12/09/2022
Everyone meet Madge.
Now Madge is no longer with us, but she’s the little lady who really pushed me to learn more about dog behaviour and she’s the reason I studied canine behaviour and enrichment activities and why i’m passionate about walking dogs in a safe and controlled manner.
Madge was our rescue French Bulldog we rehomed when she was age 4.5 back in 2018.
She had severe separation anxiety, dog reactivity, every illness and surgery you could possibly think of and eventually her dementia progressed so much that we had to do the hardest thing and put her to sleep in April 2022.
She taught me that dogs do not have to be taught to like other dogs or to even tolerate them, I mean do we like every human we come across?
With her in my thoughts that is why I only offer 1-1 or same household walks and occasionally off lead plays with my dog if meet and greets go well.
As I cannot predict what someone else’s dog may do or behave like and as such I want to make sure i’m fully in control of the dogs in my care to best control the situation, particularly if i’m walking a dog who is dog reactive.
Lindsey