Pathways Mentoring, Forest School & Canine Assisted Wellbeing

28/08/2026

25/07/2026

Betsy, Freyja and Phoenix say a massive thank you to a young person they've been working with this year for their presents; they love them 😊

14/07/2026

A massive shout out to Betsy, my one in a million dog, and some amazing young people who have worked with her this school year... just look what you've achieved 🌟 Here's a few of the clips we filmed for the school talent show. Working with Betsy involves the ability to read a dog, true understanding and partnership and quick thinking. I'm so proud of this team!

07/07/2026

*Summer holiday sessions*

🌼 Mentoring (facilitating whatever the YP is interested in), Forest School/bushcraft type activities, Therapy Dog play dates 🌼
🌳Child lead, low demand, neuro affirming
🌳 At Llangattock School, Monmouth
🌳 1:1 or small group (groups to be arranged by the families making the booking)

🐾 Pet dog training 🐾
🐶What - pet dog training for any family members who would like to be involved
🐶Where - your own home

Please message directly for more details and to book 😊

23/06/2026

Top tips for the heat!

*Van/car cover: reflective cover (covers the entire vehicle and reflects the heat) We got ours from Amazon.

*Powerful fans: we have a Ryobi one for the van (plus a few smaller ones) and a Levoit smart tower fan in the dog room - I love this as we can control it from our phones

*Limited/no walking exercise - yup, even with two fit sports dogs, and a 14 month Scandinavian Hound and a Eurohound puppy! (A good reason to crate train and teach settle in the house/van)

*Paddling pool dips, long lasting chews and home made ice treats 👌

21/06/2026

Freyja and Arlo doing a demo of some skills we can help you with in our dog training sessions 🌟
Freyja is our 4 year old Pointer, and Arlo is our 4 year old GSP. We've had Freyja since a puppy, and rehomed Arlo at 18 months. They are both World class canicross dogs, currently on their summer break.

Here they are showing loose lead walking, recall, name recognition, check in, release que and wait on our walk this morning.

Here's a breakdown of what they're doing, focusing on Freyja as she's off lead.

Name = look at me to check in, await next instruction.

Here = come all the way back to me and wait next to me

Okay = you can go

Yes = marker work, you've got it right

Close = walk next to me

Behind = walk behind me

Wait = stop now and stand still until released

Great job, Frey and Arlo 🌟🐾😊

20/06/2026

Most of the dog training content goes on our bradburn_racing_canisports page, but here's an example of one of the things we train, and could help you with in a training session.

Thresholds! So important because they keep your dog safe, and leads to a calm environment when moving your dog around. Phoenix is our 4 month old Eurohound puppy and she's demonstrating how we teach this in a crate. We will also teach this at the dog gate, door, van door, with her food bowl, etc.

Before teaching this, we've taught Phoenix a marker word "yes" = you've got it right, here's a reward, and "okay" = you can move. Notice I'm keeping this very simple for her and using clear communication; this is so she understands and so I set her up for success.

Training sequence goes like: calmly open crate door, dog moves = door is calmly closed (there's no need to say anything), open crate door and dog stays in the crate = marker word and reward, repeat a few times, open door, dog stays, mark and reward, release command to let dog out 👌

19/06/2026

Did you know Pathways also offers dog training? Some things we could help with:
*house routines
*lead walking
*recall
*handler focus and engagement
*puppy training
*Neurodiverse families and life with puppies/dogs

This is pet dog training targeted at people wanting 1:1 sessions in their homes or local area. I am not offering behaviourist work.

Our ethos; to help create well balanced, confident, happy dogs and handlers, using positive reinforcement.

We will also be offering canicross sessions when the weather cools down, around September. Training from GB canicross athlete, currently ranked 4th in the UK and 19th in the World.

Fully insured, and good experience of working with a range of dog breeds and types.

Follow our canicross page for our canicross adventures, and puppy training updates with Phoenix, our Eurohound puppy 🐾