On Cloud K9 - Dog Training & Pet Services

12/12/2024

I've had a number of photoshoots with my dogs with Mucky Pup Photography, and Sarah has even won an award with a photo of Celyn 🥰. You will not be disappointed. Sarah is extremely talented, is great with dogs and has a fantastic eye for detail.

CHRISTMAS MINI-SESSIONS

This Saturday is my last day of sessions for 2024, and it's going to be Christmassy 🎅🎄🎅 So, if you're in the Christmas spirit (and your pets are too) pop me a message to book in. Spaces are limited.

The Details:
Christmas mini sessions (15 minutes);
1 high resolution digital file of the best image;
£35 for one pet

Feel free to tag your festive loving friends and family ⛄️

29/11/2024

This is my 18 week old border collie pup, Osian, AKA Oshi.

She was the model of a great puppy throughout my haircut. Osian has been with me for 10 weeks now and we’ve been practicing boundaries all that time. She was great. I’m so proud of her.

I’ve been lucky enough to be on the books of Cyrl Cymru gan R I C H A R D for a few years 👏. And I mean lucky! Richard is the premier curly hair specialist in Wales and is branching out and training hairstylists all over the world 😀.

27/11/2024

This is my 17 week old border collie pup, Oshi, trying to make friends in Dobbies. He respected her “ignore me” jacket 😁.

Oshi pointed out that there’s a 3 for 2 deal on some pet products, so she came away with 3 large JR pates which I’ll cut up for training treat 😁😋
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26/11/2024

My border collie puppy, Oshi, had a photoshoot with the fantastic Mucky Pup Photography last Sunday. Sarah gave us some homework 😁. I’m working on a noise that will give me eye contact without Oshi moving towards me. In this video I’ve upped my criteria from 2 seconds eye contact, which we’d already practiced, to 3 seconds which she struggled with a tiny bit. She’s also getting used to her brand new “ignore me” jacket.

26/11/2024

My border collie puppy, Oshi is now 17, almost 18 weeks old.

Her personality style is that she’s dramatic! She goes through a “can I, can’t I?” sort of approach to anything novel. If a dog runs up to her she screams and hides behind me. At least that’s what happened last time, which was a few weeks ago, but now she’s getting more confident! I’m careful to let her do things at her own pace and try not to put her into situations that are likely to have a bad outcome. I get negative feedback from some people - dogs “need to be socialised”, I “shouldn’t take her into Clyne Gardens” if she’s not ok with dogs running up to her, and so on.

Anyway, Oshi has *thrived* when allowed to do things at her own pace. If you follow my page, you may have seen the video where it took her *7 minutes* to pluck up the courage to meet my friend for the first time. My friend wasn’t scary, she was just the second person that she’d greeted since she’d been rehomed.

So, Oshi *loves* people. She’s cautious of dogs, but gaining her confidence.

I’d much prefer her to be neutral to strange people and strange dogs, so my training is now taking a different turn. I’m hoping to train people to ignore my puppy. I know this is going to be difficult!

In the last couple of weeks, Oshi has been called “absolutely stunning “, “ridiculously cute” and “the most beautiful pup I’ve ever met”🥰. This is all true 😁. The trouble is that Oshi knows it. I’m growing a puppy that’s super friendly to everyone, in fact, ahe expects to be worshipped. She thinks she’s doing the public a service by interacting with them. The problem is, that people are reinforcing her jumping up, and her belief that everyone wants a piece of her 😁.

I’m growing a puppy that’s likely to have problems disengaging from things that interest her, and that may manifest itself in lifelong behavioural problems unless things change for her. I’m growing her impulse control and ability to disengage and for a puppy, she’s pretty good, we could do better.

I’ve invested in an Aldi UK high viz jacket and added an “ignore me” message.

It’s really difficult for me too! I’m really proud of my puppy, and I secretly love it when people want to engage with her, and I tell myself that she “needs to be socialised”. I do know better though 😁.

17/11/2024

This was Oshi's (my border collie puppy) second Mantrailing session. She *absolutely* loved it.

I thoroughly recommend Afan Adventure Dog’s Mantrailing sessions. Mantrailing is accessible to all dogs - young, old, confident or nervous.

It’s a great hobby to have with your dogs.

I’ve met some lovely people on the sessions too, very sociable 🥰

10/11/2024

This is my border collie puppy, Oshi, practising boundaries at Swansea Albert Hall with Bobbi-Rae Dog Training and Behaviour after her social walk 🥰.

