Author Archives: Jared Baldwin

2024 was the year that D4dogs really found its feet. All areas of the business have grown and developed, be that dog walking, dog training and behavioural support or dog sitting. Personally I have gained additional experience and understanding of dogs and their behaviour, through a mix of working with an ever growing range ofContinue reading “D4dogs an update as we move towards 2025 – Qualifications, Education, Dog Shows, Dog Sitting, Fund Raising, Working with Charities, New Faces – Canine and Human!”

1 – Every dog is unique and needs to be treated as such Behaviour, personality, likes & dislikes, energy levels, diet, habits, response to training, what motivates them, breed, breeding, socialisation, learning & experience  The better you know your dog, & your understand your dog the better your relationship with them will be 2 –Continue reading “D4Dog’s 10 commandments for dog owners”

So what is it that makes D4Dog Professional Walking Training and Behavioural support a little bit different from other dog walkers or trainers? Firstly we don’t walk more than three dogs per walker. Its safer, its easier to clear up after them and to maintain proper supervision. If we ever need to walk more thanContinue reading “What makes D4Dogs a little bit different”

Like road rage but directed at dogs and their owners Manifests as; Accusation it’s a dangerous dog – “that’s a pit bull!” – when its actually a Staffie…  Claims your dog is aggressive when it is lunging and barking on the lead because its nervous and/or frightened of the small dog rushing in and outContinue reading “Dog Rage and Dog Breedism”

As you may be aware I promised to outline my approach to working with Dogs and their Owners, an approach I refer to as Holistic – that is trying to understand the dog, their owners, circumstances and environment as well as the specific issue or concerns that I am asked to support them with. EveryContinue reading “What is an Holistic approach to Dog Training and Behavioural Support?”

May 4th 2021 – official start day of D4Dog. What a 12 months it has been. From a straightforward dog walking service to developing a full blown training and behaviour support service. The range of dogs we have worked with ranges from a Miniature Pinscher weighing a few pounds to a young St Bernard weighingContinue reading “One Year On…”

With the owners permission, I wanted to share a short account of the work D4Dog Walking, Training and Behaviour Support have been doing with Bear, a Greek Shepherd Dog, rescued by his owners from Greece in 2021. I first met Bear in December 2021, on Christmas Day! He is a stunning dog, as you canContinue reading “Bear, a little success story about a big dog!”

Variable weather, a new vehicle and positive developments in the behaviour side of the business. 2022 has seen a significant increase in the behaviour and training side of the business. I was delighted to be invited into my old school KEVICC to run an ‘introduction to working with therapy dogs’ session, for the teaching andContinue reading “So begins 2022”

So after a long mild and mostly dry Autumn, Winter does seem to have arrived. Two words – or one hyphenated one – Gore-Tex. Can’t recommend this stuff enough, after trying various ‘other’ coats and coatings/materials and always ending up soaked through after an hour or so, I finally invested in a decent Gore-Tex coatContinue reading “Winter arrives and worrying news from Bakers Park/Bradley Woods”