Traffic nerves: describe the reaction and the workaround
A new walker cannot manage a traffic-shy dog from a vague warning that she is nervous. Describe what actually happens: does she freeze when a lorry brakes beside her, lunge towards fast bicycles, or plaster herself against a hedge when a bus passes on a narrow road? Say how close is too close, because a dog who copes with cars across a wide verge may fall apart where the pavement narrows beside a main road.
Then give the walker the routes that work. Name the quiet loop she handles well, the stretches to avoid at rush hour, and the safe places to pause — a driveway entrance, a side turning — where she can watch a vehicle pass at a distance she accepts. Include what helps in the moment: crossing early, keeping the lead loose rather than hauling her past, or using a parked car as a visual barrier. A walker armed with workarounds walks confidently, and a calm handler is half the management.
Livestock: be specific about fields, leads and her history
Livestock notes need to be blunt, because the consequences of a mistake are serious for the sheep, the dog and the walker. State whether she has ever fixated on, barked at or pulled towards sheep, cattle or horses, and how quickly she can be recalled or distracted in that state of arousal. If your honest answer is that her focus locks on and treats fail, the profile should say so without softening: short lead, no off-lead time anywhere livestock might be, full stop.
Make it local and practical. Identify the fields on your usual routes where stock graze at different times of year, the bridleway where horses pass closely, and the alternative cut-through that avoids them. Note gate habits too — whether she slips through eagerly or waits — because most livestock incidents begin at a gate or a gap in a hedge, not in the middle of an open field.
Dogs she must avoid: names, descriptions and escape routes
General advice to avoid other dogs leaves a walker guessing at the worst moment. Instead, describe the specific encounters that go wrong: the large intact male on the morning route whose staring sets her off, the pair of terriers behind the fence on one corner whose barking winds her up before she even meets a dog, or a known local dog she has clashed with before. Give descriptions and usual times rather than relying on names the walker may not know.
Pair each problem with a planned response: cross at the crossing before the corner, take the alley that rejoins the route further along, or turn and walk away without apology. Walkers often hesitate because doubling back feels like failure; your profile should make clear that avoidance is the job, not a defeat. Add what she is like with dogs generally — happy to greet calm dogs at a distance, perhaps — so the walker is not treating every encounter as a threat.
Add the ordinary details that hold it all together
Finish the profile with the everyday information a walker needs alongside the warnings: harness and lead setup, how she travels to the walk if a car is involved, treat rules, toilet habits, and your phone number plus the vet's. Note anything about coming home — a paw rinse, a settle routine — so the walk ends as calmly as it began.
Put together, this is a lot to convey on a doorstep, which is why KinsLe's Care Pass exists: it gives the new walker temporary, clear access to her routine and these key details on their phone, right at the moment a lorry approaches or a gate opens onto a field of sheep.