The Pet Nanny-Norfolk

18/09/2025

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting lots of lovely cats recently, but I think this wins the best welcome 🐾❤️

15/09/2025

Please don’t forget to check gates and fences when letting out in the garden 🐶🐾

09/09/2025

Looking for something fun and rewarding to do with your dog?
I can highly recommend this! Johanna is a wonderful trainer and Fenton and I have bonded and learnt so much about each other doing this course. One of us is a little fitter too 😆

The TWO MONTH COUNTDOWN is ON until our begin! ⏰🤩

A full 6 weeks of our FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS Flyball beginner courses on a SATURDAY; we are so excited to welcome you in and meet all your incredible dogs! 🥰🐾

A reminder of what you get -

• Weekly Group Sessions
• Active WhatsApp Group Chat
• Weekly Schedule and Itinerary
• Progression Booklet
• Partner Work
• Individual Targeted Homework
• Trick Elements
• Play and Engagement Workshops
• Friendly Atmosphere and Team Aspect
• Hands-On Opportunities with Fully Trained Flyball Dogs
• Awards and Goodies
• YEAGER Callsign
• Certificate of Completion

The course is suitable for any breed, any experience and any age up to 8 years - we remove obstacles for puppies under 1 ☺️

🗓️NOVEMBER 1st - DECEMBER 6th
📍Applewood Countryside Park, Banham, NR16 2HE

💰£90.00 for the full 6 weeks (£15 for two hours weekly) with a £25.00 deposit to secure your place ☺️

We still have availability - Please message the Yeager Flyball page or WhatsApp 07496010807 to book 😊🫶

❤️🖤🩶🤍
Applewood Countryside Holidays

14/07/2025

⚠️🌊 SALT WATER TOXICITY 🌊⚠️

Enjoying days at the beach with your dog is one of the best things about summer. Playing fetch, swimming in the sea and running around on the sand can all lead to very thirsty dogs that drink sea water. Unfortunately, sea water has an extremely high salt content that poses a serious risk to our canine friends.

Consuming small amounts of salt water may only cause mild diarrhoea or vomiting, and you may notice you pet needing to drink a bit more water.

Consuming large amounts of salt water, however, can be fatal. When dogs ingest too much salt water, they can become severely dehydrated, so their fluid balance is disrupted. Such high salt (sodium) levels cause the bodies’ cells to then release their water content to try and correct the disparity. This in turn can cause potentially fatal health problems, most notably due to severe neurological (brain) damage and also kidney failure.

If you have been to the beach or near salt water with your dog and they then develop any of these symptoms, please contact your vet straight away;

🔹Vomiting
🔹Diarrhoea
🔹Excessive thirst or urination
🔹Disorientation or confusion
🔹Uncoordinated or wobbly
🔹Weakness
🔹Muscle tremors
🔹Seizures

The easiest way to prevent salt water toxicity is of course to ensure they don’t drink any! Practical tips to prevent salt water toxicity include making sure to offer your dog plenty of fresh water to keep them hydrated before they hit the sand, take fresh water (and a bowl!) with you and encourage your dog to stop playing and drink fresh water every 15-30 minutes. If you see your dog drinking salt water or suspect they may have accidently ingested a significant amount keep a close eye on them and contact your vet if you have any concerns.

It is also important to note that some sources when googling may suggest using salt water to induce vomiting in dogs and cats which is definitely NOT a good idea!

10/07/2025

A great course run by a wonderful lady who is amazing with dogs, very knowledgeable and very patient! My Fenton loves her 🥰
If flyball is something you’ve thought about trying I can highly recommend!

