Companion Minds

30/10/2025

Highly recommend Rebecca at RMB Veterinary Physiotherapy for all physio needs. Rebecca has supported us with several clients recently and been brilliant. Physio isn’t just for dogs with diagnosed conditions, it’s great for injury prevention and early detection of issues too.

I currently have availability to take on new clients 🐕🐎

Would your dog or horse benefit from physiotherapy?

The answer is YES if they are:
✅️ Diagnosed with arthritis or a joint condition
✅️ Diagnosed with a spinal condition
✅️ Recovering from surgery
✅️ Recovering from an injury
✅️ Showing signs of stiffness or lameness
✅️ Showing signs of pain
✅️ Showing changes in behaviour
✅️ A working animal
✅️ Competing in sport or disciplines

To book an appointment or to learn more about how physiotherapy could benefit your animal, please feel free to get in contact:

📧 [email protected]
📞 07519 963725
📲 Messenger

https://www.rmbveterinaryphysiotherapy.com/

29/10/2025

🐾 RARE AVAILABILITY 🐾

Due to a few house moves outside of our catchment area, we have some availability for group dog walks and paddock social sessions in Scunthorpe, Broughton, and Brigg! 🎉

Please pop us a message for availability!

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

SFD 🐶💙



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27/10/2025

Gorgeous Orla is a nearly 2 year old Irish setter who we’ve been working with via our clinical animal behaviour services.

Orla was referred to us for support with a fairly extreme phobia of the car. She would avoid approaching or even walking past the car, and if lifted in the car would immediately start to salivate profusely, pant frantically, and generally be extremely stressed out. 🚗

Orla has made a huge amount of progress and will now willingly and enthusiastically get in the car by herself, and is now travelling much more comfortably. opening up lots more walks and enjoyment for her and her family 😍

Brilliant work Orla, so pleased with the progress made, keep up the great work!

26/10/2025

Congratulations to our latest Polite Puppy graduates 🎓

Hope cocker 🤎
Dennis cavapoo 💛
Bodhi Labrador 🤎
Arthur border terrier who couldn’t make today’s class 🤎

Koko Labrador 💛
Chip miniature dachshund 🤎
Benjy cocker 🧡

Well done everyone! Brilliant stuff over the last 6 weeks, super proud of you!

19/10/2025

Polite puppy classes this weekend covered our drop and leave cues, alongside grooming training, collar restraints, and a gentle introduction to muzzle training.

It’s never too early to start, and such a useful lifeskill to prevent stress later on if it’s ever needed.

Hope and Bodhi both had treats out of the special The Muzzle Movement muzzle and little Dennis had a play with a Baskerville ultra. Our second class also had a great time but no photos unfortunately!

Click the link for 10% off your muzzle movement purchases: https://www.themuzzlemovement.com/?ref=COMPANIONMINDS

Well done puppies!

17/10/2025

Start prepping…

We re very sorry but we are going to have to say the F word
….
Freaking Fireworks 😔🎆

Here in the UK the days are shortening rapidly and we move into one of the most dreaded times of the year for many animal carers -bonfire night / Guy Fawkes / November 5th …. But events and random fireworks just as likely for sometimes 2 weeks before and after.

So …. We highly recommend taking action now

We ll do a separate post on other animals, but here focus on dogs

- start shifting your evening walk if you do one, a bit earlier every day
- play some calm music when you arrive back, and as you close curtains / blinds earlier than normal and turn both TV and radio on if you have available
- use this as a signal to your dog you are about to do something together that is calm and fun … maybe a lickimat or similar with you say nearby, or some grooming whist you tell them a story, a massage or stroking session, some new odour / toy investigation
- at this time, practice giving a firm treat or piece of kibble wrapped in some pate (to mimic any medication giving)
- during the calm, connection session turn on some extra background music with a good beat (like rhythmic drumming or similar). Start quietly and over a few nights, increase the volume Leave this on every evening for an hour or more already so it is part of the routine

- if you think your dog might benefit from anti anxiety or anti anxiety and sedating medication on nights of anticipated noise, call your vets now to organise a weight and health check and get that prescribed
It can also be a good time to get their chip checked - is it working, are your details up to date ?

- for some dog / caregiver combos, you might find that heading off on a drive with the radio on whilst you head somewhere away from events is a helpful avoidance. Just ensure you set off early to avoid trying to get in your vehicle when bangs may go off, and always make sure your dog is wearing a secure collar / harness / lead with all your contact details.

I know many of us would really prefer there were no such events or loud noises, not just for our animals but for wildlife too (and many humans) but as that still isn’t the case, prepared is preferred

17/10/2025

It's a Puppy, Not a Problem.

In the past, I trained pet dogs. The first session would almost always go something like this:

Student would pull a list of problem behaviors out of their pocket. Meanwhile, their four month old puppy chewed on the leash and pulled various directions, causing the student to express obvious irritation. The student would then lay out all of the problems that they wanted to fix.

"We're having problems with barking, wanting to play all the time, running through the house with dirty feet, jumping on people, chewing stuff up, excessive interest in human food, constant pulling on the leash to get to things, and digging holes in the garden. Oh yeah – could you teach a reliable recall, off leash, so that when I'm ready to leave the park we can go without me having to chase my dog?"

In short, could I make their young puppy behave like a grown up dog?

Think of puppies as pre-verbal children. Show patience. Structure the environment for success. Accept that inconvenience will happen. Remember that what you do now is going to determine the type of relationship you will have into the future. What are you looking for? Do you want to be seen as an accommodating person who creates opportunities to do interesting things, or as a domineering tyrant that is best avoided? When you ask your dog or child to come see you, do you want them to come running with enthusiasm, or to experience worry and anxiety about your presence?

But start by understanding that there is nothing wrong – there is no problem. There is only a puppy, and training to be done. What happens now is up to you.

Excerpted from the 2019 article, "It's a Puppy, Not a Problem," written by . https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/blog/it-s-a-puppy-not-a-problem

12/10/2025

Always brilliant to listen to Roz. Everyone should follow her page The Mutty Professor, brilliant ‘in the wild’ training footage which is something I’m a big proponent of. I just can’t film and coach at the same time quite like Roz can!

12/10/2025

More learning today down in Wi******er at Dogx with PACT 💚

Looking forward to a great day!

10/10/2025

Can you work out which bits have been emphasised in your dog’s breed?

We have played with the predatory sequence in our dogs to make certain parts more or less prominent, so they could perform jobs for us.
When we look at breed traits and which part of this sequence our dogs like to perform best, we can then look at ways to better fulfil them.

Find the full video on this and outlets to fulfil each part on the membership. Find the full predatory sequence handout under resources ‘predatory sequence long version’

10/10/2025

If your pet is limping, we can help! Speak to your vet about referring to MSK vets for a consultation to understand why your pet is lame.
In less than an hour you will have answers. To find out more about what happens the visit our website mskvets.co.uk