Happy Pets Services

21/11/2025

We took the dogs and to Windsor Illuminated again this year . Another great display 🎄The photos are courtesy of my daughter 😊

21/11/2025

Living with an anxious, scared or reactive dog .
I’ve been called me a f**king w**re.because I asked you to call your dogs away.
I’ve been told my dog is friendly. Great good for you. Mine is scared.
I’ve been told I should have a nicer dog. You couldn’t find a more loving dog than Ivy.
I’ve been told she should have been socialised more. She’s been perfectly socialised. Thank you.
I’ve been told I shouldn’t bring her out and she should be muzzled if I have an aggressive dog. Firstly, she is not aggressive, and my control of her is an instant call to my side, unlike many of the dogs out and about.
It’s the backhanded comments or muttering that you just catch. Do you know how it feels to have to put up with this on a daily basis, it is depressing to say the least.
This kind of daily abuse because let’s not sugar coat this, this is what it is, is soul destroying for the owners of anxious or scared dogs. They work hard with their dogs to make life for both of them easier, but every time that dog gets a loose dog in their face or one that just won’t go away it pushes back the training they are doing.
I have to think about where I will walk at weekends and in holidays as there are so many dogs whose recall is sketchy to say the least.
Ivy does not bark, lunge or growl. Instead she freezes and will scream if chased. My side is her safe place and I hold her collar until the dog has gone past.
I stopped competing with her in agility as I thought agility folk would be better but they’re not. All the yellow dog products in the world don’t seem to make a difference.
We are asking for you to give space. Space to make that dogs life easier. Space to make that dog owner’s life easier. It’s 10-20 seconds of calling your dog away.
We are not asking for your watch or your phone or the keys to your car.
Do you know can make someone’s day if you understand.
Ivy’s only ‘crime’… being chased by 6 dogs, none of whom could be called back to the dog walker walking them when she was a 14 week old puppy.
Next time someone asks for space please just think about that, it could just as easily have been your puppy. ….

10/11/2025

When you’re so excited at finding ‘Auntie Sue’ you can barely contain yourself 😂😂😂❤️

06/11/2025

Some of the searches from Tuesdays Super Sniffers . It was a very busy and distracting environment this week at Esher but the dogs searched well 👏👏👏
I still have a space available on this small class on Tuesday, if anyone is interested in joining us . You pay for your attendance not your spot . I’m happy to chat if you have any questions 😊

04/11/2025

01/11/2025

On our walk this morning someone had kindly left a cone in the middle of one of the fields . A great training opportunity😊 so we practiced send aways . Whatever it is you are training it needs to be practiced in as many different areas or situations as you can. We call this proofing.
Solid foundations are key to all of your training whatever it is you want for your dog whether that be a good well behaved dog who comes back immediately when called or a sports dog who needs to focus and listen .
If you think of a house being built, good foundations will last for decades even centuries. Poor rushed foundations built on dodgy ground will look good for a while and then gradually cracks will start to appear .
Never be afraid to revisit foundation training . I regularly do top up training with my dogs foundations so the more complex training is possible.