Hello I'm Steve

I set this blog up to help people with their dogs. Whether it be to provide help and advice on problems or behavioural issues, or to just help to choose a suitable tool for training or a product to buy.

I have been working, caring and training dogs for over 25 years and in that time I have been involved with hundreds of dogs of different breeds and personalities, from the smallest lap dogs, to working and biting dogs. I have competed in working dog trials and have experience of all aspects of training a dog.

With the help of my family, we volunteered to run on puppies from West Midlands Police dog section breeding scheme. Three German Shepherd Puppies and a Springer Spaniel later we provided a disciplined but loving environment for the dogs, with one German Shepherd Guy now a fully fledged police dog working in Birmingham.

This experience was perfect for my desire to look after and train as many different types of dog as I could, which obviously meant I couldn't own them all! This was when I realised that I could fulfill my need to own and train loads of different dogs and also make some money at the same time. I set up a small but growing business home boarding dogs whilst people go away on business, holiday or to get married! lookafteryourdog.co.uk was set up to cater for all those people that don't like to put their best friend into dog kennels while they go about their lives.

This year we have had 30 dogs stay with us and it has been very tiring but also very rewarding providing a safe and loving environment, but also training the dogs to be calm and controlled, when unfortunately many were not!

This blog will follow me looking after the dogs in my care and the issues and problems that we deal with on a daily basis. I will also link everything to my own formula for having a happy and balanced dog.

I think that's enough of an introduction, I will try to be disciplined and keep posting, as I was to busy setting everything up last year to do it!

Happy training! Steve