The Local Pack — Dog Walking, Training & Enrichment

A happy dog out on a walk in the forestry, tongue out

Out on the trails 🌲

Welcome to The Local Pack

A walk should do more than burn off energy

The Local Pack isn't a quick lap around the block. Every outing is built around what your dog actually needs — sniffing, exploring, decompressing, and learning — so they come home genuinely satisfied, not just tired.

Based in Kilworth and covering Fermoy, Mitchelstown and the surrounding areas, I work especially with high-energy dogs: the ones who need a job, a challenge, and someone who understands what makes them tick.

Read how it started

Services & pricing

Simple, honest pricing

No hidden fees, no surprises. Every walk is tailored to your dog and kept to small, well-matched groups.

Group Walk

Sociable, enrichment-focused walks in small groups matched by energy and temperament. Room to sniff, explore and just be a dog.

€25/ walk

1 hour on the ground · max 5 dogs · drive time not included

A black lab on a one-to-one walk along a country trail

Solo Walk

One-to-one time for dogs who prefer their own company, need a calmer pace, or are working through something. Fully personalised.

€30/ walk

45–60 minutes · drive time not included

A happy doodle sitting attentively during training

Dog Training

Practical, ethical training that starts by meeting your dog's needs first. Great for high-energy dogs, recall, focus and real-world manners.

€45/ session

45 minutes

A travel charge may apply depending on your location — just ask when you get in touch. Cancellations: 25% within 5 days, 50% within 24 hours.

Why The Local Pack

Not an app. A person who reads your dog.

Breed needs come first

Before asking anything of your dog, I make sure they're getting what their breed and personality actually need. That's where real change starts.

Made for high-energy dogs

The bouncy, busy, "too much" dogs are my favourite. I spend my days working out what makes them tick — and channelling it.

Fully insured & experienced

PBI insured, with six years in the dog world — much of it in rescue, and the last two focused on high-energy dogs and enrichment.

Small groups, always

Never more than five dogs, carefully matched by size, energy and personality — so every walk stays calm, safe and genuinely fun.

Lottie out on a hill with one of the pack

Lottie's story

"The reason nothing was working was because I wasn't meeting her needs before asking anything of her."

The Local Pack started with Kuma — a dog who came close to being put to sleep after a life locked in a bathroom left her struggling to cope as a pet. Trying to help her sent me down a rabbit hole of training techniques, brilliant trainers, and ethical pack walkers and daycares.

What finally clicked wasn't a clever technique. It was realising I had to meet Kuma's breed needs first — before setting any expectations. That lesson is the heart of everything I do now: tailor the walk to the dog in front of me, then build from there.

I've always had a foot in the dog world — grooming, boarding, daycare, walking and endless fostering — following my step-dad, who kept our house full of rescues. After my daughter was born and I was juggling solo parenting with full-time work alongside assistance dogs, I couldn't find a local walker who got it. So I went back to what I love: being outside with high-energy dogs, figuring out what makes each one tick.

— Lottie Byron, founder of The Local Pack

Meet the pack