Paws4Fun

03/12/2025

This job is hard 🐾🐾

This is one of those jobs that is a calling, a passion, that is as it should be.
Like many others i have had a tough year, many new trainers popping up, some with little experience and little or no qualifications, this is an unregulated profession. A qualification if someone chooses to get one can cost as little as £25.
Some trainers are Balanced, this means they are happy to use aversive methods and tools, such as Garotte, lead corrections, check chains, slip leads and worse.
Please check who you are working with, their experience, their methods, their qualifications are worth traveling for and paying for.
Your trainer’s ethics need to align with yours, your dog and your self need to be happy and enjoying training.
Have Fun !
This is what happy looks like.

02/12/2025

We have places available in puppy class. Please feel free to ask any questions.
Puppy life skills and support.

26/11/2025

This is not the whole of Germany, love this.

Want a dog in Germany? Better study up—new owners need to pass both written and practical tests first.

24/11/2025

Herding Behaviour in an urban setting 🐾🐾

Im so lucky to be able to work with so many special dogs, my breed obsession is a herding type so i really do have the T-shirt !
Complex, super inteligent, herding dogs especially if farm bred so no early socialization to urban life, sheepdog genes not show line genes.
And i love the challenge.
Meet my new client !

22/11/2025

Saturday Sniffers club 🐾🐾

we had a great morning, with dogs now working really well with their passive indication. We have space for a beginner if you are interested in trying this with a fun force free non competitive group.

22/11/2025

I am a trainer with Darwin dogs, Darwin are in on the fight to make acceptance of assistance dogs more regulated.

Setting standards for the assistance dog industry since 1987

22/11/2025

Are you meeting your dogs needs 🐾🐾

for most dogs this is more that a stroll around the block twice a day, breed needs are an important consideration to help your dog have a happy fulfilled life. We offer Scentwork at Longham on Saturdays, its a fun non competitive group.
Here is Jamie explaining his thoughts, https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18ooSBJAWR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

18/11/2025

Often working with dogs with behavioral problems, even though i put great emphasis on the Wholistic approach its hard for guardians to see the whole picture because they focus on the behavior that is a problem to them, forgetting or not realizing the whole picture has created the problem. Im not sure why some people don’t get it but obviously this is also the case for us humans too.

Behaviour doesn’t happen in isolation. To truly understand animals, we need to look beyond cues and reinforcers, and consider the whole picture.