Academy Dog Training & Boarding Kennels

01/07/2025

The beautiful Ruby enjoying every minute of her countryside stay - walks, playtime and a well-earned Kong break :D

30/06/2025

🐶 All spots for Introduction to Scent Work Workshop are now taken. I’m really looking forward to meeting everyone and seeing all the dogs having a go at something completely new (watching the dogs unlock their natural sniffing superpower is always amazing! 💪🐾Thank you so much to everyone who booked, it’s going to be a fun evening filled with scent games and lots of learning 👃🐾

👉 If you missed out this time, don’t worry – pop me a message if you’d like to be the first to hear about the next workshop.
See you soon, scent detectives 🔍👃🐶

27/06/2025

16/06/2025

🌟Well done to our two Collie Teams Daisy and Bandit from Scent Class 🐶🐶, Both teams passed their Scentwork Pre-Trial here in Rathmullan on Saturday 👏🏅
An intelligent breed with a strong need for mental stimulation Scentwork gives these smart, sensitive dogs something to focus on, channel their energy in a healthy way and give their owners a more balanced and fulfilled companion 🐾💪. While often associated with working with sheep, these two are living their best pet dog life and Scentwork has become their alternative job 💚
Both dogs are now on the path to developing their scenting skills further and we look forward to following their journeys 🐶💖. Well done to both teams and exciting adventures ahead in the world of Scent 💥

11/06/2025

The beautiful Gretel who recently came for a weekend break. All she wanted to know was can we still play flyball with her favouite shoe :D "Of course we can Gretel - No problem there :D "

10/06/2025

Delighted to have been part of the day at the Oakfield Bark Dog Show 2025 at the weekend 🐶✨ Thanks to Oakfield Park and their team for hosting such a great event and to Venture Dog Training for the invite to demo our Flyball teams! 💚
Thanks to our teams who brought all their Flyball energy on the day even after a few last-minute changes (Hugh, Buddy and Jess, your superstars 💥)
A huge well done to Sunny and Silver for tackling their first ever mantrailing demo in public – weather, crowd, they handled it all like pros!! 👃🌦️
Also a special thank you to Emma and Leela for the fantastic video clips and capturing the action 🎥 and of course Lee Gooch MC for keeping all the great energy going throughout the day 🎤🐾.

Congratulations to overall dog show winner - well deserved Maisie!! …..We're already counting down to next year 🗓️🐾

04/06/2025

🐶🔍An incredible two days in Castleward, Downpatrick 🌿with some of our Wed night seriously committed dogs (and handlers) Track and Trail students (and my own dog too) with SIFD Founder Wesley Visscher and Instructor Elliot Connor. While we upskilled on our handling techniques, learned how to cover larger areas and follow more complex trails 🔍, our clever dogs learned how to follow human scent with real-life scent challenges 👣 and identify articles left behind 🚨while building precision, focus and confidence. We couldn’t be more proud of our teams 💚 and the photos say it all, concentration and teamwork 🐾 Huge thank you to Snifferpaws NI for organizing this event, we had an absolute blast and can’t wait to apply all the additional skills we learned this weekend ✨This is what it looks like when your dog gets to do what they were born to do! 🐕🔎➡️👃

27/05/2025

We also had a brilliant time at the Irish Agility Open Championship also held at Dogitude this weekend and we are more than delighted with how much our dogs loved the weekend and the results achieved by them all 💚… 🌟Four out of our team made it to the Speedstake Finals on the Sunday evening with each team giving it their all 🐾Kobi picked up a 1st in his class and went on to pick up a 2nd in the Large Finals, Tillie picked up a 1st in medium on the Saturday, Jess picked up a clear 1st (and now moves up a grade 💪) a 2nd place and two 3rd places, and our own Zoey picked up 2nd in the Intermediate Finals with a 1st and two 2nd places in earlier rounds 🥇A weekend of teamwork and can’t wait to the next one 🏆🐕✨ Massive thank you to the organizers and the fantastic facilities, the judges and their great courses and Annie for the wonderful action pics 👏

27/05/2025

🐶 We’re all back from an incredible weekend at Dogitude 2025 of both Flyball and Agility💥 First up, our Flyball Teams who brought the bounce and the speed, even the rain couldn’t dampen their spirits over the two days ☔➡️☀️🐾 The collies raced against the collies, the large dogs competed against the small dogs, there was singles racing, pairs racing and teams racing, for some of the teams it was their first time to race in public and they were nothing short of amazing!!!. 🐾💪 Thank you so much to everyone who came along and cheered us on and a huge shoutout to the organizers for the opportunity to share the magic of Flyball!! 🙏… 👉 and thank you to Martyn for all the great pics of the dogs and the team 📸🙌 Flyball - Fast, fun and full of heart 💚

23/05/2025

🐶 Donegal Dogs are Ready! Winding Up for Dogitude 2025 🐾

Fantastic nights training last night – eight dogs and ready to race tomorrow! .....Next stop Dogitude! 💚

22/05/2025

👏Double success for Team Tillie and Team Ava at the Scentwork L1 Trials in Belfast at the wkend. 🐾 Both teams were awarded a Clean Sweep Rosette for successfully finding all hides within the given times in both the indoor and outdoor elements of the trial – a brilliant achievement that reflects the focus and teamwork they have both put into their training.
Remember Ava? At 11yrs young Ava passed her Scentwork Pre-Trial here in Rathmullan only a few weeks ago and now picking up a clean sweep in her very first official trial 🐾💪 , an amazing result for a new student of the scentworld! (Ava reckons age is truly just a number 💖 🐶)
🌟Meanwhile Team Tillie flew through the trial placing 2nd overall, a well-earned result and always a joy to watch this team in action!! 🥈🐕
We’re incredibly proud of both teams and excited to watch your scentwork journeys unfold 👏 🔥

21/05/2025