We're finding that a lot of our teen dogs are particularly fizzy at the moment. Some dogs can be especially sensitive as they progress through their teens. It's an evolutionary survival mechanism. As they become more independent and curious, their bodies need to be primed for flight in case of danger. Just because there isn't a sabre toothed tiger lurking in the bushes in our modern, urban world, it doesn't mean our teen dogs' bodies know that. Their bodies will have higher l

Over the next few months we're going to focus on individual dogs and their journeys as they work with us. We wanted to be able to show you how our dogs change using some easy, gentle strategies that don't need to take much time in these busy lockdown lives that many of us are facing at the moment. Our first story is of Tia. Her mum has kindly written a background to the work that we're doing with Tia at the moment. She writes beautifully of a family who are still grieving the