Emily Coombe-Positive Dog Training

03/10/2025

Meet the handsome Jojo 🐶

I saw Jojo and his owner for a behaviour assessment to help with his anxiety out on walks and in particular around cows , following an unfortunate traumatic experience in which he suffered an electric shock in close proximity to cattle. Understandably, this contributed to Jojo forming fearful associations with country side walk locations and cattle.

We implemented some confidence building strategies and his owners have been amazing at taking everything at Jojo’s pace which has helped him feel safe on his walks again 💚

Below is his owners review of our sessions together.

“Out on a walk Jojo was frightened by a herd of curious cows, then shocked on an electric fence. He was physically unhurt, but he became terrified of being anywhere near cattle and anxious on countryside walks. From being a happy outgoing dog, he became withdrawn. Emily’s approach was professional, evidence- based and very kind. She gave us strategies to help rebuild Jojo’s confidence which were realistic and sound. It was very reassuring to have her continuing support. Jojo is once again a happy dog who can now cope if he meets cattle or other hazards on a walk -and so can I. Thank you so very much Emily. “

Well done Team Jojo 👏

03/10/2025

What a great couple of days! Always a pleasure to assist with The Mutty Professor’s dog-dog reactivity seminars, working with Mohawk and Amigo and meeting other professionals 💜

02/09/2025

I do have a soft spot for Staffs 💓 and working with Dennis and his owner has been a pleasure. Go Team Dennis 🐶

Dennis has completed his 3 session behaviour modification package with team CAB Emily!

He and his owners signed up after two incidents with other dogs and increasing postural and growling displays on his street walks.

✅ Muzzle training was introduced - he has a muzzle movement one on order and this one ticks all the welfare boxes while we wait!

✅ Longline handling skills were introduced, but he’s now dragging the longline for 90% of his walks.

✅ He walks on a loose lead and can walk past dogs on the other side of the street without reacting.

✅ He is able to play nicely or calmly sniff other dogs on his walks.

➡️ Next steps are to work on creating a social group with well suited dogs for more prolonged exposure (rather than relying on brief chance encounters to meet social needs) and also to get gait analysis as he gets a bit shakey and uncoordinated on his back legs as a walk progresses (something we see quite a lot in staffies!).

Obviously losing the longline is a goal and with enough evidence it’s no longer needed- the muzzle can be carefully faded out too.

What awesome progress! Well done team Dennis! 💥 💪

22/07/2025

I had the pleasure of working with Mina and Daisy all the way from Italy last week!

Intensive training courses are a great option for addressing multiple behavioural issues and keeping up momentum with training. See the post below for everything we covered in our sessions 🤯

GIRLS ON TOUR 💃🏾

Mina and Daisy are from Italy and their lovely family decided to dedicate one week of their four week trip to the UK to staying in Bristol and working intensively with Team CAB Emily.

This was Emily’s first intensive training client, and like me- she’s experienced that you get a heck of a lot done (include quicker trouble shooting /fine tuning of advice) when you see clients in quick succession.

Mina and Daisy had 6 sessions last week, covering:

🐕 💥 Managing their interactions within the home and on walks to reduce inter-dog aggression. Mina has arthritis and this has affected her behaviour towards Daisy later into their walks, where she is most likely to react to Daisy after 30 minutes. Carefully regulating exercise has had a positive affect on her behaviour!

🐕 💨 Emergency recall and normal recall.

🚗 Car, door and gate waits

🧘‍♀️ Settle training (which has helped in lots of contexts to reduce risk of conflict),

🚪 De-sensitisation to the door bell and visitor arrival

🐶 Interactions with unknown dogs

🦮 Loose lead walking

🦆 Calm behaviour around water and birds

Phew!! That’s pretty comprehensive!

Well done team Mina & Daisy! 🤘
We hope the rest of your visit to the UK is now more enjoyable!

Intensive sessions enable clients outside of Bristol to stay in the area and work with us. However, it’s not exclusive to those living further away! If clients in Bristol want intensive support, we are all over that! You just need to book well ahead.

Intensive training or not, we always see the most progress in the cases who keep up the momentum- especially in the early stages of behaviour modification!

Whether that’s with follow ups or utilising email/whatsapp support. Those who communicate what is and isn’t going well allow us to get trouble shooting and prevent/reduce rehearsal of undesired and/or dangerous behaviour more quickly.