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Clumber K9, Worksop (2026)

16/01/2026

Part 3 – You Learn From Every Dog You Own 🐾💙

This one was short.
Just two weeks.
But it taught me a lot.

We brought home a small black rescue dog from a large national rescue. Her history was unknown - picked up as a stray, likely a puppy-farm dump. Despite that, she was gentle, timid, and incredibly sweet.

We did the ‘right’ things.
Three 3-hour trips so she and Ronnie could meet.
Careful planning.
Staff encouragement.
She was meant to be spayed, treated, groomed, and ready.
She wasn’t.

The dog we applied for wasn’t the dog we brought home - but caught up in hope and the chance to give her safety, we went ahead.

Things unraveled fast.
The dogs were separated and rotated.
All interactions supervised.
Then she came into season.
Ronnie became frantic.
She began guarding me.
She wanted him nowhere near us.
When we thought she was out of season, we tried again.
I turned my back for seconds.
Then chaos.
She flew at Ronnie, catching his eye.
Blood. Emergency vet.
Thankfully, he kept his vision and was completely unfazed. I wasn’t.

After difficult conversations, the rescue acknowledged there had been serious failings - spaying wasn’t the only one. Together, we agreed she needed a home with no other dogs, where she could truly decompress and feel safe.

With the knowledge I have now, I could work through this.
But at the time, I didn’t know enough and prolonging the stress for my own benefit wouldn’t have been fair on either dog.

Before she left, we had her groomed, gently tidying her up - she was badly matted and sent her on with nothing but love.

Wishing you the safest, happiest life, beautiful girl 🤍

Part 4 coming soon. 🐕✨

15/01/2026

You Learn From Every Dog You Own – Part 2 💙

After a break from dogs, we brought home Ronnie.

Confident, happy, and settled fast… until day 7.

He became seriously ill. Vomiting, diarrhoea, repeated vet visits, painful injections, stressful handling at the vets. He recovered physically but mentally something shifted.

Another bad experience at his first puppy groom made him aversive to touch.

A couple of months later, he stopped eating.
No food drive. No interest.
After 7 days of refusing food, we were back at the vets.
Physically fine.
Conclusion? Behavioural

From there, everything escalated.

Reactive to dogs.
Fearful of people.
Controlling within his inner circle.
Early signs of resource guarding.

Every solution offered by trainers involved *more* food.
Higher value. Force it. Do this, do that.
But how do you force a dog who’s anxious *about* food with food, how is that ethical?

Nobody offered me a holistic solution at all.

I stopped managing symptoms and fixed the cause myself.

I completely relaxed the pressure around food.
I increased movement and freedom safely with a long line.
Play became the foundation - not bribery, real engagement.
I rebuilt our relationship and filled the gaps.
Fulfilment.
Decompression replaced constant management.
Nutrition, handling, structure, boundaries—it all mattered.
So much exposure to everything
Introduced real corrections for negative behaviours
We did scent work, agility, flyball, swimming you name it

And slowly…
Reactivity melted.
Nerves turned into confidence.
Engagement became a choice.
Food anxiety disappeared - he is a pig now
No guarding. No explosions.

Ronnie still doesn’t enjoy direct pressure from strangers - and that’s ok. I listen to him. Humans don’t always.

Now he works as a stooge dog for my behavioural clients and absolutely nails it.

And once things finally aligned, I thought…

LET’S GET ANOTHER DOG 😂

Part 3 coming 🐕✨

14/01/2026

We learn from every dog we own – and it’s so true.

Part 1 🤍

When we picture getting a dog, let’s be honest…
We imagine a happy-go-lucky, super confident, super social, super obedient dog.

The kind of dog we adore with our whole heart and who never puts a foot wrong.

But the reality?
About 90% of dogs aren’t like that.

I’ve personally ridden the wave of dog ownership not turning out how I imagined.

And yet, every single dog has taught me huge lessons – not just about dogs, but about life itself.

My first dog, Earl, was a stunning, huge Weimaraner. I got him when I was around 11 years old.

Looking back, a working-line Weimaraner probably wasn’t the best first dog for a family with little real dog experience. Horses? Yes. Dogs? Not so much.

We loved dogs, like everyone does, so we were absolutely buzzing when he arrived.

Puppy naughtiness turned into teenage terror…
And by adulthood, Earl was sadly a menace.

We eventually lost Earl to behavioural euthanasia following a severe resource-guarding attack on myself.
It was the most heartbreaking situation for everyone involved.

At the time, I didn’t truly understand what had happened.
But as my knowledge grew, it became clear that a lack of boundaries, specific fulfilment, and structure snowballed into a dog who felt the need to control.

It started as puppy naughtiness then attention-seeking, and finally guarding. Not from fear, this was pure control.

This was nearly 20 years ago, and I still think about him often. I loved that dog deeply. It was such a shame it came to this, there just simply was not the network of trainers, rescues and help that we had to rehome a dog with severe bite history.

Despite everything, I was never scared of dogs afterward.
If anything, I became more curious.

That curiosity led me to work with dogs in kennels – both working and pet dogs – gaining on hand experience in behaviour cases, animal health, nutrition, fulfilment, and breeding.
I had the best job rearing puppies: scrubbing kennels, birthing pups, training, exercising, and learning about so many different breeds.

