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Thought I’d share this because I find it amusing.. not sure anyone else will but we’ll see 🤣 … started to notice Peggy would look back at me before I even blew her whistle.. impeccable hearing of a Border Collie! So I started to reward it 👌🏼 Keep watching to hear me blow her whistle for actual recall, notice I mark and reward when she’s back with me vs when I mark and reward for hearing me touch the whistle, that’s because I’m marking for to separate things 1. Looking back at me 2. Coming back to me

What a week! A long but short snippet of some of my walks this week! Can you imagine how full my photo album is of dog dogs dogs 🫣 wouldn’t have it any other way 😍 🐾 Well done to all my clients on training sessions this week too! Love seeing the progress! Have an awesome weekend all of you! Love Meg 🐾

Sheepwork from yesterday 🐑 we have an amazing Trainer we work with in Suffolk called Caitlin Jenkins, Claygates Sheepdogs, she has an incredible amount of knowledge on sheepdogs and she’s really made a transformation of Peggy and taught me so much about herding breeds 🐾

Proud Pup Parent moment ⭐️ Sometimes we don’t realise how far we’ve come in training, it’s not until you talk to people about your past experiences that it really hits home how far you’ve come, it’s so important to never compare yourself to anyone or your dog to any other dog, all of us and all of the dogs have our own personalities, own experiences, own emotions and most important different goals! Peggy is a dog who would always stay as far away from me as possible, outside and indoors, it broken my heart and it was incredibly stressful when all I wanted to do was nice things with her! She was constantly playing Mexican stand off with me 🫣 NEVER in a million years did I think I’d be able to call this dog back, let alone call her to HEEL. WOW. I am so proud of her and of myself for battling through to get here. However .. we still have a very long road to go, I want to be able to let this beautiful lassy run free with no longline one day and to be able to trust her and to teach her a solid leave command. We still struggle with the odd reactivity issue but honestly.. from where we’ve been to where we are I’m so happy! Most of all… I know exactly how to get Peggy to where I want her to be, besides knowing that she’s not there! Thats because training takes time, I’m on this journey with you all and I’m always learning. I’m just so thankful me and Peg came together to get me to where I am now because truly without her I would never of had the balls to start this career but because I saw progress with her it gave me a passion to help others on their journey too ❤️ Also Peggy would never take food from me outside, I believed she wasn’t food orientated, I was very wrong! knowing when to reward with food at the right time and how to reward makes a huge difference! Lots of Love, Meg & Peg 🐾 *Video taken in a quite empty field = easier… if field had bikes you’d be watching something very different! Next step is to

Doing some ‘off leash’ heel work (she’s still on a long line) with Peggy. Peggy is an extremely driven Collie who lives to control most things in her path… she’s on a long line because I still don’t trust her around bikes ect, although she stayed in Heel past one today 👏🏼 she won’t be off this longline until shes 100% trusted. Any questions fire away or DM me - ANY DOG CAN HEEL you got this! 💪🏼

Such a beautiful lassy 😍😍😍

I absolutely adore this young chap! 🐾 What lovely heel work from Winston, his owner has been working hard with him putting in lots of training and it shows 👏🏼

What a handsome start to the day! Looking all dapper after his groom 🐾 Lots of sniffs around the fields today, then some training to get Zeus feeling comfortable jumping in and out of our van, it’s important to us the doggos feel safe and comfy during our transport so with the power of treats we got Zeus jumping in and out, well done 👏🏼 🐾 #dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogs #dogwalking #dog #doglover #dogstagram #dogoftheday #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalk #doglife #doglovers #instadog #dogwalkerlife #pets #dogsofinsta #puppy #walkies #pet #petcare #dogtraining #lovedogs #doggo #happydogs #southend #southendonsea #essex #greatwakering #essexdogservices

Just some short clips from todays fun with Zeus 🖤

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Turn up to hear some sniffing and ball catching with this handsome pup 🐾 dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogs #dogwalking #dog #doglover #dogstagram #dogoftheday #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalk #doglife #doglovers #instadog #dogwalkerlife #pets #dogsofinsta #puppy #walkies #pet #petcare #dogtraining #lovedogs #doggo #happydogs #southend #southendonsea #essex #greatwakering #essexdogservices

Had so much fun walking Zeus again today! His amazingly talented with his Sniff Work 😍 🐾 also very impressed with his loose leash walking, his Pup Parents are doing a great job continuing his training ✔️ 👏🏼 We thoroughly enjoy playing games with your dogs, setting a new standard for dog walks by incorporating breed specific play 🐶 #dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogs #dogwalking #dog #doglover #dogstagram #dogoftheday #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalk #doglife #doglovers #instadog #dogwalkerlife #pets #dogsofinsta #puppy #walkies #pet #petcare #dogtraining #lovedogs #doggo #happydogs #southend #southendonsea #essex #greatwakering #essexdogservices

After playing some fetch and having a good sniff it was time for Zeus to get his focus cap on 🤓 Today we worked on impulse control using a ball 🥎 Zeus struggles to focus out on walks so making him pause and wait before retrieving the ball will help him learn some self control 💡 After this we played a simple game of come and throwing a treat out to reward - throwing the treat rather then hand feeding creates more excitement & searching 🕵🏻‍♀️ We only play these games for 5-10 mins to keep them fun! We love this dude 🐾 ❤️

Lovely walk with Zeus today 🐾

You can’t beat a morning Canicross session followed with a little wind down at the end with a view like this ☀️ 🐾

Hope 🐾 we had an awesome walk today, lots of sniffs, ball & playing, you go girl 👏🏼