Puppy Coach

Puppy Coach The official page of Jo Croft MA, Clinical Canine Behaviour & Training Specialist. DogsLogic

Jo also runs Dogslogic and is based in Hertfordshire but travels to see clients anywhere within a 2 hour radius. She has an extensive & varied career in Vet Nursing prior to specialising in canine psychology & training - Gaining a Masters degree & passing with distinction in 2015, her academic thesis focused on human emotion and its involvement with anxiety in the dog. Jo runs a successful one2one

behaviour & training consultancy, onliine puppy - owner support platform, she has a published book and also offers zoom consults for clients further afield working by word of mouth and vet referral. In addition Jo runs courses in canine behaviour for student behaviourists, with the Cidbt, is a member of the CFBA and is able to work with insurance cases. Jo can help you with all your canine concerns from the early puppy period, setting them up to succeed up to and including more serious and specialised cases such as anxieties, & all types of aggression in all breeds of dog! She has treated and rehabilitated hundreds of dogs over a 20 + year professional career and isn't phased by any complex training or behaviour concern. Along with her professional social media updates Jo has both Youtube and Podcast channels with heaps of free advice and regularly shares dog training and behaviour tips, tricks and guides, as well as daily life updates of on her dog, horse, triathlon & canicross adventures �

😢😢😢😞It’s uncomfortable—but loving your dog isn’t the same as understanding your dog.Today I watched an older, overweight...
14/04/2026

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It’s uncomfortable—but loving your dog isn’t the same as understanding your dog.

Today I watched an older, overweight Jack Russell Terrier trying to keep up with an owner power walking ahead.

🐾🐾Off lead. Free to stop… but didn’t.

Panting.
Stiff.
Lagging.
Pushing through — not because he could, but because he felt he had to.🙈

This is the bit we don’t talk about enough.

We’re quick to call out harsh training… or even the simple, sane approach to teaching a dog ‘no’!!
But quiet suffering like this gets missed.WHY!!!!??

🐾Dogs will push through pain to stay with us
🐾Loyalty overrides discomfort
🐾Intent doesn’t equal impact

That dog didn’t need a longer walk.
He needed someone to notice.

Ask yourself:
• Are they keeping up… or coping?
• Are they choosing the walk… or choosing you?

We don’t need more dog lovers.

We need more dog listeners.🙉

This has made my heart break - I was in my car, unable to intercept - watching the uphill pavement struggle - I would never film or humiliate someone but have chosen to raise awareness- just glance at your older or injured dog on the walk, sit down for a minute and see what they do. Switch out the walk for a sedate cafe stop and watch the world go by instead - at the very least- open your eyes to potential discomfort!!

NB - free stock photo used (not the actual dog!) There is a little spoiler for the Croft household here though 😉

Rottweiler puppies aren’t “easy” — they’re powerful minds in small bodies.The first few weeks matter most:calm exposure,...
09/04/2026

Rottweiler puppies aren’t “easy” — they’re powerful minds in small bodies.

The first few weeks matter most:
calm exposure, clear boundaries, no chaos.

They’re wired to take responsibility —
if you don’t lead early, they will.

Start right

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