Dog reactivity can be caused from feelings of fear, anxiety, conflict or frustration.
I am here to help you better understand the “Why” your dog may be struggling with things in their day to day life, these things may be part of what is eliciting reactive or aggressive behaviour.
Understanding the “Why” is how we help them feel safe, build confidence and learn new associations, this ultimately helps change your dogs behaviours that you are seeing.
I work to support you and your dog on the journey to the better life I know you want for your dog as much as yourself.
I specialise in working with YOU, the caregiver who lives and loves a dog with human and or canine reactivity.
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How do I know?
Because I’ve been exactly where you are right now.
I’ve been the caregiver of a human reactive dog and I know your struggles and fear only too well. I understand how isolating it can be as you make your world smaller and smaller to help keep your dog, and you safe.
I understand the shame, embarrassment, the guilt and the frustration that can come with having a dog that displays reactive behaviour.
As a caregiver and a dog behavioural trainer I’ve learnt some very significant and powerful keys to my success and now I get to share that insight with you.
My first breakthrough was not only to truly understand that my dog was a living, feeling, breathing being but that the expectations that I placed in him, in reality where totally unrealistic, which meant, I consistently set him and myself up to fail.
Once I understood that, and I don’t just mean to give it lip service, I mean to truly and deeply acknowledge my part in the equation everything began to change.
We became a cohesive ‘team’.
It wasn’t easy because I had to learn to put my ego aside, take a step back and learn to let him ‘answer the questions’.
I had to give him the ability to not be okay and to provide for him the situations that would be okay and where I could learn from him, his exact needs.
If we don’t do this, the only alternative is to be in a constant state of frication, frustration, opposition, what ever word you want to put to it and that only leads down the road of suppressed behaviour – this is the road to worsening behaviour.
Breakthrough number 2 was to understand that everything he did had function, he wasn’t being out and out aggressive for the sake of it, no, his behaviour had a function and understanding the ‘function’ of his behaviour is the game CHANGER.
Now my journey is to guide and support caregivers just like myself to navigate and understand their reactive dog.
I want to teach you what I know works and ultimately save you time, the heartache of guilt and resentment and maybe money as you travel down your road to loving and caring for a reactive dog.
Are you ready to understand the function of your dogs behaviour?
If you’re ready to make an impact in your own life and that of your dogs I have the means for you to begin that journey and it simply begins with a phone call.
All my training programs are based on scientific principles of learning theory using positive reinforcement from years of study and experience.
Working with me is not just during our sessions, I am here to help support and guide throughout the duration of our time together. The learning does not end after our session, I will be supporting you in between our sessions to make sure what we do is working for your dog and you.
If you are ready to start your journey and build back the relationship with your dog of trust and understanding give me a call, I am here to help you both.