I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’m now a full Clinical Animal Behaviourist with both the APBC and the ABTC. Clinical Animal Behaviourists work with animals that are demonstrating all types of undesirable, inappropriate, problematic or dangerous behaviour on veterinary referral. My specialism is in dogs and I’ll continue to work with dogs with aggression, phobias, anxiety, resource guarding and separation anxiety.

I’ll be continuing with calm & confident group classes, agility and puppy training for the foreseeable future too 

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“Full APBC members are qualified, assessed and regulated, having met the standards set out by the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC), to promote animal welfare through training and behaviour change. Full members have a depth and breadth of skills, knowledge and experience, unrivalled within the animal behaviour industry.” You can find out more at www.apbc.org.uk; one of the major advantages is that most pet insurers who include behaviour work will cover Clinical Animal Behaviourist fees (obviously depending on your individual policy limits and exclusions)

This has been a long time coming, starting with a dog training instructor course at the local dog training school, and then doing my level 5 and 6 OFQUAL accredited canine behaviour courses. The accreditation process has been rigorous and has required not only an assessment of my knowledge and understanding gained through my degree level qualification in Canine Behaviour Management but also a practical assessment of actual cases including some video assessments of full consultations. Thank you so much for those of you who gave consent to be part of this process.

The final practical assessment submissions and the resulting series of panel interviews managed to coincide with Annie’s TPLO surgery and rehab which has resulted in me dropping the ball on some bookings admin and I’m so grateful for your support where I’ve rearranged sessions.