Sit Walk Stay - Dog Training, Behaviour, Walking & Pet Services

Sit Walk Stay - Dog Training, Behaviour, Walking & Pet Services 🐕 Behaviour Modification, Nose Work and Positive Reinforcement training designed to help dog and owners thrive together

Sit Walk Stay is an award-winning and highly qualified provider of dog training, behaviour, and pet services based in Andover, Hampshire. We strive to exceed expectations in every aspect of our work. Our Dog Training and Behaviour caters all dogs and their guardians, whether you have a new addition to the family, a rescue, reactive or older family dog. We welcome all dogs and offer both;
One to On

e session’s to focus, resolve issues and achieve your training goals, these sessions are offered in person and virtually throughout the UK. A variety of Group classes in Andover, Hampshire, to cater you and your dogs needs, including UK Sniffer Dogs, Mantrailing, Pups & Parents and Life Skills.
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Our Dog walking and Pet service offers a premium care, safe, reliable service for your beloved pets. We use Tractive trackers for all our adventures for complete transparency and safety, adventuring in a variety of Andover's wonderful walks. Team is first aid trained and experienced with various dogs and small animals, ensuring attentive, safe care.
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For more information check out our website
www.sitwalkstay.co.uk

🐾 MEET THE SIT WALK STAY FAMILY - AURORA 💕The newest addition to the Sit Walk Stay family… and quite possibly the bigges...
03/09/2026

🐾 MEET THE SIT WALK STAY FAMILY - AURORA 💕

The newest addition to the Sit Walk Stay family… and quite possibly the biggest injection of chaos. 😂

Aurora joined us just under two months ago, and although I've fostered dogs alongside Roary before, this time felt different.

I wasn't simply looking for another dog, I was looking for Roary's dog 🥹

But bringing a second dog into the family isn't just about whether the two dogs get along.

One thing I think we can easily fall into with multi-dog households is treating our dogs like one body with two heads - they walk together, train together, go everywhere together and gradually become known simply as 'the dogs'

But they're still two individuals.

And since Aurora arrived, I've been conscious that I'm actually nurturing several relationships:

💚 Me & Roary - protecting the relationship we've spent years building.
💕 Me & Aurora - building trust and discovering who she is.
🐕 Roary & Aurora - giving them space to develop their own relationship naturally.
🥰 All three of us - learning how to live, adventure and work together as a team.

That means sometimes doing things separately.

Separate walks. Separate training. One-to-one time. Different hobbies and different forms of fulfilment.

Roary doesn't stop being Roary because Aurora arrived, and Aurora doesn't have to become an extension of him.

They're two individual dogs who are learning how to become part of something together 🤍

And honestly, Aurora has reinforced just how important that individuality is.

Take exercise 👀

I could walk her for an hour and she's come home wondering what we're doing next 😂

Give her 15 minutes of focused gundog work, retrieving, searching, using her nose and working alongside me, and she'll happily come home and sleep.

Fulfilment isn't measured in miles.

Sometimes our dogs DON'T need more ❌️

They need more of the RIGHT thing ✅️

And once I started really understanding what Aurora needed?

She's actually pretty easy to live with.

She came from a busy household and initially struggled to properly switch off, so learning that rest is safe and she doesn't always need to be doing something has been just as important as the exciting stuff.

We've also been building confidence around things she found worrying - harnesses, collars and having her ears handled.

She now happily lets me handle those ears, which is fortunate considering they seem genetically engineered to collect every seed in Hampshire 😂🌾 Hence the very glamorous aeroplane ear muffs ✈️😂

She's even sent me down a completely new rabbit hole with double coats and grooming ☠️

Oh. The. Hair!!!

Aurora had been shaved before coming to us, so I've been learning much more about double-coat maintenance, coat health and regrowth while we hopefully watch hers recover over the coming months from coat damage.

It's given me an even greater appreciation for knowledgeable professional groomers and reinforced that grooming isn't simply cosmetic, it's part of our dogs welfare.

And I think that's what these first two months with Aurora have really been about:

Learning the dog in front of me.

Her genetics.
Her communication.
Her fears.
Her hobbies.
Her body.
Her ridiculous Springador brain 😂

She's completely bonkers, ridiculously clever, incredibly affectionate and has taught me an entirely new appreciation for lint rollers.

But most importantly, we're not rushing her into becoming part of some finished picture.

I'm building my relationship with her.
I'm protecting my relationship with Roary.
They're building theirs.
And together, we're becoming a team 🥹🤎

Less than two months in, I genuinely can't imagine our little family without her.

And I have a feeling she still has an awful lot left to teach me.

