My blog
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Christmas is such a magical time of year, but it can also bring its fair share of challenges—especially if you live with multiple dogs. Between the excitement of visitors, the change in routine, and the added hustle and bustle, it’s…
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Training Tips for Managing Visitors with Reactive Dogs
Welcoming visitors into your home should be a happy occasion, but if you’ve got a reactive dog, it can feel more like preparing for battle. Whether it’s barking, lunging, or just general chaos, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The good…
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Why High-Drive and Reactive Dogs Need Specialised Training
Living with a high-drive or reactive dog is a unique adventure. These dogs are full of potential, bursting with energy, and capable of incredible things—but they can also bring their own set of challenges. If you’ve ever found yourself feeling…
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Top 5 Indoor Games for Dogs During Bad Weather
Let’s be honest—no one likes going out in the pouring rain, and that includes many of our dogs! While the odd missed walk isn’t the end of the world, it’s important to make sure your dog still gets some mental…
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Furry Sausages!
Lilly decided to have her babies 5 days early, and as you can appreciate that meant I wasn’t totally ready. She had 6 healthy babies, somewhat less than the 9 we expected. The birth was relatively straight forward, she handled…
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Puppies!
It has been a little quiet on here of late – I realise that. A few technical issues combined with a lot going on has meant you have been neglected a bit. So here is a catch up of what…
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Not quite as planned
I had big plans for this year, this agility season I would be competing Spudley and Lilly for the first time. The last few years I have been working on their ringside skills, such as calmness when queuing, the vast…
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill
As you can imagine from the title of today’s blog, all has not been going as well as I should like in relation to my diet and exercise plan. There have been a number of reasons, or excuses for this.…
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Continuing with the plan…
Despite deciding to withdraw Lilly from the Crufts qualifiers this year, I want to drive forward with the other elements of my plan. This plan included following a diet and exercise plan from V SHRED. It also included improving my…
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Not this year!
Due to technical issues, that fortunately are now resolved, I have been unable to get logged into my website before now. This has prevented me from completing my blog so apologies for the lack of posts. Leading up to our…