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Pack - leaders Hi, I’m Leah. Pack-Leaders is built on over 25 years’ experience working hands-on with dogs.

I offer one-to-one behaviour support and structured dog walking, focusing on confidence, emotional balance, and practical guidance that fits everyday life. 🐕❤️ Dog walking £13 (1 hour pack adventure)

1-1 Behaviour session : ( from 50 ) ( 1 hour)

soon to add grooming : price list will follow

05/09/2026

Breakfast, working dog style 🐽

Why put breakfast in a bowl when you can make them work for it?

A few bits of kibble hidden around the Hilux tyres and suddenly breakfast becomes a little scentwork session.

Listen to that snuffle pig going ten to the dozen while she works it all out! 😂🐾💛

It’s not about fancy equipment. Use what you’ve got and make them use their brain as well as their body. 🐾💛

04/09/2026

How do you start your walk? 🐾

Do you connect with your dog before you even leave the house, or are they already dragging you out the door and pulling you towards the van?

With Sola, I like to get her brain switched on first.

This morning started with scatter feeding and hiding food around the lean-to, pots and even the Hilux tyres. Then a few minutes of fun obedience… heel, middle, around, weaving and whatever else I could throw in.

Then came this little bit of impulse control.

Gates wide open. I asked for a sit and wait, walked away to open the van, came back, heel to the van, another wait… and then she gets her release and reward.

All those little pieces add up.

Especially with working breeds, the walk doesn't have to start when you put the lead on. It starts before you even leave the house.

Switch the brain on. Build connection. Then go and have some fun. 🐾💛

We walked Sola up to the Snowdrop this evening. 🐾💛🥂And wow, what a dog friendly pub it really is! Sola got gifted this ...
02/09/2026

We walked Sola up to the Snowdrop this evening. 🐾💛🥂

And wow, what a dog friendly pub it really is! Sola got gifted this huge bone before we even got our dinner 🤣

Lovely food, great service & most importantly, exceptionally dog friendly 🐾💛

02/09/2026

Make the most of your walk 🐽🐾

Today I took Sola and Bungle out on their own rather than with the pack. I like to mix it up. Some days Sola gets the social side and the balance of walking with the pack, and other days she gets my full attention, which gives us much more opportunity for training and play.

There were loads of little grass covered mounds around the fields, so Sola naturally started investigating them. Perfect opportunity for a bit of hide and seek with balls, sprats and whatever else I could use along the way.

Then we turned one of the mounds into a little training game. Down and wait while I moved away, recall, then “up” onto the mound, settle at the top, and finally “free” to release her back down.

It doesn't have to be complicated. Look around you. What can you use? A tree, a bank, a log, long grass, a mound...

Make the walk fun, give them things to think about, play with them and keep them connected to you.

A walk doesn't always have to be about getting from A to B. 🐽💛🐾

31/08/2026

🤣 THIS IS WHAT PLAYING WITH YOUR DOGS SHOULD LOOK LIKE! 🤣
Rob caught me out videoing me in the garden tonight 🤣 and even though I look like a right ☆☆☆☆I thought I'd share 🤣

Sola is 7½ months old, around 27kg and VERY exuberant when she gets going 😂

Bungle is my sister's 15 month old Cavapooshon and he absolutely loves hyping her up!

The problem is... when Sola gets to a certain level of excitement, she forgets that she's basically a small tank compared to Bungle 🤣🤣

So rather than constantly stopping them from playing, I'm teaching them HOW to play together.

When Bungle wants to start, I ask Sola to "Get Snake". They each grab an end and have a good old game of tug.

And it works brilliantly because Sola had something to focus on therfore seems to naturally remember to control herself. She's still having fun, still getting excited, but she's not using her entire 27kg body to launch herself at Bungle 😂

So there I am dancing around the garden...

"GET IT! GET IT! GET IT!" 🤣

Then...

"W I N N E R!"

That's Sola's drop cue and she dropped instantly. Bungle followed about a second later.

Sprat for both.

"GOOD CHILDREN!" 🤣🤣

And that's it. Play over, everyone happy and Bungle didn't get slam dunked 🤣🫣

But this is exactly why I encourage people to PLAY with their dogs.

Play isn't just about tiring them out. It's how you build a relationship, teach them to engage with you, practise impulse control and, most importantly, teach them how to handle themselves when they're excited.✨️

You don't need fancy equipment or a complicated training plan.

Get involved.

Be silly.

Tug. Chase. Find things. Get excited with them.

Because if you want your dog to listen to you when they're excited, you need to be part of the fun!

So although i look like a complete ☆☆☆☆ they love it... so I'll take the win! 🏆

Happy Bank holiday Monday 🐾💛
31/08/2026

Happy Bank holiday Monday 🐾💛

30/08/2026

A new place, new experiences and a bit of training thrown in 🐾💛

Sola and Bungle had a brilliant time exploring Ditchling Common today. Plenty of free time, calm dog greetings, a little impulse control, watching the cows and then Sola discovered the pond… safe to say she loved it! 😂

Training doesn’t always need to look like training. New environments, play, exploration and everyday experiences are all opportunities to build confident, well rounded dogs.

And the last photo says it all… absolutely flat out in their new beds! 😂💛

29/08/2026

The rain was absolutely relentless today. So bad I eventually had to ditch my glasses because I couldn’t see a thing! 🫣And the dogs weren’t exactly sure what to do with themselves either.
So rather than just walking on and letting them switch off from me, I made myself part of the fun.
🐽 I hid sprats around the trees for them to find using their noses.
📯 We practised recall to the whistle.
🎾 They came straight back to me, got their “free” release, and were rewarded with the ball.
A bit of thinking, a bit of training, a bit of play, and suddenly the weather didn’t matter.
This is what I mean when I talk about staying connected to your dog on a walk.
You don’t have to constantly control them. You don’t need them glued to your side.
But you do want to be relevant.
Give them reasons to check in with you. Play with them. Use their natural instincts. Make coming back to you worthwhile.
Because if all the fun happens 50 metres away from you, eventually your dog learns that you’re just the person holding the lead, not part of the adventure.
Make yourself part of the adventure. 🐾💛

28/08/2026

Sunrise 🌅 is my absolute favourite time of day 🐕✨️🌅🐾💛 Happy Friday! ✨️

26/08/2026

These clips are from this mornings walk 🐾 my personal favourite time of the day! 🌅

Remember, the walk is more than just getting from A to B 🐾

One of the biggest things I encourage people to do is make the walk a training opportunity, rather than simply letting the dog disconnect and entertain themselves for the whole time.

Your dog doesn’t have to spend every second walking at your side, they should absolutely have time to sniff, explore and be a dog. But there are so many opportunities within a walk to build engagement and connection too.✨️🐾

Think about what your dog was bred to do and use that to your advantage.

For Sola, as a working breed, I can incorporate retrieving, searching, recall, impulse control and whistle work. In this clip, she holds her down until released, the ball becomes her reward. Towards the end she recalls straight back into heel. I can also use the whistle to stop her and bring her back into the exercise.✨️

It isn't about drilling obedience for the entire walk. It's about mixing in little pockets of purposeful training and breed-specific games that make sense to your dog.

You can turn a simple walk into something that works their body and their brain.

So instead of thinking “How far did we walk?”, start thinking:

“How connected was my dog? What did we practise? What did they have to think about?”

A mentally satisfied dog is often a much happier dog than one who's simply been marched from A to B. 🐾✨️

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