Behaviour is communication 🐾

There was absolutely no way I could do this series without introducing one of the originals…Willow 🤎Willow has been with...
02/09/2026

There was absolutely no way I could do this series without introducing one of the originals…
Willow 🤎
Willow has been with me for almost FIVE YEARS, making her my longest-standing client - and I can confidently say that in nearly five years, she has not once failed to make me laugh on a walk 😂

She’s a Sprocker through and through.
Bonkers. Enthusiastic. Opinionated. Ridiculously happy. Always ready for the next adventure and somehow capable of making even the most ordinary walk entertaining.

There genuinely is no personality quite like Willow’s ✨️

And after nearly five years?
Absolutely nothing has changed 😂
She is still every bit as bonkers as the dog who first joined me all those years ago.

But there’s another side to Willow that you perhaps wouldn't expect from the photos of her flying through fields with her ears somewhere above her head…
Sit on the sofa with her and suddenly personal space no longer exists.
Willow doesn't want to sit next to you.
She wants to be IN YOUR SKIN 😂🤎
She'll curl herself as tightly against you as physically possible, demand cuddles and transform from completely unhinged adventure dog into the biggest cuddle monster imaginable.

And then, less than two years ago, the family expanded…
Enter Luna 🐾
Willow got herself a little shadow - although "little shadow" might be generous considering Luna appears to be following in her big sister's wonderfully chaotic footsteps 😂

She's bonkers, full of personality and still learning all the tricks of the trade from Willow.
Watching their relationship develop has been so lovely. Luna gets to learn from her older sister, find her own confidence and personality, and now come along on the adventures Willow has been enjoying for years.
There is something incredibly special about walking a dog for this long.

I've watched Willow grow. I've learnt every one of her quirks. I've laughed at her countless times. I've cuddled her on the sofa. I've watched her family grow and then had the privilege of welcoming Luna into the Sit Walk Stay family too.
When you start a dog walking business, you think you're going to walk people's dogs.
You don't necessarily realise at the time that some of those dogs are going to become part of your life for years 🥹
Nearly five years of muddy paws, adventures, ridiculous faces, flying ears, cuddles and memories…
And she's still making me laugh.
Never change, Willow 🤎
Here’s to many more adventures with Willow, her little shadow Luna, and the rest of the Sit Walk Stay family 🐾

MEET THE SIT WALK STAY FAMILY 🐾🤍Throughout September, we're going to be introducing you properly to some of the faces an...
01/09/2026

MEET THE SIT WALK STAY FAMILY 🐾🤍
Throughout September, we're going to be introducing you properly to some of the faces and paws behind Sit Walk Stay.

You'll meet our team members, some of our wonderful adventurers, and the incredible dog & human training teams we have the privilege of working with.

And there was really only one dog who could go first...
Meet Roary 🤍

I became Roary's human when he was just a year old, and I don't think I realised then quite how much this little Cockapoo was going to change my life.

He's my partner in crime, my adventure buddy and, more often than not, wherever I am... Roary isn't very far away.

But he's also become an incredibly important part of Sit Walk Stay.

👃 He's our Scent Detection KING 🤴
Give Roary a scent problem to solve and you can practically watch his brain switch on.

🐾 He's also one of our stooge dogs 🙌
And this is probably the role I'm proudest of him for.
Roary has worked alongside anxious and reactive dogs who aren't yet confident around other dogs.
Through carefully managed interactions, distance, choice and lots of patience, his calm communication has helped dogs begin to realise that being around another dog doesn't always have to feel scary or overwhelming.
He's helped dogs build confidence, make friends and experience things their humans once wondered whether they'd ever be able to do 🥹

But perhaps Roary's biggest impact has been on me.
His hip dysplasia changed the way I looked at dogs.
It pushed me to learn more about pain and behaviour. Movement. Diet. Supplements. Recovery. Rest. Low-impact enrichment. And finding ways of fulfilling a dog without believing fulfilment simply means walking further or exercising harder.

He made me ask more questions.
Real indepth of WHY is the behaviour happening?
What is the dog communicating?
And what else might be happening underneath what we can see?
Those questions have become a huge part of the way I work today.

I'm constantly learning because I want to do better for every dog entrusted to me...
But I also want to do better for him.
I want to make him proud 🤍
So it felt only right that Roary kicked off our Meet the Sit Walk Stay Family series.

Because although my name might be behind Sit Walk Stay...
there's a little Cockapoo behind an awful lot of the reason it exists 🐾🤍

And don't let this heartfelt introduction fool you...
Give him a patch of particularly good dust and our distinguished Scent Detection King will be upside down having the dust bath of his life within seconds 😂🤦‍♀️

I wasn't expecting this photo to make me cry.Recently, I had the most incredible professional shoot with Fetch and Pose ...
28/08/2026

I wasn't expecting this photo to make me cry.

Recently, I had the most incredible professional shoot with Fetch and Pose Brand Photographer for my business, and this photograph was never supposed to be about Mr. Gibbs.

