Heartful Hound

30/10/2025

This is a great reminder. Calm and relaxed training is far more effective than trying to push through frustration. Your dogs pick up on your frustration and they too can feel frustrated.

Frustrated?
You're not alone and guess what?
Your dog may be too.

When our frustration grows our dogs can become confused, unsure and it can rock their confidence as much as it does ours.
Everyone gets frustrated at some point and if you feel it creeping in, stop.
Just stop.

Get that ball out and play.
Sit and do nothing for a while.
Step away while they have a sleep and you have a coffee.
Do something together that you know they enjoy and know how to do.

It's not worth persisting when you're feeling that tension rising and those shoulders tensing.
Your voice and mannerisms cant hide it from your dog. They know you too well.

Everyone has an "off day".
Dogs are entitled to them too and if we insist on pushing through, our frustration will grow some more, while they may just refuse to do anything because they sense something is just not right here.

Tomorrow is a new day.

It is always there waiting.

28/10/2025

🐾 Welcome Veronique and her sweet boy Maximus!
Today marked Day 1 of their 5-week puppy school program, and what a great start it was! 🎓
Maxi and Veronique worked beautifully together — in no time, we had a solid down using luring and, of course, plenty of positive reinforcement and praise. 💙

Here’s to a fun journey ahead filled with learning, confidence, and wagging tails! 🐶✨

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Heartful Hound

26/10/2025

Heartful Hound is now taking bookings for January 2026.

● Puppy Training
● Adolescent | Adult Training
● Behaviour Consultations

Kindly reach out if you would like further information or would like to secure a spot in January.

Heartful hound prides itself in putting your companions emotions first, providing ethical and humane Training through positive reinforcement.

22/10/2025

Welcome young Blue! 🩷

This sweet pittie girl melted my heart today.

Today Claire and Blue started their private training classes.

We focused on learning the down cue — she was a little uncertain at first, but once she got the hang of it, she picked it up so quickly! Her sit cue is already a masterpiece. 🐾👏

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Heartful Hound

21/10/2025

For those who would still like to book before the year end. Please take note. Alternatively you can start booking your 2026 sessions.

20/10/2025

🎆 Fireworks & Dog Management Tips 🎇

Fireworks can be stressful for our companion animals, but with a little preparation, you can help keep them calm and safe. 🐾

💊 Support:
If your dog struggles with loud noises, consider getting Calmeze from your local vet (available over the counter).

For severe anxiety, a vet visit may be needed — they can prescribe something stronger like Alprazolam.

🏡 Management Tips:

Close all doors, windows, and curtains to reduce noise and flashes.

Play relaxing music to help mask the sounds.

Offer enrichment activities like snuffle mats or LickiMats to distract and soothe.

Comfort your pets — your calm presence helps them feel safe.

🚪 Most importantly:
Keep your dogs safely indoors. Scared dogs can jump fences, bolt in panic, and easily get lost or worse.

Let’s keep our pets calm, comforted, and safe ❤️🐶

16/10/2025

Huge Congratulations to Blue and Milan on Graduation day!

It's been an absolute pleasure getting to know you both and watching you learn.

You've both done a remarkable job with puppy classes!

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Heartful Hound

02/10/2025

“Blue decided to take a little break from training yesterday to soak up the sea view and feel the wind in his face. How cute is this guy? 🐾🌊💙”

10/09/2025

✨ Puppy Progress ✨

Today we added a little more challenge to Blue’s sit-stay — turning, walking away, returning, and even walking around him. 👏🐾

Blue and his owner absolutely nailed it! 💙 You better believe there were some bloopers along the way, but with patience and perseverance they smashed it. 🌟

Consistency + practice = confident, well-mannered pups! 🐶💪

Hill’s Pet Nutrition

03/09/2025

🐾✨ New Puppy Private Course ✨🐾

Blue and his lovely owner Milan kicked off their training journey today! 💙
This smart little pup nailed his sit, so we moved straight onto sit-stay, which he picked up in no time 👏.
We also worked on some fun socialization to build his confidence, enjoyed a snuffle mat session for some sniffy enrichment 🐽🌿, and of course showed Blue that the leash is for walking… not for eating 😅🐶.

So proud of this team and excited to see them grow together! 💕

Heartful Hound Hill’s Pet Nutrition

17/07/2025

Wow! What a lovely surprise to see Heartful Hound got 3rd place for the best of toti 2025.

Thank you so much for nominating and voting for us, we are truly humbled and appreciative of this award!

Looking forward to many more adventures with our clients and pet companions.

Heartful hound is proud to be a Hill’s Pet Nutrition Puppy training school. We will continue to strive for happy canine companions and owners.

Your companions well being, emotionally and physically is our first priority.

12/03/2025

Another great post from COAPE International on desensitizing your dog to cars or bicycles. A lot of dogs display fear when these are in sight (sometimes even just when hearing them). Here's an idea on how you can help your dog manage.

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