I loved every second. And the dogs were treated impeccably.

Part 2 coming soon 🤍

12/01/2026

Meet Bonnie 🐾

This little cherub is a working line Cocker Spaniel who has recently started showing some reactivity around other dogs.

Working line cockers are typically highly sensitive, driven dogs, which is exactly why structure and fulfilment are so important for them. When their natural needs aren’t being met, that sensitivity can spill over into frustration - especially on the lead.

At Bonnie’s initial assessment, it was clear that the reactivity itself isn’t the main issue. Instead, it’s more about lead frustration and a lack of clarity around what she should be doing

So before addressing anything else, we’re starting where it matters most: fulfilment!

First up is a session for her owners to focus on some more “out of the box” ways to meet a Cocker Spaniel’s instinctive needs - scent tracking, chasing, and retrieving & all in appropriate, controlled ways

When these dogs are properly fulfilled and guided, so many behaviours that look like “problems” start to fade on their own.

Looking forward to the sessions we have planned! 💙

11/01/2026

Unpopular opinion ❗️

If you’re paying for a pet sitter to stay with your dog all day and all night 24/7 due to separation anxiety, consider redirecting that money into working with a qualified trainer instead for a while

A good trainer can help ensure your dog’s needs are truly being met while building confidence, emotional regulation, and independence.. so your dog can eventually be comfortable being home alone.

Long-term, this approach can save you a bucket load of money and dramatically improve your dog’s quality of life.

A healthier, more structured daily routine might look like this:

Morning exercise
Breakfast
Sleep / alone time (a few hours)
Toilet break + activity (exercise, play, fulfilment)
Sleep / alone time (a few hours)
Afternoon or early evening activity
Toilet break + dinner
Evening relaxation and sleep

This kind of day is fulfilling, predictable, and supportive of the nervous system, allowing your dog to truly reset rather than stay in a constant state of dependency or overstimulation.

Just because your dog has separation issues now doesn’t mean they always will.

With the right structure, support, and training - change is absolutely possible.

10/01/2026

The January offers on training have gone down well, so I have limited availability for sessions in Jan!

The offers are running until the end of Jan:

Initial Assessments was £75, now £50
2 hr one-to-one session was £100, now £75
4 hr x block session was £200, now £150
Training Walks 1hr was £25, now £20
One-to-one 60 mins was £50 now £45

If these sessions are booked and paid for in January - then dates can be pre-booked in February too 💃😌

Message me if you’d like to get booked in.

08/01/2026

When mum never gives into whining so you have to find another way to get her attention 😆

Just a gentle tappy tap to remind me its home time 😂😂

Dogs always do what works for them! Good or bad! So if the whining worked and I gave in you better believe he would be shouting at me.

The alternative behaviours dogs come up with can also be good or bad.. this one just made me chuckle he was trying to be polite about it 😂

Stewie Griffin vibes … muuuum, mum, mummy 🥴😂

07/01/2026

❗️ If you are not willing to walk your dog, I will not work with you ❗️

I am frequently contacted for behavioural work by owners who only walk their dog around the block.. or do not walk them at all.

A lack of walks is the complete opposite of what your dog needs.

Removing a dog’s primary source of freedom, physical exercise, mental stimulation, and exploration is unfair and, in my professional opinion, cruel to a species that is biologically designed to move and explore.

You will not see meaningful or lasting improvement in your dog’s behaviour if their basic needs are not being met. Walking is the bare minimum.

Most dogs require significantly more than a short walk, along with additional fulfilment such as play, scent work, enrichment activities, and appropriate dog sports.

You cannot enforce rules or obedience on an unfulfilled dog. This creates a pressure-cooker situation that leads to frustration, conflict with the handler, and further behavioural issues.

I am always happy to educate, guide, and help you understand what your dog needs - that is my job.

We start with fulfilment, health, rest, diet - every single time

However, if you are unwilling to listen or implement the advice given, I cannot help you!

07/01/2026

Meet Penny – a 13-year-old Bedlington Terrier!!

Lovely little Penny had her assessment this week for dog reactivity.

She’s a senior rescue who has only been with her new owner for a couple of months. Sadly, it appears she’s had very little stability in her life. She has no foundational obedience at all – she doesn’t even know how to sit.

Penny does have a bite history with other dogs, but she is absolutely lovely with people.

She’s also fit as a fiddle for her age, and as a precaution she’ll be seeing the vet this week before we begin training.

Her owner previously saw another trainer who stated Penny “could not be helped.”

After just one assessment, it was clear to me that prey drive is the primary cause of her reactivity.

Terriers are bred to grab and kill – this intense prey drive is genetic, and with 13 years of no stability, structure or control - well it has just snowballed

With dogs like Penny, you must work with the drive rather than against it.

The focus needs to be on safely satisfying that drive in a controlled and appropriate way, not suppressing it.

So for Penny, our sessions will begin with play, fulfilment, and meeting her needs before we even consider any kind of structured or controlled obedience work.

This is about understanding the dog in front of you – not writing them off because they don’t fit a textbook approach

Defo got our work cut out with this one 😆💙

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