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The Founder of Dog In Black

My name is Madika, I share the role of parent with Nikita and my little bundle of trouble is called Kush. We collected Kush as a puppy, he was a really intelligent dog, very easy to train and extremely adorable, it was love at first bite. As parents, we dedicated our full attention to giving Kush the best start in life and as time went on my connection with him grew and grew. Nikita and I both took time off of work to care for him, we would spend all day training, playing and caring for his every need, unfortunately Kush was a sickly pup, so he needed a lot more attention. Kush also had a fear of people and no matter how much training we did with him he would not take to anyone but us.

His fear of people made it very hard to find a walker to care for him whilst we were at work, which meant working a 9 to 5 was no longer an option for me. I had taken on this adorable responsibility and wanted to keep him as happy as he could possibly be, so I made the decision to quit my job and care for my pup while Nikita went back to work. Puppies are much like babies, they eat, whine, p*e, sleep and repeat! Kush had a habit of waking us up at 4am to go to the toilet. We would go on short walks at 4am as Kush seemed to love to be out early hours of the morning. We started noticing that he loved being out for long periods of time and when he was at home he would lay or sit on the balcony howling, looking out at the big wide world, so we gradually extended his walks, 4am – 7am and then again from 11am – 5pm. He would come home eat his dinner and go straight to bed, he seemed much happier and was slowly becoming more adjusted to people. People thought I was crazy to be out for such long lengths of time but I am extremely adventurous. I love the outdoors and being at one with nature, so being outside was as enjoyable for me as it was for him. They do say dogs are like their owners!

Kush was very playful and troublesome, he was also constantly coming down with new illnesses so we would spend a lot of time training him, researching new ways to train him and natural remedies to cure his illnesses. This gave me an insight on different dog breeds, behavioural problems and causes for them, it was helping me improve my knowledge of my dog and other dogs. I put what I had learnt to use and started taking online courses, behaviour training, first aid, learning how to make dog-friendly natural remedies and healthy homemade dog treats and many more great courses.

Whilst out on walks with Kush, we would meet lots of other doggy parents who were always happy to stand and chat with me. Kush being his usual troublesome self attracts a lot of attention, his huge personality and strange look led people to want to come over, (not that this is what he wanted as his fear of people remained). Over time Kush made multiple friends through out Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Wapping, Poplar and Islington, we were constantly asked if people could join us on our adventures and we were more than happy for them to.

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