Maher & Hound Dog Training & Behaviour

19/05/2024

I won another award 🙌🏻🥳

🚀 ‘Dog Training Specialist of the Year’ 2024 / 25

🐾 For my work with Gundog breeds

🙏🏻 Huge thanks to my clients, particularly those who have left me testimonials and to everyone who recommends Maher & Hound.

🙌🏻 And massive thanks to for being such a brilliant mentor over the past year. Excited about continuing our work together 😎

👀 and of course thank you to my dogs, especially the Bonzo 🦁

03/03/2024

Just a reminder that I am more active (I’m mostly posting) on Instagram. If you need dog training tips give me a follow on there ❤️😉

27/02/2024

🚀 Chase - Deer Hound x Greyhound.

😍 What a beauty

🐾 We’ve worked together since he was a tiny puppy:

We’ve achieved 👇🏻

1. Coping with being home alone 

2. Recall in all environments 

3. Walking calmly on the lead 

4. Settling nicely when out and about 

5. Calm and focus in busy places 

6. Lovely interactions with other dogs and people and so much more.

🌟 He’s such a star.

🥇Well done team Chase

📲📞Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

17/02/2024

🙌🏻 ”Thank you so much for all of your support with Poppy, she’s like a changed dog to be honest. We can’t believe the difference in her”

🥇 Feedback from Poppy’s people.

🐾 We worked together on:

1. Walking calmly on the lead

2. Recall

3. Focus on her people when outdoors, especially in the woods

4. Stop whistle

🙌🏻 Poppy did fantastically well, she loved the training and the results are brilliant

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your dog’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

15/02/2024

Thank you you for the lovely review team Oreo 💙🙌🏻

11/02/2024

🐾 Meet Behavioural client Tigger

🥲 Tigger reacts to people / other dogs.

👉🏻We’ve worked together via zoom coaching and in person

🔑 Key things I immediately put in place with any behavioural client:

1. Thorough vet checks to rule out any pain as contributing to the behaviour

2. Ensuring Tigger’s needs were met, he was already doing Scentwork which is great, so I added in Collie specific games.

3. Diet, he wasn’t eating properly, so we looked in to why and in to diet in general

4. Adequate sleep and rest days

5. Not exposing him to any triggers that he may react to

☺️ This all got Tigger to a nice, calm place where he was able to start learning.

🤗 Isn’t he lovely?

05/02/2024

🐶It’s wonderful to receive these awards again for 2024 🙌🏻
💝 Thank you to my clients and to everyone who recommends and supports my business
❤️🚀🐾

04/02/2024

🫣 All of the cushions in Cooper's house are now in hiding.
They don't want to be invited to his next party 🎉 😆

03/02/2024

🐾 Welcome to Rufus

😊 Thank you to everyone who recommended me to Rufus’ new family. I’ve trained lots of his friends

🐶 Rufus is on my Puppy Training programme, we are having so much fun already

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

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02/02/2024

What a wonderful review 🎉🙌🏻 thank you Chelsea and Goose 🐾

01/02/2024

🙌🏻 Soooo many compliments re my new website. Huge thanks to and his amazing team. I love it 🙌🏻🚀

📷 Photography by

🐾 With thanks to my lovely clients Edie, Fox, Nancy, Elmo, Rex, Remy, Raffy, Monty & of course, the Bonzo

https://maherandhounddogtraining.com

28/01/2024

Farewell Buster. You utter legend.

What a beautiful journey it was working with you. We achieved sooooo much and it was wonderful to see the joyful last few years of your life.

I feel so honoured to have worked with you, you made me a much better behaviourist and I’ll always remember you as one of my best teachers.

Thank you Buster - and sending all the love in the world to your amazing people, you were so lucky to have found them 💙🫶

21/01/2024

🎉 To celebrate Maher & Hound’s 5th anniversary I have linked up with some of my favourite brands for a brilliant giveaway:

🐶 2 tickets to and a gorgeous dog bowl

🐾 A Rabbit ball, Paws dummy, and a lovely lanyard from my favourite Gundog shop

To enter:

🐶 Like & Follow
👉🏻 like this post
👀 tag a friend who loves dogs in the comments below 👇🏻

The winner will be announced on Jan 31st

Goodwoof
18 & 19 May 2024
Goodwood, West Sussex

A dog event like no other, Goodwoof is a unique celebration of our canine companions and all that makes them happy and healthy. Alongside world-class competition in the action arena and across field and trail, Goodwoof brings to life stories of pop culture canine icons, delights in the designs of Barkitecture and recognises the beauty of the bond between dog and owner all along the way.

29/12/2023

🫶 Meet Mighty.

🐾 A couple of facts about Mighty:

🥰 He’s a beauty, inside and out

🧦 He really, really loves socks.

