Conservation Dogs

02/07/2024

Dora here is indicating on a bat carcass. To some it may look like she’s just having a lie down. But she’s patiently waiting for the handler to reward her with a ball.
Our dogs are trained to indicate on their target odour by sitting or lying next to it and not Interfering with it directly. This is extremely important especially with our Great Crested Newt Dogs.

13/04/2024

Dora looking all fresh and ready for another busy week of searches

29/02/2024

The start of our busy 2024 turbine searches for bird and bat carcasses has begun! Roll on the warmer months for some better weather 🤣

28/02/2024

19/10/2023

Great crested Newt detection dogs Poppy and Dora are hard at work on some more site searches. However Poppy always finds time for a quick photoshoot, how could we not? She’s just too cute 🥰 showing off her new booties!

Work boots are not always required but are ideal for working our GCN dogs in certain areas to protect their paws

21/06/2023

Our wonderful Dora 😁

03/04/2023

Poppy and Rocky on-site last week searching for Great Crested Newts

01/03/2023

Our amazing Charlie has now retired from detecting bats and birds. He deserves a very happy retirement!

We will miss you lots Sir Charles 😍

06/01/2023

Something to smile about!

Poppy, one of our fully trained and operational Great Crested Newt Detection Dog has a busy 2023 ahead of her and she's so excited!

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas from Rocky and all of our Conservation Team ❤️

21/12/2022

We apologise for our lack of posts lately, our team have been busy wrapping up 2022's searches. We have been pretty busy and working all around the UK, our clever, super skilled detection dogs have been off detecting bat and bird carcass on windfarms and our Great Crested Newt team have been inundated with work, so much so that we have some exciting news to share! We have some new GCN dogs that we have been training. With this discipline the training takes time and patience. We have to specifically select dogs that are suitable to work carefully around these species as they will be in close contact with them. These dogs cannot interfere with the GCN and must give a passive indication. Our passionate and dedicated conservation team spent lots of time searching for the perfect dogs for the job. Working on their indication, introducing them to the GCN scent, working over other live animal distractors amongst other positive training techniques, these dogs will soon be following in the paw steps of Rocky and Arnie and we are very excited to introduce them to you all.

So let us firstly introduce Dora !

Here she is enjoying some downtime last week in the lovely North Wales Snow.

28/07/2022

VACANCY
Our sister company, Wagtail UK are recruiting for an Accounts & Office Assistant based at head office in Flintshire, North Wales. To apply please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected]

18/07/2022

Well done to our handler for taking these beautiful shots of bat carcass detection dog Zippy whilst on a search last week.

18/07/2022

➡️ VACANCY: DETECTION DOG TRAINING ASSISTANT
Our sister company, Wagtail UK, have just posted a new and unique role on their website. They are looking for a training assistant to assist their experienced and qualified handlers/trainers. Based at their training school in Flintshire, North Wales, this is an amazing opportunity for someone who is passionate about working with dogs.
To apply please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]
Full details of the role can be found here:

Wagtail are recruiting for detection dog handlers providing support for a high-profile government contract.

14/07/2022

Before and after haircut shots of Charlie (bat carcass detection dog). He looks a lot happier after and ready for the next wave of warm weather ☀️