Pet Star Academy UK

24/02/2025

💛Curious About Trail Hunt International but Feeling Unsure?💛

Thinking about joining a Trail Hunt International workshop but feeling a little nervous? You’re not alone. Many dog owners wonder:
• Will my dog actually follow a trail?
• What if my dog doesn’t enjoy it?
• Will I feel out of place in a group setting?

That’s exactly why we’ve created the ‘Start with Confidence’ Mini Challenge—a fun, pressure-free way to see just how amazing your dog’s nose really is.

Over a few simple exercises, you’ll discover:
✅ How naturally your dog follows scent
✅ Why scent work builds confidence in both dogs and owners
✅ That Trail Hunt is for all breeds, ages, and personalities—yes, even yours!

You’ll also get to meet our instructors, ask any questions, and see why so many dogs (and their owners) love Trail Hunt International.

The challenge starts March 3rd. No equipment needed. Completely free.

Join us in the Facebook group to get started! Link is below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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16/02/2025

A brilliant 2 days of mantrailing with some excellent company.
Saturday saw our 1st valentines special, I think the goodie bag were well received. We looked at identifying the valentines card senders and finished with rescuing jilted lovers and cheering them up. All the dogs had to work really hard to solve the problems asked of them in high contamination conditions but they all did really well. Special shout out to Sid whose accuracy and focus has improved loads (he is a member of the Trail Hunt Originals Club). Personally I was well chuffed by Wally's scent ID exercise as that was something he occasionally struggled with in the past but zero hesitation this time.
This was followed by a taster session where hopefully we recruited a new team to join us on the next intro session.
Today (Sunday) we did a mix of woodland and urban complete with the serious distraction of a train arriving at the opposite platform. There were 2 intros with my new format - the dogs were absolutely brilliant, 1 team who had a 12 month break due to diary commitments - he soon put his handlers fear he'd have forgotten what to do and showed everyone one of the brilliant things about trailing is that you don't have to do weekly classes to succeed, 1 team who has been doing Trail Hunt International for 6 months and this was the first mantrailing since that. She has always been a good trailer but handler noticed some good improvement from doing Trail Hunt aswell.
And then there was my Wally who has been working more urban of late and I felt him really come into his own when he stepped back into the urban setting from the woodland. He has been doing Trail Hunt International and tracking (mostly hard surface) alongside his mantrailing and my goodness what a difference it has made. His last Trail was phenomenal the GPS on the trace wasn't keeping accurate as signal was poor at this venue, I wish I had got someone to film it now.

If you want to do more mantrailing give this post a 👍🏻, if you want to get started in trail hunt give this post a smile 😃 and if you really want to up your trailing game and give some tracking a go then give this post a 😮.

To round off Wally got to go on a quick walk with his best mate.
Had a long soak in the bath ready for Trail Hunt International club session in the morning

14/01/2025

Join me tomorrow live
(Wed 15th) 7:30pm to find out what's new in 2025 and some exciting announcements!

10/01/2025

Keep your eyes peeled I shall be doing a live in the next few days letting you all know about what is new for 2025 including an exciting new announcement...

18/12/2024

Our very 1st Trail Hunt International club session was a Christmas special.
The dogs all smashed it and very clear with their decisions at junctions. The trail crossing open ground was tricky as the grass was very short and it was breezy swirling the odour.
The pods were disguised in Christmas themed ways but that didn't faze the dogs one bit. Sid thought it was a great improvement to the game.
We all had great fun and I have next year planned already!
We even had chance to talk to some of the locals who took some flyers.

