Discover Trailing

17/08/2024

Self discovery on a puppy trail and my best sprinting effort to keep up with little legs Reuben 😮‍💨🏃🏻‍♀️

17/08/2024

A busy morning of trailing at Howbery Business Park 🔥

Little Reuben was back to progress his puppy trails. Standby for video 👀

Nell was feeling the benefit of her new haircut & zipping along the trails working hard to overcome some pesky wildlife distractions.

Coco displayed excellent resilience & determination to find her runner on her first lengthy trail.

Dexter pulled a blinding trail out of the bag today - I’d say his best yet.

Skyla continues to learn the game - a super smart Springer with a great nose & absolutely loves the challenge of trailing.

Oh, and one numpty who left her trailing line on the back of her car and drove off… and yes I did find it 100m up the road from the venue several hours later when I went back to look for it 🤦🏻‍♀️

11/08/2024

Rural trails this morning to stay shady before the ☀️ came out.

We incorporated woodland trailing with road crossings/junctions for Tilly & Toby - working through those high distraction areas of stiles/gates.

Lovely to have Cassie back after a short break - she certainly had a spring in her step & was rocketing along!

30/07/2024

Hi all, please see dates for September. The High Wycombe dates will either be rural or suburban, depending on the teams booked for the day.

As always, please message me to book. Thank you!

15/09 - full

21/09 - full

28/09 AM - full
28/09 PM - full

27/07/2024

September’s trailing dates will go out 7pm Tuesday 30th July!

27/07/2024

We headed out to a shady semi-rural location this morning. Lovely to meet Edwina & Buddy, a Search & Rescue duo, and help build on existing skills & confidence. Young Skyla the Springer had her first scent article only start & made it look like she’d been doing it forever 😇 and always lovely to see Miss Tilly who takes every challenge that we throw at her in her stride (including a very overgrown trail!)

22/07/2024

I have a one slot left for August:

11th - AM (local to Princes Risborough)

Please message if interested. Thanks

Hello! Please see dates for August’s trailing sessions.

Depending on numbers I may be able to run afternoon sessions too. The only proviso being that it may be necessary to adjust timings of sessions depending on the weather.

Thanks and please message me to book. See you soon, Anna.

11/08 AM - 1 space
11/08 PM - full

17/08 - full

31/08 AM - full
31/08 PM - full

21/07/2024

Oh dear… two trails today & I think Moose is a bit broken 🤣🥰

20/07/2024

A busy morning at the office today. Taking it easy with the humidity - keeping it simple and working on the basics. Lovely to meet little Reuben the 16 week old pup who experienced his first puppy trails 🔥 and happy birthday to Jenny - thanks for the cakes! 🎂

07/07/2024

The great British summer throwing it all at us today! ☔️🌦️🤿

A new location with plenty of distractions & obstacles along the way - helping to highlight the areas that need some extra work & confidence building. Live environments bring extra challenges, requires patient handling & can feel a little clunky but we got there - well done to Teams Connie, Hamish & Forrest 👌🏼

01/07/2024

Hello! Please see dates for August’s trailing sessions.

Depending on numbers I may be able to run afternoon sessions too. The only proviso being that it may be necessary to adjust timings of sessions depending on the weather.

Thanks and please message me to book. See you soon, Anna.

11/08 AM - 1 space
11/08 PM - full

17/08 - full

31/08 AM - full
31/08 PM - full

01/07/2024

August trailing dates will be posted tonight (Monday 1st) at 7pm.

29/06/2024

Staying cool in the woods this morning 😎 each team working on some component parts of their trailing including road crossings, cross tracks & recognising what our dogs are trying to tell us.

08/06/2024

I am available to run a class on Wednesday 26th June AM. This will be in Risborough (rural) but I need to have enough handlers to run it.

Please message me if you are interested. Thanks, Anna.

08/06/2024

An excellent morning up in the woods - some valuable lessons around managing the dogs’ enthusiasm, line handling & recognising distractions.

An unexpected road closure at the venue allowed for some hard surface trailing too… might pop those signs in my boot 😉

03/06/2024

A few snaps of handlers & dogs at work during yesterday’s trailing workshop with guest instructor Anna Pleban

Always good to have a fresh set of eyes looking at how we are working. Anna brings a wealth of knowledge & experience and offered suggestions to improve each team’s progress.

02/06/2024

An awesome day of learning when I invited Anna Pleban of Follow Dogs down to host a workshop with my guys today.

With just about every “external influence” thrown our way we adapted and overcame!

