Helping Dogs Thrive at Every Stage
of Life

From puppyhood to the senior years, Shaping Dogs provides holisitic support for your dog through training, movement, enrichment and behaviour support.

Supporting dogs at every stage of their journey

Support for your dog’s physical and emotional wellbeing in Ivybridge. PL21 9ES

At Shaping Dogs, I take a whole-dog approach to training, movement and wellbeing.

Whether you have a new puppy, an active adolescent, a senior dog or a dog who needs a little extra support, my aim is to help you understand your dog better and support them in a way that feels kind, practical and achievable.

Puppies

Strong Start Puppies

Small-group puppy classes for puppies up to 6 months.

These classes focus on confidence, connection and everyday life skills rather than simply teaching puppies to sit, stay and perform on cue.

Your puppy will learn how to feel safe, engage with you, explore the world with confidence and develop the skills they need for everyday life.

Adolescents & Adults

Thrive Together

Fun, personalised one-to-one sessions for dogs beyond puppyhood.

Thrive Together combines movement, learning, confidence-building and enrichment activities to help you and your dog enjoy doing more together.

Perfect for owners who want to build their dog’s confidence, teach new skills, support wellbeing or simply enjoy a positive activity with their dog.

Senior Dogs

Active Ageing

Targeted one-to-one support for older dogs.

Active Ageing sessions are designed to help senior dogs stay comfortable, confident and engaged as they grow older.

Together, we can look at movement, confidence, enrichment, home adaptations and practical ways to support your dog’s quality of life.

Looking for something more specialised?

Canine Conditioning and Movement & Posture Assessments are available under Advanced Support.

Collage of puppies, adult dogs and senior dogs taking part in training, enrichment and wellbeing activities at Shaping Dogs.
Dog performing structured strengthening exercise for joint support in Plymouth
The service Tracey provides, and the help she has given Cooper over time has given him a much better quality of life as he starts his double figure life. Highly recommend is still so short of the way I actually feel knowing I have my best friend back wanting to do things with me again, and I’m forever thankful that somebody actually cares about my dog instead of fobbing me off
— P Hill and Cooper