Happy Paws Dog Training-experience based training

23/05/2024

I now have a QR code for the fundraiser 🥰🐾 for easy, quick and safe donating 🐾

This is me working while on holiday because I really care for this cause and my love of dogs. I am only 23% of my target and just three weeks to go! Till my 10 hour walking adventure with dogs 🐾🥰😱

I know it's a big ask 💖🙏 but anything you can afford to donate is hugely appreciated 🥰

Just scan the QR code with your camera and it takes you safely and directly to Teckels Animal Sanctuaries just giving page. Many thanks fellow animal lovers 😘💖

01/05/2024

Who has a puppy? 🙋‍♀️ Find an important toilet training tip here! 🙏🐾

Could we be stopping our dogs short of finishing their toileting by praising them? 🤔

14/04/2024

Hello Facebook friends 👋
My baby, my passion and my own grown business. Gloucester Dog Walker - Happy Paws turns 10 years old!, this June. That's a decade of loving, caring for and walking dogs 💖🐾
I really want to mark this occasion in the old memory bank! by doing something big, outside of my comfort zone and more importantly by giving back.
My passion is (obviously dogs!) but more so rescue dogs. Dogs that maybe haven't had the best start in life. These are the dogs I want to give back to. This is why I will be raising money for Teckels Animal Sanctuaries. A independent sanctuary dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of cats and dogs
I am super excited (and nervous) about this upcoming event (still loads to do)
Please join me. Fundraising info coming soon. Any help, donations, or sponsors will greatly be appreciated

06/03/2024

How I feel obedience training is misunderstood and not used enough 🙏🐾

A great tip here! That can change how you manage your dog day to day 💖

06/03/2024

"fixing" an unwanted behaviour Vs managing a behaviour and the benefits

14/02/2024

Recall! It is one of the number one issues dog owners struggle with! Here is one easy tip! 🙏 To start with, if done consistently will improve your dogs impulses, engagement and over all recall ❤️🐾❤️

My lovely cute assistant Bailey the Beagle was a star ✨ in my video today 🐾 check him out ❤️🤗

13/02/2024

If every dog owner did this one tip! There would be less dog and owner conflicts! 🙏🐾

One of the best and most simple tips for de-escalating a "situation" from happening when a dog loses recall!

25/01/2024

Why is sniffing so important? What are the benefits? Find out here 🐾🙏💗

09/09/2023

What is organic training? And how and where can it be used with your dog? What are the benefits? Added top tips for ANY dog owners 🙏🐶🐶🐶

08/09/2023

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08/09/2023

Great video here of value 🙏🐾 how to use movement as a training tool 🐾💕 this can help with unwanted behaviours in particular obsessive behaviours like hu***ng and more 🐾

24/08/2023

A great listen here guys 🙏😁 valuable skills to be learnt on managing and handling your dog to improve and reduce any unwanted behaviours 🐾

10/07/2023

Talking about obedience training and how it can be used to help with different behavioural issues 🙏

It's not just for " disobedient dogs" so have a listen 🙏🤗🐾

09/05/2023

one tip! A simple but often forgotten tip. 🐾

23/02/2023

Why we shouldn't always be letting our dogs make decisions and choices for themselves🐾

Important tip and lesson here that can really turn your dog's behaviour around, giving you better management and control of your dog

(The caveat to this is of course good choices and good decisions of which we should always praise) 🙏💖

10/01/2023

Loading behaviours! What do they look like and how can seeing and correcting them help with any type of lead reactivity or excitement on lead 🙏

Have a listen 🐾

28/11/2022

To all reactive dog owners here's my tip for this morning 🐾

27/09/2022

When your dog wants something from you for example to get outside for a walk this is your opportunity to use training! When a dog really wants something from you they are far more likely to give you the behaviour you want in exchange for what they want! Therefore reinforcing the training you are trying to do and resulting in more success.A great video to watch includes improving dogs manners and control ❤️🐾

23/09/2022

Great advice ultimately we all want the same thing ❤️🐾🙏 to live in peace and harmony with our dogs 🐾

One of my favorite posts that I will share often ☺️

Whichever approach you choose follow: remember that the end goal is having a dog who can live comfortably, safely, predictably, and kindly in our human world.

To have a canine companion who can coexist and learn to live with the humans and animals, large vehicles, things that are dangerous to eat or approach, screaming kids, speeding bicycles, strangers, vacuum cleaners, dogs on walks, cats in driveways, squirrels in trees, and moments when you have to leave them home alone.

Have fun.
Teach cute tricks.
Set boundaries.
Love spending time with your dog.

