Bark to Basics dog training

25/06/2025

Hand touches!

22/06/2025

📣 current class spaces 📣

⭐️ Life skills - suitable for puppies and older dogs:

🐾 Mondays 6-7pm or 7.15-8.15pm

🐾 Wednesdays 6-7pm

🐾 Thursdays 6-7pm

⭐️ Agility:

🐾 Saturdays 10.15-11.15

Further class info can be found at www.barktobasicsdogtraining.com

Alternatively feel free to pop me a message!

21/06/2025

We take birthdays seriously at Bark to Basics Dog Training 🫡

Especially doggo birthdays! Little Luna turned 1 last week 🥰

21/06/2025

Congratulations to Alfie who achieved his IMDT partnership grade 1 in class this week 🙌🏻

Alfie began classes as a super shy boy, but over the last couple of weeks has really come out of his shell and made some doggy friends 💙

(Monday class - before the sun melted the earth)

20/06/2025

Oh hey beautiful! 😍

Meet Winnie!
One of our new life skills class members 🩷
she’s a collie x golden retriever and absolutely wonderful! 🥰

(Picture taken in class earlier this week before the sun decided to scorch the earth)

19/06/2025

Not a drill people, don’t mess around outside with your dogs safety

☀️HOT PAVEMENT WARNING☀️

Yes, even on warm days, in certain conditions, pavements can become hot enough to cause pain, discomfort and even burn your dog’s paws. Although you may think your dog’s paw pads are quite tough, it’s important to remember that they are still made of skin and can be just as sensitive as the bottom of your feet.

On sunny days, pavements can often be deceptively hot and will usually be much warmer than the air outside. Dark and dense pavements easily absorb heat from the sun and are good at keeping hold of it and releasing it slowly. Natural surfaces, including grass, tend to be much cooler, as plants release water to help cool themselves down.

🔸HOW TO CHECK🔸
The best way to tell if a pavement is too hot for your dog to walk on is to place the back of your hand on the pavement for seven seconds. If it’s too painful for your hand, then it’s too painful for your dog’s paws.

If you notice that your dog is limping, looking uncomfortable or whimpering, then look at the bottom of their paws and check the temperature of the pavement with the back of your hand. If your dog’s paws look red, swollen or blistered then it’s important that you quickly take them off the hot pavement and contact your vet for advice as soon as possible.

18/06/2025

Nellie understood the assignment 👏🏻

This week in classes we’ve been utilising cool mats to work on place cues, settling and disengaging.

Safe to say I think she liked it 🥰

17/06/2025

A little reminder of what temperatures to be walking your dogs in… ☀️

Sadly driving around I see so many dogs out in the midday sun, walking on hot pavements and catching tennis balls. 😓

Any 121 training I have booked on hot days will always be rescheduled to a cooler time or day to keep your dogs safe.

Please do the same and keep those doggos safe!

17/06/2025

We have a new Bark to Basics Dog Training record!

Little Juno, 14 weeks old (3.5 months) achieved her IMDT partnership grade 1 in last nights life skills class 🙌🏻👏🏻🥰

Juno is one clever pup with dedicated humans at her side!

10/06/2025

If you don’t love that face, you’re a monster 😂

Congratulations to Spence for achieving his IMDT partnership grade 2! 💚🐾

10/06/2025

I spy a clever girl 🩷

Well done Nellie for achieving IMDT partnership grade 1!

Nellie is a rescue from Battersea, where she was born. She has about 50 million different breeds in her, and despite her zest for life, she’s really worked hard to focus and get her award 🐾🥰