Rebecca Howe Pet Services and Dog Training

31/05/2023

Upcoming Puppy School courses:
(for puppies up to 20 weeks)

Sunday 4th June - 6pm - 1 place available

Sunday 9th July - 3.40pm - 5 places available

Thursday 27th July - 7.30pm - 5 places available

All courses are 6 weeks long and held in Sampford Peverell Village Hall. Please get in touch if you have any questions or if you would like to book a place you can do so on the booking system

We never share your data with third parties, except our sponsor Natures Menu Ltd, who will send your Puppy School training manual to you in the post, as well as some vouchers to save money on their puppy food and treats.

23/12/2022

Just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you so much for the support over the last year. I’ve enjoyed working with so many amazing people and dogs over the last year.
I’m hoping you all manage to have a break to enjoy time with family and friends. I will be taking a short break and will return to work on Tuesday 3rd January. I will check in with messages from time to time but I will be slow to respond.

There are courses starting in the New Year:

Sunday 8th January - Dog Parkour (7.10pm)

Sunday 15th January :-
Puppy School - 6pm
Puppy Pro’s 4.50pm
Puppy Explore 7.10pm

Thursday 19th January - Puppy School (7.30pm)

I will add more information about upcoming courses next week, Please get in touch for more information and to book a place. Puppy School courses can still be booked directly on the booking system.

Look forward to seeing you all in the New Year 😊

03/10/2022

Puppy Parkour fun class

A one hour class for puppies up to 6 months old. During the class we will give puppies a chance to explore and have a go at Parkour as well as helping them to settle in a novel environment.

Thursday 6th October at 6.20pm. £11 per place, limited places
For more information or to book a place please get in touch 🙂

17/12/2021

07/10/2021

It’s been a busy few weeks here! Lots of 1-1 sessions and classes, its been so lovely to be part of your training with your companions.
I’ve also been doing some more CPD over the last few weeks, participating in an ACE course. As dog trainers we need to know about dog psychology but we look at the dog as a whole and so there are a lot of things we need to know about. I love getting the opportunity to connect with other trainers whether they are local, the other side of the country or from another part of the world. This gives us all an opportunity to increase our knowledge and skills as everyone will come from different backgrounds with different experiences. The dog training community is such a lovlely and supportive bunch of people!
I will now be taking a few days off to spend some much needed quality time with Blaze at the beach. I will be catching up with messages and calls today but will be off work tomorrow (Friday 8th) until Wednesday 13th October. I will try and respond to some messages while away but apologies for any delays.

27/08/2021

Good news! The JR order of chews arrived today! A big selection which will be available in classes or for local delivery/collection.

I am now off work for a few days and will be back on Wednesday 1st September. Blaze is currently recovering from a little op so I will be focusing on him but I will reply to messages and emails as quickly as I can.

Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend! 😊

14/08/2021

Upcoming Puppy School courses
(for puppies between 12 - 20 weeks)

12th August - FULL

22nd August - FULL
(No class 29th August)

5th September at 3.40pm - FULL
(No class 10th October)

23rd September at 7.30pm - FULL

17th October at 6.00pm - 5 places

Classes are held in Sampford Peverell Village hall

Please be aware that during the classes we will continue to wear face coverings and social distance to ensure everyone is safe and feels comfortable in the class environment.

To book a place please follow the link to the booking system https://client.puppyschool.co.uk/booking/PS/CF8F0C9C-929C-4A62-B802-E552AAB589E4

We never share your data with third parties, except our sponsor Natures Menu Ltd, who will send you a FREE Gift Box packed full of tasty, delicious goodies for your puppy, including some treats for you to bring to class, free puppy food and vouchers to activate with your tutor to continue to receive...

14/08/2021

Does wearing trainers make me run? No.

If I choose to run trainers support my feet and protect me from injury. But they're not the reason I run. If I run it's because of how running makes me feel.

Does wearing a harness make my dog pull? No.

If my dog chooses to pull a harness protects his neck from injury*. But it's not the reason he pulls. If he pulls it's because of what pulling achieves...normally that it gets him to where he wants to go more quickly.

Consequences drive behaviour. Not equipment. Harnesses don't make a dog pull any more than my trainers make me run. But they do make it safer.

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* 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦...

𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘑., 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚. 𝘔𝘤𝘕𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘓., (2020). "𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭." 𝘝𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥.

𝘒𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘑. (2007). 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦: 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳: 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2–5.

𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘴
𝘈𝘮𝘺 𝘔. 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘪, 𝘋𝘝𝘔; 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘋𝘝𝘔, 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘊𝘝𝘖; 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘯 𝘈. 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘩𝘭, 𝘋𝘝𝘔, 𝘔𝘚, 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘊𝘝𝘖; 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘌. 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘋𝘝𝘔, 𝘔𝘚, 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘊𝘝𝘖
𝘑 𝘈𝘮 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤 (2006) 42 (3): 207–211.

12/08/2021

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here! Last Thursday we had some graduations, on Sunday i was invited to do some judging and give a talk on ACE Free Work at the SOS Romanian Rescue Fun Dog Show and this week has seen lots of 1-1 training sessions as well as some new puppies starting their courses!
I’m currently a little busy at home with several things including looking after a poorly Blaze so I apologies if I am a little slow to reply to messages. I will catch up this weekend.
Hoping everyone enjoys their weekend! 🙂

08/08/2021

CAM is an amazing organisation with brilliant free resources to help dog owners. The Big Walk should be a lot of fun and a way to help raise some funds for this great cause. We are looking forward to joining the fun next month

Come and join us in celebrating our arthritic dogs in the CAM Big Walk 2021! Take a VIRTUAL adventure through Valley of the Kongs, Central Bark, Bandana Beach and more exploring a different place each day for 30 days with a series of emails filled with tips, advice and soundbites from experts with an exclusive Facebook group filled with competitions and our daily bingo game with a different activity to do each day with your dog from showing off your home adaptations to little adventures in the great outdoors.

With three packages available to suit every budget it promises to be a fun event and an escape from what our dogs can’t do to what they CAN do!

Find out more and sign up today! - https://caninearthritis.co.uk/thebigwalk2021

18/07/2021

Hoping everyone is keeping cool!
With the hot weather set to stay around for several days there will be no daytime walks during the week and instead I will be doing house/garden visits to those who need them to provide the dogs with a toilet break and company.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!