Oh My Dog • Luxury • Doggy • Day • Care • Devon

16/09/2025

It was all too much for Reggie🤣💛

10/09/2025

Our Eug🧡Eugene Bellard

10/09/2025

Absolutely cuties😍

10/09/2025

TEDDY🧡🧡🧡

05/09/2025

Yeap ...

04/09/2025

These two🖤

04/09/2025

Hello. I'm Myrtle🩷
I'm pretty shy but I love that at this day care I can just mooch about and lean on some humans without being expected to be an extrovert.

02/09/2025

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Delighted to let you know our recent government inspection resulted in a five out of five star rating.
"demonstrating exemplary animal care and operational practices."

29/08/2025

Beautiful Barney💛

29/08/2025

Whippets doing whippety business 🖤💜

16/08/2025

Love this description ...

The term "amygdala hijack" was coined by psychologist Daniel Goleman, and it perfectly describes what happens to a dog when they react. During a hijack, the emotional brain completely overwhelms the rational brain.

This explains why our dogs will not take a treat, cannot hear their name being called and why training at this point is the last thing we should be doing.

Think about the last time you were truly terrified. Maybe you thought you saw someone breaking into your house, or you nearly had a car accident. In that moment, could you have solved a maths problem? Recited your phone number? Of course not.

Your thinking brain was offline, overwhelmed by your survival instincts.

This is exactly what happens to your dog during a reactive episode. When you try to "get your dog's attention" or "make them sit" during a reaction, they're asking you to access a part of your dog's brain that's temporarily switched off.

It was never going to work, yet we end up feeling like we have failed because we tried.

This is often why working with our dogs in this way not only fails but can also affect our mental health and wellbeing.

15/08/2025

Ziggy💜