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The Social Dog Trainer ✨ Specialist in small dogs
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24/10/2026

This is an interesting topic.
I believe that obedience has its place in dog training, however, most owners I work with want the following:
- a dog that they can walk that won’t bark at everything
- a dog they don’t need to micromanage
- a dog that makes good decisions

When we literally manage every element of a dogs life, HOW do they get the chance to make their own decisions??

Food for thought

Sometimes doing nothing is the answer 👀

11/10/2026

Your dachshund is screaming before they’ve even left the car… and you’re hoping they’ll magically listen halfway round the walk? 👀🌶️

Stop rushing to get going.

Spend a few minutes doing something easy and fun together. Reward a check-in, practise some luring, get that connection going BEFORE heading off.

If they’re too overwhelmed to engage, make the starting point easier.

And take the bloody food with you 😂 You want more of the good stuff? Reward it.

Does your daxie start kicking off in the car or once their paws hit the ground? 👇

Thank you for being the best boy even though you’ve been sore Marls. Forever grateful for all the dogs he’s helped, and ...
08/10/2026

Thank you for being the best boy even though you’ve been sore Marls.

Forever grateful for all the dogs he’s helped, and in a few months he’ll be back better than ever

🥺🥺🥺

06/10/2026

Olive didn’t need to become a different dog. She needed to learn how to cope with the world around her. 🥹🌶️

When we started, walks were HARD. Seeing another dog or anything that moved (especially wheels) could mean barking, lunging, fixating and completely losing connection with her owner.

Fast forward to now… 👀

She can see dogs.
She can make better choices.
And most importantly, her owner actually has the skills to help her through those moments.

This is what I mean when I say I’m not looking for “perfect” dogs.

I want dogs who can experience triggers without completely falling apart… and owners who know exactly what to do when things get difficult.

Olive has absolutely smashed it. 🥹👏🏼

If you’ve got a small dog who currently barks and lunges their way around every walk, I promise there is SO much we can work on.

Comment SPICY and I’ll send you some info about working with me 🌶️

05/10/2026

Olive’s owners had got to the point where they thought this was just who she was. 🌶️

A Pomeranian who reacted to pretty much EVERYTHING.

Dogs. People. The environment around her.

And when you’ve been living with reactivity for long enough, it’s very easy to start believing that walks will always feel like this.

Today wasn’t about magically “fixing” Olive in one session.

It was about showing her owners that she CAN make different choices. She CAN learn to regulate around the things she finds difficult. And they CAN learn how to help her.

There’s still work to do.

But they left today with something they didn’t have when they arrived:

Hope.

And honestly, that first glimpse of “oh sh*t… maybe we actually CAN change this” is one of my favourite parts of my job 🥹🌶️

Olive is working with me through my Hybrid Program - combining online support with in-person training here in Sutton Coldfield.

If you’ve got a small dog who barks, lunges, screams or generally loses their tiny mind at the world…

Comment “OLIVE” and I’ll send you some information about how I work. 👇🏼

05/10/2026

Got one of these? I’d love to know what made you choose the dachshund and whether you got what you expected…

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