Meet My Dogs
Quiz (2006 – 2021)
Quiz was a Springer cross Labrador born in March 2006 and I sadly lost him in December 2021. He was full of life and adored people! He had an amazing flyball career and competed for 6 years. He enjoyed training in agility and eventually competed from 2013 – 2015. He also tried his paw at canicross but was far too fast for me to keep up with him! Quiz enjoyed scentwork in his retirement.
Marley (2008 – 2023)
Marley was a Border Collie born in 2008. He was very laid back and took life in his stride. Marley would happily go anywhere and chill out. Marley had a career of canicross and competed in off road trail races. Marley also competed in agility from 2013 – 2016 and then enjoyed scentwork and gundog training for fun.
Wilma (2011 – 2024)
Wilma was a Eurasier born in 2011. She was beautiful and loved by everyone who met her. She was particular as to who she liked but formed strong bonds with her favourite people. Wilma enjoyed training in agility and turned her paw to flyball and canicross in the past. However, the competitive circuit wasn’t for her.
She loved clicker training and tricks, she took part in countless demos in front of crowds at Crufts, Discover Dogs, 100+ people in Harlow Town Park and small groups in village halls. She was filmed for Channel 4 skateboarding in London.
Bracken
Bracken is half Labrador half Golden Retriever and came to us at just over a year old when she didn’t make it as an assistance dog.
She is full of life and *loves* Hoopers as well as Agility! She is absolutely AWESOME at anything Scentwork related, aces Talking Dogs Scentwork and is fabulous at Search and Rescue. She is also great at scentwork and traditional agility which she competes in too.
Meet Louise Bater
Louise Bater, MSc CAB, BSc (hons), APDT, UK (01275), ABTC Registered Animal Training Instructor, is an experienced reward based dog trainer and behaviourist (working towards behaviour accreditations) . She has enjoyed competing in an array of dog sports including Agility, Flyball, Hoopers and Canicross with her own dogs.
“Since I started reward-based training with Happiest Hounds, the difference with my 8 month old cocker spaniel has been incredible. She was quite good at recall – until she suddenly got ‘in the zone’ and bolted off in the direction of the road after a low-swooping bird! Now, I use treats as a reward for regularly coming back to me; I particularly use this at times on the walk when I know there is a road at the other side of the field, and want to keep her focus on me and not on any unwanted distractions. I should say that she still has plenty of freedom and also that I use part of her breakfast for rewards, so that she doesn’t put on weight. My dog is so utterly motivated by food that she enjoys working for her treats, and she loves being stimulated with all the other training games and tricks that we have been learning. I am really happy that I made the decision to start reward-based training, and Louise is so enthusiastic and knowledgeable that it makes the lessons fun and rewarding for my dog and myself.”
— Janine and Ivy —
