Hounds and Hooves Training and Behaviour

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🏆Award winning training & behaviour.
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❤️ Ethical, science-led training

Puppies, Agility, Scentwork, Behaviour, and more.. Hounds & Hooves ltd is a award winning family run business that has been established since 2013 providing dog walking, dog training and private hire walking fields for Dorchester and the surrounding areas. We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming business-the dogs in our care are treated like our own and many clients go on to become friends. Dog Walking:
Group dog walks take place at our private dog walking fields, with no more than six in a group. Dogs are picked up in professionally crated vans, with air conditioning and transported safely and with care to enjoy socialising and time to enjoy being a dog. Dog Training;
Offering a variety of classes- puppies, teens, scentwork, hoopers, recall and loose lead walking in our purpose built training area. We also offer 1-1 training programmes where we can focus on challenges that you may be experiencing. All training is carried out using positive reinforcment methods and all of our trainers maintain high levels of CPD so that you can be safe in the knowledge that you are getting the best and most up to date training advice. Private walking fields;
Dogs were meant to run and sniff and well just be dogs. But we know its not that simple for everyone and some dogs need space. There is parking within the fields and it surrounded by deer fencing. Inside you will find a variety of exciting and enriching areas that are there for your dog (and you) to enjoy. For further information on prices and availability please either visit the website or give the office a call. We cant wait to meet you. Team H&H.

We have some exciting news! Rachel now has a regular Thursday evening agility club class 🎉 Rachel competes at G6, qualif...
24/10/2026

We have some exciting news!

Rachel now has a regular Thursday evening agility club class 🎉

Rachel competes at G6, qualified for Crufts last year, and has trained her dog Otis to a level that meant he was selected to represent Team Australia at the World Championships 2026. She is encouraging, kind, and has a real eye for detail - we call her the Queen of Skills 😂

‼️ These classes are for competition level dogs and will be set at Grade 4+ (higher if Rachel is feeling mean 😏) ‼️

We welcome ANYONE - we have a couple of people who are coming for a few extra sessions over winter whilst things are wet, or their usual instructor is having a break… we are not precious, anyone is welcome 🫶

To find out more, or for the booking link, just pop us a message.

Drumroll pleeeease…. 🥁 🥁 Dates up until the end of the year! Still spaces in upcoming puppy and teens courses as well as...
21/10/2026

Drumroll pleeeease…. 🥁 🥁

Dates up until the end of the year!

Still spaces in upcoming puppy and teens courses as well as introduction to sports (agility / Scentwork). It is entirely possible that there won’t be any ‘introduction to agility’ courses in the new year up until spring because the weather can be so unpredictable so if you want to get in - now’s the chance!

I’ll pop a link in the comments to the website so you can all have a rummage because apparently Facebook doesn’t approve of links in captions now.

Also… there’s been a lot of talk about AI in business and advertising. Please rest assured that if you see a graphic from us it has been made with my very own hands. You’ll be able to tell because it will be slightly rubbish, but lots of effort will have gone in 😉

Can’t wait to meet lots of your wonderful dogs soon 🐾

Bumble is 5 today. Scarily close to middle-aged, I don’t know where the time has gone. He has been the biggest learning ...
19/10/2026

Bumble is 5 today. Scarily close to middle-aged, I don’t know where the time has gone.

He has been the biggest learning curve of my dog training career. I had owned spaniels before him but nothing quite prepared me for Bumble in all his feral, boy-ish, testosterone fuelled, bird chasing, screaming glory.

There’s something brilliant about a really wild dog though. Knowing that they are completely their own being and they could act in any way they please and yet he CHOOSES to recall, to walk next to me, to run beside me in agility, and still for some reason looks at me like I’m his favourite person on earth? It feels like magic sometimes.

May he continue to be true to his wild child ways for a very long time. I have no choice but to be the best owner I can for him, because he will never ever let me get away with being lazy or complacent with my training. And for that I am very very grateful ❤️

Friday Legends!! The superstar award (it’s a real thing, I just came up with it) goes to Colin - the pup in the first pi...
16/10/2026

Friday Legends!!