It was supposed to represent something that's incredibly important to me within my business - safety, transparency, and the reasons we use Tractive collars.

And it still does.

But then I saw the finished photograph.

And there he was.

My Mr. Gibbs 🐰

Not physically, of course, but captured so beautifully in the tattoo I carry of him.

And suddenly, a photograph that was supposed to represent my business became incredibly personal.

Because I realised that, in a strange way, he is still part of everything I do.

I lost Mr. Gibbs Christmas just gone.

And grief has taught me that sometimes it doesn't announce itself.

Sometimes it finds you in a photograph you weren't prepared for.

Sometimes it finds you months later, when you thought you were having a perfectly ordinary day.

Sometimes it reminds you that someone can be gone, and yet somehow still appear in the most unexpected places.

People say,

"He was only a rabbit."

But they never met you.

They never heard your feet thudding across the floor.

They never watched you wait by the fridge,

certain that every rustle of a bag

meant a carrot was coming.

They never knew that some days,

you were the reason I got out of bed at all.

You were there

when my whole world fit inside a VW Polo

(and Mr. Gibbs took half that room in the car, rightfully so).

When my heart was broken, more than once.

When I stood on the edge of having nothing.

When life felt heavier than I could carry.

You saw versions of me

that no one else remembers

or ever got to see.

The one who cried on the bedroom floor.

The one who felt lost.

The one who didn't know

how they were going to make it through another week.

And through all of it,

you stayed.

You never cared

how much money I had.

How successful I was.

How broken I felt.

You only cared

that I came home.

And somehow,

that was enough.

Some people won't understand this part.

And that's okay.

But to me,

you weren't "just a pet."

You were my child.

There was a time in my life

when I was told I could never have human children.

I later learned that wasn't true.

I will always choose a life where my animals are my children,

it doesn't change what you were to me.

Because I've never needed to give birth to something

to feel that overwhelming need

to love it,

nurture it,

protect it,

and give it the best life I possibly can.

That's how I love my animals.

They aren't possessions.

They aren't something that simply lives in my house.

They are family.

They are loved.

They are cherished.

They are protected.

Their needs come before my convenience.

Their happiness matters to me.

Their safety matters to me.

And when they hurt,

I hurt.

When they're frightened,

I want to make them feel safe.

And when they're happy,

somehow my world feels a little happier too.

That was the love I had for you.

A fierce,

protective,

nurturing kind of love.

I worried about you.

I planned my life around you.

I protected you.

Even when my own world was falling apart,

I made damn sure yours wasn't.

You, Mr. Gibbs,

were one of my children.

And Roary still is.

You spent the last four years of your life together,

sharing a home,

sharing a family,

sharing me.

And even now,

when I look at Roary,

sometimes I see little pieces of you.

Every night,

I gave you a kiss,

said goodnight,

and imagined seeing you in the morning.

Because there was always another morning.

Until there wasn't.

I didn't know

that would be our last goodnight.

I came downstairs

expecting another ordinary day.

Another breakfast.

Another carrot.

Another morning with you.

Instead,

I found you gone.

I have known pain before.

I have known loss.

I have known loneliness,

fear,

and heartbreak.

But I have felt no greater pain

than the moment your heart stopped beating.

When I found you,

it felt as though my own heart

had torn straight through my chest.

The scream that left my body

didn't sound like me.

It was grief.

Raw.

Unfiltered.

A lifetime of love

breaking all at once.

I wanted the nightmare to end.

I wanted to wake up.

I wanted to find you waiting for breakfast,

hopping across the floor

as though nothing had happened.

But morning came,

and you were still gone.

There is one thing

I will always be grateful for.

You were home.

Your final moments were spent

in the place you knew.

The place you felt safe.

The place where you were loved beyond measure.

And for that,

I will always be thankful.

But I've learned that gratitude and grief

can live side by side.

Because while I'm grateful

you were safe at home,

there is still a part of my heart

that breaks knowing

I wasn't beside you when you left.

I wish I could have held you.

Kissed your head.

Told you one last time

how unbelievably loved you were.

And whispered,

"It's okay, Mr. Gibbs.

You can rest now."

Then life carried on.

Because that's the cruel thing about grief.

The sun still rises.

The kettle still boils.

Work still needs doing.

Birthdays still come.

My birthday in May

was my first without you in so many years.

And when I blew out my candle,

I didn't wish for money, success, health, love,

I wished you were still here.

I still hear you sometimes.

A thud on the floor.

A sound near the stairs.

Your box still sits beneath the stairs, along with your ashes, toys and imprints.

where you slept at night.

And sometimes,

without thinking,

I still reach for a carrot.

Then reality finds me again.

I've come to realise that grief

is a little bit like glitter.

You can clean it up.

You can think you've found every last piece.

And then,

weeks,

months,

even years later,

you'll find a tiny speck somewhere.

