K9 Education Dog Training

16/06/2026

If you haven’t taken your dog to see Lisa, I would highly recommend it. My boys love going to see her. Plus as well it keeps them in shape.

🎉 Another Year Licensed with the Canine Conditioning Academy! 🎉

I am proud to continue as a Licensed Coach with the Canine Conditioning Academy, delivering their renowned Strength From The Inside Out™ programme.

This structured programme uses specific, targeted and measurable exercises designed to improve your dog’s:

✅ Core strength
✅ Stability and balance
✅ Flexibility and body awareness
✅ Overall movement quality
✅ Injury prevention and resilience

Every exercise is individually tailored to your dog’s age, ability, lifestyle and goals.

🐾 Particularly beneficial for sporting and working dogs

Whether your dog competes in agility, flyball, canicross, gundog work, obedience, hoopers or other canine sports, strong core muscles are essential for performance. Improved core strength helps dogs generate power more efficiently, maintain balance during turns and jumps, enhance coordination, and reduce the risk of injury associated with repetitive athletic activities.

🌟 As a qualified Canine Fitness & Conditioning Coach through the Canine Conditioning Academy, I also offer safe and effective fitness and conditioning programmes tailored to your dog’s individual needs.

Ideal for:

🐕 Sporting and working dogs looking to improve performance and reduce injury risk

🐕 Senior dogs needing support with mobility and strength

🐕 Puppies, helping them develop healthy movement patterns from an early age

🐕 Pet dogs requiring fitness support and weight management

To find out more about my services, visit:

🌐 www.emccm.co.uk

📍 Based in Nottingham and serving the surrounding counties including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

If you would like to discuss how conditioning, rehabilitation or massage therapy could help your dog, please get in touch:

📧 [email protected]
📞 07418 082240

26/05/2026

Yep!

27/04/2026

29/03/2026

Pain alters behaviour. One of the first things I learnt when I did my dog training and behaviour course through the Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training & Behavior

🟢 Why Treat Pain? Because Doing Nothing Is Still a Decision

This is something I feel incredibly passionate about—especially this past week.

My own dog experienced a sudden collapse and hind limb paralysis, leaving her immobile and in a lot of pain.
It was heartbreaking to witness.

With the right adjustments to her pain management plan and treatment approach, she is now moving again.

Without addressing her pain… this simply would not have been possible. Please read ⬇️⬇️⬇️

“I don’t want to medicate my dog.”

This is something I hear often—and I genuinely understand that concern.

But I ask you to reflect:

We take medication ourselves.
We treat our own pain.
Yet we hesitate when it comes to our dogs.

If you would take pain relief to improve your comfort, mobility, and quality of life, why wouldn’t your dog deserve the same?

🟢 Untreated Pain Is Not Harmless

Chronic pain drives:

• Compensation
• Altered gait patterns
• Muscle overload
• Myofascial restriction
• Reduced mobility
• Behavioural changes

Over time, localised pain doesn’t stay local.

It spreads, as the body adapts… but not in a good way.

Persistent pain input can lead to:

• Hyperalgesia – an exaggerated pain response
• Allodynia – pain from normally non-painful stimuli
• Central sensitisation – amplification of pain within the nervous system

These processes are well documented in veterinary pain science (Epstein et al., 2015; Woolf, 2011).

🟢 Why Treating Pain Matters

Pain left untreated:

• Reduces quality of life
• Worsens compensation patterns
• Delays rehabilitation
• Increases risk of recurrence
• Impacts emotional wellbeing

🟢 What Does Good Pain Management Look Like?

The gold standard is a multimodal approach, which may include:

✔ Veterinary-led analgesia where appropriate
✔ Weight and load management
✔ Structured, appropriate exercise
✔ Environmental modification
✔ Supportive therapies such as:
– Clinical canine massage
– Physiotherapy
– Myofascial therapy
– Ostropathy
– Acupuncture
– McTimoney
– Hydrotherapy

Working collaboratively with your vet allows pain to be addressed both medically and mechanically—and that’s where meaningful, lasting progress happens.

🟢 Final Thought

Pain management is not about over-medicating.

It’s about welfare.
It’s about compassion.
It’s about preventing long-term deterioration.

Dogs cannot tell us they are in pain.
But they show us—if we’re willing to see it.

📩 If you’re concerned about your dog’s comfort, mobility, or behaviour, speak to your vet. They can help guide you toward the most appropriate pain management plan. I would alongside your veterinary team and offer musculoskeletal pain clinics

08/03/2026

This is not positive reinforcement training. This is one of the reasons we need regulation in the industry!

15/01/2026

It's so nice to feel acknowledged! I have again been identified as 1 of the 3 Best Rated dog trainers in Leicestershire.

☺️

16/12/2025

It’s not always about the treats with dogs. Bronson enjoys fuss. He finds this reassuring due to his nervous disposition.

04/12/2025

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think testing and examining is the right route?

Germany has a system every country could learn from. Many new dog owners choose to earn a dog license, which includes both a theoretical exam and a practical test. It is not just about passing. It is about proving you understand what a dog needs, how to guide them safely, and how to care for them with confidence and compassion. 🐾❤️

The written exam covers everything from nutrition and social behavior to training, health, fear, aggression, and everyday care. The practical test shows whether a person can handle their dog kindly and responsibly in real life, from peaceful countryside paths to busy city streets. It is about preparing owners before problems ever begin. 🌍🐕✨

Some regions make the license mandatory, others require special certificates depending on size or breed, and some keep it voluntary. But the goal stays the same: better education and fewer dogs suffering because someone simply did not know better. Imagine if every country offered something like this. More prepared owners. More confident dogs. A kinder world for every animal. 💛🐾

02/12/2025

What are we rewarding?

30/11/2025

A couple of weeks back I had to say goodbye to George as his mum moved to a new city.

I have known George since he was a pup when he came on my puppy class. His mum then asked me to walk him a few times a week and thats what I have done for the last 4 ish years.

Despite George not being my dog, I still built a relationship with him and now he's gone, it hurts!

These dogs become part of our lives. I miss him and the little games he used to play. One was rolling on his back so I couldn't get him OUT of the car!

I know George will have an amazing new life with his mum. But I still miss you buddy!