Bond and Behave

29/11/2025

Assistance Dog in Training Brodie says there are only 2 more days till we find out that exciting new training location!!!

Have you guessed yet? If so pop your guess below - and don't forget to BOOP THE SNOOT! 😍

Bond and Behave

29/11/2025

Wow! Have we had a busy day!

Not 1 BUT 2 socialisation sessions! This is just a reminder it's not all about the sits and stays, socialising your dog with other friendly dogs and new experiences is so important 😊

In our last class we were focusing on loose lead and door manners - All dogs in today's classes really did amazing 🤩😍

Keep up the good work and keep those tails wagging as you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!

27/11/2025

Have you got a new dog or puppy recently?

Its always exciting getting a new bundle of fluff running through the front door, wagging their tail and seeing their loving big eyes! However we know training a boisterous puppy is not for the faint hearted! From the lovely smell of puppy breath when you snuggle to the awful smell of puppy p*e on your favourite rug - don't worry we've got your back.

Read our latest blog now to help give you 5 Top tips on what to do when your puppy first arrives home!

By Bond and Behave – Puppy & Assistance Dog Training SupportBringing home a new puppy is one of life’s biggest joys — but the first month is also the most important period of your dog’s entire future. The habits, experiences, and skills your puppy learns now will shape their confidence, beha...

26/11/2025

Look out East Lothian - Here we come!

We have had SO much demand for our classes - So much we are expanding to another town in January 2026!

Have a wee guess where were coming to.....

2 Hints -

1 - Think of an East Lothian town whose name almost sounds like your dog trying to say "Train it!" - Very fitting for classes right?

2 - Its not only dogs that dig when it comes to this Coal Mining Town!

Have you guessed yet?

All will be revealed next week - With bookable January 2026 dates too!

22/11/2025

I'd like to give a BIG shout out to The Dog Port for their kind donations!

We can't thank you enough for this amazing quality training gear you have donated for our clients, these 3 harnesses and 2 double clip leads will definitely come in handy for our clients dogs who train with us and we really appreciate your support.

Thank you so much for your support!

20/11/2025

Christmas is just around the corner! 🎁🎄⛄ 🎅🏻

That's right, can you hear those sleigh bells ringing? .... Or is that just the neighbours dog barking? 😂

If you know someone with a mischievous dog who's in need of some training, or maybe you have a disability and are looking to train your own dog to become an assistance dog superhero in 2026!

Check out our Christmas vouchers-

£40 - Private one to one session.
£90 - Block of intro group training classes.

Whatever you're looking for we've got your back!

Message us today to buy a training gift voucher, let's get next year training off to a great start! ☺️

20/11/2025

We would love to give a BIG THANK YOU to Victoria Blackhurst for these 2 very generous gifts!

Victoria kindly bought Bond and Behave a Large training harness and some super STRONG KONG Squeakair tennis balls! 😮😍

We are so thankful and these items will be used in our training and given to clients on loan basis! We really appreciate your support and thank you again for your generosity!

18/11/2025

What a busy day!

I wanted to shine a spotlight on one of our teams from today!

This beautiful boy is such an excitable lad! His enthusiasm for life is beyond awe 😍 BUT what he LOVES more than life is - SQUEAKY TENNIS BALLS!!!

This boy has been working his tail off to be the bestest boy, learning not to jump, impulse control, sit, lie down and loose lead walking and so far it's all been done with - a squeaky ball!! - Which unfortunately today suddenly self combusted! ..... not sure how that happened?

He's not motivated by food and that's OK! We can work with a ball while his owner is working her hardest with getting him more food motivated 💪🏻 - your doing amazing 🤩

HOWEVER! I'm sending out an appeal to all our followers - we have started an Amazon Wishlist - full of squeaky balls, Training treats and some training gear our clients would find useful to use on loan while they are training.

We are asking you - our lovely followers and fellow members of East Lothian to support our organisation and our clients by purchasing these items to enable our pet and assistance dog clients a smoother training journey ❤️

Link to our wishlist is below-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/QXQRIXTU8HT7?ref_=wl_share

I'd like to thank you for following us and supporting our clients! We would also love it if you could SHARE this post with your friends - let's get our community to come together and support our future Assistance Dogs!

16/11/2025

As the week ends and a new one begins I’m so proud of the dedication you show your dogs. Every bit of patience, practice, and positivity is helping them shine. Here’s to another week of building confidence, connection, and happy dogs.

Comment below and tell me how you’ve been getting on this week — big wins and small wins, they all count!

12/11/2025

Watch this reactive dog's transformation so far!

At Bond and Behave we understand that reactive dogs are NOT BAD DOGS!!

In this little dog's case - it was fear based - watch how we went from REACTIVE to PLAYING in just 3 sessions!

NO CORRECTIONS, NO PAIN, NO DOMINANCE THEORIES!

Just our Mentor dogs doing what they do best - making friends with the underdogs! The dogs that people find hard to understand why they bark, the dogs who haven't learned to feel safe when they see strange dogs! The 'noisy' dogs who make people want to keep away from!

But we're working through this dog's fear one session at a time, showing her that not every dog is going to attack, that she is safe and can make friends.

LIKE and FOLLOW our page to follow her journey and our other dogs in training.

The Pennypit Family & Learning Centre - SCIO

12/11/2025

Wow have we had a busy week or what!!! And yes we are on Tuesday but I never got round to showing off our teams from last week!

With a new block of pet classes starting! Our assistance dog teams still training hard! 💪🏻 Lots of 121's and our Mentor dogs working their floofy tails off, our week has went SO fast!

If only Victoria was better with remembering to take photos! 🤦🏻‍♀️ However it's been brilliant hard work this week and clients have definitely been putting in the work!

Keep at it everyone! Your hard work is paying off!

Bond and Behave

07/11/2025