 😍

26/07/2024

Bo & Fudge having a little shaded break and then food time arrived 😊

26/07/2024

Bodhi & Milo
Being their photogenic selves

24/07/2024

20/07/2024

3 out of 4 are comfy 🤣

19/07/2024

Temperatures are still going to be warmer than normal over the coming week.

Please keep checking the daily temperatures like i do, before you dog joins me on walks.

17/07/2024

📣 EXCITING NEWS 📣

Victoria at Happy Henry’s Grooming and Training and I recently recorded a podcast all about the world of canine hydrotherapy 🐶🌊

We delve into the benefits of the water and working in a consent-based manner, as well as giving some advice on choosing the right professional for your dog’s hydrotherapy.

If you have a spare half an hour take a listen 👂

Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/woof-you-podcast/id1677185109?i=1000662334620

Happy Henry’s website:

https://happy-henrys.co.uk/woof-you-podcast

It was an honour to be a part of the podcast, thank you Victoria!

17/07/2024

Flat tyre finally fixed 🙌 thank you everyone for understanding 🥰

I seem to not be very luckily 🫣

Back to normal tomorrow 😁

16/07/2024

Its happening again everyone, when you get your waterproofs out it starts to warm up 🫣 so all precautions will be taken!! To make sure everyone is safe.

16/07/2024

Always know what your proximity is to your dogs triggers, whether it's traffic, other dogs, people etc

TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND REACTIVITY

Before trying to work on improving reactivity, consider what colour your dog’s emotional state is in.

The belief or expectation that by continually exposing reactive dogs to triggers will make them get over it, is setting dogs up to fail.

Generally, a dog that is reacting to something does not feel safe – they are in survival mode – a mode where learning and appropriate responses simply cannot take place.

Neurotransmitters like adrenaline and cortisol flood the brain causing automatic responses intended for survival. This red zone is certainly not the time or the place to try to change behaviour.

We need to start working with a brain that is calm, relaxed, focused and feels safe – the green zone, where learning can take place.

A calm nervous system is essential to learn a new way to respond.

To recognise which colour an emotional state is, we need to become more adept at recognising and interpreting our dog’s body language.

Being aware of body language enables us to intervene before our dogs’ emotions – the “traffic light” changes colour.

Always start in the green zone, this is where we can really help our dogs to learn strategies to cope with triggers.

Keep working in the green - reinforcing, proofing and building confidence.

Once behaviours are established in the green, we can try moving into the amber zone by allowing our dogs to notice and be aware of distractions, but at a sufficient distance where they still feel safe and are able to focus. This is where we can make distractions or triggers feel far less threatening.

Stay out of the red as much as you can. Avoiding this is not always possible – life happens / the unexpected happens and we have no control over this.

In this case get as much distance as possible between your dog and the trigger.

We can’t teach our dogs to feel safe, but we can help them feel safe by managing the environment, taking small achievable steps, being aware of body language and intervening when their emotional traffic light is about to change colour.

15/07/2024

I love seeing things like this!! Needs to be more about for everyone to see

12/07/2024

Over excited/over arousal/hyper arousal IS a form of reactivity.✅
I know many may struggle understanding that having a dog that is desperate to meet others is a reactive dog because they don't appear "aggressive".
They can be described as "friendly"😊 or "just LOVES other dogs".💓
It can also be incredibly stressful for these dogs.
Stress hormones can be released with both positive and negative stimuli....a difficult concept for some to accept that their "friendly" dog can be stressed.
This is not about dogs that get excited when they see a dog they know...this is purely aimed at dogs that go straight to over arousal at the mere sight of a dog/cat or person...whatever their trigger is.

Bite risks.
Yes even these dogs can bite (or be bitten).
There is no emotional self control and things can change in an instant with these dogs....they do pose a bite risk...and I appreciate that is hard to hear for many as their friendly dog would "never" bite another.
EVERY dog has the capability to bite given certain circumstances and over arousal puts dogs into positions where their emotions take over.
Many dogs bite when over aroused.
Bites can also be redirected back onto their guardians/owners or the nearest person/dog/child present.
They also fail to "read the room", there is no time taken to assess the other dog they desperately want to interact with....so the lead is taken off that friendly dog so they can meet their new "friend".

This is a new graphic based on another I made but this is specifically for over aroused dogs.
Your dog will also have their own unique changes you can see as they go over that all important threshold.

You are not alone with this issue...it is very common.
Reactive dog guardians/owners are some of the most dedicated I have ever met.
These dogs can be incredibly hard to live with.

You can make a difference.

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12/07/2024

Mr Blaze saying hello 😍

06/07/2024

🤣🤣

06/07/2024

And we are 100% here for it 😅

06/07/2024

Can you spot Oakley ?? 🤔

Easy addition

03/07/2024

100% bed time what a day!!! 🤣

03/07/2024

REMINDER ‼️

Im taking a little break and I will be closed from 29th July and back up and running on the Monday 5th August

Thanks 😊
Sam

26/06/2024

These two beauties having some time in the garden today 😍

26/06/2024

A photoshoot of Pippa 🥰

26/06/2024

It’s the hottest day of the year so far, please keep your dogs inside where it is safe and cool! ☀️