Sooo we said no more courses… we lied 🙈

The 🏆 is fast approaching, and as a small team we are already looking to next year’s championship adventure. And where is next year’s Champs being held? Why, Anglesey of course! 😍⛰️☀️🌊

For 2026, we’re planning to embark on the 7 hour journey to compete across multiple formats throughout Champs week. This will be a total adventure, and the first time Yeager has ever been to the beautiful venue. However, it definitely isn’t going to be cheap! Travelling to the opposite side of the country, camping, racing, partying (🤪), it all comes with a cost, and if our entry for the 2025 Champs is anything to go by we know we need to be prepared 🫣

So, in order to cover the huge costs of this, we’re building a “Championship Pot” to stash away, and thanks to the incredible and unwavering support of our training venue we are pleased to announce

📣 Yeager Flyball’s FLYBALL SATURDAYS!! 📣

From Saturday 1st November 2025, we will be running a 6 week block of our Flyball courses ALL DAY on a Saturday, 8:30am - 5:30pm. We have had so many enquiries about when our next FUNDAMENTALS courses are going to be - well, here they are! 🤩

🗓️NOVEMBER 1st - DECEMBER 6th
📍Applewood Countryside Park, Banham, NR16 2HE

FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS is a wholely positive 6 week Flyball beginners course that doesn’t just teach jumps, turns and fetch - it first and foremost focuses on fundamental skills that help to build a better, stronger bond with your dog and deepen your understanding of the way they work. Perhaps your dog doesn’t listen to you, you lack focus on a walk, you wish to strengthen your recall, or maybe you just want your dog to like you better - all this and more while learning about an incredible team sport? FUNDAMENTALS is the course for you ❤️

Over 6 weeks we put the dogs through their paces, using a plethora of different training techniques to teach focus, engagement, behavioural shaping and PLAY in a new environment and eventually against distraction. Building confidence week on week, we teach the basic elements of Flyball - the RUN, the TURN and the BALL - through active play, shape work, patterning, positive association, layering and building value for the tasks at hand, all the while giving you, the handler, the fundamental skills to train them 💪🏻

With attention to body language, reward system, obsessive behaviours, body conditioning and turn mechanics, this course is a whole lot of learning in a fun, relaxed, friendly atmosphere, and the team aspect truly makes the course worthwhile. Connect with likeminded dog lovers, build confidence in yourself and your ability, strengthen your bond, and most importantly have FUN!

What you get -

• Weekly Group Sessions
• Active WhatsApp Group Chat
• Weekly Schedule and Itinerary
• Progression Booklet
• Partner Work
• Individual Targeted Homework
• Trick Elements
• Play and Engagement Workshops
• Friendly Atmosphere and Team Aspect
• Hands-On Opportunities with Fully Trained Flyball Dogs
• Awards and Goodies
• YEAGER Callsign
• Certificate of Completion

The course is suitable for any breed, any experience and any age up to 8 years - we remove obstacles for puppies under 1 ☺️

💰COST💰
We have had to bump the cost up ever so slightly, a) to support our amazing venue and b) to allow for maximum donations to our fund.

The full course will now be £90.00 - £15.00 for two hours of training each week. A £25.00 deposit will secure your place, with the rest to be paid either monthly or in a lump sum by the final week of October - we want this to be as affordable as we can make it!

We have multiple groups available throughout the day - Please message the Yeager Flyball page, or WhatsApp 07496010807 to book 🥰

❤️🖤🩶🤍
Applewood Countryside Holidays

10/12/2024

Still a couple of spaces left!

Fancy trying a new sport in the new year?

*NEW* FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS 2025
📍 Applewood Hall, Kenninghall Road, Banham, NR16 2HE
SUNDAYS from 9:30-11:30, or 11:45-13:45

With 2025 fast approaching and Christmas just around the corner, we look ahead to January where we will be running another NEW AND IMPROVED block of our FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS course - this time INDOORS! 🙌🏻

Our team have made some exciting developments heading into ‘25, and after TWO YEARS of searching for the right place we are extremely pleased to announce we have sourced our very own INDOOR VENUE! This means we are no longer at the mercy of the weather, and can finally run a full 6 week block without having to reschedule sessions due to rain! 🥳

Flyball looks complicated, but when broken down into the basics it teaches fundamental skills that can be universally translated to other sports or even to everyday life. FUNDAMENTALS is a 6 week flyball foundation course teaching these functional skills, an opportunity for both handler and dog to learn together. The ultimate goal is to strengthen bonds and relationships between dogs and handlers, deepen the understanding of our canine companions, and to give a crash course introduction to this incredible sport. It is low impact, so suitable and adaptable for dogs of any age, puppies to “seniors.”

