Dog Ways

06/08/2025

If the pics of Sunday's mantrailing session are late, it's because my phone has only just dried out 😆

Joking aside, teams Boudie, Jude and Sassie did an amazing job of tackling complex junctions and walking finds in some VERY damp conditions! I don't think the dogs even noticed the rain, they were so focused on the fun of the game 🤩

03/08/2025

We had a fab scentwork filled day yesterday, first working with six teams over at Nutter Dogs Ltd on an introduction to scent detection workshop, and then back to the Neighground for Scent Detection with some of our regular clients, where teams Boudie, Burt, Betty and Sassie continued the work with catnip.

Awesome day of seeing ten teams having fun and learning about the benefits of doing scent activities with pet dogs. 🥰

Apologies for the lack of pics, I didn't manage to get everyone.

01/08/2025

Tuesday evening trailers did an absolutely amazing job with with their environmental scent articles 🤩 Teams Winnie and Alfie successfully carried out the exercise for the first time since they started trailing, while old hats Bella and Homer had no issue despite not having done this for a while.

Fab job, everyone! 💜

29/07/2025

Belated pics from Sunday mornings mantrailing session, where teams Duke, Hawk, Bella and Alfie had fun with terrain transitions in a distracting environment. Fab work as always from all dogs and handlers, and tons of great decisions made by the dogs. Everyone brought tons of enthusiasm! 😍

27/07/2025

Saturday's Scent Detection dogs focused on retrieving a variety of novel textures during exterior vehicle searches. It's super important to generalise search behaviour so the dogs learn how to work in a variety of different environments, and handlers learn how to read their dogs in the particular environment they're working in.

Teams Boudie, Burt and Sassie did an absolutely fantastic job with their active searches, and it was great to see the dogs enjoying the more interactive element of this type of training.

Well done, all! 🥰

27/07/2025

A fab morning of tracking yesterday for teams Simba, Willow and Indie. The dogs are acing their article indications, and did a fantastic job on their longer tracks with reduced food intervals.

Can't wait to see these guys at their first trial (date to be released shortly...) 😍

21/07/2025

Sundays mantrailing teams tackled a variety of environmental challenges as we worked on handler skills and the quality of our starts.

Teams Caleb, Boudie, Hawk, Sassie and Bella did an amazing job throughout the morning, and weren't fazed at all by weather that couldn't make up its mind! Lovely to see the progress made and identify individual training goals for each pair.

As you can tell from the pics, the dogs enjoyed every minute of it... everybody got air time at some point! Well done everyone! 🤩

20/07/2025

Scentwork Saturday class continued working on active indications. We introduced teams Betty, Caleb and Caris to catnip and identified training goals for each dog. Burt showed us how it was done, and even had time for a quick swim in the water bucket. Because the afternoon isn't complete without a wet spaniel 🤣

We talked about generalising searches and some of the technical aspects of dealing with retrieves to hand.

Great work from everyone on a very humid day!

18/07/2025

Tuesday evening's mantrailing session can be summed up with one word: damp 😵‍💫

Despite the random downpours, which undoubtedly added extra challenge for the dogs, teams Albie, Bella, Homer, Kali, Winnie and Millie did a fab job as we worked on handler and dog skills during scent article starts.

Hope everyone dried off okay afterwards 😆

14/07/2025

Owing to Facebook shenanigans, last weeks mantrailing pics are suuuper late.

We had a fab time at one of our favourite haunts, testing both dogs and handlers alike. Big thank out to our awesome trail layers putting in extra work as we were down on humans... always appreciated! 🥰

Teams Bella, Homer, Kali, Millie, Cooper and Dougal did amazing work throughout the evening... 10/10 for enthusiasm for everyone on Tuesday night! 🙂

12/07/2025

What are you upto today?

With this weekend's classes cancelled due to the excessive heat, I'm taking the opportunity to catch up on a little house plant maintenance 🪴

The dogs have got plenty of space to do their own thing. We have...

🐾 The sunbathing beagle...
🐾 The water-loving collie...
🐾 The shade-seeking terrier...

They've all got access to indoors, outdoors and two paddling pools, so they can come and go as they please. Mostly they're just watching me manhandle my plants 😄

What are your pups doing (or not doing!) this weekend?

09/07/2025

When the mushrooms are out, it's time to look out!

How to keep your dog safe, and what to do in an emergency mushroom situation 🍄

Click to read the full exposé below.

When the mushrooms are out, it’s time to look out! How to keep your dog safe, and what to do in an emergency mushroom situation