Malvern Fabdogs

31/08/2026

I really do see some really dedicated and wonderful owners.❗

Meet a gorgeous Rommie rescue - part livestock guardian and part working farm dog .. previously assessed by Pamela over a year ago as non aggressive - he is lovely but a little tricky !

He's potentially too much for some dogs and can escalate in reactivity when under pressure....(Joey had to have a discussion with him )

His amazing owner has changed him from a really anxious import to one who is more confident character is now coming through but bringing with it, it's own issues ... as he likes to make decisions and prefers things on his terms.

some work to do but he is in good hands.

I personally feel we shouldn't bring more dogs in from Europe...often owners end up taking on difficult dogs they don't expect! 😮

31/08/2026

For the life of me I cannot understand why Joey’s new favourite human is Steve the beef farmer 🤷‍♀️

31/08/2026

All canids need fermentable fibre … but they are still carnivores.

30/08/2026

**** ✅ Behaviour Aftercare ✅*****

I love it when my existing clients contact me for advice and to let me know how things are going! Often I get asked about a specific potential problem ...

➡️ yesterday it was how to make a large family gathering run smoothly for a dog who was wary of strangers and particularly men entering the house !

I'm pleased to report my advice was followed and it was fine (maybe a few too many cocktail sausages for the dog) but no growling or barking at the guests :)

Sometimes it's just a progress report :

➡️ Today I bumped into a client who's dog who had severe resource guarding issues (bite to an adult human ) and now this issue is completely cured ... it filled my heart with joy to see him and my wonderful client who put everything into practice !

Obviously if I'm too busy I just can't respond quickly 🤦‍♀️ so the fantastic news is we (Impackt Behaviour) are launching an online portal for ongoing behavioural help at a great value subscription - giving access to Pamela's knowledge and ongoing live support from some of her team of professionals ! ✅🤩🤩🤩

29/08/2026

Here are my 'Special Needs ' once highly reactive / aggressive dogs 🐶and their amazing owners - all supporting each other and making my (and Joey's ) job easy
..in fact Joey mostly ignored all of them and just got grumpy and told them to go away ...( I think I need to debrief and have a chat to him about his work ethic ) 🤣

29/08/2026

⁉️Quick fixes ? ⁉️

Yes and no . Like Pamela who recently posted about this , Im fed up with the narrative we hear that says never go to a trainer that offers quick fixes!

Are quick fixes possible ❓. Yes of course they are ‼️

Are all the cases I see fixed instantly ? No of course they aren’t ! ( many of my clients have ‘special needs’ dogs though lol - we now have a ‘club’ 😂 )

So which cases can be solved very fast?

The commonest ones are on-lead REACTIVITY due to the following :

Frustration ( depends on levels )
Some Insecurity - especially owner centred 🤔😂
Resource guarding the owner ( low level)

These can normally be solved or almost solved ( massively reduced) in one session. The key is to identify the cause of the reactivity . All three above causes are normally missed by trainers such as new trainers or those following a system that gives the dogs freedom to make choices ( and no I do not ‘suppress’ a dog I relieve its anxiety)

So if the CAUSE is mis diagnosed it will often take forever to solve and cost a lot of money to get absolutely nowhere. The exception to this is if we were to just suppress the dog completely without bothering to ask why .( which we don’t ever do) .

Other minor issues that are generally solved pretty quickly are common unwanted behaviours like jumping up, mouthing, counter surfacing, excessive barking etc …I LOVE watching other Impackt Behaviour professionals around the country solving lead pulling (Dorset Dog training posted a video recently, as did Pamela ) I normally troll them and accuse them of witchcraft 😂😂😂

Have a great weekend everyone and may your Dog go with you ❤️

27/08/2026

‼️RANT ALERT ‼️

One would like to think that someone with these qualifications :

**** MA VetMB CCAB MRCVS PGDipCABC ASAB Certified Animal Behaviourist ABTC Registered Veterinary Behaviourist ***

would give good advice to a client for canine behaviour. .

In fact the client received a 10 page document going in great detail at a highly academic level and recommending amongst other things ; Drugging the dog with reconcile and isolating her.☹️

Her fabulous owner decided to take her dog off the drug (Well done) as she went with her gut feeling that it was totally wrong (it absolutely was)

‼️ The 10 page highly academic analysis would possibly have some merit (except the drugging of the dog) if the highly qualified ‘behaviourist ‘ had made the CORRECT DIAGNOSIS in the first place ‼️

The diagnosis was of a nervous and fearful dog. ‼️ So the ‘treatment plan’ was wrong. In actual fact the ‘treatment plan’ wasn’t great even if the dog was fearful.

The dog was high ranking (protector enforcer) and she was being forced into the leadership role making decisions - meaning the emotions and reactions were magnified - it is as far from fearful as you can get!!! I saw a confident balanced dog that had taken control of it’s owner.

These 'professionals' need to accept

1/ A dog’s rank is a thing and is important
2/The pack is a thing equslly crucial
3/ Arousal is NOT fear
4/ Leadership, clarity and consequences are crucial for some dogs.

We see this all of the time. The denial of pack / dominance / rank / leadership / necessary consequences and control amongst these so called ‘professionals.

The current narrative and accepted academic theories have more holes in them than Swiss cheese.

Drugging a dog is not ethical - showing it leadership is

I have mixed emotions - I’m actually fuming on the one hand and happy for he owner and the dog on the other hand now they have a way forward !

I almost feel the ability to read a dog’s language is normally inversely proportional to the level academic study someone has (except me obviously lol ) , Pamela often notes the overall standard of dog training, handling , behavioural analysis, diagnosis in the UK is appalling and she is 100% correct!!

‼️ We haven’t yet seen a dog that needs drugging for behavioural reasons. ‼️

Pain and pain trials are a completely different matter. I know this year Pamela offered to see anyone’s dogs at half price that had been prescribed reconcile / Fluoxitine as she was as outraged as me that his is becoming a standard ‘treatment’. it was a brilliant gesture but we need more people speaking out against this treatment route.

RANT OVER ‼️

picture of the 'anxious' dog - she's actually a gorgeous relatively young Boxer !!!

27/08/2026

26/08/2026

I know I’m old school I print my clients’ information off before the sessions ..it’s a habit I probably should modernise 🤦‍♀️

25/08/2026

Always great to have an area where your dog can dig if it has 'diggy' genetics :) It's even better if there's a rat 🐭 at the bottom of the hole !