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Hi Walkys family my name is Brittany this my almost one year old standard poodle Gwen named after spider girl by my Spider man fanatic son.

I grew up with horses and Whippets my entire life and never in a million years thought I’d have a poodle but here we are.

We landed on a poodle as we wanted a dog for my son who was struggling with confidence and anxiety issue. He really wanted a dog that would run and play all day, fetch a ball as well as being his best pal.

We did a lot of research on different breeds but ultimately landed on a poodle due to their temperament, intelligence and retrieving instincts. I actually dog walked for Gwen’s breeder as a teenager and fell in love with Gwen’s grandmother a poodle named Paris so this was also a big factor in our decision in the end.

Gwen is an incredibly intelligent, she very keen to learn new things, thrives off having a job to do and she definitely lives up to her breed instincts as a keen retriever she will drop things in your lap all day given half the chance 😂.

When we first got Gwen she was a little over exuberant hence we needed a little guidance on how to manage her energy which is why we had joined Skool initially and have now almost completed the calm kickstart.

Our ultimate goal for Gwen would be to have a calm family dog that we can take out on adventures without her trying to knock everyone off their feet, with the help of walkys we are already making huge strides going from an over exuberant dog that would pull you in every direction on walks trying to greet everyone and everything that passed by to being able to let my 3 year old daughter walk her confidently.

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