At Happy Tails our aim is to keep your dog happy and well-cared for as if it were our own!
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Leaving your pet at home while you go to work is never ideal but Happy Tails will work around your busy day-to-day schedule!
Our first post in a while, however despite the slight radio silence on our social media pages, we’ve been busier than ever with walks and training and better yet being recognised! We’re now listed in the best three rated Dog Walking businesses in our area for 2023 🌟🌟🌟
So grateful for being given the recognition and incredibly thankful for my loyal clients 🥰🥂
Bramble is such a sweet young dog. I love covering all the basics with him and aiding his owners in his training journey. He’s growing into a wonderful well rounded dog and we all love him! Well done Bramble 🖤
Friday Team!!! 👏🏻🦋💥
The weekend is here! ☀️🤝
Let’s talk about keeping our dogs safe when out in public and how we can ensure we’re doing this daily. 🦮
Along with the ability to walk your dog on a loose lead next to you, I believe being able to have a good solid recall around distractions is also necessary to keep your own, as well as other dogs safe on a day to day basis. 🗣️
What do I mean ‘around distractions’? Anything that your dog may find distracting. Be that other dogs, people, children, birds, good smells, deep ponds, bikes - you name it!
If you can’t call your dog(s) back they are not under your control. Anything can go wrong.
How can we test if they have good recall?
Can you get your dogs attention and engagement around these distractions when on their normal short lead? If so, test it on a 15m long line and keep testing it until 100% of the time they are able to listen and come back to you. Keep putting these reps in and build it up. It takes time, but over time, you will create more value in being with you than other stimulus. The major plus side to this is being able to relax and enjoy your walks much better because you’ll have peace of mind they’re under control. This doesn’t mean your dog can’t ever mingle with other dogs and people, but it does mean if you need to get them back, you can 💯
Are you currently trying to improve your dogs recall? 🗣️ If so drop me a message or comment below!
Daphne and Ciara have such a cute bond! 🐾🩵
We have been chosen as one of the best top 3 rated Dog Walking businesses in St. Helens! 🎉👏🏻
This feels like such an achievement considering there are now a lot of dog businesses in the area. We’re always striving to be the best at what we do and provide the best service we can to our clients.
Thank you ThreeBestRated.co.uk
4 Cockapoo’s and a Whippet walk into a bar … 😆
“You must have bribed them with treats!” Nope! They’re also not under some magical listening spell! 😂🧙♀️
Through structure, boundaries and expectations EVERY walk the dogs know what to do. They’ve learnt how to sit still and listen to me despite any motivating competitors such as whether their peer moves first next to them or people with dogs are walking past. The reward comes after this to pay them for the good behaviour. The Duration of time they can stay there without moving is built up over time. The amount of Distance I can get between myself and them is built up over time as well as the Distractions going on around them whilst being able to hold their sit stay. This is how you proof a behaviour and it takes time! It doesn’t happen over night but small bits of training amount to a bigger picture!
Happy Friday from us! ☀️😌🇬🇧
We’ll be switching off for a long weekend and back on Tuesday!
Our Pack Walk Programme: designed to build each dogs confidence whilst creating neutral and healthy associations to other dogs, people and their surroundings. We actively incorporate and build on every day life skills we believe each dog needs to allow them to be all round good dogs such as; loose lead walking, good recall and impulse control activities such as sit stays.
A little bit of training each day goes a long way ❤️🐾
This funny looking Jack Russell is my dog, Enzo. Without having done a DNA test, Enzo is Jack Russell cross Whippet. We rescued him over 3 years ago. At the time I was looking at rescuing a Springer Spaniel or Cocker but that didn’t work out. Enzo came to us with pretty severe reactivity, no recall and separation anxiety.
Enzo has now been on the Pack walks for a couple of years and now recently is assisting me on Training sessions and Group classes as my stooge dog. They say you don’t get the dog you want, you get the dog you need and for me, Enzo is just that. He’s taught me so much and helped me to grow as a dog trainer and handler.
He is my heart dog ❤️🐾
Happy Easter Bank Holiday Weekend ☀️🐾
Everyone please give a warm welcome to Ciara!
Ciara is our new part time Dog Walker. She’s going to be completing her training with us over the next 4 weeks. The next few weeks will be all about introducing her to the dogs and building individual relationships.
Super excited to be welcoming her to the team 🤞🏻🎉
Benny Boy! Being a mix of two high energy, high drive breeds, his owners have put a tone of work into him which really shows. He’s young, bouncy and super fun and always keeps me on my toes 🤪 We’re looking forward to upping his days on the Pack Walk’s and seeing more Benny ☺️
Chocolate Lab, Harold enjoying his walk this morning! 🌦️
I’m loving getting to know Harold. Being a typical Labrador he loves muddy long walks, swimming and of course a ball! I’m really enjoying make him ‘work’ harder for the ball as a simple game of fetch is very easy for him. We’ve been doing some blind retrieves in the dense brambles and working on a sit and wait before being sent out to retrieve the ball.
