Sharpes Canine Services - SCS

19/06/2025

It’s amazing what you find in rescue?? Looking for a dog??? Pop down to local kennels or visit breed specific rescues it’s amazing what you can find 🤩

11/06/2025

🤔 No different to dogs

🧠💥 Behind every meltdown is a nervous system that’s still under construction. 🧩

Emotional self-regulation isn't something kids just know how to do—it’s something they’re learning, just like walking, talking, or tying their shoes. 🧒👟

When children are overwhelmed, their brains may go into “fight, flight, or freeze” mode. That’s not bad behavior. That’s a sign their nervous system is doing what it knows—but it hasn’t yet learned how to pause, breathe, and choose a better way. 🛑💨

🧠 Think of their self-regulation system like a house still being built—some walls are up, but the roof isn’t finished, and the tools are still scattered everywhere.

That’s why kids need:
🫶 Support
🪜 Scaffolding
🧘‍♀️ Co-regulation
🕰️ Time

Let’s meet kids where they are, not where we wish they were.
Their emotional growth is happening—even if it’s messy sometimes. 🌱💚

08/06/2025

I watch quick fixes every day!! As soon as the dog is triggered enough it will revert back to its survival mode and what is natural. I hope the quick fix dog never gets triggered

06/06/2025

I’ve never met a dog who enjoys misbehaving.
But I’ve met many who are struggling.
Dogs who lunge, bark, chew, pull, hide, grow....
Not because they’re being “bad,” but because they’re trying to cope.
Their behaviour is communication.
It’s a signal. A symptom. A message.
And the more we ignore what they’re trying to say, the louder-or more withdrawn-they become.
What we often label as disobedience is a dog’s desperate attempt to feel safe, to find connection, to be understood.
They’re not giving you a hard time.
They’re having a hard time.
When we shift from controlling behaviour to understanding the emotions underneath,
we start to see what they’ve been asking for all along.
It’s not about fixing them.
It’s about listening to them.

05/06/2025

Before you scroll past the shelter's ‘problem dog’—remember: fear isn't bad behavior. It’s trauma. And trauma can heal.

18/05/2025

We don’t ask “what’s wrong with them?”
We ask “I wonder why?”
Why they flinch at sound.
Why they can’t settle.
Why they bark, lunge, growl, chew, hide...
We get curious — not because we’re looking for a quick fixe but because we know behaviour is a language.
And behind every moment of “misbehaving” is a dog trying to be heard.
This isn’t about training.
It’s about tuning in.
Because sometimes, the greatest shift starts not with a command or a cue - but with a question:
I wonder why?

22/01/2025

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17/10/2024

04/10/2024

Dora in foster with GSDR. Looking gorgeous and waiting for her new abode

24/09/2024

Pupdate
For those interested can u please fill out
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Super Specail home needed for a failed Police Dog
Malinois, who's finding the stress a wee bit too much.
He's a fantastic boy with no vices to the outside hooman dog world
He will need a hooman willing to work with us on his anxiety and condition him to a clam home environment and new purpose

Breed knowledge
He's no aversion to small hoomans but will need to focus on him for now so small peeps would be too much
No dramas with other dogs, but as he is young, intact pals will b an emotional stressor, so chill and go lucky pals need apply

Please reach out if you can open your home to this little legend

Pictures to follow