Follow My Lead Albany

30/09/2025

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐘 🌼
This sunshiny girl is a rescued backyard breeding dog. Since being with her new family, she has come out of her shell and is so affectionate and playful and just loves attention...and she's SO expressive!

🫣 Daisy has presumably never been out and about much because she initially didn't know what a lead was and is struggling to understand 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

⚡ She also 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 with her reactions to dogs because she is unsure of herself. This makes walks pretty difficult.

So, through the training program, Daisy is learning:
🐾 To love listening so she is easy to train
🐾 To walk on a loose lead
🐾 To come when called so she can enjoy off lead freedom
🐾 To be confident and relaxed out and about around distractions and dogs
🐾 Not to be quite so bouncy when greeting people 😏.. and much more!

I'm loving watching Daisy and her family progress together. They're putting in the work and seeing the results! 💙

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆!

29/09/2025

It's a public holiday! Show us your dog having fun.🤩

25/09/2025

23/09/2025

💕𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀💕 come in all sorts of sizes and breed mixes. Along with that comes a lovely variety of personalities and adorable quirks.

One of my favourite things about all of the poodles I've worked with, is that they are SO eager to learn and are so loyal.

🫶 Harry (top left)
🐾 Gus (bottom left)
💜 Darwin (right)

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗲?

17/09/2025

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐘
At 8 years old, Marley enjoys learning just as much as ever, and just loves to be around people and please people. She is such a sweet girl. 🥰

Marley's family initially got in touch with me because they wanted to be able to include her in public outings with them, but 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀. 😢

They didn't expect her to interact with everything, but they just wanted her to be able to be a bigger part of their lives.

✨And over the weeks, Marley has come along in leaps and bounds!✨

🐶 She is able to acknowledge dogs and move on without feeling worried and defensive!
☕ She is able to be in busy settings (like Haz Beanz in the photo) and be calm and happy.

We're refining little things still, but I'm so proud of Marley and her ability to adjust this much after years of being unable to do these things. 💜💜💜

Such a 🌟.

09/09/2025

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄 🫶
Millie is a nearly 2 year old Labrador x Mini Poodle.

Her owner has put a lot of strategic effort into Millie since she was a pup and Millie gets to have time off lead, goes camping, and has been able to be part of training classes and fun activities as a result. ⛺🌊🐾

Millie has challenging traits however.

Her enthusiasm means that she easily gets frustrated if she can't have something she wants right away, and she struggles to just switch off and relax.

So Millie is learning to:
👉 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆.
👉 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, instead of barking every time they move, or wanting to constantly be involved.
👉 𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, rather than getting worried and sometimes growling.

Millie has come far already!
⭐ 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗻𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 with her again!
⭐ And𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀!

There is still refining to be done, but I'm so pleased with how well Millie is responding to training. 🥳💜