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New Class Alert!Starting in May!"Dogs Club" is an informal social club and dog training class which is designed to be bo...
09/04/2025

New Class Alert!

Starting in May!

"Dogs Club" is an informal social club and dog training class which is designed to be both fun and accessible.

Suitable for dogs over 5 months who are able to cope in a class setting, and young people who identify as neurodivergent.
It costs £65 for the month.

Run by professional dog trainer, volunteer youth worker and neurodivergent human- Rachel Sheppard.

More information; such as accessibility details, location details, and class structure coming soon!

If you have any questions please message or contact me via
[email protected] or text/WhatsApp 07702049267

[Image Description: a poster advertising "Dogs Club" on a graded colour background
Text on poster reads-
*Dogs Club
Weekly dog training and social group for neurodivergent 11-18 year olds.

St Augustines BS14 OLL
Monday Evenings 6:15-7:15pm]

Starting in May!"Dogs Club" is an informal social club and dog training class which is designed to be both fun and acces...
09/04/2025

Starting in May!

"Dogs Club" is an informal social club and dog training class which is designed to be both fun and accessible.

Suitable for dogs over 5 months who are able to cope in a class setting, and young people who identify as neurodivergent.
It costs £65 for the month.

Run by professional dog trainer, volunteer youth worker and neurodivergent human- Rachel Sheppard.

More information; such as accessibility details, location details, and class structure coming soon!

If you have any questions please contact Rachel on
[email protected] or text/WhatsApp 07702049267

[Image Description: a poster advertising "Dogs Club" on a graded colour background
Text on poster reads-
*Dogs Club
Weekly dog training and social group for neurodivergent 11-18 year olds.

St Augustines BS14 OLL
Monday Evenings 6:15-7:15pm]

I'm hugely privileged to do the job that I do, and work with the people I do. I learn so much from all of you that I wor...
05/04/2025

I'm hugely privileged to do the job that I do, and work with the people I do. I learn so much from all of you that I work with.

Watching as Sol and his human absolutely smashed their Darwin's ADUK PA test this week made me so proud. Not just because of how effortless they made it look, knowing how much hard work has gone into getting to this point, but because it was done with the core value of never dulling this dog's sparkle.

They are a testament to how working dogs can keep their personality, keep their freedom and their joy, whilst also being highly trained and professional throughout. Those two things don't need to be in tension. We don't need poorly trained assistance dogs in order to centre their welfare needs. And we definitely don't need to squash our dogs into this work in punitive ways.

So thank you, for being absolute ambassadors of joyful, dog and human centred training, you pair of wonderful beings.

Image Description: Sol, a brown standard poodle, stands in a carpark wearing his brand new vest. I like to think he's looking a bit proud of himself. He should be.

"Two friends out for a pint"I love that our local shopping centre is dog friendly. It means we have the perfect ready ma...
17/03/2025

"Two friends out for a pint"
I love that our local shopping centre is dog friendly. It means we have the perfect ready made training location.

Image Description : little & large friends Millie Frenchie and Zelda St Bernedoodle are drinking out of one of the two tiered dog water bowls in Cabot Circus

A while back said "Your dog is your business card". I know he was quoting someone else , but I can't remember who. Anyw...
17/02/2025

A while back said "Your dog is your business card". I know he was quoting someone else , but I can't remember who. Anyway, it filled me with dread. My dog being my business card sounds awful, because my dogs spend most of the day being feral little goblins. As I'm attempting to get one of them out of tree she's climbed, or when the little one is barking at the postman, or when the big one is demonstrating that she can jump higher than my head - I don't really want someone to ask "what do you do for work?".

I've been thinking about it again recently though and I've changed my mind. I think it was insecurity talking before. I'm actually proud to be a dog trainer with a gaggle of chaos beasts that live in my house.
Because the chaos is them loving life.
Because the chaos is part of what means that they can act like very excellent assistance dogs on duty, and cope with quite demanding environments.

So this is my business card; nothing flashy, usually muddy, very happy silly dogs managed by a human who gets things wrong - who believes in you and your dogs too.

Image Description: Lily Schnauzer on a recent hospital visit where she was absolute perfection, after being a total feral gremlin in the morning. She's lying on the floor next to a bed and wearing her burgundy assistance dog vest.

CW: Dog illness (but also recovery!)Sorry that I've slightly disappeared off of the face of the earth. At the end of Sep...
23/09/2024

CW: Dog illness (but also recovery!)

Sorry that I've slightly disappeared off of the face of the earth.
At the end of September Lily, my most dependable, sassy, judgemental little medical alert dog had a FCE (Spinal Stroke). It was terrifying. She was rushed down to the amazing team at who took wonderful care of her.
While it's still serious, it's about the best diagnosis we could have hoped for. Her prognosis is that she recovers (hopefully!) full range of movement, with ongoing physio. She's on limited exercise but the condition isn't likely to be causing her pain. She's made absolutely wonderful progress, and has returned to her usual opinionated self ❤️

She (somewhat obviously) isn't working as an assistance dog right now. Which has been an additional challenge for both of us. Lizzie has been filling in where she can work wise, but it's very very different having your adult assistance dog who's been working with you for years and could do the job blindfolded, to your wonderful but still very young ADiT, who I won't push past where she's ready to be.
One of the knock on effects is that I have much much higher levels of fatigue than before.

So thank you for all the patience everyone's shown me in terms of my messaging, rearranging and generally awful admin.

Image Description: Lily Schnauzer (from before the incident), looking up at the camera. She's considering whether I smell like she's going to have to alert soon or not.

