Pawfect Fit Dog Training

10/09/2025

Meet the lovely Hugo, his guardians contacted me for help with anxiety at being handled at the vets, relationships with other family members and for help with walking nicely on the lead. Over the last few months they have worked hard to improve the bond with his wider family, learning about body language and giving Hugo the space he needs when he signals that he is not comfortable. We have worked on handling protocols for vet visits and have also improved his walking nicely on a lead. There is still a way to go to get him to feel more comfortable at the vets but the guardians are continuing to work on this independently, following the advice given. Well done Hugo!

06/09/2025

A huge well done to Hugo and his guardians, Hugo needed help with walking nicely on the lead and his recall, on his last session today he walked beautifully on a slack lead and did really well on his recall. Well done Hugo!

03/09/2025

The lovely Peg has completed Puppy Home School, she was a bit reluctant to pose for a photo with her certificate and was more interested in the treat her guardian was holding. Well done Peg, you have done brilliantly.

01/09/2025

Why do we say if your dog goes missing stay at the point last seen?

The advice from DogLost Cornwall includes - 'If your dog went missing on a walk, go back to place last seen & wait, as they will generally return there, or to car park if you arrived in a car.'

A lot of the time a dog goes missing on a walk it will return to the point it last saw you and will often follow it’s own trail back to that point – that’s why we say it is important to stay at that point – and it is very hard to do.

You will be worrying and wondering where your dog is and the main issue is the direction you saw it go in may not be the direction they kept going in.

In order to help with understanding this visually, Annie, one of our Trustees & Instructors once demonstrated this with Search Dog Lexi (sadly no longer with us) and her tracker to show how they will often return back.

You can see on the picture below where they started from and Lexi’s original direction of travel to which she soon turned right, you can then see where Annie recalled her and although coming back in a straight line makes sense to us, she followed back along the route she had gone and back to where we were. If Annie had continued moving in the direction she’d seen her go she would be off the path of return and you can end up following each others tails, so to speak.

I hope this post goes a little way to show why we say, stay at the point you last saw your dog, it can be very hard and those first moments of worry set in, if there is more than one of you then you can keep someone at the point while others go looking in the area.

For more information about what to do if your dog goes missing please go to the DogLost Cornwall page.

31/08/2025

Well done to the lovely Bluey who completed his 121 Puppy Home School course this week, looking forward to seeing Bluey again in group classes to continue his Life Skills training.

22/08/2025

Meet the lovely Rusty who needed help with walking at heel and recall training. His guardian is still working on perfecting his walking at heel using the techniques we covered in our sessions, and he is making great progress.

He absolutely smashed his recall, 100% success and also recalled from play with another dog in our session.

Well done Rusty!

08/08/2025

Well done to Team Finlay, not only did he complete the Follow-On Life Skills course, he also smashed his IMDT Partnership Grade 1 test.

Keep up the good work Finlay!

01/08/2025

Well done to little Dottie and her guardian who recently completed the Beginners 121 course for dogs over 6 months. As well as covering the basics we also worked on gentle exposure to novel environments.

Well done Dottie, keep up the good work!

28/07/2025

Well done to the graduates from puppy class, Beau, Luna, Tulip and Beau and of course their lovely guardians who did all the hard work between classes.

Hope to see you on another course again soon.

23/07/2025

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22/07/2025

Meet the lovely Winnie, who was struggling with reactivity outside her home, she barked constantly in the garden, walking by houses where other dogs lived, places where she had previously seen dogs, cats or birds and was spending all of her walks scanning for the next thing to bark at.

Winnie's guardians were fantastic and implemented the suggestions which were made on my initial visit, along with a few basic focus exercises. Winnie's response was amazing and within a few short weeks she was able to go in the garden without barking, and was starting to enjoy calmer walks.

Well done Winnie!

08/06/2025

Well done to Ernie who graduated from the 121 Puppy Programme last week, he couldn't have done it without the help of Allison and Sarah who made a great team!

Well done Ernie!