The Dog Blog

The Great British Bark Off

The Great British Bark Off

As some of you may know, I gave up my 9-5 office based job last year in order to put my time and energy into K9 Services Plus not the dog training side as that is best left to Phil but more the admin and social media side (hence the increase in Facebook...

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What Dogs do on holiday

What Dogs do on holiday

So we have returned from our holiday in the Lake District. Following on from our 'Holidays with Hounds' blog I am pleased to be able to report the cottage did indeed have a fully enclosed area where the dogs could mooch without having to be supervised, which was a...

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Wot Dooing?

Wot Dooing?

My favourite television advert at the moment is the one where 'Moose' the Boxer dog is in the park with his owner/human, his owner's friend and a French bulldog called Bean who is wearing a 'lampshade'. It took me a couple of views before the relevance of the...

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Anyone for Chocolate?

Anyone for Chocolate?

I am part way through a fortnight of dog sitting for an 8 month old chocolate Labrador. The last few days have served as a great reminder to me as to why the people behind the film Marley & Me decided a Labrador was the perfect breed of dog to play the character of...

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Bring Your Dog to Work Day

Bring Your Dog to Work Day

Daisy, Oscar and Buster go to work every day with Phil so have decided they want to try out different jobs for a change! (Buster is wearing a chef hat in case his new job of choice isn't obvious from the photo - it isn't a pair of pants on his head!). Bring Your Dog...

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Holidays with Hounds

Holidays with Hounds

If you haven't already booked your holiday for this year I suspect you are thinking about doing so. If you are anything like me you will want your dog/s to share your holiday with you, which is why our holidays for the past 8 years have predominantly been in the UK...

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Spotlessly Clean House -v- Dog Free House

Spotlessly Clean House -v- Dog Free House

I recently had a weekend away with three girl friends - one has a dog, two don't, but they all have young children. Over lunch one of my friends asked me a question along the lines of "I know you love your dogs, but wouldn't you rather have a clean house?" Clearly a...

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Dukes, Bear and Spud

Dukes, Bear and Spud

Strange title for a blog? It may make more sense if I explained these are nicknames we use for Daisy, Oscar and Buster. I will explain further: Daisy = Daisy Duke, Dukes or Flea - the latter because she is small, black and at times annoying. I am a big fan of the Red...

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Sam Hyde

Bear the puppy, a Cane Corso, we are really looking forward to working with them both again soon

Sam Hyde
Pro Cruiserweight Boxer

Jenny Powell

A massive thanks Phil for all your help and training tips with our rescue Staffie she's turned out a great addition to our family.

Jenny Powell
TV Presenter

I would not hesitate to recommend Phil and his dog training methods. The sessions were fun, achieved great results and Phil was always on hand to give advice when needed.

Chris Smalling
Footballer

We sought advice from Phil to help us to bring on our young dog. Phil provided us with information and techniques which have helped us to train Freddie to become the friendly, well rounded and lovely dog that he is.

Sally Dynevor
Actor