Annoyingly Facebook won't let me post videos and pictures in the same post so see the reel for the dogs in action

15/12/2024

Fear not everyone Christmas has been saved!
The dogs from Pet Star Mantrailers were on top form today and worked their socks off.
Here's the story...
Santa had broken down and so had to loose off the reindeer from the sleigh so they could look for help. These were rounded up again with the aid of a carrot each. Once they were all safe and sound it was time to find Santa himself and collect our Christmas presents. The dogs all got to choose their present from the sack.
Having saved Christmas it was time for lunch complete with the now traditional hot chocolate.
After lunch to celebrate Christmas being saved we decided to build a snowman and had to collect the hat scarf and gloves along the way. Inspired by Enigma Canine mantrailing games course I took at new year.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
I'll definitely be sleeping well tonight 😴

Also thank you to the locals of Helsby Hill for not tampering with any of the props in the day and having their dogs under control.

04/12/2024

Wow you guys made it into the promo 👏

🌟 Looking for a new way to bond with your dog? Trail Hunt International is for you 🌟

Find your nearest instructor with our INSTRUCTOR map.

📸 Credits:
Helping Hounds - dog training and behaviour management (Lancashire)

Pet Star Academy UK (Cumbria & North Cheshire)

Follow My Lead K9 Academy (Milton Keynes)

30/11/2024

There is still space on the Christmas Special Mantrailing on Sun 15th Dec and Trail Hunt International Christmas Special on Mon 16th Dec.
Grab you spot before you miss out!
https://bookwhen.com/petstaracademy

18/11/2024

The Trail Hunt International Originals completed the foundations course today! The dogs worked amazingly well including Wally he seemed to be back to normal (well normal for him) and worked the trails alongside everyone else well.
1st "Club" session already in the diary and as it's December it will be Christmas themed!

Want to find out more drop me an email: [email protected]. Coming soon taster sessions if you aren't sure but want to find out more.
Next foundations course will run in the new year. Keep your eyes peeled.

11/11/2024

I have been accused of not valuing my services or being under hand trying to under cut the competition (some of whom set up after me).
I keep my prices low because I value my clients and what I offer but understand we are in a cost of living crisis and want to be accessible to as many dog families as possible .

02/11/2024

From now to 29th Nov get 20% off all trick titles and warrant awards.

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28/10/2024

Halloween mantrailing take 2 inconjunction with Chloe Ding of Ascent K9.
Started off fine but then the weather definitely turned tricky! And graveyard definitely died a 2nd time.
Best ghost catcher definitely goes to Jude. She was having none of our silly antics.
It went darker much faster than the night before despite starting an hr earlier to accommodate the clock changing.
Date for your diary is 26th Oct 2025. We'll be getting together again for another collaborative Halloween.
Keep an eye on your emails tonight for your certificates (also check your junk mail folder).

Thanks again for the pumpkins go to our friends at Scurry Dog . They mostly found another home again spreading more joy.

27/10/2024

Pumpkin tracking the phantom pumpkin snatcher wearing a pumpkin!

26/10/2024

Brilliant 1st night of Halloween mantrailing joint event with Ascent K9.
We started with a warm-up tracking the phantom pumpkin snatchers, they were nowhere to be seen but we did recover the pumpkins. (It's important not to abandon your pumpkins in woodland as they are good for wildlife).
Then there was a murder and ghostly goings on out on the fairway. Taking scent from a murder weapon and a hovering (walking) find.
Concluding with a scent ID in a graveyard of the waking dead.
Lots of 1sts for most of the dogs but they were all brilliant. Special mention to Amber who has doe a lot of training and Rhi told me she had been quite frightened of things this week but she trailed like a trouper and I think ever challenge was a new one for her!
The spooky bingo was won by Megan and prize for best fancy dress awarded to Julie and Dill.
Bet you all wish you had braved the dark now. We will be getting together again next year.

Thank you to our friends at Scurry Dog for the donation of the pumpkins 🎃

Oh and I saw Paddington on the way there.

26/10/2024

Halloween mantrailing is underway...

19/10/2024

last chance to get in on the last spots on the 1st intensive introduction course for Trail Hunt International Starting this monday! Haddocks playing fields runcorn.
Book here asap: https://bookwhen.com/petstaracademy/e/ev-sw1s-20241021100000