Congratulations on your new dog whether you’ve adopted him or have brought home a pup, when it comes to meeting new people lets make sure you set off on the right paw! If you are anything like me, you just want to show off your new dog and get your friends around to meet him asap. You just want them to fall in love with your dog like you did. But guess what… you need to take things slowly, this will make life easier and calmer for your dog.
How To Keep Your Dog Safe from being Stolen by Thieves in Edinburgh We've all seen the news in recent weeks from a rise in dog thefts to Lady Gaga's dog walker being shot and her dogs stolen, its the stuff of my nightmares. I remember having a dream that I had lost my...
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Professional Dog Trainer Edinburgh - How To Stop Your Dog Pulling He Just Drags Me From One Lamp Post To The Next!Its 7am and I am out walking Erick, who even at this early hour as I am yawning my head off he is alert and following his nose, dragging me along with...
Rescue and Nervous Dog Training Edinburgh - When your dog is scared or anxious about things like fireworks the best thing you can do is help tire them out with Puzzle Toys. This is my guide to Puzzle toys and the same tips and tricks I use with my two lunatics Erick...
Yes thats right, I am officially 'In The Dog House' with The Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home (EDCH). Further more I'm proud to have been chosen to put in there well me and several other Edinburgh locals! In The Dog House is an annual fundraising event held by EDCH, each...
So I told you all last week that I am officially 'In the Dog House' with The Edinburgh Dog and Cat home (EDCH). Happening this Friday 25th myself and apox 15 other Edinburgh resisdents and business owners will be going head to head to raise as much money as we can...
I wanted to share with you the story of Tizer. Tizer is German Sheperd Collie cross who I walk every day and he is also a former resident of the EDCH. Tizer is solid part of the Edinburgh Holistic Dog Family, he is stubborn, chatty, a big sook and handsome (and he knows it)!
Under the current set of restrictions in place regarding Covid-19 we are only allowed out once a day for exercise, which means one good walk for our dogs if you’re a single pawrent like me.
What happens if you find yourself in isolation, with your dog?
surely your dog needs more than a toliet break? They must need a proper walk?
Flash bounded into my life in August 2014, he was genuinely the biggest Old English Sheepdog I had seen he had the longest legs and the biggest smile. I have told you about his lack of manners with dogs, that he wouldn’t let me groom him, that he’d drag me about on our walks and how he didn’t have bite inhabition.
There is no black and white answer to this. I love to say Yes its wrong, you must keep your new dog and learn to co-exist by giving them the best life ever. But until you're faced with a situation that has you questioning if adopting this particular dog was the right...
- The story of my Flash Part 1 Flash bounded into my life in August 2014, he was genuinely the biggest Old English Sheepdog I had seen he had the longest legs and the biggest smile. He was aged one and came to me when his current owners were no longer able to keep...
There are lots of reasons why people adopt a dog instead of buying a puppy the desire to reduce the number of dogs in shetters, save a dog from the streets, the cost as adoption is generally cheaper and so on. For me it simply came down to time. I knew hand heart that...
As I write this it is so bloody warm and I am sat inside a darken flat! I know I shouldn’t complain but I am but I’m sticky and uncomfortable urgh! Please can I get a side of fresh air with this sunshine? As you know dogs can only cool down through panting and can only sweat through the pads on their paws.
Yep its true I use to hate going to dog training classes and I have tried a fair few in my time. Years before I become a professional dog walker and started studying to become a dog trainer I adopted a one year old, Old English Sheepdog called Flash (he's the...
I love Edinburgh its so dog friendly and before I moved here 7 years ago I hadn't experiacned any place like it. Not only are the dog owning locals friendly but the non dog owning locals are dog friendly. Its rare that I can take my dogs for a walk without bumping...
As I write this we are nearing the end of Mental Health Awareness week in the UK, my mental health as taken a bashing over the years and I am comfortable with status as 'Dealing with Depression' that I wanted to share with you my story. My teenage years weren't great...