Canine General

You will often hear me say, train them young, from the moment your dog comes home training commences, train anywhere, train everywhere….but when shouldn’t you train? I have two hard and fasts for no training and they are simple: When your dog is not ok (physically or mentally) When you are not ok (physically or

Someone said this to me just yesterday but it isn’t the first time and won’t be the last and its a phrase I will never ever understand, ‘You can’t do it all!’ Can’t I? Why can’t I? One good reason please? Just one will do me…. I can’t think of any and of my three

I have an ideal follow on to my last blog from just last week ‘Competing – It is never perfect‘ It has been an interesting week. I recently posted on my personal FB page that I am giving up competitive obedience for now, possibly permanently, time will tell and it was interesting to see the

Many of us dog owners are highly dedicated, I don’t mean in the sense of competing but in caring, loving and providing for our dogs. Some of that includes important things like daily food and exercise and some of that is also training time. Those who know me will know that I lost my mum November

This little phrase ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ is one that I have pondered for some time now and I have been meaning to write a blog on it. Well this week I was introduced to 2 brilliant books and they just confirmed I needed to write this! Just as an FYI The

This year has been a major one for me, for a start I lost my mum. Amongst other things I’ve had to let friends go which has been sad, for whatever reason they were not meant to be part of my journey going forward. I’ve said goodbye to my beloved cat after 16 lovely long

As most of you probably know, we offer much more than just a training, we offer training, behaviour, pregnancy scanning and many holistic services such as: Animal communication Reiki Crystal healing Canine Massage Aura photography This month we are proud to have one of our canine holistic therapists in Dogs Monthly magazine, a lovely 4

Most people now know that the physical effects of  reactivity / stress / fear etc can last for up to 72hours after the event but what many people do not fully appreciate is the physical effects of over arousal. Over arousal is often put down to drive but isnt the same thing. Over arousal is

Summer finally looks to be rearing its lovely head and its a great fun time of year for your dogs but remember to take care too as with the heat comes a few added dangers to consider watching out for. Exercise – Take your dogs out early or late since these are much cooler times

We are our pets guardians, they do not have their own voice and it is therefore up to us to keep them protected and ensure they feel safe, we know this, yet sometimes it can prove difficult. Today I failed in that job and its led me to reflect just how hard it can be

I recently came across the website of a fellow dog trainer. On their page they mentioned something that drives me crazy, I never tend to tackle it myself (until now) as I dont believe in putting down other trainers down because I think thats cheap tactics. Instead I prefer to talk about and show people

Winner of our Pet Remedy competition is Lisa Coull! Congratulations!

Had a great time hosting a joint Ki Communications (Holistic Therapies & Dog Walking) and Kalma (Dog Training, Holistic Therapies & Pet Remedy supplier) stand and was suitably busy with customers all day. Thank you to everyone who popped along to purchase or have a chat about what we both do!