You’re here because you’re looking for help with your dog.
Whether that’s a solution to stop your dog doing the loopy-lou whenever someone pops over for a cuppa or help to get your dog to actually come back with gusto when called.
Or maybe, you’re having a really hard time leaving your dog alone, and the stress of it all has you at your wit’s end.
I’m Jo, an ABTC-accredited trainer (Level 4 in canine welfare, training and behaviour) specialising in positive dog training. I’m absolutely nuts about helping you understand your dog, so you can solve whatever doggy problems brought you here.
Good behaviour isn’t luck; it’s training and understanding.
If you’ve ever looked on with envy at a fellow dog owner and wondered just how they got so lucky with a dog that puts on a pawfect performance at every turn, wonder no more.
It’s not luck. And it’s not just positive dog training. It’s understanding.
When you truly understand your dog, and how they experience the world, you can teach them how to enjoy it.
This wasn’t what I expected…
Reba was my first ever dog. I brought her home at 8 weeks old full of excitement and joy for what was to come.
Little did I know at the time that I wouldn’t sleep for a year and that she’d be so riddled with anxiety that we’d both be completely crackers and in need of some serious help.
See, Reba was incredibly anxious from the outset. She was unable to be left alone for even a minute. Making a cup of tea, taking a shower or putting the bins out became a huge event, and the stress levels were rising by the day.
I didn’t know what separation anxiety was at the time. I had no clue what was going on or how to begin to fix it.
I spoke to my vet and took to Google, but everything I tried just made things ten times worse.
I just kept being told to persevere with crate training, but Reba was severely crate phobic, and the persistence just made her anxiety grow.
Eventually, I began to understand separation anxiety, and I rather haphazardly managed to help Reba feel more confident alone. It took a long time, and it was a lot of trial and error.
If I had known then what I know now, it could have been so much easier and quicker for us both.
I’m now a certified separation anxiety pro behaviourist. I use the principles of positive dog training to help anxious dogs feel safe and supported, and I’m devoted to helping owners build their dog’s confidence with an easy-to-follow, structured training plan that works.
Pippin Pets – Positive dog training in the news
The Daily Telegraph
‘Puppy Prozac’ – is it a good idea?
The Times
Vet fees and my experience
Kinship
Wearing headphones while walking your dog
Dogs Today
Living with a Separation Anxiety Dog
The Wildest
Do dogs understand time?
Rover
Dog facial expressions
My Anxious dog
Ignore My Dog Lead Cover – Charlie’s story
Newsweek
Wolf dogs
Surrey life
5 top tips to combat
separation anxiety
BBC radio Surrey
Dog Separation Anxiety Day – my story
Express
How dogs use scent of owners – WARNING, this is a comment about a tragic missing person news story.
The sun on sunday
Dog Separation Anxiety Day
The paw post
Dog Separation Anxiety Day – my story
Subthreshold
Podcast – It happens to trainers too
Dogs Today
The muzzle puzzle
Puptalk
Separation Anxiety with Jo Sellers
