I qualified as a Veterinary Nurse at Bicton College of Agriculture in 1992 and worked in a variety of Veterinary Practices across the country for over 10 years.

I worked in an animal rescue center for 3 years where I developed an interest in animal behaviour and was fortunate enough to work with an animal behaviourist who gave me inspiration to study companion animal behaviour therapy.

I left animal rescue to go on to study behaviour, obtaining my COAPE diploma in companion animal behaviour therapy. I worked for the next two years at Noah’s Ark Veterinary Surgery in Dunstable, Bedfordshire as a Veterinary Nurse, and Animal Behaviourist until the beginning of 2003 when I left to have a baby and continue my Animal Behaviour work.

Since 2003, I have specialised in dog and cat behaviour cases and I have helped many animals and their owners with many different behaviour problems.

Noise phobias, dogs that can’t be left alone, pulling on the lead, nervousness or agression around other dogs, food bowl guarding and cats spraying in the home are all common problems I deal with.

If you would like to get in touch about a specific behaviour problem, please contact me via my contact page and I will get back to you promptly.

Please Note:

I do not practice any ‘old fashioned’ dominence reduction programs or use punishment based techniques including the use of choke chains (Follow the link for further information from the Association of Pet Dog Trainers) or other ‘quick fix’ gadgets. There are still many numbers of dog trainers and ‘whisperers’ who practise punitive training techniques and will still use choke chains, electric shock collars, correcting jerks and punishment. They are bullying dogs to get them to do what they want, calling it the ‘pack hierarchy’.

These  trainers / behaviourists haven’t moved on to the kinder, modern age of dog training. Positive reinforcement techniques are far more rewarding and are now widely known and applied all over the World and I would encourage you to select dog trainers / behaviourists who only practice positive rewards based techniques.

My methods are purely reward-based and most of my work involves giving you, the owner, the knowledge you need to improve your dog’s behaviour and have a better understanding of your dogs particular problem(s), not bullying your dog into behaving how you want him to.