We have revised and improved the course for 2025, focusing even more on the team elements of flyball and building upon the WHY. New sessions, new booklets, AND new certificates! 😉

What you get:
❤️ Weekly Group Sessions
🖤 Active WhatsApp Groupchat
🩶 Weekly Schedule and Itinerary
🤍 Progression Booklet
❤️ Partner Work
🖤 Individual Targeted Homework
🩶 Trick Elements
🤍 Play and Engagement Workshops
❤️ Friendly Atmosphere and Team Aspect
🖤 Hands-On Opportunities with Racing Dogs
🩶 Awards and Goodies
🤍 Certificate of Completion
❤️ Opportunities to Join A Team

Over the 6 weeks we have seen our past course attendees truly blossom, and many of them have chosen to carry on playing after being bitten by the flyball bug. Dogs with no recall that could never be off the lead now responsive and attentive on walks; dogs with reactivity and / or fear aggression more comfortable and relaxed around triggers; and handlers coming out of their shells, pushing themselves out of their comfort zones and believing in their dog training capabilities. If you want to strengthen your relationship with your dog, meet some like minded dog-loving people and be part of a team, and add a few new training skills to your toolbox, come and try flyball with us. We truly believe it’s the best sport there is 🥰

£75.00 for the full course - £25.00 deposit, £50.00 due January 1st

TWO GROUPS AVAILABLE - Message the Yeager Flyball page, or WhatsApp 07496010807 to book or find out more

📸 Credits in the ad to Anna Webster and James Graeme

08/12/2024

An absolutely lovely Christmas meal once again with some of the other Attleborough dog walkers.
So proud to be part of a group of other like minded animal lovers who support each other both personally and professionally!
Looking forward to many more get togethers and a great 2025!! ❤️🐾🐶

05/12/2024

This is the course Fenton and I did last year and I can’t recommend it enough. There’s no obligation to enter the world of flyball after so if you’re looking for something new to do with your dogs where you can increase your bond and give them some extra stimulation why not give it a go!

Fancy trying a new sport in the new year?

*NEW* FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS 2025
📍 Applewood Hall, Kenninghall Road, Banham, NR16 2HE
SUNDAYS from 9:30-11:30, or 11:45-13:45

With 2025 fast approaching and Christmas just around the corner, we look ahead to January where we will be running another NEW AND IMPROVED block of our FLYBALL FUNDAMENTALS course - this time INDOORS! 🙌🏻

Our team have made some exciting developments heading into ‘25, and after TWO YEARS of searching for the right place we are extremely pleased to announce we have sourced our very own INDOOR VENUE! This means we are no longer at the mercy of the weather, and can finally run a full 6 week block without having to reschedule sessions due to rain! 🥳

Flyball looks complicated, but when broken down into the basics it teaches fundamental skills that can be universally translated to other sports or even to everyday life. FUNDAMENTALS is a 6 week flyball foundation course teaching these functional skills, an opportunity for both handler and dog to learn together. The ultimate goal is to strengthen bonds and relationships between dogs and handlers, deepen the understanding of our canine companions, and to give a crash course introduction to this incredible sport. It is low impact, so suitable and adaptable for dogs of any age, puppies to “seniors.”

