Cassie Johnson Canine Consultant

26/06/2024

Irresponsible dog owners, honestly!

03/05/2024

I've been very quiet on my page as I've had no new clients for a few years now. Not anyone fault but my own. I've got a full time job which I love, but, it also takes up most of my life! I'm always open for advice though so if anyone would like some dog training advice, even though I'm not 'accredited ' (hate that word as it would cost me £4000 worth of courses to do this) I've seen quite a few clients over the last years and no complaints. Pm me if you have any questions you'd like answered.

27/08/2023

You’re on a walk and you see a dog on a lead. Your dog is running free.

Q: What should you do next?
(Cue *who wants to be a millionaire* music).

Is it:
A: put your dog on a lead
B. Let your dog run over and say hello.
C: Shout “Don’t worry, he’s friendly.”
Or
D: What dog? You were playing candy crush.

The answer is…. A.

Did you get it right?

Many dog owners don’t. They don’t understand what a negatively life-altering situation a rogue dog can be for on-lead walkers.

Here’s why:

Dogs you don’t know could be on lead for 100s of reasons.

They could be blind.
They could be recovering from surgery.
They could be deaf.
They could be aggressive.
They might be scared of being approached by strangers.
They might be training.
They could be a service dog.
They may be a rescue.
They might be terrified of dogs they don’t know.
They could be elderly or physically vulnerable.
They might simply prefer to walk on lead.

In the end, it doesn’t matter why they are on a lead. It’s none of your business. But what is your business is CONSENT.

Leads are a little flag that say “don’t come close”.

When you see them, putting your dog on a lead is respectful. You show the other owner that you CARE about their choice and consent. It doesn’t matter if your dog has 100% perfect recall. You respect the other person and their dog enough to be courteous and kind to uphold everyone’s safety by making absolutely sure everyone is on a lead (no matter how much you trust your dog).

As a person who is often walking a dog on lead for all of many the reasons listed, I can’t tell you how my heart sings when I see someone extend this gesture to me and my pack.

Your dog has no right or business running up to ANYONE (dog or human) without clear PRIOR consent to do so.

You have a responsibility to ensure your dog is in control in a public place. Failing to recall is an offense. It counts as a dog out of control in a public place.

14/06/2023

Common sense

03/05/2023

Great website. Don't feed dogs cheap.. you wouldn't put second grade oil into a ferrari!

Updated 40+ brands today, with new pricing and ingredients including Tesco Complete. Unfortunately the update did nothing to improve their nutrition score (links in comments).

Yes it is cheap but we struggled to find any other positives. 4% total meat - enough said.

It is easy to cast judgement on people feeding this food, but unless you understand food labels (which many people do not, even for human food) then it is easy to see why this type of product continues to be popular.

Thoughts?

You can also find other foods reviewed, at a similar/marginally higher cost in the dog directory:

https://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/the-dog-food-directory

08/04/2023

Useful information

10/01/2023

21/11/2022

Don't buy them

15/07/2022

🐕 Hi everybody 👋 Wilbur here ☺️, I just wanted to check in because nobody has come to see me and I wondered if you’d forgotten about me 🙈 I don’t mind though, I know how busy everyone is and I’m being a really good boy for my carers ♥️ if I could ask one thing though, if you wouldn’t mind sharing my post so my new parents can find me I would really appreciate it 🙏

Here is all about me…

https://www.facebook.com/1641172009434480/posts/3159269150958084/

16/05/2022

This made me smile

15/04/2022

Worth a thought🤔

13/08/2021

Looking forward to this tomorrow

ONLINE DOG REACTIVITY MASTERCLASS - LIVE

13/08/2021

COPIED from another page !!😂

The other day I was at the local public park (not a dog park, but dogs are allowed there). We were walking along in a high movement area so I had my dog on a leash. Another dog, off leash, sees us and starts approaching.
My dog needs her space so we start moving away, but the dog got to us before we could leave. My dog was stressing a little so I politely said to the woman, sorry my dog doesn't want to play and ushered her dog away.
Her dog gets the message and moves on.
Quite good, right? Here comes the juicy part:
As I’m leaving the owner comes to me with a speech more or less like this:
Hey, if your dog is nervous and doesn’t even want to play with other dogs, go somewhere else! Don’t come to the park and ruin other dogs fun.
I heard this and a wave of fury started taking over, but suddenly I think I had a lightbulb moment and switched gears completely.
With the biggest, friendliest smile, I opened my arms as wide as I could and said Ohhhhh! Come here... I want to give you a BIG hug!
With panic in her eyes she backs up, speechless and quickly starts walking away.
I said "Hey, don’t run, I’m so friendly, come on, I only want to give you a hug! I’m friendly I promise... I just want to Hug You!"
Still speechless and backing away with terror now, I said "Wait, You don’t want my friendly hug?"
She yelled No!
I said "Well neither does my dog! Have a nice day.!!!"
As I walked away, I saw her just standing there, speechless and she was leashing her dog! 😅
I think I’ll try this approach more often 🤣

10/06/2021

Use common sense people! If it's too hot for you, it's too hot for them!