Wendy's Dog Training

24/07/2024

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24/07/2024

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16/07/2024

***Awareness Post***

We've had two requests to search for dogs recently. Sadly they've drowned and at this time of year they have resurfaced before we could get there, leaving their owners with a traumatic task of recovering them.

There are a number of breeds that CANT SWIM or are POOR SWIMMERS. They can sink very quickly and with best efforts to save them it is often not possible.

You rarely get a second chance with water.

Your dog may never have shown an interest in water, or may just paddle. But dogs are instinct reactive and it only takes one accident.

Please don't take the risk. Please keep breeds that are known to be poor swimmers on a lead near water. At least then you have a chance of saving them.

Some of the breeds most known that can't swim/poor swimmers and most at risk are...

• French Bulldogs
• English Bulldogs
• Pocket Bully's
• Pugs
• Dachshunds
• Boxers
• Shih Tzu's
• Basset Hounds
• Corgi's
• Maltese

14/07/2024

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01/06/2024

20/04/2024

Sunday Social this Sunday 12.15-1.45
Nicola will be running the London Marathon so please book your spot by Saturday evening.
Thank you

05/03/2024

Can you help with this survey please. I would be very grateful if you could. Thanks.

Dear Wendy,

I hope this message finds you well. I am currently in my final year pursuing a degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare. As part of my dissertation, I am conducting a study on the public perception of dangerous dogs.

I have heard wonderful things about your business and given your expertise and influence in the field, I believe that the insights from your audience could significantly contribute to the success of my research.

I am reaching out to kindly request if you would be open to sharing a link to my questionnaire on your platform. The questionnaire aims to gather valuable opinions and experiences related to public perceptions of dangerous dogs, and I believe your could help me generate more responses that would be incredibly valuable for my research.

I am happy to provide more information about the study and share the questionnaire for your review.

Thank you so much for considering my request. I appreciate your time and support. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if there is any additional information you may need.

I am currently undertaking a BSc Honours Degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Wales Trinity St David. In order to complete my dissertation I am required to research a topic area. The topic I have chosen to look at is whether the public have a preconceived idea of what a danger...

06/01/2024

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04/01/2024

Had to share this. 😊🐾

Just a dog.
From time to time people tell me “chill out, it’s just a dog” or “it’s a lot of money just for a dog.” They don't understand the distance traveled, the time invested, or the costs incurred by "just a dog".
Some of my proudest moments have occurred with “just a dog.”
Many hours have passed being my only company "just a dog", but not for one moment did I feel despised. Some of my saddest moments have been because of “just a dog,” and on those gray days, the gentle touch of “just a Dog” gave me comfort and the reason to get through the day.
If you also think “it’s just a dog”, then you’ll probably understand phrases like “just a friend”, “just a sunrise” or “just a promise.” “Just a dog” brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust and pure unbridled joy. “Just a dog” brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
For "just a dog" I will get up early, take long walks and look forward to the future. So for me and people like me, it’s not “just a dog,” but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the memories of the past, and the absolute joy of the moment. “Just a dog” brings out the good in me and takes my thoughts away from myself and my daily worries.
I hope one day they can understand that it’s not “just a dog”, but the one that gives me humanity and keeps me from being “just a human.” So the next time you hear the phrase “just a dog”, just smile because they “just don’t get it”.
“Just A Dog,” by Richard A. Animals.
"Master bedroom," (1965) Andrew Wyeth
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01/12/2023

******EDIT******
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL. MY NEXT COURSE STARTS ON 12TH MARCH.

Next puppy course starts on Tuesday 9th January 2024 @ 6.45pm. Puppy classes - up to 12 months age
8 week course cost £80. Bookings only and £20 deposit required to secure a place.
Payments need to be made by bank transfer and details of those will be provided upon request.
All classes held on Tuesdays at 6.45pm at The Dog House
Unit 9 Gilsea Park
5 Mona Close
Swansea Enterprise Park
Swansea SA6 8RJ
Photo of Vaccination certificate required prior to commencement of the course. Balance of £60 will be payable on the start date of the course.

I use positive reinforcement and force free training. Course includes advice on methods of teaching your pup, recalls, loose lead walking, proprioceptive exercises, impulse control, target training, life skills and mat games.
PM me if you would like to book. 😊🐾

15/11/2023

RETRACTABLE LEADS ARE DANGEROUS.

Ten reasons listed here.

05/11/2023

Olsuf Osbernson
2020

I am a 21st century dog.

I am a Malinois
Gifted among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and always ready to work. Today I am being asked to lay on the couch all day.

I am an Akita Inu
Unmatched hound dog, my ancestors were also employed for dog fighting. Today I am asked to be tolerant with my peers, and I am being blamed for reactivity when one approaches me.

I am a Beagle
When I was chasing my prey, I would give my voice so that hunters could follow. I was leading the dance. Today I'm being put on an electric necklace to keep quiet, and I'm wanted to go back to recall in a snap of a finger.

I am a Yorkshire Terrier
I was a dreaded rat-hunter in English mines. Today they think I can't use my legs and I'm still being held.

Im a Labrador Retriever
My view of happiness is diving in a pond to bring my master back the duck he just drew. Today they forgot I was a sport dog, I'm obese and have to babysit.

I am a Jack Russell.
I am able to stand a fox bigger than me in my own den. Today people criticize me for my character and they want to make me a manchon dog.

I am a Siberian Husky
Experienced the vast areas of northern Russia where I could sled at impressive speeds. Today I have only the horizon for the garden walls, and the holes I dig in the ground for my occupation.

Im a border collie
I was made to work eight hours a day, and I am a flock working artist. Today I'm being blamed because, no sheep, I'm trying to control bikes, cars, kids in the house, and everything that's moving.

