In the spirit of full transparency, this blog is being written as a result of personal experience. I’m used to working from home, I have been having daily Zoom calls (like Skype) for years and have a tried and tested system so that Mr Bear doesn’t feel the need to offer his
I hope this finds you safe and well, preferably with a dog by your side and a cuppa in hand. I have been making list after list for our online training club (*update* the info from the club can be found here) and our blogs of training games, recipes, enrichment ideas and
Written in March 2020 It’s the uncertainty that gets you, isn’t it? We know the virus is going to affect us, in many cases, it’s already affecting us, but we don’t know how bad it’s going to get and when we’ll see a return to normality. I hope that we keep the
What do you do when you have had a particularly rubbish day? Stick the kettle on for a cuppa, open the biggest tub of ice cream you can find and forget the bowl, just grab a spoon and crack on? I know that there are as many variations of coping with the
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‘It’s the month of love, Luna, the time of year when we shower our favourite people with cards and gifts so that they know how much they mean to us.’ That’s odd, thought rescue dog, Luna, safe in the knowledge that her humans know exactly how much they mean to her and
This blog was first published on WhatCharity.com. It definitely raises an eyebrow or two when I tell people that we learn from the wisdom of rescue dogs in order to build resilience in the workplace. Yes, that means a rescue dog joins me as a canine co-tutor to deliver the workshop! We’re
It’s a triple whammy on the ‘weeks’ with National Storytelling Week, Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week and Children’s Mental Health Week landing at the same time. Throw a dog into the mix and it’s a week that’s perfectly designed for us! It was a story that started everything we do
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Working with dogs offers a unique insight into the process of recovery from abuse. For humans, it is understood and respected that abuse profoundly affects how a person feels, how a person thinks, how a person behaves and how a person responds to triggers, not only while they are experiencing the abuse