Planet Pup

27/06/2025

This woman shows phenomenal control of her dog over distance. Who says you need to run to compete in agility? 😂😜

27/06/2025

Over the last century, selective breeding has significantly altered the Bull Terrier's anatomy. Early 1900s Bull Terriers had proportionate skulls, lean bodies, and long legs—traits suited for agility and function. Modern Bull Terriers, bred for show standards, now display an arched "egg-shaped" skull, shortened snout, thicker neck, deep chest, and a stockier build. These changes, driven by aesthetic preferences, have introduced health issues like dental misalignments, breathing difficulties, and skeletal stress. The transformation is a clear example of how human-directed breeding can reshape a species' biology, often at the cost of functionality and health.

18/06/2025

Middleton woods are so beautiful and have some really wonderful trails. Both Tyson and myself love going down there. 🥰

14/06/2025

29/03/2025

I love hiking at this time of year and seeing all the flowers coming out. We chanced upon a glade of wood amenones and I couldn't resist a photo 🥰

26/03/2025

This beautiful girl is Púca, a sweet golden retriever pup.

She was 7 months old when we started working together. Púca's parents have recently had a baby and we're struggling with her obedience, recall and leash pulling, as well as some reactivity towards people. She loves people so much that when she couldn't reach them, she would become frustrated, resulting in lungeing and pulling.

We started our 6 week obedience course with her and she did fantastic. Her mom and dad put super work into her and they had really quick and really great results with her.

She is an absolute sweetheart and I have no doubt will become a wonderful companion to their tiny human and will be a super family dog 🥰

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17/03/2025

This handsome boy is Bruno.

Bruno is a labrador, who absolutely adores people. He is a really big boy and knocked people over easily. He also absolutely loves to jump on people, which makes getting rid of the behaviour even more difficult to eliminate. He also needed some work on his recall and his heelwork.

We started with our 6-week obedience course and his family threw themselves headfirst into the training.

His family really did an incredible job with him and by the end of the course, he had improved massively. t they have been doing the homework. They made such amazing progress, that we would often have time over in each session to progress farther than I usually would or to teach a few tricks.

His family really did an incredible job with him and by the end of the course he had improved massively.

I am so delighted with these guys. They should be super proud of themselves ❤❤❤

15/03/2025

This beautiful girl is Harley, a Chow Chow/Labrador cross.

Her family called me in as she was generally jumping up on people, knocking people over, stealing food off of the kitchen counters and the dinner table, and in general, being a little bit difficult to motivate and control.

Despite possessing some of that strong will that you often get in chow chows, she was also one of the sweetest dogs that I've ever had the privilege of working with. She had such a wonderfully soft personality and really loved to please her family.

Within only three sessions, her owners had gotten the jumping under control and Harley was now sitting waiting patiently on a mat while her family ate dinner. She had stopped jumping on the counters nearly entirely and had improved immeasurably.

She really showed fantastic progress over the weeks that we worked together and her parents should be very proud 🥰🐾🐕

13/03/2025

Meet Larry and Millie.

Millie is a little older than Larry and tends to be pretty well behaved.

Mr Larry (the lurcher) is a teenager and is giving his parents all of the trouble that you can expect from one. Larry is very much what we refer to as a "Party dog". Larry loves people and loves other dogs and as a result can be a challenge on the lead and is very difficult to get a recall on.

We had a little difficulty in motivating him at the start, but once we figured him out the training has been going well. He can now be walked on lead and his recall is much better (If not yet perfect, but his family are working on it).

In this videao you can see that his family have been working on a double spin with the two dogs 🥰 They are doing a super job. This was at the end of a session and you can see, Typical to who he is, larry lost interest before little Millie did 😄 I still have a few sessions left with these guys, but they are doing super well so far.

10/03/2025

Beach days are the absolute best.

Tyson is a big fan of all things beach 🥰🥰🥰
Car was wrecked by the time we got home, but Tyson and my daughter had fun and that's what matters most.

08/03/2025

This lovely little lady is Layla, a Cavachon/Poodle mix.

Layla's mom contacted me before Layla arrived at their home and we did the 8 week Baby Dog Obedience Course. She was determined to get training right with their pup from day one, making sure that she acclimated well and that she responded well to their children, as well as having the children understand how to interact with her.

Layla turned out to be an absolutely lovely little lady. She was so sweet and affectionate and was super intelligent, picking up on training really well. She had a little trouble with potty training in the beginning, but based on her age, this can sometimes take a while. By the end of the course, her potty training was under control though, and she passed the course with flying colours.

Her family did a wonderful job with her and she was such a pleasure to work with. 🥰

10/06/2024

Meet Simba, a beautiful Bernese Mountain dog.

When I started working with Simba, he was 11 months old. He was fearful of visitors to the yard and had started showing aggression towards some men. He would creep up when they weren't looking and take a snap, finally making contact with someones pants leg. This was especially problematic as the area that Simba was kept during the day was something of a working yard, with several people entering and leaving the yard throughout the day.

When I first met Simba, he showed significant fear and nervousness towards me as I walked in. I had initially been told that it was generally just men, and particularly those with loud voices, but even speaking softly and doing as much as I could to make him feel comfortable, he only really came close to me towards the end of the session.

I put a plan in place with his owners, starting with making sure that Simbas diet was on track and that his mental and physical needs were being met, as well as starting with some simple counterconditioning exercises towards strange people. Even within the first week, there was a massive improvement in him. He came running up to me on week 2 and within 10 minutes was not only taking food out of my hand, but letting me pet him.

Due to personal issues in his family, I couldn't continue with them past our third session, but the progress that these guys even managed to make in those short three sessions was significant. Simba's life and their's was greatly improved, with him still being nervous of men, but his aggression had not resurfaced since we started working together, and his fear of strange people markedly reduced.

It was a pity that we could not finish working together, but I just wanted to give a shout out to the work that was put into Simba in the time that I was working with them, and the super results that these yielded. I can always see when clients put the work into their dogs, and watching improvements in the dog and owners life, like I could see with Simba, is really what makes my job so rewarding to me.

A big well done guys. You did a super job with him ❤️