I am...
I am a 21st century dog.

I'm handsome, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I hold a bag... but I'm also an individual who needs to express their instincts, and I'm not suitable for the sedentary life you want me to lead. Spending eight hours a day alone in the garden, seeing you a little in the evening when you come home and not having the right to do any activity but a little hygienic walk will make me deeply unhappy. I will express it by barking throughout the day, turning your garden into a minefield, doing my needs inside, being unmanageable the rare time I find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days stale on my pillow. You'll think that I'm happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work: actually, I'll be depressed, because this evil is not the plight of humans but also that of the dog in the 21st century.

If you like me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic appearance make you want, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life worth living, and if you can't Offering me the job my genes require... so just give up on me. If you like my looks but aren't willing to accept my traits from rigorous genetic selection, and think you can change them with your own goodwill... so just give up on me. I am a 21st century dog, yes. But, deep inside me, still sleeps the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleigh, the one who led a flock. And sooner or later he will wake up For better or for worse.

Elsa Weiss / Cynopolis
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04/11/2023

Click on this link for a really good explanation of dog behaviour. 😊🐾

https://www.facebook.com/groups/974085839315953/permalink/6972086629515814/

27/10/2023

This is why Collies need to be tough cookies!

21/09/2023

I've been helping Gina with her owner and she truly is a beautiful girlie inside and out. She needs a quiet home as she does have some anxiety issues which are a left over from her pre-shelter days. If you are interested then please do not hesitate to contact me. 😊🐾

09/08/2023

23/07/2023

Climate change taking a grip!

“A hail storm in northern Italy led to ice flowing through the streets of Seregno🌧️ Read more on the story: https://t.co/0to2mCI27s”

16/07/2023

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Don't be afraid of the rain, the dogs love it, bring a brolly and shelter under the trees. Sunday Social tomorrow 12.12.15-1.45
Message us now to book

16/07/2023

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=591771529801760&id=100069067541164

This is the side of rescuing that people don’t see, and just don’t realise how hard it is for us behind the scenes.
Strap in guys, while I explain.

This is Marcus.

His owner contacted me to ask me to rehome him, because….
‘He barks at other dogs and people when out so needs rehoming ’

Marcus is a 2 year old patterdale x Labrador.

He had been owned by said owner for… 5 weeks.

He’s just settling in, learning his new environment and family, and at only 2 years old he will be rather overwhelmed as well as adjusting to everything new.

Barking is how dogs communicate, and express their fears, and also excitement.

When I asked his owner what training she had been doing with Marcus to help him overcome his possible nervous behaviour, the answer was ‘he’s had none’

I explained I am full at the moment but I will let her know when I had room to fit him in.

2.5 hours later I receive a call from a vet practice.

Marcus had been taken to the vets to be EUTHANISED.

Put to sleep.
To end his life, because his owner could not be bothered to put any time or training into him.

THANKFULLY, the vets refused and called us.
They spoke to their behaviourist while they were there, and offered the owner sessions to help Marcus- the owner declined.

Killing him was the easy way to end her problem.

So, of course, with fear the owner would then just go to another vet and put him to sleep- I made room.
I don’t have room, but I’m not having it.

Marcus has been with us less than half an hour.
He has sat, taken a treat very gently.
Has met 6 dogs- enjoyed a sniff and his tail hasn’t stopped wagging

He hasn’t barked yet.

Too many people are getting pets without any consideration to the time they need to adjust, and expecting them to be ‘perfect companions’ without actually putting anything into them.

Take some responsibility and invest the time into them, you chose them to be part of your family. Stop destroying them just because you cannot be bothered to help them.
It’s not their fault.

You are safe Marcus, and loved.
You will never be treated so badly again, and that I can promise.

14/07/2023

Don't shop....Adopt

24/04/2023

There are still spaces available on my next puppy course starting on 9th May 2023 @ 6.30pm. Puppies up to 12 months age
8 week course cost £80. Bookings only and £20 deposit required to secure a place.
Payments need to be made by bank transfer and details of those will be provided upon request.
All classes held on Tuesdays at 6.30pm at The Dog House
Unit 9 Gilsea Park
5 Mona Close
Swansea Enterprise Park
Swansea SA6 8RJ
Photo of Vaccination certificate required prior to commencement of the course. Balance of £60 will be payable on the start date of the course.

I use positive reinforcement and modern training methods. Course includes advice on methods of teaching your pup including clicker training, recalls, loose lead walking, proprioceptive exercises, impulse control, target training, life skills and mat games.
PM me if you would like to book. 😊🐾

17/04/2023

Own a Bulldog, French Bulldog or Pug? We’re offering a free breathing test for your dog, which will help you to understand your dog's respiratory health and how to handle any challenges.

Free Respiratory Function Grading (RFG) scheme assessments available on Wednesday 19 April 2023 at Whitsome Ark (Berwickshire, TD11 3NA) and Wednesday 3 May 2023 at Knighton & District Community Centre (Powys, LD7 1DR).

For more information about this scheme, please visit thekennelclub.org.uk/rfgs and to book a free assessment at this event, please email [email protected].

04/04/2023

They need to be tough cookies!

13/03/2023

I've got the Doghouse venue for this Thursday so that we can finish the course. Usual time so see you there.

13/03/2023

So sorry everybody about last week and having to cancel the last class. I am waiting to hear if I can have the venue this Thursday so that we can finish off the course. As soon as I hear I will contact you. My van is back in the garage unfortunately but I have alternative transport so it won't be a problem. Watch this space. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

07/03/2023

Really sorry everybody but tonight's class cancelled I've broken down and having to call the AA and wait for them in my van! 🙈