PaddiWags Dog Behaviour Training, Pet Sitting and Boarding

19/08/2025

🍁🍂🪾September Dog Behaviour Training Classes🍁🍂🪾

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16/08/2025

🐕‍🦺🐕🐩Dogs Allowed Club 🐕‍🦺🐕🐩

Woofy’s Dog Field

16/08/2025

Today at Dogs Allowed club we were working on loose lead in the face of distractions (other dogs) all 3 dogs are or have been reactive in the past, they do not like other dogs rushing up to them and they don’t like other digs in their space!

2 of the dogs struggle around food, that can cause reactivity around other dogs.

They all smashed it, not one bark, not one growl! We have to build the distance between them slowly as we always want them to have positive interactions.

Thank you Woofy’s Dog Field

15/08/2025

⚠️ Water Intoxication in Dogs – Know the Risks!

Did you know your dog can actually drink too much water?
It’s called water intoxication (hyponatremia) – and it can be deadly.

When a dog swallows excessive water, it dilutes the sodium in their blood. This imbalance can trigger:
🐾 Lethargy
🐾 Vomiting
🐾 Bloating
🐾 Loss of coordination
🚨 In severe cases – seizures, coma, even death.

Prevent it:
✅ Supervise play around water – especially swimming or fetch.
✅ Give regular breaks.
✅ Offer fresh water, but watch intake.
✅ Learn the warning signs.

If you suspect it – act fast:
🏥 Get to a vet immediately.
Treatment often includes IV fluids, seizure control & supportive care.

Keep water play fun – but safe.

13/08/2025

2026 diary is now open get your, training and pet sits booked in.

Limited availability left for boarding, currently no availablity for daycare.

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12/08/2025

01/08/2025

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30/07/2025

Billy was pleased Freddie’s back for some more training fun 😊

19/07/2025

Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

In this study, researchers looked at whether the age at which dogs were spayed or neutered, meaning how long they were exposed to their natural s*x hormones, affected how healthy they were in old age. They studied a group of long-lived pet dogs to learn what helps dogs live longer, healthier lives. Dogs with the fewest age-related health problems were considered the most “robust.”

The results showed that both male and female dogs who kept their hormones longer (i.e., were spayed or neutered later) were 3 to 10 times more likely to be healthy in old age compared to those altered earlier. Once hormone exposure and age were taken into account, there was no difference in old-age health between males and females.

This study highlights how important s*x hormones may be for staying healthy later in life and shows that early-life decisions—like when to spay or neuter—can have long-term effects on health.

11/07/2025

HOT WEATHER & AN INCREASE IN BITE RISK 🥵

We've had some very hot weather recently in the UK, and for many parts of the UK- the next three days are going to be scorchio!

It's important to be aware that being too hot can lower thresholds for tolerance and overt reactions- and not just in 'reactive' dogs.

And not just in dogs!

There's a correlation between human riots and an increase in crime during a significant rise in temperature (27 to 32 degrees).
It is well established that in people, heat stress causes irritability and an increased likelihood of aggressive behaviour.

Being hot and bothered is a physical stressor - the body works hard to return to homeostasis.

Cognitive processes can be negatively affected. So if your dog is not responding to as they would normally, consider the effects of heat.

Furthermore- being too hot can interfere with a dog's ability to rest and sleep. During rest and sleep, stress is lowered, and subsequently compromised rest and sleep affects behaviour.

This can affect (lower) the dog's threshold for emotional stress.


🐕 Two unfamiliar dogs meeting while both are hot and bothered is less likely going to result in a healthy interaction. Now is the time to largely keep yourselves to yourselves on walks, or monitor the body language of both dogs very carefully.

🏡 Extra caution should be taken in situations that your dog may struggle with, such as around visitors to the home.

🧒 But the greatest caution of all should be taken around up-close interactions in ALL dogs, especially those who live children.

Remember these basic safeguarding rules;

1. No faces near faces.

2. Let sleeping dogs lie.

3. Do not forcefully take resources (toys, food or anything the dog has found/picked up) off a dog.
Children should never take things off a dog.

4. Do not 'box dogs in' with your interaction.

- Always ensure they can easily move away by not blocking a dog's ability to move forward/away (for example, wrapping your arms around to hug a dog front on makes it near impossible for them to easily disengage).

- The safest way to interact is to invite a dog to come to you.
Alternatively, if you do approach then do so when they are awake and instead of swooping straight in with strokes- wait for them to signal to you they are keen for an interaction.

- Stop stroking after 2-3 seconds, and see if your dog communicates to you they would like more, or if they are done.
This is called the consent test, and it's something all children (and adults) should be aware of.


Most people who get bitten by a dog know the dog well, didn't think their dog would ever bite someone and didn't see the bite coming.

Most dog bites are on faces and hands of someone close to the dog, and this tells us a lot about what the person was LIKELY doing (Note, there are always exceptions).


As I always say to my clients ......

🗣️ Never take your dog's current level of tolerance for granted.

10/07/2025

Excuse the clothes! We’re chilling today!