A Mzungu in Malawi. After months of planning and preparation, we finally stepped off the plane. Despite being at an airport, we were surrounded by lush greenery and felt the heat of the sun burning into our skin. We were here. We were in Lilongwe, Malawi. I had always had a strong curiosity in to…
Clever Dogs Training School Ltd reviews Hurtta. Based in Kupio, Finland, Hurtta are said to be the go to guys for the ultimate outdoor clothing for dogs. With our own huge base of dogs and in constant battle with English weather, we wanted to test some of the Hurtta range to see if this company…
Clever Dogs Training School Ltd reviews Lintbells Yumove. Beginning in 2007, Lintbells is a company that is passionate about providing the best skin, joint and digestive health supplements for pets with an emphasis on only providing products that are scientifically backed by the most up to date research available. YUMOVE, which comes in a tablet form, is…
10 confessions of a dog trainer….well, the truth would come out sooner or later. 1. All owners are dog ‘parents’. We refer to clients as ‘Alfie’s Dad’ and ‘Frankie’s Mum’. That’s because we truly believe you are actually parents and because we, ummmm, sometimes forget your actual names. Moving on…. 2. We are the worlds…
Seven days, that’s right…seven whole days it’s taken for us to collect together all of the do’s and don’ts of dog ownership. From speaking to colleagues and contacts, to using our own experiences and formal knowledge, we wrote down every single piece of advice we could. On the seventh day, we realised that, actually, we…
It was the mid-nineties when Misty had entered into our lives. Despite being around for a long time and popularised somewhat years before by Barbara Woodhouse, dog training was still largely seen as something that only happened in utilitarian forms, such as the police force or army, or further south where all the hardcore show…
Acquiring Misty was somewhat of a bizarre event. Although I can’t remember the details of the entire event, I do recall the conversation my mother had with my grandad at the time. My grandad, who was the one responsible for bringing Misty into our lives, had told my mother that he had found a breeder…
Barley was a gorgeous little dog. A Whippet cross Jack Russell, she was a deep tan colour with flecks of white on her feet and neck. She had the cutest little nose that seemed to finish her face off so elegantly, like a well placed full stop at the end of a bombshell sentence. The…
It’s difficult for me to pinpoint exactly where it all started. I could go back seven years ago, to a day in June 2009 where I was sat in my back garden with a friend who was then a dog walker and who finally persuaded me to set up a just for fun training class…
When it comes to questions, we’ve been asked it all. Some of the questions we get asked have the power to make us literally explode with excitement, after all, we’ve dedicated our career to leave no stone unturned when it comes to knowing what there is to know about animals. Others have the power to…