Good job Harold! 🥳
Kimi girl 💞 loved by all dogs and all people. She just knows how to work her audience 🐶
Cockapoo, Rufus looking extra Poodly after his big boy groom 🐾
Following on from yesterday’s question on our stories: Does a wagging tail always mean a happy dog?
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When we think about dog communication, dogs communicate a large percentage of how they feel through their body language. This includes with their ears, eyes, teeth and their tail. A wagging tail communicates excitement. Excitement in the dog world is different to the human world. It’s important we’re able to put a cap on our dogs excitement and arousal levels as an overly excited/aroused dog is not a natural or healthy state for your dog to exist in. I often hear my clients or passing dog owners say something like: “his tail’s wagging so I don’t know why he starts barking!”. The reality is a dog who is about to bite you will have a wagging tail. A dog who is happily searching for a retrieve will have a wagging tail. A police dog who is getting ready to be sent in to take down a suspect will have a wagging tail. Excitement can lead to frustration, frustration can lead to reactivity. As always, giving your dog the right amount of positive stimulation and a regular healthy outlet for their energy levels will undoubtedly avoid any unwanted excitement/frustrations in your dogs behaviour. Knowing this, I will always advocate to teach your dog to exist around other dogs and people/children, as unless you have an extensive amount of knowledge and experience with dog behaviour and psychology, you may be unknowingly putting your own dog or family members at risk by approaching strange dogs.
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Here’s some of the weekly Pack Walk dogs practising calm and mastering how to do-exist with each other 🫶🏻🐾
Happy Place 🥰🤩
It was Hannah’s last day today! We are so sad to see her go but Hannah has just been promoted in the police and is now going to be working Monday - Friday in her new role. We will miss her so much but wish her the best of luck and so thankful of how much of an asset she has been to the business. ❤️🥹
We all want to enjoy our dogs and give them the life they deserve, but sometimes we don’t always understand our dogs and how their needs can be different from ours as humans. By taking the time to really understand and listen to what our dogs are trying to tell us rather than what we think they might want, will change your life as a dog owner - it’s like getting to speak a different language! Your dog will love you even more for it ❤️
In training it can be easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated with your journey. But if you just start with focusing on one thing first, put all your time and energy into getting your lead walking really good for example. The wide spread ramifications of getting one part of your training nailed are endless when it comes to our relationships with our dogs. Like anything, you get out what you put in! Put in that extra 10 minutes a day into improving your dogs training and they’ll thank you! 🤞🏻
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When Olivia’s supposed to be helping wash down the dogs post walk but is fooling about with Nancy 🤪🤩 Toy supplied and handmade by herself over at @bk9_trainingsupplies 👏🏻💅🏻 #structuredplay #dogtraining #makedogtrainingfun #femaledogtrainer #balancedwalker #structureddogwalking #walkandtrain #happydogisatraineddog #getoutdoors #dogtoys #sthelensdogtrainer
We’re ready to walk into a new week with some cooler weather! 🤩😎
Happy Tails are looking for a Part Time Dog Walker! 🐕🦺🚶♀️ We are looking for a passionate and driven individual(s) to join our team. You will learn how to handle your own pack of dogs and gain an in depth knowledge and hands on experience with dog behaviour. We work outdoors in all weathers come rain or shine so we need the ‘outdoorsy’ type! ☀️🌧️🌳🌲 If you think this could be you please send a DM to learn more. Must have clean full UK Drivers License. Taking Applications now.
What a 1st session for South African Mastiff, Duke and his owners 🙌🏼 He’s a big strong boy at 18 months old and has been pulling his owners so much so that they have not taken him past the estate and onto the local field in the last few months due to his strength on the end of the lead. They even let me know he had all the neighbours bins over like bowling pins yesterday 🫣🤭Today we turned that around and both of Duke’s owners have handled him like pro’s 👌🏼 What a difference in just one session. Just on a personal and professional level, a win for me with my first Mastiff breed 😃🤞🏻 Looking forward to our follow up session ✔️
It’s super important to include at least some structure for your dog on your daily walks. If you’re constantly giving your dog the full length of the lead, not asking for any engagement from them and letting make their own decisions, chances are when you need them to listen to you they’ve forgotten you’re even at the other end of the lead 🙈 Our dogs don’t want to lead but if we’re not leading them they believe it’s their job to do so. This might look like; excessive pulling on the lead, barking at other dogs, jumping up at other people and generally not listening to you. Start incorporating some training into each walk and have your dog start to look up to you for guidance and direction and watch how this transforms your relationship 💥🙏🏻
🌟 Eric 🌟 Norman 🌟 Sam 🌟 Nala 🌟 • In this pack we have a rescue, dog reactive dog and a 6 month old playful pup. They are practising not only how to co exist with each other beautifully but how to enjoy being around other dogs! They make me so proud 🥰
The new custom fitted beds are in! These beds are 100% water proof and measured to fit exactly in each crate. Due to the nature of pick up and drop off’s the dogs can be in transit for some time so it is my top priority to ensure the Happy Tails dogs are safe and comfy! Check out my stories to see how today’s pups enjoyed the new set up 🥰✨
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