🥹 A lot.

👉🏻 So we are working on that and ensuring that his Gundog needs are met too 😊🫶

😳 Side note: my Bonzo saw my sock drawer the other day and his face lit up like he’d entered actual Spaniel Wonderland 😂

Anyone else?

27/12/2023

🏆 Success story: Chester, now 6 months old.

👉🏻 We’ve worked together since he was a tiny puppy:

🐾 We’ve achieved

👉🏻 1. a smooth introduction and getting on with his Spaniel sibling, Scooby

👉🏻 2. Coping with being home alone

👉🏻 3. Recall in all environments

👉🏻 4. Walking calmly on the lead

👉🏻 5. Settling nicely in cafes

👉🏻 6. Calm and focus in busy places

👉🏻 7. Lovely interactions with other dogs and people and so much more.

🌟 He’s such a star.

👏🏻 Well done team Chester

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

26/12/2023

🥰 Meet Nilo

🐾 We started working together before he even arrived home with a pre puppy visit

👉🏻 This ensured that everything ran really smoothly and his training is going so well

👀 He’s intelligent, confident and super chilled

🏡 I quite want to take him home… but then I want to take them all home 😆

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

24/12/2023

Happy Christmas 🎅🏻 I hope your dogs are enjoying the tree as much as mine 🎄🤪😆

23/12/2023

🥰 Welcome to 9 week old Moose 👀 I’ve said it a thousand times before, but my very favourite thing is to start working with a puppy as soon as possible.

🐾There is so much we can already start to put in place:

👉🏻 House training,
👉🏻 preventing sep anxiety,
👉🏻 puppy biting,
👉🏻 basic recall,
👉🏻 eye contact,
👉🏻 appropriate play and enrichment,
👉🏻 proper socialisation
👉🏻 and so much more…🫶

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

21/12/2023

19/12/2023

😍 Really big welcome to little Finley

👉🏻 I do love a Springer (but don’t tell Bonzo 😆)

🐾 We are working on Puppy Pet Gundog Training together.

🌟 He’s only 12 weeks old and he’s already a little star

📞📲Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

09/12/2023

🐶 Meet Roly

🎨 Doesn’t he look like a beautiful painting?

💻 We’ve been working together for a while by Zoom, covering all the puppy basics and he has progressed brilliantly

🚀 He’s 5 months now and we are adding in some in person sessions, focusing on Pet Gundog Training

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02/12/2023

🥰 Welcome to Hugo

Hugo’s dad is a field trial champion 🏆

🐾 We are starting with basic puppy training, but we will also add in some Gundog training when he’s ready, so that he has an outlet for what he was bred to do

🥳I’m so excited about working with him and sharing his progression

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

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30/11/2023

🐶 �NEW 🐶 Support Coaching Service 👇🏻

🐾 For clients who have finished their in person training but would still like access to advice from me

📍Or for out of area clients

🚀 A monthly programme consisting of

1. A training plan

2. Video critique and feedback on a daily basis

3. Unlimited WhatsApp support

4. Unlimited access to our behaviour and training hub

5. Access to our exclusive Facebook support community

👉🏻 DM me the word ‘coaching’ for further info

26/11/2023

👀 My Bonzo photographed by Holly and The Dogs - The Labrador Dog Walker. Fantastic portaits of your dog for just £25. The perfect Christmas gift. Holly is soooo talented 🙌🏻👏🏻

25/11/2023

⭐️Success story, Barney ⭐️

🧐 A previous trainer trainer told Barney’s people that he would never make a Pet dog as his working drive was too strong

🚀Barney struggled with focusing outdoors, had no recall and pulled constantly on the lead

💙 However, what I saw straight away was a sweet dog with the most lovely temperament who was calm and happy in the house

🙌🏻 So we got to work on the other stuff, he progressed brilliantly and here he is wet, muddy, gloriously happy, off lead having the time of his life, but coming back every time we ask us him to 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

📞📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your dog’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

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24/11/2023

My website is not sending me any enquiries via the website contact forms. Lots of people have contacted me to chase and I’m really sorry but I’ve had no emails via my website. Please email me directly [email protected], WhatsApp 07789436075. Or book a free 10 min consultation call via https://calendly.com/maherandhounddogtraining/free-10-minute-consultation-call

18/11/2023

🩶 Welcome to Turin

🩶 Turin is on my 121 puppy training programme

🐾 He’s progressing beautifully - we’ve already started introducing fun recall cues, hand touch (instead of puppy biting and jumping up), house training is going well, being left alone is going well too

🤩Exciting stuff, l’m looking forward to continuing our work (and fun) together

📞 📲 Book a free 10-minute phone call with Karen to discuss your puppy’s training needs. Just click the link in our bio!

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15/11/2023