As of today, 14th December 2021, we are taking bookings for home visits (behaviour consultations and one to one appointments) from the beginning of February 2022.
Occasionally we do get cancellations, so please email us, and we can add you to the waiting list in case any availability comes up in January 🙂
Sorry folks but we are now fully booked for home visits until January 2022. We still have a couple of spaces available in our classes starting in December.
Occasionally we do get cancellations, so send us an email and we can add you to the waiting list and there are still some limited appointments for online consults in December.
As the nights get darker, we are reviewing our risk assessment and amending some of our services over the winter months.
From 31st October, we can still offer evening appointments except for those requiring outdoor work, such as loose lead training, recall, and behaviour treatment involving outdoor walking.
The latest appointment time for the above is 3 pm.
After the recent surge in demand for places on our puppy training classes, things seem to be getting back to normal. We still have some places available on our next puppy course due to start on Sunday 4th July 2021.
If you are not sure whether the classes are right for you, or you want to see what it is all about, then get in touch and you are welcome to come along and watch one of our lessons in advance (without your pup though).
We have added a short clip of a recent Little Learners class who are due to graduate any time now.
As restrictions continue to ease, we are gradually resuming our services. Classes are resuming, and face to face appointments can begin too.
This is great news; however, we are now in a position where we have three months worth of postponed classes and appointments to catch up with in addition to an influx of new enquiries.
If you are interested in booking an appointment, we will endeavour to get you booked with the minimal waiting time. As of the middle of April 2021, the waiting list is six weeks, and that’s with a seven-day working week.
Do not let that put you off contacting us, as we can offer online consults for cases that require urgent treatment.
Here we go again. The start of another four-week lockdown will take us into December. This means that all classes and indoor visits are temporarily on hold.
Everyone who is currently signed up for a course with us will have received an email with what we will be offering over the coming weeks, and there’s plenty to keep everyone going.
We offer online training with videos, weekly half-hour phone sessions, and weekly Zoom appointments for those who want one-on-one advice. We also have handouts to support the exercises we will cover in the videos.
Lofty has had a few sessions of learning to chin target. This is his fourth. In the first few sessions, he was lured with the food until his chin touched my hand. Now he can do the behaviour without luring. This will be developed until he can sustain the behaviour for longer. It is a great exercise for husbandry.
“I am delighted to have achieved Pre-Certification and starting my journey to ASAB Accreditation. I have worked with pet owners since 2002 and set up my own pet behaviour business in the North East in 2008. I have continued to further my career, completing my BSc (Hons) in Canine Behaviour and Training at Bishop Burton College in 2010 and MSc In Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Newcastle University in 2014. I am registered with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council as a Clinical Animal Behaviourist via the APBC and as an animal training instructor via the APDT. Working towards ASAB Accreditation through the robust assessment process will develop my professional skills to benefit clients and their pets. I am also thrilled to be sharing the journey with other qualified and highly regarded industry peers. When I am not helping clients and their pets, I am spending time with my rescue Lurchers!”
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