helping your dog home alone and giving you back your freedom
Having a dog is life changing. Having a puppy or dog who cannot be left alone can be overwhelming, incredibly isolating and lonely, a logistical nightmare and expensive with all the help you need to implement just to lead a normal life. It is heart breaking watching your dog suffer alone when you have not alternative but to leave them. People on the outside, including other dog guardians, can struggle to understand.
There’s so much conflicting advice out there, you can feel paralyzed with indecision or try things but give up if you aren’t seeing any progress. There is hope I promise!
When I got my puppy Jasper, in the few first days I realized he couldn’t even be out of eyesight of us without panicking, let alone anyone leave the house. It’s thanks to him that I qualified as a Certified Separation Anxiety Behavourial Consultant (CSAP-BC) through Julie Naismith’s excellent course. Julie is the industry leader in overcoming Separation Anxiety in dogs and through her methodology it is possible to reframe a dog’s relationship at being left from one of fear to confident and calm.
I now work with clients and their dogs on their own journeys to getting their freedom back. It takes time, resilience and consistency, but it is so worth it.
How it works - Virtual Training
Separation anxiety training is done remotely via an initial baseline assessment and online consultation, followed by daily ongoing video reviews, daily WhatsApp support and the excellent SA Pro Training App that delivers you personalised training plans and tracks your progress.
The goal is to gradually expose your dog to being alone, but depending on your dog’s baseline, we may start first on desensitizing them to the front door, which is often a big trigger for dogs anxious of being left. You’ll be taught how and when to incorporate other leaving cues into your departure (such a keys, coats etc) and how to spot early signs of anxiety in your dog through their body language.
packages
4 WEEK INTENSIVE PACKAGE
x1 Initial Zoom consultation approx 90 mins
x1 30 minute Zoom session focusing on dog body language
Daily personalised training plans via the SA Pro Training App
Daily review of videos (up to 5 a week)
WhatsApp support during work hours on weekdays
£380
8 WEEK INTENSIVE PACKAGE
x1 Initial Zoom consultation approx. 90 mins
x1 30 minute Zoom session focusing on dog body language
Daily personalised training plans via the SA Pro Training App
Daily review of videos (up to 5 a week)
WhatsApp support during work hours on weekdays
£550