I’ll post some more photos tomorrow but for now it’s time for a glass of wine & to make some homework notes for each team 🍷📒

01/06/2024

Please see dates for July and message to book.

The Risborough dates will either be rural or sub-urban - once I have the spots filled I’ll see which location is most suitable for the dogs coming.

Thanks and see you all soon 😊

07/07 - FULL
20/07 - FULL
27/07 - 1 space

27/05/2024

Spaniel Squad Assemble!

A trio of Spanners this morning (plus Moose) trailing at Howbery Business Park all working in their own way. We had Dexter the Springer, Tilly the WCS x Show & Nell the WCS 😍 it’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it 🙃🤷🏻‍♀️

Working on casting starts, high finds, hard surface & cross trails - all teams progressing really well. And a team 📸 to finish.

26/05/2024

An evening of rural trailing for Ruby, Toby & Trulli. We kicked off with a bit of theory around laying, working and recognising cross trails 🤓

But we all know the fun bit is the practical part. Luckily all dogs were listening in & displayed some textbook behaviours to make me look like I know what I’m talking about 😇

We then worked a slightly longer trail for each dog to build on their trailing stamina. I love the enthusiasm & enjoyment from them all - well done, a really enjoyable evening!

19/05/2024

Out rural trailing with Cassie, Forrest, Connie & Hamish this morning.

Working on cross trails, maintaining drive & focus and handling skills.

A really productive morning, well done all 🤗👏🏼

18/05/2024

Double blind trails - when only the trail layer knows their route. Not the handler nor the instructor.

Truly the only way to test you and your dog. Sally Morgan & SAR Dog Martha smashed their aged 450m double blind today 💪🏼💪🏼 excellent work, ladies!

13/05/2024

A really good training day for Moose & I yesterday. My huge thanks to all of you who stay behind after our classes to run those little trails for Moose, which all build towards the bigger picture. Her increased confidence & problem solving is really noticeable.

Unfortunately there are restrictions from the venue around posting footage, so here she is in the boot awaiting her turn!

12/05/2024

Moose & I are out trailing this morning 💃🏻 Moose just reminding me to pack the most important item 😇😍

05/05/2024

The rub of training in a live environment is that you can’t control what happens in front of you. But it also unexpectedly offers nuggets of opportunity such as when a member of public stops to have a natter with our trail layer (are you lost, dear?! 😂)

I remember this moment - Benny trailed up to both people, checked out the other lady and then correctly identified his runner by sitting and waiting for his reward. Perfect 👌🏼

02/05/2024

Hi all 👋🏼

Please see a couple of trailing dates for June. I’m conscious that I am hosting an all day workshop at the start of June, hence why I’ve not gone crazy with the classes! If the demand is there I will look to add another date.

Both of these classes will be close to High Wycombe.

Please message me to book. Thanks and see you all soon 😊

WORKSHOP - full
08/06 - full
29/06 - full

27/04/2024

This afternoon we had Trulli, Indie & new recruit Skyla.

We set up a specific distraction exercise for Trulli followed by a lengthy trail, which Trulli blitzed her way round with great focus.

Indie the GSD was back for her second session, so continuing to build on her trailing. Thanks to James, my youngest trail layer yet, who enjoyed the adventure & walkie talkie!

Super smart (and speedy!) Skyla was introduced to trailing today, confirming that Spaniels struggle to go in a straight line 😂 she picked it up straight away & has enthusiasm by the lorry load so really looking forward to watching this team progress!

27/04/2024

This morning’s trailers were Coco, Cassie & Nell.

Two lengthy & focussed trails from Coco & lovely line handling from Darren, which is really having a positive effect on this team.

Great to see Cassie back with her kangaroo bounce in her stride & we continue to work on this team’s skills including casting for the unknown start of the trail.

Pocket rocket Nell was on fire today & we experienced our first big distraction scent, so some great work recovering the trail & onward focus.

27/04/2024

When Louise Grant is glad she doesn’t have a GSD that doesn’t like walking over stinging nettles 😅🥰

21/04/2024

Another morning of great learning at Howbery Business Park for all of us.

Bodhi the shy boy was back for his second session and is showing great promise & his increase in confidence is already shining through 🌟

Dexter the Springer was on top form and nailed his trails! Some great learning for his handler around scent pools & really watching what your dog is trying to tell you 👀

Cassie impressed us in a new environment today! We are always mindful as to how interesting she finds wildlife and work hard to keep the trail at the top of her list of priorities 🔥

Handsome lad Dollar was feeling a bit weary after a busy day yesterday. Some lovely trailing over surface changes & a short trail to find his dad just to really pep him up 😍