Meesh Masters is the founder and business owner at The Dog's Point of View and specialises in working with Romanian & Overseas Rescue dogs, providing educational resources for their adopters via remote one to one consultations, home study courses, webinars, training programs and her popular Adopters Coaching Group - The number one resource anywhere on the internet for Romanian and Overseas rescue dog information and support.
After becoming involved with Romanian Rescue dogs in 2015, both as a support advisor to new adopters and a fosterer herself, she was led to look deeper into the thinking, feeling, emotional depths of these dogs when things began feeling different about them.
She soon realised how the Romanian dogs were different to British born dogs, that their genetics and bloodline, being from street dogs and dogs that had evolved through more natural selection, meant they seemed to be more in tune with their instinctive nature's. She went on to learn that she needed to adjust the ways she interacted with and worked with these dogs, to accommodate their more instinctive and cautious characteristics. It became very evident that these dogs responded differently to 'training' in the conventional sense at times.
And so it became her passion to share everything she was learning, and is still learning, about the Romanian Dog's Point of View with as many adopters as possible. Today she is Patron of two Romanian Rescue Charities, Cloud K9 Rescue and Annie's Trust, she is also advisor to various other rescue organisations. She runs a course for qualified trainers, The Romanian Rescue Pro Trainers program, to help other canine professionals understand more about working with Romanian & foreign rescue dogs and their families, as many of them can be quite complex compared to working with British dogs. She has also launched an invaluable education & resource program for rescue organisations rehoming Romanian & Eastern European dogs, to help them & their volunteers to understand how to correctly support their adopters if they encounter basic problems.
Meesh is also now a certified Dynamic Dog Practitioner which qualifies her to complete detailed assessments of dogs in the areas of biomechanics, gait, movement & posture to determine whether there are any potential pain or discomfort issues that could be contributing to behaviour. This is an invaluable qualification to have given that her entire business focuses solely on supporting and working with adopters and canine professionals of predominantly Romanian but also other European street, rescue & shelter dogs. With the poor start many of these dogs have in life, along with the potential for them to have sustained untreated injuries, abuse and trauma prior to adoption, being able to assess for pain in a totally hands off, non-intrusive way is often the only way they can be assessed.
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Jo Robinson
Information I wish I'd found sooner!
I adopted my rommie girl about a month ago and even though things have been pretty smooth, there are still things we could have done differently at the start. This course has got everything to help new adopters/soon-to-be-adopters navigate those early stages with their Romanian rescue dog. It's given me a better understanding and appreciation for these special dogs and I'm glad I've found Meesh's community to help me along the way!
Helen Margaret Whiley
Great information
Loved this introductory course. I wish I had had this info when we got our 2 Rommies all those years ago. Years on they are amazing but I could have served them better with the right information. Since then, I have volunteered at a Romanian shelter here in UK and gained a greater understanding of these fantastic dogs and am now studying for a canine behaviour diploma. I am fascinated by these 'natural' dogs and all your courses! Am doing the barking mini course which is great and would love to do the trainer course! Thank you for all the incredible training x
Viv O'Gorman
Great information
Having dogs most of our lives it was very informative to find out that Romanian dogs are different from ours and will be very helpful when we get ours later this month. Also knowing there is the back up help from everyone. This webinar has been extremely helpful.
Debbie Harwood
So much to learn!
After always having adopted dogs as puppies for most of my life, learning about the potential challenges in adopting a Romanian Rescue has been enlightening. So worth the time spent preparing myself and other members of the family.
Moïra Djen
Excellent webinar
This webinar is extremely helpful and informative- will definitely give a good start and support for a successful adoption - thank you -
Kathryn Dawson
Kathryn Dawson
Brilliant. so much information, feeling a little less nervous. Great to have this knowledge before the dog arrives. Would probably have smothered dog with love too much too soon. Thank you
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