Emily Coombe-Positive Dog Training

15/10/2026

Amigo has won over another lady 🥰.

Rowan and her owners have made some great progress despite having to have some time off of training for an injured paw and investigations into Rowan's musculoskeletal health.

But now Rowan is physically comfortable, we have been able to increase exposure to dogs and people again and she is doing so well 🙌

18/07/2026

This smiley girl is Rosie 🌹

She has completed 3 training sessions with me focusing on all the foundations needed as a young dog. She LOVES training and food rewards!

One of her biggest successes was recalling off a unexpected deer 🦌👏

Rosie (8 months) is really chuffed with herself! 🥰

She’s completed 3 training sessions with Emily working on preventing jumping up, recall & emergency recall, loose lead walking and a few other foundations like hand target, lie down, drop, settling outside of her pen.

She now doesn’t have a pen, is off lead on all her walks and the other day even recalled off an unexpected deer 🦌

Way to go team Rosie 🤘💪

17/07/2026

Scout has completed his 6 week 121 puppy course 🐶🎓

We covered all the foundations including:
🐕💨 Recall
💤Setteling
🎾Drop
🦮Loose lead walking
👋Hand target
🍗Food manners
💉Hisbandry Training
❌preventing jumping up

And more!

Well done Team Scout 👏 🧡

15/07/2026

Here is a fab photo of Mia 😍

I saw Mia for a behaviour assessment and 2 follow up sessions to help her with her dog reactivity.

Her owners have done really well with her and were kind enough to leave some feedback for me and Team Mutty💜

🗣️ “From the moment we had our first assessment with Emily, we knew we were in good hands. At the very outset she taught us how to allow Mia to greet people in a calm manner. Her knowledge about dogs behaviour and in general is extensive, and on top of that she has a lovely positive, friendly way. We immediately felt at ease and that the training would be positive and effective.

After our second practical session where we went out with Emily, for the first time in several years, we were able to allow Mia to approach another dog without reaction. Her expert guidance gave us confidence and a massive relief that we could go out and meet other dogs without any escalation.

We can’t thank Emily enough. She has given us peaceful walks once more and enabled us to read Mia’s body language to ensure that she also has a lovely calm walk.

We would highly recommend her and Mutty Professor. They are professional, friendly and most important of all really know their stuff!”

Mia has completed her assessment and 2 x follow up package with Emily!

They focused on her reactions towards dogs and staying calm around visitors.
She has a session scheduled with our other team CAB Debs to work on separation anxiety.

Mia is now managing some brief, calm sniffs with dogs sniffs as well as neutral encounters (on lead as well as off lead where appropriate) and now chooses to avoid or recalling away from others that aren’t her type (e.g. high energy ball chasing dogs). She rarely fixates and stalks dogs AND is doing great around visitors now too 🙂

Well done team Mia 💪 🤘

13/07/2026

Mr Gibson has completed his assessment and follow up sessions in which we worked on his reactivity to dogs and people. Our last session was an early morning walk around the Harbourside (to beat the heat) and he did so well navigating all of the dogs and people we saw!

Well done to Gibson and his amazing owners for all their hard work!🥰

Here’s a lush picture of Gibson!

He’s completed his six session behaviour modification package with Emily.

He presented as being ‘reactive’ to dogs and people on walks and when having his harness put on.

His family have been amazing and they wrapped up their training with us with a busy harbour side session - passing lots of people and dogs without reacting as well as being able to settle and calmly watch people and dogs go by!

Harness and handling is no longer a problem either.

Smashed it Team Gibson 💪 🤘

04/07/2026

Bobbi (on the left) had a great first helper dog session with Amigo 👏

Following our initial assessment, Bobbi’s owners have worked really hard on their muzzle training so that we could start to safely socialise her with some dogs. She can now wear her new muzzle really comfortably on walks and she was able to explore her environment and sniff Amigo without feeling frustrated or restricted by her muzzle.

Well done to Team Bobbi- yesterday’s session was a great start in helping Bobbi learn to feel safe around an unkown dog 💛

Bobbi is at the start of her behaviour modification journey - with team CAB Emily!

Yesterday was her 2nd follow up and 1st helper dog session.

After some parallel walking she managed a calm sniff through the fence and then a few bum sniffs when walking around with Amigo. They also had one short nose to nose sniff and she did great.

After that she was fairly neutral but happy to train and walk around him.

Her muzzle is from The Muzzle Shop - such a pretty colour!! 🥰

30/06/2026

Frieda and Amigo’s first date went very well 😍

Frieda (on the left) is a behaviour client working on dog reactivity. Amigo has worked his magic again and after a gradual and carefully managed introduction, Frieda had her first positive dog interaction with an unkown dog in a long time 👏

Freida is conflicted around dogs and due to her over reactive responses, hasn’t interacted with another dog for a very long time!

Today was her first helper dog session with Emily and Amigo! After some parallel walking they were integrated and Freida then read Amigo’s ‘no thanks, I don’t really play’ vibes and enjoyed mooching with him off lead!

03/06/2026

With a lot of Dachshunds on my books at the moment, myself and Roz from The Mutty Professor ran a sausage party last weekend!

With gradual exposure and introductions where appropriate, all of the sausages did really well 🌭👏 Below are some snippets from our session 🎬

07/05/2026

Meet the regal Merlin👑

🐶Merlin is a 9 year old Romanian Rescue.

When he arrived to the UK he was very anxious and shut down, rarely leaving his bed and spending his first 6 weeks in his new home in his crate. He would rarely move around the home, take treats or engage with his family and could struggle around other dogs on walks.

His amazing family have been so dedicated with helping Merlin grow in confidence and we gradually implemented enrichment and free work, created safe spaces for him within the home, introduce predictability into his routine and activities (training, walks, interactions with people and dogs), worked on some noise desensitisation and introduced him to some calm helper dogs (with the help of my colleague Abi). We did all of the above whilst working alongside his veterinarian to make sure he had a fully comprehensive behaviour modification plan, which has included ruling out musculoskeletal pain and finding the right medication to support Merlin’s progress.

Our session today was one of our best! Despite gardeners being present outside of the home (which has previously been scary for Merlin!), Merlin was happy to engage in some training exercises for a long duration and was able to take breaks, re-set and rejoin us unprompted after he was briefly startled by some activity and noises in the home and garden. His motivation to engage with training and interactions and ability to recover from stressors is a big step forwards for Merlin and we are all very proud of him.

He also continues to do really well on his walks- with an increase in exploration, great recall and regular walk’s with his group of dog friends.

We will continue to support Merlin and help him continue to build his overall confidence, but he’s come a long way since I first met him thanks to his family💚

20/04/2026

Tilly has completed her training with vet referral session and 4 follow up sessions. She has made some great progress with recall, loose lead walking and self regulation 🐶👏

This cute pile of hair and set of VERY white Teefs is Tilly!

She’s a young Cairn terrier whose family have been getting support from Emily for recall, lunging at traffic and barking at wildlife in the garden!

She’s now dragging her longline on park walks 🌳 and the whistle has been introduced to help them push to Tilly being completely off lead - in the right environments of course!
Roadside walks and garden time is also now much more peaceful for all!

Top work team Tilly! 💕