Kay 9 Dog Behaviourist

26/06/2025

Please help support this amazing charity. We are working towards building new kennel facilities, but as you can imagine, this takes a lot of funding, so anything you feel able to give will help enormously.
Thank you ###x

Help kay goddard raise money to support R.A.T.S.

03/06/2025

People with herding breeds need to understand that the space control ethics is born out of over 150 years of breeding and training. It's a 'breed trait' and why they are so good at their jobs. They are brave and fearless, but find it so hard without an outlet for their natural behaviour. If you live with a herding breed (collies, kelpies...) try to find games and activities that replace the work they were born to do.
Just an example: my crazy Luna (border collie) desperately needed to work her brain, so I taught her the sheep herding techniques and words and we substituted sheep for the crows in our playing field. She learned to work them with such gentle pressure, she could move them into a little huddle and not cause them to fly off!
10 minutes in the morning with our very accommodating crows, and she was a different dog.

Learn your breed, and tap into their incredible abilities.

If you need support with your dogs behaviour that is unwanted, or difficult to live with, please reach out 😊🐾🐾

31/05/2025

What a lovely training session this morning at RATS - Rehoming Animal Telephone Service kennels. It was all about walking techniques and working with trauma victims. Our wonderful Amber continues to overcome her fear of humans and the kennels now have some more techniques to work with.
Great turnout and thank you all for such lovely feedback xx

30/05/2025

Really looking forward to running a volunteer training session tomorrow morning for the fab folk at the RATS - Rehoming Animal Telephone Service kennels 🐾🐾

26/10/2024

https://kay9dogbehaviour.wixsite.com/kay-9-dog-behaviour/watching-listening

Behaviourists are often referred to as ‘Whisperers’ and I have certainly been called this, but I see my role as more of a watcher and listener for both my clients and their dogs.

15/04/2024

This explains things so well!!

08/03/2024

09/02/2024

This looks like fun! Thought I'd share here if anyone is looking for local-ish enrichment in a safe space 🐾🐾☺️

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/HPA6gytAfceG5Ctw/

16/01/2024

Happily, most dogs enjoy a warmer, indoor existence but if they do live outdoors, what a lovely kennel!!!

Ightham Mote is home to Britain's only Grade 1 listed dog kennel, made in 1890. Read more 👇

https://www.exploringgb.co.uk/blog/ighthammotekent?rq=Ightham%20Mote

04/01/2024

I'm posting this again as it's a very valid and often overlooked point xx

Sometimes the thing to do is... nothing.
Rescue dogs have a huge mountain to climb when they are adopted into a new home, however loving and well intentioned that home may be.
The adopter is eager to ‘do everything right’, give their new friend lots of love, affection, playtime, new toys... but, and it’s a big but... from the dogs perspective, this is really overwhelming.
They are experiencing so much all at once and if they’ve come from kennels, the street or simply changed addresses, they need time to process all the new stuff.

Some tips for new adopters:
Gentle, quiet, sniffy walks in green spaces.
A quiet space that’s just for them.
The option to retreat - don’t take offence ☺️
Less hands on - more smiles and dropped treats as you pass them.
Whisper talking
Let them find their feet and learn their new life at a pace they can cope with.
Sometimes just Do Nothing.

When I brought beautiful Luna (Chaos) home, she was bouncing off the walls, she couldn’t focus, was terrified of everything in the house, wanted to bite any hand that moved too close and spooked at every new thing (violently)
I had to spend a lot of time simply sitting in a space (she chose the bathroom)with her - no talk - no touching - no pressure. It took 2 days for her to calm down enough to finally sleep - after 2 days of manic behaviour. She hadn’t slept at the kennels at all.
Decompressing time is paramount for new adoptees.
Take your time 🥰

30/12/2023

Please please share!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