Ruff Pooch

11/07/2025

At Ruff Pooch I am dedicated to helping you and your dog live a happy well balanced life. I specialise in individual dog training, which means each session is tailored to your needs.

Weather it is basic life skills, overexcitement around people and dogs, pulling on the lead or gaining confidence – I can help your dog learn how to cope with those problems so that you can enjoy your relationship even more.

I am also passionate about scentwork and I incorporate that into my training sessions. Why? Dogs energy shifts incredibly when they are using their nose. Scentwork is a way of channelling the focus into you and the sniffy games you play with your pooch. It helps to calm overexcited dogs, boost confidence in those that are a little shy and enriches your four legged friend ‘s life.

Even though I am a certified canine coach, I keep expanding my knowledge by adding CPD to my qualifications.

Some of them are:
Approved Canine Trauma and Rescue Expert
Rescue Dog Accredited Advanced Certificate
Canine Anxiety
Puppy Development
How to Teach Scentwork by Talking Dogs Scentwork

If you’d like to work together on improving your dogs life skills or you need help walking your dog – I’m always here to help. Get in touch😊

10/05/2025

Please keep your dogs on the lead at all times when livestock is around...

Letting your dog be off lead is a beautiful thing, but it also comes with huge responsibility. Accidents can happen.

Even the sweetest dogs can chase and attack, so please don't assume your dog will behave perfectly around livestock.

A little confesion - my dog has always been on a long line. He has freedom to roam, freedom to sniff and to get to places he wants to. It keeps him happy, it allows him to be a dog. Use his nose, react to certain stimuli in a way a dog, him - Alf, needs to react in a SAFE way.

He can't be let off the lead because he is a reactive dog. I take responsibility of his actions.

I let him off a few times, when there was no one around and it was safe for him, and you know what - that dude had no idea he was off the lead!

This is the beauty of long lines when they are properly used. Your dog feels the freedom and learns to stay around you in a safe and fun way. And everyone around you is safe.

Your dog should always be put on the lead when you can see:

Livestock
Another dog
Children
Cars
The list goes on...

Let's keep everyone safe ❤️🐾

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31/12/2024

Finishing the year strong with another amazing scent work course from Detector Dog School 💪🐾
Thank you 😊

24/12/2024

🎄🐾 Merry Christmas 🎄🐾
Thank you for an amazing year 😊

24/12/2024

Last walk of the year. Finished strong with my girl Doris 😀🐾

22/12/2024

Please, let's be mindful of how we interact with dogs. Christmas is a time, when many of us have visitors in the house. This busy environment can be a bit overwhelming for our dogs. Especially if everyone wants to say "hi" to them.

The kind things we can do for them during that time is:
🐾 Respect their space.
🐾 Provide a safe place for them, where they can go when things are getting a little too busy, like a bed in a quiet room.
🐾 We can also learn some of their body language, to better understand what they are saying.

The post I am sharing is showing some of a classic signs of a dog that is not feeling comfortable. A couple more to add are:
🐶 licking their nose and lips when they haven't eaten anything,
🐶 turning their head away,
🐶 showing whites of their eyes (as they are trying to look away, but keep an eye on us to make sure they are safe)

Let's make sure that Christams is a happy time for all of us 😊🎄🐾

25/10/2024

Today's adventure walk with Bertie 😊  He is totally nailing two paws up, or " Climb" as I like to call it.

I love to chuck in some fun and games on walks. It makes the whole experience more engaging for both parties and helps to create a bond.

There is nothing more rewarding to me, than a pooch being genuenly happy to see me! And the real happiness happens when there's a bond with the doggo 😊

So I go above and beyond to really listen to them and give them what they are asking for. After all, this is their time and my goal is to make each walk enriching. If this means tricks and treats (pun intended) great! If it means following the dogs nose and listening to what is going on in the area, so be it!

Same goes for training sessions. They all need to be tailored to the dog in front of me. And this doesn't only mean the personality, temperament and breed they are, because you know what? Dogs also have good and bad days. It is my job to recognise that and tailor the training session on the go if that is what will get us to the goal we've set up at the start.

Listen to your pooches 🐾🐶

I can help you get fluid in their language 😊
Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

25/10/2024

Today's adventure walk with Bertie 😊  He is totally nailing two paws up, or " Climb" as I like to call it.

I love to chuck in some fun and games on walks. It makes the whole experience more engaging for both parties and helps to create a bond.

There is nothing more rewarding to me, than a pooch being genuenly happy to see me! And the real happiness happens when there's a bond with the doggo 😊

So I go above and beyond to really listen to them and give them what they are asking for. After all, this is their time and my goal is to make each walk enriching. If this means tricks and treats (pun intended) great! If it means following the dogs nose and listening to what is going on in the area, so be it!

Same goes for training sessions. They all need to be tailored to the dog in front of me. And this doesn't only mean the personality, temperament and breed they are, because you know what? Dogs also have good and bad days. It is my job to recognise that and tailor the training session on the go if that is what will get us to the goal we've set up at the start.

Listen to your pooches 🐾🐶

I can help you get fluid in their language 😊
Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

04/10/2024

Two weeks ago we said "goodbye" to this amazing girl, Bricey.

She was very anxious, but her family gave her the most loving home.

She warmed up to me quite fast, which was the best compliment I could get, as she really didn't give her trust easily to anyone.

Bricey loved "moving sofas" = cars, so as her last treat from me, I took her for a few minutes drive around her neighborhood and she enjoyed it very much. We couldn't do a longer adventure, because she was quite weak 😔

I miss her dearly... Her parents had to make a difficult decision and I admire them for that so much. 💜

07/09/2024

How is your doggo doing in public?

Alf used to be impossible, I thought I would never be able to take him to a pub...

Look at him now! We had an awesome morning, taking a long walk and chilling in a pub ☺️🐾

I am so proud of him 🧡

With some work and short and gradual exposure, we can prepare your pooch for those pub / restaurant scenarios.

Get in touch if you'd like to get your doggo public ready 😀

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05/09/2024

Look at those little balls of fur 😊 🐾

We've had some good times last week.
Can you believe this black girl was nervous at first?

I took some time with Dottie, before going on the walk, and slowly showed her that I'm not too bad once you get to know me 😅
I let her lead the walk, we played some games and very quickly we were best mates 😀

And this little gentleman was all over me from the very beginning, which was very flattering 😁

08/08/2024

Good morning! We're doing some long line walking today.

Long line is a great alternative when your dog can't be let off lead. I offer adventure walks, when I take your pooch to a different locations where they get plenty of enrichment by interacting with new smells and environment. We can walk on a long line, so your dog has more freedom 🐾

Walks on a long line can boost your dog's confidence, as they have the opportunity to chose where they go. It also gives them sense of independance, which is so important.
For most of the day, we decide what and when they do. When is walkies time, when is breakfast, when we play and when they should snooze, because we've got other things we need to do.

It's incredible to give them agency to chose, how the walk is going to look like.

Walking on a long line also has health benefits. Being a little further away from you, and not being led all the time can have calming effects and lower your dogs heart rate. They can sniff more, and we know that sense of smell is their primary way of gathering information.

That type of walk, even short one, can tire them out in a good way, by letting them use their brain more.

Long lines can be tricky though. You need to be careful, so no one gets tangled in that lead, and make sure to use appropriate equipment, when chosing this type of line. This should be a comfortable for your dog harness. Not a collar or a head collar, so they dont accidentally hurt their delicate neck ❤️🐾

Give me a shout if you'd like your pup to go on long line, enriching adventures 🌲🐕