Our highly successful 1:1 programme supports you, day-by-day, with a bespoke plan to get you and your dog enjoying life together.
Success – long-term happiness and well-being – comes from really understanding what will make you and your dog happy, how YOU want life together to look and then mapping out a path to get there – a path to harmony.
But often the behaviour difficulties that you are most worried about – whether it is reactivity to other dogs or separation anxiety, or so many you don’t know where to start – are actually just ‘symptoms’ of an underlying issue. Focusing just on the symptoms (simply trying to change the behaviours through modification or training) can sound like the right thing to do, but often isn’t very successful in the long term, and can cause other problems to develop later on. Our expertise means you simply don’t have to worry about this.
“It has been the most eye-opening and beneficial thing we’ve ever done with our dog.” – Julie, 2023
What we do is different.
- Straight away we put some management in place to make day to day life easier so that you both have time to breathe!
- Then we help you identify what is really important to make life happy and easy for you AND make sure your dog’s needs fit with this, which is essential if you want your goals to be achievable.
- Our thorough, holistic assessment of every aspect of your dog’s behaviour AND wellbeing quickly gets you to the critical ‘why’ behind your current problems so we understand the starting point and what needs to change.
- This includes our specialist behaviour-related health observations report and supported follow up with your vet as standard: a full posture, movement and functional activities analysis to pinpoint even the subtlest signs of pain and discomfort and detailed information for your vet about all the other behaviour signs we know can point to health issues. Things which are almost impossible to see in a typical vet appointment. It’s transformational for behaviour.
- Then we help you put in place an individual, bespoke plan and prioritise where you should invest your time and effort to achieve the best results possible.
- We guide you through, step-by-step, so you feel confident and supported as you build happiness for both of you.
“It’s been life changing for both of us” – Nikki, 2023
More than this, we help you enjoy the journey.
Using our unique House of Harmony model, we help you really get to know your dog and take your relationship to a whole new level of wonderful. You not only transform the situations and behaviours you and your dog are finding hard, but build the knowledge and skills to keep your dog happy and well for a lifetime, while you get on with enjoying the things you want to do together – because that’s what it’s all about!
What can this help you with?
Honestly? Absolutely anything. This programme is completely individual to you – it’s tailored support for whatever you want to achieve with your dog, whether it’s unpicking a behaviour that is making life difficult; or because you’re worried that your dog isn’t as happy as you want them to be and can’t get to the bottom of it; or because your training has hit a wall (there is always a reason for this) or even just because you want to really get to know your dog, learn how to communicate brilliantly and to enjoy all the things you want to do together, easily and safely.
Some of the most common reasons clients join this programme
Behaviour difficulties like….
- aggression towards people or dogs
- fears, phobias and anxiety
- separation distress
- barking at home
- ‘guarding’ of spaces, food, toys, or anything else!
- lunging, barking or pulling on lead
- difficulties with car travel
- problems with grooming or vet visits
- hypervigilance or reluctance to settle and relax
- sleep disturbance
For help with …
- understanding how to resolve complex or multiple behaviours, or lack of progression with training
- choosing and settling in new puppies or rescues
- navigating the ‘teenage’ or adolescent period
- identifying pain and other health concerns
- supporting dogs with chronic health conditions
- enabling older dogs to enjoy life to the full
- supporting a change of circumstances (e.g. house move)
- introducing new family members (human and other pets!)
Get to know your dog incredibly well and learn how to read the subtleties of your own dog’s body language, have fun exploring new places, learning new skills, adding enrichment, developing play skills.
Build your very own toolbox of all the things you need to really enjoy life together – with a beautifully tailored and guided programme, just for you.
Some of our happy ‘Very Best Paw Forwards’ clients
What you get when you put your Very Best Paw Forwards…
A unique, highly successful programme tailored precisely to your needs, led by one of our expert behaviourists
- A 1 hour welcome video call to give you a management plan you can put in place straight away – think of it as a prescription for a big stress holiday!
- A deep-dive into your dog’s behaviour over 2-4 weeks – history and current day-to-day life. We look at YOUR daily reality.
- A comprehensive, holistic assessment of your dog’s behaviour and well-being – we help you understand life through your dog’s lens – the ‘why’ behind the behaviours.
- Specialist behaviour-related health observations report and supported follow up with your vet at every step. Health issues are notoriously difficult to detect in relation to behaviour, yet they are critical to your dog’s happiness and to resolving the things you find hard. We specialise in this and get outstanding results. We can even come to vet appointments with you.
- A bespoke plan to guide you to your own House of Harmony – which we continually reassess and adjust as you make progress.
- 10 weeks of comprehensive support to put the plan into action.
- 5 hours of dedicated session time with your behaviourist
- Unlimited support in your personal WhatsApp group – THIS IS TRANSFORMATIONAL! After all, training sessions are just a tiny part of your dog’s learning – day to day life is where the magic happens and where support is most valuable.
And get these amazing BONUSES….
Feel supported and confident with expert knowledge on hand whenever you need it.
We know that it can be really stressful when life with your dog isn’t going as you want it – and worse, there is so much conflicting advice available, it can feel impossible to know what to do for the best.
We take this stress away.
No more worrying about whether you are doing the right thing or feeling on your own in between sessions, we guide you through everything you need, step-by-step, day-by-day.
Insurance
In some circumstances behaviour referrals may be covered by your pet insurance. This very much depends on who your policy is with and your level of cover. Please do check!