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Guide Dog in Training Luna practicing waiting patiently at the self checkout in the supermarket this morning. She did ve...
27/08/2026

Guide Dog in Training Luna practicing waiting patiently at the self checkout in the supermarket this morning. She did very well guiding in a new place and ignoring all the tasty food on the shelves. 🦮🐾

22/08/2026

We did a quick supermarket training session this morning. Luna practiced walking with a shopping trolley for the first time as well as some stays with distractions like objects being dropped near her and people walking past. She also did an excellent job leaving all the crumbs on the floor in the bakery isle. I am really pleased with how well she did this morning. 🦮🐾

22/08/2026

Earlier this week we met up with a friend and another trainee Assistance Dog that she was working with to practice some more distraction skills. Luna practiced lying beside me on the floor (like she is expected to do during medical episodes) whilst ignoring distractions from the other dog and handler walking by, making random sounds, talking to her, and reaching out to touch her. She did break focus a few times, but overall she did a fantastic remaining in position. 🐾

16/08/2026

The mouth of a working Assistance Dog is truly extraordinary. Retrieving items, opening doors, removing clothing, emptying the washing machine, and so much more. These mouths perform life-changing tasks every day, so it’s especially important to take extra good care of them. I use Pooch & Mutt Dental Powder to help my dog’s teeth and gums stay healthy.

If you would like to try some for your own dog you are very welcome to use our ambassador code POOCHPACK-4PSC for 30% off your order. Code valid on all P&M products.

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12/08/2026

It’s too warm for training outside today so we’ve been working on some cooperative care skills indoors instead. 🐾

Luna is learning how to open her mouth on cue and to help teach this I am using a pair of tongs! At the moment she can only open it for a second but I plan to build this up very gradually so that she can keep her mouth open for longer. Why? To be able to check her teeth and gums without having to physically force her mouth open. Cooperative care is all about consent and is an excellent way to build trust with your dog.

We have also introduced a scratch board to help keep her claws filed down between trims. Most of our walks are in grassy/woodland areas so her claws don’t really file down naturally like dogs who are walked predominately on pavements. Overgrown claws can cause problems as they force the toes into unnatural angles changing how the dog stands and walks which can cause long-term joint pain. It’s therefore very important to keep them well maintained and using a scratch board is a fantastic way to help do this.

Although primarily set up to support those living with MS, The Samson Centre very kindly allows those with other disabil...
11/08/2026

Although primarily set up to support those living with MS, The Samson Centre very kindly allows those with other disabilities such as myself to make use of their excellent facilities. I attend The Samson Centre for MS every week for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and it has made an incredible difference to my symptoms.

With the relentless heatwaves this summer The Samson Centre have sadly had no choice but to close the centre on multiple occasions when temperatures became too high inside the building to operate safely. They have recently launched a Keep Cool Campaign with the goal of raising £12,000 to install air conditioning throughout the centre to include the main building and the oxygen annex.

I wanted to do my part to help raise the money to make this possible and so have decided to take part in a sponsored tandem paraglide during my honeymoon in Italy this September, my husband Ed will be taking part too! During the flight we will each be strapped to an experienced instructor and will have the opportunity to have a go at piloting some basic manoeuvres ourselves.

All donations are gratefully received via our JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/keepcoolparaglide (link in bio) Thank you for your support and generosity. 💙

10/08/2026

I am super proud of these two for completing the ultimate ‘leave it’ challenge this afternoon. One bowl of delicious chicken pieces, two Labradors, and handler out of sight (upstairs) for three whole minutes! They both demonstrated incredible impulse control here, if only I could do the same around chocolate! 😂

Alt Text: Two black Labradors leaving a bowl of chicken on the floor in front of them for three minutes whilst the handler goes upstairs. Parts of the video are played in fast forward.

10/08/2026

During our morning walk today we practiced some emergency stop training and I thought it might be nice to look back at a few clips of baby Luna when she first learned the skill at 4 months old. These clips are taken around a year apart in late July 2025 (aged 4 months) and early August 2026 (aged just under 17 months).

The most noticeable difference is how dry the grass is this year, but Luna has also improved as her response time is now much quicker and she is able to do it with added distractions like other dogs or people passing.

Alt Text: Luna, black Labrador, running free in a field. When her handler calls ‘stop’ she stops on the spot and sits down. She remains in place until given the ‘free’ cue. In the first clip she is 4 months old, in the second she is 17 months.

We’ve been working hard on neutrality around other animals such as dogs, cats, horses and birds. Today I used a taxiderm...
08/08/2026

We’ve been working hard on neutrality around other animals such as dogs, cats, horses and birds. Today I used a taxidermy pheasant and a hidden speaker playing pheasant sounds in the garden. Luna very quickly understood that the aim was to ignore it entirely. I’m now planning to place it somewhere on a walk around the block to see if she can ignore it when it appears more randomly. It’s so important that Assistance Dogs can stay focused around other animals so training like this is very useful. 🐈‍⬛🐎🐿️🦆🐓

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