Kerry Dog Training

10/09/2024

This 💯

02/09/2024

When you are trying to take photos of you dogs and finally get one with their mouth closed but this is the result. 😳

29/08/2024

Guilty 🤣🤣🤣

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28/08/2024

Nice way to spend an afternoon 😁

26/08/2024

Application closed
Poor Sadie,
Sadie is a beautiful 1 year old rottweiler
This poor girl was was booked into Boarding kennels but has since been completely abandoned by her owner.
Thankfully the staff have been amazing and are continuing to take exceptional care of her.
Sadie a very sweet and affectionate dog that deserve her forever home
She is a young dog who is trying to find her place in the world, and will need a little guidance in her new home
She's energetic and bouncy, so will need plenty of exercise and training
Experience with large dogs is a must
To apply for Sadie, please fill out the questionnaire on our website
www.westcorkanimals.com

25/08/2024

A fantastic opportunity to try out some new skills and I’ll be there on the Sunday for the mantrailing so why not come along 😁

🐾🐾🌿DOGGY DAY RETREAT🌿🐾🐾

Come and join us for this fantastic opportunity with industry leaders to learn about and participate in enrichment activities with your dog. Hosted by Wild Hideaways in the Mealagh Valley Bantry. There are 6 places available for the full day Saturday 14th and 3 places for the half day Sunday 15th. Please call or text Amy 0872121675 to reserve your place or learn more.

21/08/2024

Now found RIP

boxer dog is missing in Farranfore, please keep an eye out

21/08/2024

✨ What's on this August - Only 1 Week to Go! ✨

August has been an action packed month. With only one week left, we want to be sure you don't miss out.

🐾More drop in training sessions have been added in Midleton, Fermoy, Dungarvan and Killarney
🐾 Spaces left on our Mantrailing assessments in Midleton on August 28th
🐾 A handful of spots available on our Free Discovery Call for Online Coaching. This is your opportunity to speak 1 to 1 with Éadaoin and let her know what you need!
🐾Éadaoin's last Intro to Mantrailing Workshop for 2024 is on this Sunday with 1 space left. Be sure to book now!

September is going to be epic, if you want to know what's coming up next month, stay tuned for Friday!

For Bookings, Link in Bio for IG and Link in Comments for FB

19/08/2024

Dog has been found

is Trixie and she is missing from the Park Road area, Killarney, since Saturday late afternoon. She’s a very excitable dog and may bounce and bark but is actually quite nervous of people when they get close. She should have the same collar on that she is wearing in the photo.

19/08/2024

This dog is missing from the Short Mountain area of Tralee

11/08/2024

💯 me today 🤣🤣🤣

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24/07/2024

As the owner of a Rottie and a Mali this issue is something close to my heart. These dogs are being vilified just because of the breed. And now insurance companies are trying to cash in and healthy dogs are being destroyed for no reason. It really needs to stop.

There are approx 400 distinct breeds of dog worldwide. The IKC recognises approx 217 breeds give or take.
These are divided into 7 groups

Hound group, Working group, Terrier group, Gundog group, Pastoral group, Utility group and Toy group.

Our restricted breeds list incorporates dogs from more than one group - so we are not even targeting specific drives!

Let’s go back to the approx 400 breeds world wide. Imagine the amount of crosses and spin offs and strains and types that could be created. Some with sound breeding lines and parentage - good genetics and epigenetics, some without.

Yet somehow here in Ireland we can take 11 breeds and say - those, they are the ones to watch.
And when we say that - we are inadvertently saying that the millions of other possible breeds / crosses are safe….. just not these 11. That’s a ridiculous thing to say and that causes bites day in and day out coz people don’t respect “the safe” breeds.
The restricted breed list is truly beyond ludicrous!
The bite stats from this country prove these 11 breeds are no more likely to bite and no more likely to cause injury than comparable weight non restricted breeds. (Thank you Nanci Creedon Dog Behaviourist and Dr Padraig o Súllibhán for that research)

Why then oh why are we seeing pounds encouraging the surrender and destruction of dogs on the RBL. Limerick pound has waived surrender fees for restricted breeds this week … and as I understand it, RBL dogs can’t be rehomed from some pounds and that leaves only one option.

