Emily Birch Canine Consultancy

31/08/2025

Due to cancellation we have one puppy space available for this camp. If you’d like to come along - send me a message :)

£150 for two days of training with both Lily Woodford and Louise Godwin. Small groups and because I love a good party bag, I’ve even made all the dogs one for the camp!

Due to popular demand for Puppies and Young dogs, we've tweaked this camp around! We now have an extra young dog group - I will get in touch with those on the waiting list. But if you'd like a space - send me an email to [email protected] or comment on here!

30/08/2025

It is an absolute privilege to have old dogs in our lives - with that comes heartache. It’s been a rough week here with the team 😞 Zippers heart is struggling and June isn’t herself at all so is undergoing a load of various tests.

I am forever grateful for my incredible vets and wonderfully wise friends x

24/08/2025

This weekend we ran our 2nd sheepdog training weekend - the sun shone (and thankfully the breeze blew!) and all the dogs made amazing progress with some wonderful partnerships developing. Thank you to David and Louise as always :)

We won’t run another until next spring now but we’re hoping to fit 3 weekends of training in due to popular demand.

22/08/2025

Today we got back from the IoW where June had time being a solo dog! Swimming in the sea, going on the paddle board and long walks were all on her daily agenda!

On one of the afternoons out swimming we even swam with a seal! He popped his head up about 2m from the paddle board to have a look!

She has thoroughly enjoyed the quality time - as have I!

It also exemplified just what a good dog she is - everyone comments on it, because she really is the best!

03/08/2025

A few months back I realised little Maves had never been to a show as I’m not competing and it’s a very novel environment. With that in mind I had a look and realised she could enter the steeplechase classes (just jumps and tunnels and flowing courses) at the Agility 4 All summer show!

So off we tootled (straight off the back of a week on beaches) and entered her first competition!

She not only took it all in her stride, but she went and won her class! Clever wee spaniel (and she was literally a weeing spaniel in her first run 😂)

I adore this little creature and I love that she enjoys playing agility with me 🥰

30/07/2025

Today we made our way to a cove that was quite simply magical! It was an absolute beast to get too as we got lost and I ended up walking a coastal path with all the bags and the children and it was SO hilly! But then we found the steps down the cliff side! But by heck was it worth it… what a place! We were so lucky with tide times and weather!

Was a little stressful once we go to the beach as Mavis decided to eat a wasp 🤦🏻‍♀️ and I had to antihistamines with me… but thankfully she was ok!!

Zipper played fetch and herding people playing football for 6 hours straight - I don’t actually know how he made it back up the cliff side.

Juno was an angel and swam for hours- Mavis loved the sea too until a massive wave took her out whilst swimming and then she thought better to sit on the beach 😂

I feel a bit emotional seeing Zipper having such a wonderful time - he is still so young at heart and still amazingly fit. But his deafness is making things tricky with recall and a few times I’d look up and see him looking old 😞 I always say it’s the bits around the edges with him - everyone is blown away when I say he’s 14 in a couple of months, but it’s the deep sleeps, the stiffness upon rising and the deafness that shows it.

The children have been able to run and be free and play and splash and swim and dig all day - needless to say, they’re both fast asleep now!!!

29/07/2025

We are on holiday in Tenby this week - Mavis’ first time at the sea I realise!!

With endless hours on the beach each day I’m not sure Zipper will move for a week after!

Five individual dependants whilst solo (Rich is working) is no mean feat but so far, it’s going well! Even if I am not all that rested 😂

Tomorrow we’re off to find a little cove - dog friendly and quite sue to tricky accessibility… the 170 odd steps whilst laden to the hilt will certainly work the legs!!

If I’m a little slow with replies this week - this is why! Normality will resume next week (if there is ever such a think in my life!)

27/07/2025

Happy 12th birthday to this little ferret! The easiest dog in the world - always my little shadow, a total little weirdo and all round wonderful sidekick. I have never, and probably will never again, have a dog as easy as she! I always joke that I taught Juno a recall by telling her that June is her name and that was that!

She’s still fit as a fiddle going for mammoth walks, swimming in lakes with me and working sheep! I adore this little dog 🥰

26/07/2025

Mavis had her first measuring yesterday for and she’s very comfortably medium ☺️

Here’s to beginning to compete a little bit over winter ready to really start next spring!

I love training this little fluffhead… she’s a dream and so incredibly honest!

30/01/2025

I cannot say how much it means to know that you've made a difference to an owner and their dogs lives. It why I love what I do and why i'm passionate about helping people. I do love the collies - they're a real outlier in my opinion compared to other dogs. Nothing quite has the brain of a Border Collie!

Thank you Eleanor for sending me this testimonial and the photos of the beautiful boy!