Here is the lovely Yoshi - a young cocker spaniel, who is absolutely smashing learning some cafe settle skills!Image Des...
03/06/2024

Here is the lovely Yoshi - a young cocker spaniel, who is absolutely smashing learning some cafe settle skills!

Image Description: a tan coloured showline cocker lies on the floor outside a cafe. A lead is hooked around a chair leg. He's looking up and lightly panting (on a warm day).

Today we nearly had an unpleasant situation which could have easily been much worse - but was avoided because of the qui...
25/04/2024

Today we nearly had an unpleasant situation which could have easily been much worse - but was avoided because of the quick action of our local
As we were about to leave the store after shopping two off lead dogs came in the door immediately in front of us, and their owner was drunk and very confrontational. One of the dogs was pretty neutral but the other had very very stiff body language, and got right up in Lily's face in a very tense way with a lot of posturing. The sort of body language I'd be concerned to see anywhere, let alone in an off lead dog inside a supermarket towards my on lead assistance dog who couldn't fully move away .
(Also shout-out to Lily who offered a couple of calming signals and then came back away when I started to back off).
The dog's owner then started to shout at me and Lily and she and the dogs kept coming towards us.

The staff immediately surrounded us and made a barrier between us.

I was pretty stressed at this point and a member of staff guided me and Lily into the backroom.
The person and dogs were asked to leave, but were still in the carpark.
So the staff waited with me, brought me water and kept me updated as to what was happening, until Sam was able to collect me.
They let me and Lily out the back and escorted us to the car.

I'm really grateful for how quickly they reacted, and how much they were able to support me through a bit of a panic attack.

Lily is mostly grateful that I bought her treats.

Yesterday we went to see the last day of the "Concealed/Reveal" exhibit at This home made wheelchair really stood out t...
15/04/2024

Yesterday we went to see the last day of the "Concealed/Reveal" exhibit at
This home made wheelchair really stood out to me. We don't know loads about it, but it's from the mid 1900's and it's made from a kitchen chair. And it's painted red. And it was painted red after it was made into a wheelchair. It wasn't just a red chair that the person happened to have, it was an intentional personalisation. It makes it so visible.

In a world that wants us hidden, exist loudly.

Image Description: Lily Schnauzer in the foreground, with the home made wheelchair in a museum display case behind her. The chair has two big pram wheels on the front, and one small on the back. The wooden chair and a wooden push handle are painted bright red.
Lily is wearing an assistance dog vest which has the disability pride flag on from .gear and a yellow lead slip.

About 12 years ago I heard this song about Caroline Herschel and was fascinated by her. Today we got to visit the which...
11/04/2024

About 12 years ago I heard this song about Caroline Herschel and was fascinated by her. Today we got to visit the which was her home. This picture is taken in the garden where the Herschel's discovered the planet Uranus.

Image Description: picture taken from behind Lily, who is looking up at the sky. In front of us is a row of old Bath stone terrace houses, and there is an archway with a climbing plant growing over it. Lily is wearing a star print collar from (because I like a relevant outfit)

Supermarket carparks can be excellent training locations.They're often busy, with a lot of noises, sights and smells. Bu...
07/04/2024

Supermarket carparks can be excellent training locations.

They're often busy, with a lot of noises, sights and smells. But because they're open you can usually make space between you and anything you need to pretty easily.

I've got into the habit of taking Lizzie for a training session for 10-15 minutes once a week whilst Sam does the little top up shop.

Today we practiced walking next to a trolley for the first time, and she absolutely smashed it. A lot of the cues we'd been working on in Rally classes with really nicely fed into it.

So, if you see someone with a gangly Schnauzer puppy, walking around Tesco carpark with a trolley and never actually going inside the shop - that's probably us!

What are your favourite non-traditional training spaces?

Say hello to Lizzie! 🦎I've had a little bit of time off, and it's been quite eventful! We went and collected this little...
10/02/2024

Say hello to Lizzie! 🦎

I've had a little bit of time off, and it's been quite eventful!
We went and collected this little (actually huge) puppy from a wonderful breeder, and she's been settling in brilliantly.

I'm looking forward to sharing our journey together.

Image Description: a pepper and salt Schnauzer puppy sits in a garden. She has a little pink breakaway collar on. She's moved her head to one side and one of her ears is flapping up

Livvy ( ) and Julia ( ) just completed their Public Access Testing training!This means that when I've worked closely w...
17/01/2024

Livvy ( ) and Julia ( ) just completed their Public Access Testing training!

This means that when I've worked closely with a client for a long time I can refer them to these guys for their public access test, to help reduce bias in testing, or mine and Lily's presence affecting the test dog's behaviour!

Image Description: Livvy and Julia stand in a shopping centre with Lily doing a middle with Livvy. Both are white with medium length brown hair. Livvy has a yellow coat and an orange beanie on. Julia has a long red coat and a dark green beanie.

I'm sorry for the lack of posts. Every time I open this app with something to post I see photos depicting some of the mo...
18/12/2023

I'm sorry for the lack of posts. Every time I open this app with something to post I see photos depicting some of the most horrific scenes I've ever seen, and then I feel my pictures of dogs and points about training and everything else just feels somehow irreverent.

But here is Sol the poodle with Lily, staring at each other and being lovely silly friends.

I don't have a more important point than that.

Image Description: Sol, a brown standard poodle and Lily, a pepper and Salt standard Schnauzer sit in front of a Christmas tree and look at each other. Lily is actually trying to sniff him in the mouth.

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