It catches the light.

And suddenly,

there it is again.

That's what this photograph was.

A tiny piece of glitter

catching the light.

I went into that shoot

to capture something about my business.

About safety.

About responsibility.

About transparency.

And somehow,

without anybody intending it,

it captured you too.

Maybe that's fitting.

Because before you were my grief,

you were my joy.

Before you were my loss,

you were my home.

Before you were my memory,

you were my child.

And perhaps part of the reason

I care so deeply about keeping the animals entrusted to me safe

is because I know exactly

what it feels like

to love an animal with everything you have.

If I had the choice,

knowing exactly how our story would end,

I would still choose you.

Every single time.

For every thud.

Every cuddle.

Every carrot.

Every goodnight kiss.

Every moment.

To some,

you were a rabbit.

To me,

you were family.

My responsibility.

My comfort.

My constant.

My child,

in all the ways that mattered to my heart.

And now,

apparently,

you still have a way

of finding your way into my photographs, and of course, will always belong on the Sit Walk Stay logo.

I miss you, Mr. Gibbs.

Every single day.

And I always will 💕🐰

💚 Wonderful Wednesday Troops 💖Who else rolled on the ground this morning taking in all the glory of WET grass ?!Just us....
19/08/2026

💚 Wonderful Wednesday Troops 💖
Who else rolled on the ground this morning taking in all the glory of WET grass ?!
Just us..oh okay 👀😅😬

Perfect adventurers today 👌 smashing their recall, engagement, play, sniffs and rolly pollys 🙌

16/08/2026

What a BRILLIANT session we had last Sunday with our epic scent detection dogs! 🐾👃💥
This one had a bit of a twist… our teams were tasked with ROBBING THE BISCUIT BANK! 🍪🏦

Our themed search areas came complete with security guards, security systems and plenty of other challenges for the dogs and handlers to work their way through. It was fantastic to see everyone putting their scent detection skills into action - and, most importantly, having loads of fun while doing it!

Fancy joining us? 👇
🐕 Continuation Scent Detection Sessions - starting September
Perfect if you and your dog have already done some scent detection training and want to keep building those skills.

👃 BRAND NEW 3-Week Scent Detection Crash Course - starting September
Running on Wednesday evenings, this is perfect for anyone wanting to get started with scent detection and discover just how incredible their dog's nose really is!

Spaces are available now 🐾
📲 Book here: https://bookwhen.com/scentdetection

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Today's morning and brunch adventurers really earned their gold stars! 🌟🐾After an hour of sniffing, exploring and making...
06/08/2026

Today's morning and brunch adventurers really earned their gold stars! 🌟🐾

After an hour of sniffing, exploring and making memories in the forest, our brunch bunch enjoyed a very well-deserved (and very rare!) pup cup to finish their adventure. ☕🐶

And honestly... they couldn't have deserved it more.
✔️ Beautiful recall away from members of the public and other dogs
✔️ Fantastic engagement throughout the walk
✔️ Plenty of sniffing, exploring and breed fulfilment
✔️ Not a single dog decided that fox poo was the latest designer fragrance... today anyway! 😂

Days like today remind us just how much consistency, relationship building and positive experiences pay off. Every adventure is another opportunity for our dogs to practise real-life skills while having the absolute best time with their friends 🐶

Don't worry... the pup cups are making the rounds, so all of our adventurers will get a chance to enjoy their own little treat over the coming days 🥰☕

Seeing those wagging tails and very serious faces as they tucked into their pup cups was definitely the highlight of our day 💛

Proof that sometimes the smallest treats create the biggest smiles ☕🐾😍

03/08/2026

Finding Calm at Both Ends of the Lead

What if your dog could help you slow down?

In a world that constantly tells us to do more, achieve more and keep moving, our dogs quietly remind us of something we've forgotten...
To pause.
To breathe.
To simply be.

Grounded Together is a unique 3-hour Human & Dog Wellbeing & Connection Workshop, combining evidence-based dog training, grounding techniques, breathwork, scent activities and enrichment to help strengthen the connection between you and your dog, while giving you practical tools to feel calmer, more present and more connected in everyday life.

This isn't therapy.
It isn't a traditional dog training class.

It's an opportunity to slow down, reconnect and spend intentional time with the dog who already gives you so much and take home value 🐾

✨ Upcoming workshop dates:
📅 Saturday 22nd August
📅 Saturday 26th September
🐾 Working Places (Dog & Guardian) available &
🤍 Learning Places (Without a Dog) available

Whether you'd like to attend with your dog or simply learn and experience the workshop yourself

If you have any questions or would like to reserve your place, please send India a message or book a discovery call via our website

We'd love to welcome you 🧘‍♀️

Because sometimes healing doesn't begin with doing more... it begins with slowing down 🤍
India (Roary & Aurora) x

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