There was a Christmas marker there and we bumped into Gower Lavender 😍.

It was really busy and Oshi did really well.

Parmesan fries from the Italian Job were well received 😋.

Lots of people were telling her how pretty she was and she *lapped* it up. Note to self - maybe not the best place to take a pup that thinks she’s the best thing since sliced bread, and everyone deserves a piece of her 🙄.

10/11/2024

Oshi this morning, eager to get on with joining Bobbi-Rae Dog Training and Behaviour’s social walk 🥰.

Bobbi leads a social walk in different places with dogs on leads. It was great for Osian. I highly recommend.

08/11/2024

Osian’s first dog friendly cafe. Practicing boundaries at Dobbies 🥰

08/11/2024

This is my border collie puppy, Oshi, playing the sprat onna string game in the front garden. Tie a sprat to a shoe lace and take the sprat for a walk in the garden. Leave some sprats st the end of the trail. Let you dog sniff the sprats out. Purposeful sniffing (where the dog is looking for something with their nose) raises the dog’s respiratory rate from approximately 30 bpm to approximately 180 bmp! Dogs use about 40% of their brain when sniffing. Scentwork is both mentally a physically tiring. It also releases dopamine, the neurotransmitter that’s associated with reward and motivation. We’re looking forward to our next Mantrailing session with Afan Adventure Dog 😃

06/11/2024

I’m looking for people with dogs to walk with Oshi.

She’s 15 weeks old, confident with people, but not so much with dogs.

Please DM me if you’re up for that.

We’ll be joining in with Bobbi-Rae Dog Training and Behaviour social walks too.

06/11/2024

Dog first aid course 🥰

Come and learn how to look after your dog if they became ill, unwell or needed urgent lifesaving treatment whilst at home or out on a walk.
There is no doggy ambulance coming to help your dog out in the woods, on the beach, whilst on holiday, so the knowledge & skills you will learn on this course could make all the difference should your dog ever need your help! 🐾👍🏼🐾

Would you like to learn how to be your dogs life saver???

Our next Canine First Aid course is 24th November

More information can be found in the link below 👇🏼

Canine First Aid

06/11/2024

Osian’s doing some CPD with me 😁.

06/11/2024

Osian’s first trip to Singleton Park today. We practiced recall and met lots of people and dogs. Her confidence is great with people now and frowning with dogs.

05/11/2024

Busy day!

My plan is to do something new and something that she’s already experienced with Osian each day.

Sunday was lunch at The Woodman Swansea 🥰, Oshi throughly recommends the food and staff 😁.

Monday was first trip to the beach at Caswell and then she chose a toy at The Range.

Today was supposed to be the first trip to a dog friendly cafe, but the Junction is closed for the winter(my research let me down ☹️), so it ended up being the first trip to the beach at Swansea Bay. We’ve been for a little walk in Swansea town once before with Celyn, but today we had a walk through the Quadrant shopping centre. Oshi really does think she’s the star attraction 😁.

05/11/2024

Osian is 14 weeks old.

Her breeder, Lowena, put the litter through a puppy programme that’s designed to give the pups the best start in life.

Often people over-do socialisation and put their pups into situations that overwhelm them. I’ve tried to be careful with Osian. It took her about 7 minutes to pluck up the courage to greet the first couple of people she met when she was rehomed with me, but because I allowed her to do it at her own rate, she quickly gained confidence and now she flirts with everyone, whether they are doggy people or not 🙄.

It’s not as easy with dogs. She’s very cautious, particularly with bigger dogs. Yesterday she shrieked when 2 boxers took a step towards her. Most of the dogs she’s met so far have been on the other side of a fence and she can take her time in gaining the confidence to greet them.

This is called eustress. Is the type of stress, that when you overcome it, it builds confidence. It’s like if you had to do a presentation in front of an audience. It’s a really big deal the first time, but if it goes well it becomes easier each time you do it.

People frown at me when I pick my puppy up so that she doesn’t have to have non-consensual greetings with other dogs. They tell me that dogs just need to get on with it, and that they’ll sort it out between themselves. One person was offended when I asked them to call their dog back when Osian was on a boundary and clearly just watching the world go by at a distance, and told me that “dogs need to be socialised”.

Socialisation is so misunderstood. Please do it at a pace that your puppy is comfortable with.

05/11/2024

Just over 48 hours since Celyn left us. We’re really missing her. She hated fireworks, so I’m glad she’s going to miss the main firework display at 19:00.

There are fireworks going off at the moment, and this is Oshi’s response 😍.