Paula Adams Dog Training

10/02/2026

When will the rain stop and the mud disapear. My dogs weren't impressed. 🤣

08/02/2026

As well as being a certified dog trainer. I'm also offering dog sitting in your own home. Not all dogs do well in a kennel enviroment or want to be with other dogs. So this is the perfect solution. Drop me a message for more information 😊

07/02/2026

I bumped in this beautiful old boy today. He was one of the dogs i picked up when I worked for a rescue. He is living his best life. So lovely to see him 💙
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07/02/2026

Morning! 👋
After lots of thought, I’ve updated my page name to Paula Adams Dog Training, as it better reflects the work I do and the services I offer.
I continue to offer 1-to-1 dog and puppy training, and I’ve also started offering house sitting again 🐾
Watch this space… some exciting new updates will be coming soon 👀

07/02/2026

Decompression is so needed for a rescue dog. Boring is good. https://www.facebook.com/share/17gSQ3kkBR/

Why?
Because there is no blank slate.

A rescued dog doesn’t arrive empty or neutral. They arrive already carrying history and recently they’ve had a lot of “new”. New for many rescued dogs is a lot to process and when every single sense they have is full trying to take in everything around them, feeling safe is very difficult to find.

New environment, new smells, new rules, new rhythms, new people. Even kindness can be totally unfamiliar to them and unfamiliar can be like a big ole hole in the “safety” bucket. We can fill it all we want with what we have read “helps”.
That security and safety is still leaking out, it doesn’t have time to sit and settle and yep, I suppose there is a safety sediment.

When we ask a dog to cope before they’ve even had a chance to settle, all they are doing is coping.
There is no settling.
Safety is what allows everything else to come later.

Safety looks like routines that don’t change, space that isn’t invaded and time where nothing is required of them.
Nothing at all.
It looks like letting a dog observe without participating and just "be" without performing.

And yes, it can feel slow. Unproductive.

It can also feel awkward.

I read a thread on a post in a rescue group and people that suggested keeping them quiet for a few days were often shut down.
“Do people do this? Why, that’s so boring for them”.
That’s the point, boring is safe and allows for stress levels to drop instead of being “topped” up.

“No way could I do that, she’s had months of living in that shelter”
That’s exactly why.
You want a dog to become part of your family, you’ve opened your heart and your home and now more hurdles are all around her. Climbing them can take a big toll.

Every single one of those people commenting had previous posts about the real difficulties they are facing and have been facing for a while.
All of those new experiences in the first few days can delay feeling safe.

You can’t rush settling.
But you can interrupt it.
Over and over again.

05/02/2026

This is what good trainers do. It’s not about a quick fix — it’s about understanding what dogs are trying to tell us. They’re not naughty dogs. There’s always a reason they feel uncomfortable with something nearby. Some dogs can’t calm themselves yet because they don’t feel fully safe or secure, so they shut down or react to cope. Our job is to listen, understand, and gently untangle what’s going on for them. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C19ha4DMn/

Dog Behaviour Recipe.

It’s not a strict formula where 1 + 2 = 3.

Most of the time it’s a plate of spaghetti… or a knotted ball of wool.

It’s completely understandable that a potential new client gets in touch expecting to “start on the problem” straight away.

“My dog barks at other dogs and pulls on the lead, so we’re going to work on loose lead walking and get him used to other dogs so they can be friends, right?”

No. Not necessarily. And definitely not straight away.

First, we look at why and this takes time to investigate.

One strand of spaghetti is: What’s your dog’s health like?

Because if your dog is barking to keep other dogs away due to pain or discomfort, no amount of training is going to work other than scary training that worries your dog into silence.

These dogs need medical support, not bullying or even training at this point

Another strand of spaghetti is sleep. Pulling on the lead often isn’t a training issue either, it’s a how the dog is processing their environment, is lack of good deep sleep contributing to that.

Where do they sleep, how do they sleep, daily routines and patterns are just the tip of the iceberg.

There are so many strands to look at when we work with every individual dog.

We also want to learn what empties or lowers your dog’s arousal bucket? What helps them regulate? We don’t know that until we do the work and start joining the dots.

And this is exactly why promises, magic wands, and quick fixes REALLY cheese me off.

Not only do they prey on people’s vulnerability and desire for fast change, but the total lack of respect what the dog is trying to communicate is upsetting, to say the least.

When you work with an ethical professional, you’ll be advised what the journey really looks like and it’s often slow.

This sometimes means the client goes to the person who have promised them thier desired result.
They were more appealing because of the promises and thats thier choice, but im clear about MY process and anyone's who language continues to focus on quick results is probably not a good match for me.

There’s no razzle dazzle. It doesn’t look like the nonsense on some popular dog TV shows.

So it might seem a little frustrating when a professional doesnt go straight into addressing the "problem" but looking at all the pieces of your dog’s puzzle will increase yours and your dogs chances of long term success.

02/02/2026

I’ve been looking after Reggie for a few days and we’ve been working on predictability games, as well as engagement and disengagement. The environment is hugely reinforcing for him, so I wanted to see whether he could disengage from the beach and choose to come back to me without me asking. As you can see, he absolutely smashed it. 💛🐾

01/02/2026

I’m not techy, so my videos are always organic.
Loose lead walking starts at home — building calm and predictability first so our dogs feel safe and connected. No luring, just paying out to say “yes, you’re doing great.”

01/02/2026

Calm loose lead walking today.
Notice the slack in the lead and the dog choosing to stay close.
This comes from feeling safe, not being corrected.
Relationship-led support for dogs and people 🌿

11/09/2025

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26/06/2025

I was in the Woods this morning and I wanted to do a video explaining growling in my dog Cotton. But I always get lovely interruptions This lovely was an ex St Francis dog, he must have know that i work there. 🥰🤣

19/06/2025

Can you walk your dogs when it's hot?