The superstar award (it’s a real thing, I just came up with it) goes to Colin - the pup in the first picture. He’s very proud of himself.
On his first week he would lift his lips and give a snarl to any dog approaching him. Now he has TWO PROPER GIRLFRIENDS in this class and existed really happily next to others ❤️

Apart from being the hardest bunch to photograph for some reason, this class have been brilliant. Today we proofed our loose lead walking out of the paddock round the fountain, learned to roll over, and practiced how to say a quick sniffy hello to each other without it turning into chaos.

A huge well done to Colin, Margo, Ruby, Ted, Mia, Ellie, and Ocean 🐾

We have our next puppy class starting NEXT FRIDAY for any new pups out there.
Terrific Teens also starts next week at 11am for those battling through adolescence. We can’t wait to meet you!

A huge well done to lovely Winnie who finished her 121 package today ❤️Winnie came to work on her reactivity towards pri...
13/10/2026

A huge well done to lovely Winnie who finished her 121 package today ❤️

Winnie came to work on her reactivity towards primarily big, dark dogs.

Today we had a beautiful walk at the Great Field in Poundbury with 0 reactions - some very close passes with other dogs successfully, including the three lovely Labradors in the background who milled around her and she behaved beautifully 🥰

Well done to her lovely owner who has worked really hard and reported a beautiful walk in a busy studland beach recently too!

It was puppy HEAVEN on Saturday! Puppies and Teens covered recall in the morning. We spoke about why we keep our recall ...
11/10/2026

It was puppy HEAVEN on Saturday!

Puppies and Teens covered recall in the morning.

We spoke about why we keep our recall cue as a sacred, special event that produces a party each time it is used, and how to improve engagement on walks so that we use our recall less 💪

Well done to Puppies; Buster, Nelly, Willow, Nelson, Alfie, and Teens; Bella, Maverick, Shelley, Amber, and Chilli 🌶️ (I must get pictures of teens next week!).

Then in the afternoon I met Fergus the collie puppy - have a scroll to the last picture I promise it’s worth it - to work on recall (although he was already pretty fantastic!) and a bit of work on his anxiety around bouncy / friendly dogs.

He was brilliant, such a smart cookie 🍪

🚨🚨🚨 LAST MINUTE SPOT available 🚨🚨🚨 We have had one handler rearrange their spot for our Introduction to Scent course sta...
08/10/2026

🚨🚨🚨 LAST MINUTE SPOT available 🚨🚨🚨

We have had one handler rearrange their spot for our Introduction to Scent course starting tomorrow afternoon which means we have a rare spot available on the sold out course.

4 weeks with Emma Phillips - Paw by Paw Training & Behaviour at Whitcombe, Dorchester.

Teach your dog how to search for and indicate that they have found scent (gun oil initially). An amazing workout for their brains 🧠

Plus, if you’re really lucky, they will pull this stupid face at you when you practice your indications 😂

More information in the comments along with the link to book ⬇️ ⬇️

Thank you everyone for being patient with me over the weekend. We had to make some really hard decisions because my old ...
05/10/2026

Thank you everyone for being patient with me over the weekend. We had to make some really hard decisions because my old girl Kyla took a turn for the worse. This morning involved a hard conversation with the vet but we decided on one last try of inpatient care today and thank goodness, she has really perked up.

We aren’t out of the woods, back in for a check in the morning and potentially another day as an inpatient but scans revealed no tumours which was my gut feeling and biggest fear.

Enjoy your old dogs guys, I really thought I was going to be coming home without her this evening.
Kyla had accidentally faded into the background slightly because the nutjob spaniels are always front and centre and she is such an easy girl to look after but this weekend has made me realise how much she deserves some solo old-girl adventures.

Send her healing vibes please and - last request - if you see me over the next couple of weeks please please don’t ask me if she’s okay because I will BLUB and if I’m at work I need to be not in floods of tears 😭

Thank you also to Alice for covering on Saturday afternoon so I could get back and check on her 🐾

Address

Whitcombe Racing Stables, Whitcombe Down Road
Dorchester
DT28NY

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447875961105

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