We have revised and improved the course for 2025, focusing even more on the team elements of flyball and building upon the WHY. New sessions, new booklets, AND new certificates! 😉

What you get:
❤️ Weekly Group Sessions
🖤 Active WhatsApp Groupchat
🩶 Weekly Schedule and Itinerary
🤍 Progression Booklet
❤️ Partner Work
🖤 Individual Targeted Homework
🩶 Trick Elements
🤍 Play and Engagement Workshops
❤️ Friendly Atmosphere and Team Aspect
🖤 Hands-On Opportunities with Racing Dogs
🩶 Awards and Goodies
🤍 Certificate of Completion
❤️ Opportunities to Join A Team

Over the 6 weeks we have seen our past course attendees truly blossom, and many of them have chosen to carry on playing after being bitten by the flyball bug. Dogs with no recall that could never be off the lead now responsive and attentive on walks; dogs with reactivity and / or fear aggression more comfortable and relaxed around triggers; and handlers coming out of their shells, pushing themselves out of their comfort zones and believing in their dog training capabilities. If you want to strengthen your relationship with your dog, meet some like minded dog-loving people and be part of a team, and add a few new training skills to your toolbox, come and try flyball with us. We truly believe it’s the best sport there is 🥰

£75.00 for the full course - £25.00 deposit, £50.00 due January 1st

TWO GROUPS AVAILABLE - Message the Yeager Flyball page, or WhatsApp 07496010807 to book or find out more

📸 Credits in the ad to Anna Webster and James Graeme

30/07/2024

All garden visits today as too hot for dog walking! I think Kimber was secretly pleased 😆🐶

24/07/2024

Dolly scored a win win today, lots of sniffing opportunities and all in the shade!

Being a Dachshund, Dolly has an amazing nose. They have short legs which positions them closer to the ground enabling them to follow a scent with ease. She has sniffed my lunch out on more than one occasion!

They originated in Germany where their name literally translates as badger dog. Their long bodies and their super noses make them ideal to sniff out the badgers and get into the tunnels of the set to find them. Those who own Dachshunds or know someone who does will understand why they can be so bolshie. You need to be fierce to take on a massive badger! Definitely a lot of dog for a little dog 🥰🐶

24/07/2024

The Problem with Social Media

Very often when I speak to clients and new customers they inform me that they’ve been following some dog training guru on tiktok or facebook or one of the other social media platforms out there. They may even of bought a course. There are some really good on line courses on there but at the same time the dog training and behaviour industry isn’t regulated and often those with huge followings aren’t qualified and are taking complex issues and punishing the symptoms rather than addressing the cause. The really sad thing is that in many of these videos we are seeing dogs with lamenesses and postural abnormalities having methods used on them that will only serve to increase any pain that they are in and we are punishing what is essentially a communication and for many of those dogs they are protecting themselves as they’re sore.

When we want to change behaviour, we are looking at changing emotions and that takes time. Far more time than a 30 second tik tok clip and it’s far less exciting. We’re not looking to draw an audience or boost our egos, we’re looking at increasing your dogs comfort zone.

I have also had customers try to copy tactics that will put them in danger. Behaviour needs assessing in order to come up with the safe and correct behaviour plan. Resource guarding is one of those behaviours where there is an abundance of dangerous advice out there. Hand feeding is popular advice, but you’re putting yourself right in the firing line and for many dogs it doesn’t address the issue. Another horrendous piece of advice is to take whatever it is away from the dog, which firstly confirms for the dog that yes, you are not safe to have food around and secondly in doing so again makes the risk of a bite very high.
The very fact that the dog behaviour and training industry isn’t regulated makes it a minefield for dog owners and sometimes I even question how they’re supposed to make the right choice!!
Here is a guide to help –
🩺Ask your vet
🐶Look at the APDT, IMDT, ISCP, ABTC, APBC.
🐕‍🦺 If your dog is reactive or has a behaviour problem you should be being asked for a pain assessment prior to sessions.
😑Ask what happens if your dog gets it wrong. If the answer is physical discomfort, walk away.
🐕‍🦺Remember if you’re looking for help with behaviour then choose someone who specialises in that and also aggression and reactivity is very different to bite work.
🐕‍🦺Changing behaviour requires a holistic approach that isn’t just about the specific behaviour, it also involves lifestyle changes.

22/06/2024

If you’re in the market for a hard wearing paddling pool for the summer, these are currently on sale in Argos (I picked up from Sainsburys). I can confirm they are a decent size for a small inexpensive pool 🐶❤️