Why 'Spotty Dog Tutoring'?

Spotty Dog Tutoring was named after our Dalmatian Portia who always turned heads! We rehomed her at 11 after her owner sadly passed away. During that time we had three big dogs - Portia the Dalmatian, Georgie the Golden Retriever and Jessie the Black Labrador cross.

At the time I decided that I would like my car decorated with my tutoring name and I wanted something visual that people would notice and remember.

What I hadn't anticipated was the number of people who told me in all seriousness that they didn't know dogs got dyslexia!

I gently told them that as far as I know dogs don't have dyslexia - and that I teach children and not dogs!

Oh well, my car got people talking!

Please go to the Contact page if you would like to book some lessons. All my lessons are online so you can live anywhere in the country and we can still work together :-)

Here's a picture of Portia, Georgie and Jessie waiting for their biscuits! (how do you think I got them to be so well behaved??)

News . . .

All three of the dogs in this picture - Portia, Georgie and Jessie - have all gone to 'Rainbow Bridge' which is what dog owners call doggy heaven :-( They had fantastic lives and they are very much in our hearts.

In May 2016 we decided to find a play mate for Jessie, our black lab, and so Sami came to live with us. He is a male Golden Retriever and a bundle of joy!

Here is a picture of him as a puppy - he is all grown up now but still gorgeous!!

Here's Sami at 4 years old - what a handsome boy! He ended up being much bigger than Jessie our black lab!

Sadly in May 2021, Jessie went to Rainbow Bridge and in October 2021 we got a playmate for Sami. Little Jack is another Golden Retriever. Here are Sami and Jack in the first few weeks of Jack coming to live with us. They were the best of friends from Day 1!

The picture below is from July 2022 with Jack on the left - no longer a tiny puppy and in fact now bigger than Sami!

They're often in the lessons with me fast asleep in their beds. In fact as soon as I start teaching they fall asleep (how rude!) and are as quiet as mice for the entire time.

Created and written by Hilary Burt.