Conversation about dog’s suffering with mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.

Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog

When we use the term play to describe the herding behaviour of collies it prevents us from acknowledging what is happening.

Confident dogs and Confident people can create magic together, confidence is the spark for the relationship we dreamed of with our dog.

These are all key skills that dogs need to be able to walk on a lead without pulling, barking, spinning or biting, making life easy and safe

Growling is information that the environment needs to change

The presence of appeasing pheromones may decrease the effects of a dog's anxiety.

From my experience once dogs learn that you understand these subtle signs, they become more co-operative, less reactive, quicker to approach

The bulk of my work is with dogs that are showing behaviours known as reactive or aggressive. Often these dogs are anxious and sensitive....

Trying to get training just right is understandable, but can lead to procrastination. It is ok to take the messy first step and get started.