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Heather's Personalised Pet Services

Heather's Personalised Pet Services Providing dog walking and pet visit services to Torquay. Tailored to your pets individual needs and preferences.

01/04/2025

01/04/2025

07/02/2025

I'm working on something very exciting...

Way back when I first got Puppy, the papillon and light of my life, I wanted something to do to spend quality time with her doing something we would both really enjoy.

I looked to see what was around and but all I could find were some agility classes which didn't feel like the right fit for us.

Looking back, all I wanted was a place to go where we could have fun together. With people that could help me learn to really connect with my dog and be the best I could be for her. Something that would help me schedule into my life, regular time dedicated just to the two of us.

Time with our dogs goes by so fast, let's make it count.

I'm working on something new and different that will be in-person for the people and dogs of Torbay.

I'm still working out exactly what it's going to look like. But it will involve:

~ Fun, connection based training
~ Enrichment for you to do with your dog
~ Learning skills and training tips to help life with your dog run smoothly
~ Fun challenges to complete with your dog

If you're in Torbay or nearby and like the sound of this, send me a private message with your email address so I can keep you updated and give you first access when it launches.

06/10/2024

Lazy recall training with Mable.

Mable started a game where she'd run over to Daisy then back to me.

She's choosing to recall by herself which means I have lots of opportunities to pair the behaviour with her name and a treat.

30/09/2024

Playtime!

29/09/2024

Happy 4th Birthday to Parsley!

Pup and Batman enjoyed their celebratory treat. Thank you very much!

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Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 16:00
Thursday	09:00 - 16:00
Friday	09:00 - 16:00

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http://www.heatherspersonalisedpetservices.co.uk/

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Videos

Lazy recall training

Lazy recall training with Mable. Mable started a game where she'd run over to Daisy then back to me. She's choosing to recall by herself which means I have lots of opportunities to pair the behaviour with her name and a treat.

Playtime!

Parsley Body Language

I thought it might be interesting to start doing some body language breakdowns. Here's one I managed to capture today. Parsley passing a fairly exuberant doberman (i think). Parsley doesn't always feel like being social with other dogs. Today was one of those days. Just like we don't want to stop and have a chat with everyone we pass on the street. Parsley very clearly communicated that she didn't want to interact with our passing friend, but it took him a little while to get the hint. This wasn't an ideal place for dogs to meet. Parsley passed other dogs during this walk, but had the space to keep a wide birth, suiting her much better. Dogs are constantly communicating during interations. It's important we understand what they are saying so we can see when one is being too much or not listening to the other and step in to help them out.

Taz meets cows

Taz and I had this lovely encounter yesterday. I was expecting some barking but he was showing curiosity so we waited and observe a while. His body language was quite stiff and he was somewhat hyperfixating on the cows, but he kept his cool. He's normally quite responsive when I talk to him but was struggling to disengage from the cows. I didn't want to let the hyperfixating go on too long and risk it escalating to barking, so I eventually added in turning myself away and taking a few steps back which he was able to respond to. He then gets the choice to go back to watching or too move on and he chose to walk away. I love that he was able to do that.

Daisy

Parsley consensually putting on her harness ❤️ There's still lots of room for improvement here, notice how she stops sniffing for treats as the strap is done up. Ideally I would have backed off there to show her I recognised her discomfort and built further her trust, however we were running short of time at that point. Even so, look what a wonderful job she did anyway in spite of my mistakes!