How We Can Help
I teach you to understand your animal companion and how to best meet their needs and maintain their health throughout their life. I am inspired by my dear friend and colleague Dr Isla Fishburn‘s wise words “make healthspan equal lifespan”.
I use modern scientific methods whilst taking a holistic approach combining more than 30 years’ experience as a Registered Veterinary Nurse with additional training in nutrition, behaviour and homoeopathy. My most valuable teachers have been my own animals, the majority of whom have been rescued.
The focus is on your animal’s wellbeing and helping you to make the best choices you can to promote their physical and mental health. The earlier I teach you how to understand and communicate effectively with your pet, the easier life is for you and for them!
In an ideal world, we would meet as you’re thinking about a bringing an animal companion into your life to make a plan in advance and ensure that you and they are a good match.
I’d like to emphasise that I teach YOU what to do, so you can support your pet forever, and our goal is to empower you to make good decisions throughout your pet’s life.
Training Services
- Advance preparation for a puppy arriving
- Advance preparation for a rescue or “second hand” pet arriving
- Puppy training (the most important!)
- Rehabilitation support for rescue dogs
- Teaching for children about safety around dogs
- Teaching for children about training animals
Our Services
We offer one-to-one consultations in person or on line to address problem behaviours, initially forming a management plan to keep you all safe whilst you and your pet are learning. Sometimes, this means safe from harm, but more often, safe from learning things which may later be a problem to either you or your pet. Next we make a plan for the future which we then help you to implement by teaching the various individual skills you and your pet need to coexist happily and healthily.
We offer individual training with your pet at our premises, or in their normal environment (it could be at your home or on a walk, depending on what behaviours we are training). We have the facilities to practise skills in the presence of other animals (usually dogs) safely at a distance your dog is comfortable with. We can also now offer residential training for you and your dog together.
Specialist Services
- Support for reactive dogs (and, vitally, their humans)
- Specialised training for dogs who are uncomfortable with husbandry procedures such as grooming, injections, veterinary examinations
- Accompanied vet visits
- Teaching how to help an aging pet maintain a great quality of life
- Practical support at and after the end of your pet’s life
Common Problem Behaviours We Work With
- Barking
- Separation disorders
- Livestock chasing
- Poor/absent recall
- Chewing
- Pulling when on the lead
- Loss of house training
- Age related disorders (CCD)
- Introducing new pets
- Appearing aggressive on lead
- Fearfulness
- Biting
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