Focus on things that move
your dog's behavior in the right direction.
Stay consistent in what you ask.
Don't just practice the easy stuff.
Challenge your dog while staying fair.
Adjust your training plan accordingly.
Explore new approaches and techniques.
This journey isn't always simple or the same.
Your dog will show you what they need you to change - more of something or less of another- based off of the behavior they are giving you right now.

Never forget, it's our responsibility to teach our dog to live harmoniously in this world. They are counting on you ❤

22/09/2022

Quick video here on flight risk in nervous and anxious dogs! This is my experience from walking dogs for 8 years. A great listen especially if you have struggled with recall ❤️🐾

20/09/2022

Recall! this is a very common problem a lot of dog owners struggle with 🙏🐾 and learning your dogs triggers or what might cause them to lose recall and then getting out Infront of it can really help you have better control and management of recalling your dog 🐾

19/09/2022

Always a good reminder the foundation to having a well behaved and well mannered dog starts with leadership 🐾🐾🐾

16/09/2022

A very common question I also get asked often as a dog walker! 🐾

Let’s examine this.

Most dogs people get are from shelters or rescues, and these dogs are all altered. And even with purebreds many dogs are also altered. So most of the dogs, at least in the U.S., are already spayed/neutered.

Now, if you poll dog trainers across the country dealing with behavior issues, my guess is that their numbers of intact vs. altered would be pretty close to the numbers I see.

So if the majority of dogs are already “fixed” then we shouldn’t be seeing such huge numbers of behaviorally challenged dogs—because they should be better behaved and less problematic if altering them sexually actually made any discernible difference.

The thing which ACTUALLY “fixes” the dogs we see isn’t surgery, it’s leadership, structure, rules, and accountability—but that reality is one that is fraught with owner effort, owner transformation, owner personal responsibility…owners embracing a far more challenging reality.

It’s up to you what decisions you make about whether or not to alter your dog, just make sure the decisions you make are based on sexual reproduction, not behavior modification.

16/08/2022

A new concept here I have been learning about. 💖🐾

Are we positively reinforcing Negative behaviours in our dogs? 😱

Includes types of reinforcement that can be used. It's very interesting, have a listen! Let me know what you think?

15/08/2022

Is your dog anxious, nervous or reactive? Then this video is for you 💖🙏 here is how I calm my dog down when she is triggered and overwhelmed 🐾

15/08/2022

I love this! what a great way of thinking about transitioning of a dog when you put in clear boundaries and expectations. It will not be easy at first but you will end up with a better behaved dog with less behavioural problems and happier and calmer for it 💖🥰

I see so many owners get this backwards. Shooting for “happy” as the primary goal, rather than “good”. Nothing wrong with happy, of course, but it’s a terrible place to start when working with dogs.

If a happy dog is your overriding, all-consuming priority from the start, you’re going to have a lot of problems.

Fearful, bratty, entitled, possessive, disrespectful, dog or human aggressive, or just plain disobedient dogs need different initial priorities.

You don’t solve problem behaviors by making dogs happy or loving them better, you solve them by addressing them. And that addressing might create a period of discomfort, uncertainty, adjustment, overwhelm...even being bummed out. (Having to toe the line when you’ve danced all around the line can be a bummer at first.)

Dogs who are transitioning from one space to another might not look perfect, they might not be ecstatic. But the important word here is transitioning. They’re changing. Change isn’t always easy, and doesn’t always create happiness out of the gate. In fact, it rarely does.

Yet I continue to see countless owners and trainers viewing happy dogs as the all-consuming priority. As if somehow happy dogs magically equaled good dogs. (Just view a dog park full of happy dogs bullying and brawling, or happy dogs jumping on guests, or happy dogs happily running away from their owners to chase squirrels or other dogs at the park.)

Happiness will come, but it needs to be put in its proper place priority wise. Get the good dog - a well-behaved, polite, obedient, safe dog - first, then the joy and freedom and comfort will naturally come.

If you only focus on having a happy dog, you’ll likely never have a good one.

14/08/2022

A great video for you guys here! On balanced training, what is it? and what are the benefits? How to use it to get the results you want out of your dog.

Please note correction can be as simple as vocal inflection and simply saying "no" so it's clear to your dog that you were not happy with that behaviour or action. Correct does not mean being cruel or abusive to your dog at all 🐾💖

11/08/2022

NEW RECALL GROUP TRAINING classes are starting up in the next few weeks. Here is a little teaser into the theory behind class one 🙏🐾

I will always teach my customers the theory it is so important to know why you're doing what you're doing!

11/08/2022

Just Poppy modelling all the rubbish that people can't be bothered to pick up! 😡🤬😡🤦