K9 Ventures

01/06/2026

If your puppy hasn’t had any training, you can’t expect it to grow into a well mannered, polite dog.

I have trained hundreds of owners over the years to raise their puppies so that they can take them anywhere confident in the fact that their dog will be ‘good’.

This doesn’t happen overnight but what I do know is that the earlier you start, the better life will be for both of you.

If your puppy is arriving this summer - congratulations! Get ahead of the game by booking your puppy 1-2-1 with me now so that you can start your journey together.

To learn how to raise your puppy using kind, positive reinforcement, scientific methods email me: [email protected] and I will send you my Welcome to Dog Training information sheet. 🐾🐾🐾🐾

29/05/2026

Phew - what a scorcher! Who can guess where this is from? Wasted on the young! 🤣. It’s been the hottest May ever and we at K9 Ventures have been doing our best to keep the dogs in our care cool and safe.

With our usual early walks, sticking to the wooded areas where there’s lots of shade, giving the dogs some ice cubes, keeping the kitchen fan on and reducing activities we’ve made it through!

The dogs spent much more time sleeping and lazing around. Who can blame them? Then it was back into the ice cold air conditioned van for the day care drop offs.

Next week we will resume our activities, however, I think the dogs loved this lazy week for a change. By the way the opening for this caption was from the newspaper The Sun. 😎☀️😎

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29/05/2026

Here are a few lovely places to wander and/or train your dog that are local to K9 Ventures in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.

I highly recommend Terrific Bark Park - it’s a lovely enclosed paddock set in beautiful countryside and a brilliant place for safely practising those recalls.

28/05/2026

I don’t know whether this is a throwback from my veterinary nursing days but the need to disinfect everything from the dog bowls to the floors and surfaces is really very strong in me!

As Dog Pros we have a huge responsibility to keep the dogs in our care safe and well. To do that it’s important to keep records of vaccinations, and chase up those owners who forget, so that their dog is covered for things like Parvo Virus and Kennel Cough. If a Dog Pro is licensed to board dogs, we have to, by law, make sure this is done on an annual basis and the council sometimes do on the spot inspections, which happened to me last year. They come along (giving you 10 minutes notice) and check your records, ensure that everything is safe and make sure that you are not boarding more dogs than you’re licensed for.

If a dog business hasn’t got a license then their insurance will be invalid and they are, in fact, breaking the law. Quite frankly I welcome these inspections as I have nothing to hide as I am running my dog business efficiently and sticking to the licence agreement I have with the council.

Making sure equipment is washed down and floors are regularly steam cleaned is just one way of making sure there is little risk of cross infection should a dog become unwell in my care. I use an antiviral, antibacterial solution which is specially made for use around dogs.

The ‘dog garden’ where our dogs go to the toilet in the morning and evening is irrigated so that at night any wee smells (and we know what that’s like in the summer!) are washed away.

Making sure dogs are groomed on a regular basis and are treated for parasites is also very important, as is washing their paws with warm water after every walk.

We do our very best at K9 Ventures to ensure all of our dogs are healthy and safe by carrying out these cleaning protocols. Plus, my assistant Bex and I are just a tiny bit OCD about everything being clean and organised!

For more information about our amazing 5-star day care and home boarding go to:

https://www.k9ventures.co.uk/boarding.php

26/05/2026

25/05/2026

I wear my treat pouch…a lot! I spot good behaviour from the dogs in my care and reward it. Positive reinforcement means that the behaviour you want is more likely to be repeated if you reinforce it with a reward such as a treat.

Looking at the other end of this, if you put up with behaviours from your dog that you don’t want, and the dog is allowed to repeat that behaviour because the reward (whatever that is - eg stealing food from the kitchen work surfaces) is good, then that will happen again and again. Dogs do what works for them.

Rewarding from my treat pouch makes it easy for me. There is no faffing around trying to find a reward because it’s right there - around my waist.

I sell treat pouches for £15 + p & p so just email me if you would like one. [email protected].

https://www.k9ventures.co.uk/training.php

22/05/2026

A quick and easy way to teach your dog to hold a cue such as sit. I teach this in Class 5 on my on-line tutorial.

https://www.k9on-line.com/

22/05/2026

Yay! Summer has landed. A gorgeous week with our special K9 Venturers. The flowers at the country park are breathtaking at the moment. We had fun with the hoopers equipment this week and encouraging them to do their best at running through the hoops.

Remember to not walk your dogs in the midday sun and think about leaving extra water bowls around the house and garden. If you have a conservatory make sure it’s not a heat trap for your dogs.

Stay safe and have a great day!