UK Dog Behaviour & Training Charter

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

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Morning Yappers!

We’ve been working on something new recently at Yappily called Yappily Pulse ❤

It’s an independent research community for dog guardians and dog care professionals, created around a simple idea: the people who live and work with dogs have a lot worth listening to.

Through regular surveys, we want to better understand what’s really happening across dog care in the UK-from the experiences of dog guardians to the people working every day as walkers, groomers, trainers, behaviourists, boarders, vets and other dog care professionals.

And we don’t want those surveys to disappear into a black hole.

After each one, we’ll publish what we find and make the findings openly available.

Over time, each survey will contribute to a growing, independent picture of dog care in the UK, an evidence base that can be used by researchers, charities, industry and professional bodies, local authorities and policymakers.

Our hope is that this evidence can help inform the conversations and decisions that shape dog welfare, professional standards, industry guidance and, potentially, future policy and legislation.

But for it to mean something, we need the people who actually know dogs to be part of it.

If you’re a dog guardian or work with dogs, we’d love to hear from you.

Please share/take part in Yappily Pulse → https://yappily.co.uk/pulse/

01/10/2026

Use our website to find the organisations and professionals that keep up to date with the science and put your dog's feelings first.

29/09/2026

Working with dogs needs to start with safety. Ensuring the emotional wellbeing of your dog is the primary focus providing the space for them to feel safe.

All our Charter professionals start with this premis.

22/09/2026

If you are hearing this phrase from the trainer or behaviourist that is working with you and your dog, you have someone who is ensuring they understand your dog as an individual and are not applying broadbrush approaches.

22/09/2026

The positive effect our dogs have on us is incredible. More reasons, if you needed them, to treat them with kindness and empathy.

19/09/2026

This is hugely important and is why any methodology or equipment that causes pain or fear has no place in helping dogs and their guardians.

30/12/2025

Like so many people here and around the world, all of us within the UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter, are devastated by the loss of one of our founder directors, Sarah Fisher.

Sarah has been a driving force and a passionate advocate for the UK Dog Charter since its inception, and we have all benefitted immeasurably from her wisdom, generosity and kindness.

Sarah’s driving force and all she has done with her amazing work through ACE and at Tilley Farm, has been to support, listen to, observe, and make meaningful positive change to the animals who have walked through her door.

She has impacted countless lives, saved so many, and has inspired a generation of behaviourists, trainers and animal guardians to look through different eyes and to listen with our hearts – and has done so with a depth of knowledge, understanding, and a warmth that made her truly unique and utterly irreplaceable.

All of us are still trying to process and come to terms with the loss that we are feeling today. We are all better for having known her and are collectively diminished by our loss. Her memory will continue to inspire us and her wise words will live on within us – and within the UK Dog Charter.

We send our thoughts to Sarah‘s family, and to all who loved her and are affected by this unimaginable loss.