The Dotty Behaviourist

The Dotty Behaviourist 1-2-1 dog training & behaviour consultations in Cheltenham and surrounding areas. BSc (Hons) & MRes

🚨 Breakthrough Alert 🚨After becoming increasingly anxious around unfamiliar people and discussing at length with her own...
21/07/2025

🚨 Breakthrough Alert 🚨

After becoming increasingly anxious around unfamiliar people and discussing at length with her owners, we felt it was the best and safest option to muzzle train Maya until we figure out what her motivation for her change in behaviour is and while we teach her family some techniques to help her disengage from unfamiliar people.

Maya is a very sensitive girl and initially struggled with the muzzle as she finds most novel things pretty scary! But thanks to squeazy cheese and plenty of patience while desensitising her slowly we've managed to get it on and started walking for short periods while wearing it 🎉

Well done to Maya and her owners! 🤎

We were back with the gorgeous Joey this week working on his anxiety around people. He's a super bright boy and picked u...
19/07/2025

We were back with the gorgeous Joey this week working on his anxiety around people. He's a super bright boy and picked up the techniques with ease! We will see him again in a few weeks to see his progress 🫶🏻

We are very pleased and honoured to announce that we've only gone and won the Best Dog Trainer in the South West 25/26 w...
17/07/2025

We are very pleased and honoured to announce that we've only gone and won the Best Dog Trainer in the South West 25/26 with the Prestige Awards 🍾🎉

Myself and Dottie went along to the awards event today down in Bristol for a little video interview, photoshoot and will have a small feature in their upcoming magazine. I feel very proud to have won an award for doing what I love. I look forward to many more years of helping owners and their dogs 🥰

16/07/2025

For the first time in a long while, Dan’s Dog Walks has regular group walk spaces available on:

🟢 Monday Mornings & Afternoons
🟢 Friday Mornings & Afternoons

If you’re based in Cheltenham, Brockworth, or Churchdown, and you’re looking for:

✅ Reliable, professional dog walking
✅ Social, well-matched group walks
✅ A tired, happy dog coming home after every adventure…

Then now’s your chance to join our friendly walking crew! 🎉

These spots don’t come up often — perfect for pups who love making new friends and exploring the great outdoors with a calm, experienced walker.

📩 Drop me a message today to secure your dog’s place or find out more!

We have an exciting announcement coming this week. Keep your eyes peeled on our socials to find out what it is! 🙌🏻👀 ...
15/07/2025

We have an exciting announcement coming this week. Keep your eyes peeled on our socials to find out what it is! 🙌🏻👀

We had a lovely recommendation from Mango's owner yesterday 🥰 Her owner was struggling with Mango's unpredictable reacti...
09/07/2025

We had a lovely recommendation from Mango's owner yesterday 🥰 Her owner was struggling with Mango's unpredictable reactivity towards other dogs. Having sought advice from other trainers previously and feeling a bit disheartened, she got in contact to see if we could help. Of course we were more than happy to help and we're delighted to receive such a lovely review. Mango and her owner have such a fantastic bond, they made working through the training programmes a breeze and we're a pleasure to work with!

We've updated our opening hours 🖤
08/07/2025

We've updated our opening hours 🖤

We had a lovely session with Lottie last week too. Lottie is very dog reactive after being attacked by several dogs on d...
08/07/2025

We had a lovely session with Lottie last week too. Lottie is very dog reactive after being attacked by several dogs on different occasions. We're following on with her reactivity programme to help give her the skills to disengage herself. She also struggles with unfamiliar people but she did so well on our last session as we headed to a fairly busy place to put her skills into practice! Keep up the great work Lottie 🫶🏻

Lovely little session with Bertie and his owner yesterday. We were working on using a station for clipping him up to go ...
05/07/2025

Lovely little session with Bertie and his owner yesterday. We were working on using a station for clipping him up to go out on his walks. Bertie is only a puppy but gets very excited when he sees his lead and can be difficult to clip up.

We introduced a mat for his station training and started desensitising him to the lead to help lower his arousal levels when going for his walk! He did brilliantly and his owner will be working on this until we see him again for his next session 🥰

We had our final session with Tato today and she did so well. Dot came along today as a social buffer to help with Tatos...
27/06/2025

We had our final session with Tato today and she did so well. Dot came along today as a social buffer to help with Tatos reactivity. She can now disengage from dogs and check in with her owners but occasionally she still finds it a little difficult so Dot was on hand to help 🫶🏻

🚨 Newbie alert 🚨 This handsome little chap is Bertie the Poodle x Shih tzu. His owner has booked our puppy package to co...
22/06/2025

🚨 Newbie alert 🚨

This handsome little chap is Bertie the Poodle x Shih tzu. His owner has booked our puppy package to cover everything from loose lead walking, to socialisation and everything in between. She is a first time dog owner so felt she needed plenty of practical support as well as written plans. We look forward to working with Bertie and his owner over the coming weeks 🫶🏻

7am session to beat the heat with the lovely Mango today. His owner has been practicing his new skills on his lead walks...
21/06/2025

7am session to beat the heat with the lovely Mango today. His owner has been practicing his new skills on his lead walks and today we worked trying out different reinforcers for when he's off lead as he won't take treats but does love a ball!

He also showed off his fantastic searching skills in-between working on his reactivity, he absolutely loves it and is brilliant at using his nose!

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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