Pawsitive Steps Behaviour and Training

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all my clients!

I have been well and truly spoilt by you all!

I hope you all have a fabulous day and an even better 2025

16/12/2024

As many of you now know I have made the very difficult decision to close the dog walking side of my business. I have taken on a new job role training dogs within a charity in the Durham area.

Pawsitive Steps will also be taking a small break just while I get my feet under the table in my new role. Those working through their 6 months behaviour program with me please don't worry I will still be here to support you.

I will announce on here when I am ready to take on new clients again.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support over the past nearly 3 years. It has been the most incredible ride and I'm excited to see where the next chapter takes me 💓

13/11/2024

Some very sleepy doggies after their training session a few weeks ago.

Well done Roscoe and Harry for working so hard in your session

08/11/2024

Sometimes your legs are just too small. 😂 Don't worry she figured it out in the end

06/11/2024

Welcome Shelly to our dog walking family. She is joining in on some of our pair and group walks and also doing some loose lead walking training.

03/11/2024

Welcome to the dog walking family Helga! She is joining us for walks and training to help support her with her loose lead walking and behaviour around dogs!

She has already come on leaps and bounds! Well done Helga

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween!!

I hope everyone is looking forward to an evening of fun however it can sometimes be a difficult time for the doggies in our lives.

Here are some top tips to help support our furry friends:

- don't knock on houses that are unlit, there could be a dog that is worried by unknown people or working hard on training around the doorbell.

- don't force your furry friends to dress up if they are uncomfortable

-walk your dogs before the trick or treaters start

-give your dog an extra bit of space past Halloween decorations we don't want them to get scared

-if you are having trick or treaters at your house make sure your dogs are locked away from the front door so they don't get scared by the costumes

🎃🎃

21/10/2024

Adolescence class!!

Still time to join us for our classes starting on Saturday.

Come along to learn skills to help support you and your dog through those difficult dinosaur years.

Location: Framwellgate Moor
Who: pups up to 18 months old

16/10/2024

We recently met Jack to help support him and his family with more appropriate play and how to greet guests calmly

I look forward to seeing how he gets on.

If you need support with your dog don't hesitate to get in touch.

12/10/2024

Well done to our most recent puppy graduates. Blair, Hugo and Toby.

We have our last classes of 2024 starting soon.

Adolescence class: 26th October
Puppy class: 23rd November

Get in touch to book on

08/10/2024

Welcome Buddy to our dog walking family. 🐾

02/10/2024

Still time to book on to our social walk

Social walks!

These are great for building confidence, working on focus and building neutrality in a controlled environment with other like minded dog parents.

5th October - 10am- £8 for those dogs that are friendly but struggle with excitement and frustration. It is also a great opportunity for your dog to make friends in a controlled calm environment (over 6 months)

19th September - 10am -£8 - for those dogs who are nervous or fear aggressive and need that extra little bit of space. This walk is also suitable for friendly dogs that want to work on being around dogs with a larger distance (over 6 months)

Get in touch for some more information or to book on to one of our walks.

29/09/2024

Social walks!

These are great for building confidence, working on focus and building neutrality in a controlled environment with other like minded dog parents.

5th October - 10am- £8 for those dogs that are friendly but struggle with excitement and frustration. It is also a great opportunity for your dog to make friends in a controlled calm environment (over 6 months)

19th September - 10am -£8 - for those dogs who are nervous or fear aggressive and need that extra little bit of space. This walk is also suitable for friendly dogs that want to work on being around dogs with a larger distance (over 6 months)

Get in touch for some more information or to book on to one of our walks.

27/09/2024

We have had all the weathers the last couple of weeks. Last week I was worrying about the dogs getting too hot, this week I was hoping we didn't wash away 😅

22/09/2024

Loose lead walking workshop

Come along to our next loose lead walking workshop.

We are running our workshop across 3 weeks starting on games to build proximity, moving on to the basics of loose lead walking and then taking it out into the big world.

Date: 12th October
Location: Framwellgate Moor
Price: £60

15/09/2024

Another well done to one of my training walk dogs Molly. Molly can sometimes pester dogs for play so we have been working on being neutral and doing her own thing. We even got a little bit of nice lead walking!

Also well done Amber for being the best stooge dog around

09/09/2024

Back at work today after a week's break. Loved seeing all my dogs. Messages and emails are slowly being responded too please bear with me 😊

08/09/2024

We still have space this Saturday on our reactive social walks.

This walk is also great for those dogs wanting to work at bigger distances around dogs.

Social walks!

These are great for building confidence, working on focus and building neutrality in a controlled environment with other like minded dog parents.

31st August - 3.30pm - £8 for those dogs that are friendly but struggle with excitement and frustration. It is also a great opportunity for your dog to make friends in a controlled calm environment (over 6 months)

14th September - 3.30pm -£8 - for those dogs who are nervous or fear aggressive and need that extra little bit of space. This walk is also suitable for friendly dogs that want to work on being around dogs with a larger distance (over 6 months)

Get in touch for some more information or to book on to one of our walks.