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About the Dog I’m a qualified, experienced trainer & Canine Behaviour Consultant with a proven track record of success. Let’s teach with compassion 🩷

I use modern science based strategies to create effective & force free training & behaviour modification plans.

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28/03/2025

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Another girly friday! I was joined by: Ellie, Molly and Daisy! -S❤️
28/03/2025

Another girly friday! I was joined by: Ellie, Molly and Daisy! -S❤️

28/03/2025
A behaviour consult and assessment with the fabulous Fred, a Welsh Terrier 😊🩷
27/03/2025

A behaviour consult and assessment with the fabulous Fred, a Welsh Terrier 😊🩷

Sad (I know) but I do get excited when new leads arrive 😀
27/03/2025

Sad (I know) but I do get excited when new leads arrive 😀

Another busy one 😊 Mac went searching for squirrels, Daisy had a walk with Charlie and did some butterfly chasing, and C...
27/03/2025

Another busy one 😊 Mac went searching for squirrels, Daisy had a walk with Charlie and did some butterfly chasing, and Carson went mine sweeping for nosh 😀🩷

When you’ve signed up to do couch to 5k but you can’t be arsed to get off the couch 🫤
27/03/2025

When you’ve signed up to do couch to 5k but you can’t be arsed to get off the couch 🫤

A busy one today! I was joined by: Millie, Charlie, Coco, Chester and Ginny! -S❤️
27/03/2025

A busy one today! I was joined by: Millie, Charlie, Coco, Chester and Ginny! -S❤️

Blimey! A busy one today! I had the fabulous Mac, Daisy and Robyn and 2 back to back behaviour consultations and assessm...
26/03/2025

Blimey! A busy one today! I had the fabulous Mac, Daisy and Robyn and 2 back to back behaviour consultations and assessments with the beautiful Peggy (Lab) and Mollie (Cockapoo.) Here are all the dogs I’ve worked with today, more information to follow tomorrow 😊🩷

Another beautiful day! I was joined by Ellie, Millie, Chewee and two others who were camera shy! Ellie had a really good...
26/03/2025

Another beautiful day! I was joined by Ellie, Millie, Chewee and two others who were camera shy! Ellie had a really good play on the field and Millie and Chewee had a really nice walk and were even chasing some bees🐝 -S❤️

26/03/2025
Another fab day! I was joined by: Coco, Chester and Ginny! Coco had a really good play on the field and did lots of scen...
25/03/2025

Another fab day! I was joined by: Coco, Chester and Ginny! Coco had a really good play on the field and did lots of scent work! Chester also had a play on the field and did some scent games too! Finally, Ginny had a quick meet up with Daisy which they both loved, and then we had a really nice walk around the village. -S❤️

Yeah Mac!! 😂
25/03/2025

Yeah Mac!! 😂

A collage of my floofs today 😊🩷
25/03/2025

A collage of my floofs today 😊🩷

25/03/2025

Ria doing some fantastic close work. And look at that loose lead walking!! 😀🩷

25/03/2025

Daisy has had quite the day!! She had a fabulous play session with Woody, but he wouldn’t stay still long enough for her to catch him 😊

These have been Daisy’s social group today. She also had a little play with Winnie. There’s no wonder she was pooped 😀🩷
25/03/2025

These have been Daisy’s social group today. She also had a little play with Winnie. There’s no wonder she was pooped 😀🩷

Carson completely aced his session. He even handled a dog who was having to be coerced past by its handler, all while it...
25/03/2025

Carson completely aced his session. He even handled a dog who was having to be coerced past by its handler, all while it was fixating on him! Did he bark, jump redirect? Absolutely not! He was irritated by the response, and had a look but disengaged beautifully!! Amazing work Carson 😊🩷

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Ria smashing her loose lead walking!!

Daisy has had quite the day!! She had a fabulous play session with Woody, but he wouldn’t stay still long enough for her to catch him 😊

Ria doing some fantastic close work. And look at that loose lead walking!! 😀🩷#germanshepherd #looseleadwalking

A little video about how our responses to potential triggers can have a huge impact on our dogs. Try the test at the end and see what happens with your dog 😊

I am beyond proud of this girl today! Coco started out as an unhabituated girl having spent her life in a crate in a darkened room as a breeding female before being rescued and rehomed by her new Mum & Dad. Coco had never experienced traffic, dogs, kids, tractors (and many more) and her responses to HGV’s and tractors involved lunging and barking. A programme of measured exposure, and this was Coco today!! A bit more work to be done, but I am thrilled with Coco’s progress 🩷😊

It was Ellie’s 4th birthday today, and so Sophie, Daisy and I had a little party and we were joined later by the gorgeous Maddie. We played lots of party games including a speed race and as you can see, Ellie got a head start, but it was her birthday 😀🎁🎈🎊

Charlie showing off his recall yesterday!
Charlie showing off his recall yesterday!

Charlie showing off his recall yesterday!

One of the main issues that I am asked to help with is reactive type behaviours, and the other one is loose lead walking. Guardians really struggle with their dogs pulling them on the lead and usually have tried all the methods that they read online (stopping, turning around etc) but nothing works. What we need as humans to understand is that walking on a loose lead is a skill, and that skill must be learned and practiced to perfect it. It does not come naturally to dogs to walk next to us, and we need to be patient and consistent in order to teach it. Here is Ria, a German Shepherd walking on a loose lead, and doing beautifully. Yes, she is on a harness (and no, they don’t cause pulling) no corections, slip lead, stim collar, choke chain or prong collar. Just good old fashioned positive reinforcement at its best! 😊🩷

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