Plus now insurance companies are seeing a way to get a few more quid, RBL dogs not insured under normal policies … watch them become an expensive add on. What next?

It’s no secret that I think the RBL is woefully inadequate. I don’t actually object to it in principle but it’s laughable in its current form. I have two dogs on the list and I live by the rules but I’m one of a very small % that do.
These are the dogs on the list …. You tell me how often you see them out without a muzzle etc. I’m
Gonna guess regularly!

American pit bull terrier
English bull terrier
Staffordshire bull terrier
Bullmastiff
Dobermann Pinscher
German shepherd (Alsatian)
Rhodesian ridgeback
Rottweiler
Japanese Akita
Japanese tosa
Bandog

Where are the wolf dogs? The livestock guardian breeds? The Chinese red dogs? The dogo Argentina ? The Malinois? The xolos Etc etc.

I understand that maybe the civil servants who came up with the list in the 1980’s were very well intentioned and probably did a good job in that day - but the list is woefully outdated and ludicrously inadequate and not fit for purpose.

So my position on it is
- either scrap it and make it deed not breed
- or get hold of it, make it about size of dog, not breed and enforce it. Because this half light, twilight, plastic nonsense we have right now serves nobody.
Every large dog is capable of delivering a life changing or life ending bite. 2 labrador sized dogs could kill an adult. 1 Labrador sized dog could kill a very young, old or infirm person easily. Now I realise that’s a sobering thought. The university of Helsinki found the rough collie to be the most aggressive dog of that size in a study. (Little dachunds won overall 😂)
So why are we continuing to pretend that all the danger is in this 11 breeds of dog?

It is time to move away from emotional fear driven decisions, and away from emotional guilt fur baby decisions and deal in facts and make sound laws that can be measured and enforced…. For EVERYONE’s sake- the dogs, their owners, the non dog people ! We need to keep everyone safe.
And it all starts with breeding & acquisition laws in this country.

Make no mistake …. There is an ominous wind blowing through the dog world in Ireland at the moment.

Anyway pic of my two hellhounds to perpetuate the fear ….

16/07/2024

📢 Join Ireland’s Specialist Search and Rescue Dogs (ISSARD) Team! 🐾

ISSARD is on the lookout for new volunteers to join our dedicated team! We are a voluntary organisation that training dogs to search for missing persons. Currently, we have Air Scent and Mantrailing Dogs in advanced training, and we will be adding HRD Dogs to our training schedule later in 2024.

Are you interested in training a dog in any of these disciplines? Training a SAR dog is a demanding a rigorous process. We are hosting an online information session to tell you more about us and answer your questions.

🗓 Online Information Session:
📅 Date: Thursday, August 29th
⏰ Time: 7.30pm

During this session, ISSARD team members will discuss:
✅ Attendance requirements to join the team
✅ The rigorous training schedule
✅ Qualifications required to be a dog handler
✅ Answering any questions you may have

This online session is the first step in our intake process. If you cannot attend, don’t worry – we will have another intake in late 2024 or early 2025.

To register your interest, email us at [email protected]

🐕‍🦺 Be a part of an incredible team dedicated to saving lives! We look forward to meeting you.

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28/06/2024

Killarney trails. New dates for July and August have been added. Including a Evaluation day in August 😀

12/06/2024

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27/05/2024

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24/05/2024

UPDATE: The dog has been found and has been reunited with the owner

An appeal has been issued to the public to keep an eye out for this chihuahua who went missing in the Park Road area in Killarney this evening.
The dog went AWOL near the Ballyspillane estate shortly after 4 o’clock and as she was just after being washed, she was not wearing a collar at the time.
She is just 10 months old and has a very distinctive light colouring.
Anybody that might see the dog at any stage this evening is asked to contact Richard on 085-2421932.