The Dotty Behaviourist

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

We met the gorgeous little Hudson today for a puppy 1-2-1. His owners got in contact for some help with crate training a...
06/12/2025

We met the gorgeous little Hudson today for a puppy 1-2-1. His owners got in contact for some help with crate training and some general puppy behaviours. We will be sending his training programmes over shortly, we will be checking in with them over the coming weeks to see how he's progressing.

I'm sorry I've been quiet on social media this past week, my daughter unfortunately fractured her elbow so I've been kep...
05/12/2025

I'm sorry I've been quiet on social media this past week, my daughter unfortunately fractured her elbow so I've been kept very busy having to rearrange clients and try to keep a 3 year old still and comfortable!

Today we enlisted Dottie's help with Banjo. Banjo is very under socialised and doesn't know how to interact with dogs in a polite manner, he's very anxious which leads to reactivity. We used Dot today to help build Banjo's confidence around dogs and he did so well! His owner is going to spend the Christmas period working through some of the training programmes we've set and we will see them again in the New Year!

When your best friend gets a rottie pup, of course we were straight round for cuddles. This is the gorgeous Branston! W...
30/11/2025

When your best friend gets a rottie pup, of course we were straight round for cuddles. This is the gorgeous Branston! We can't wait to watch this big boy grow and for him and Dottie to be besties! 😍

Great session with Luna this morning with the help of Dottie. Luna has a habit of stealing other dogs balls and then gua...
28/11/2025

Great session with Luna this morning with the help of Dottie. Luna has a habit of stealing other dogs balls and then guarding them and even refusing to give it up until she's got home! Her owners have been working really hard on her recall with great success! Today we practiced that recall around Dottie initially and then Dottie playing with a ball. While she did come over to pinch Dot's ball, we were able to build her confidence up enough to swap the tennis ball for a good game of find it! She did really well and we'll be back with her in a few weeks time!

Super proud of this boy and his owners this weekend! Hendrix had a brilliant session with Dottie on Saturday. He is very...
24/11/2025

Super proud of this boy and his owners this weekend! Hendrix had a brilliant session with Dottie on Saturday. He is very undersocialised and wasn't walked for the first year or so of this life. When we first met Hendrix and his owners he couldn't even see another dog in the distance without barking, lunging and completely losing it.

On our session he managed to close that threshold to around 3-4 meters or so from Dottie and demonstrated some beautiful disengagement work. This may not sound like much but this boy has honestly come so far thanks to his owners hard work, empathy and determination. We'll be working on introducing him to Dot over our next sessions and building his confidence around dogs. Stay tuned for more progress updates for Hendrix 🖤

Last week we caught up with Max and his owners. They initially got in contact for help with escalating resource guarding...
20/11/2025

Last week we caught up with Max and his owners. They initially got in contact for help with escalating resource guarding in the home. It was clear on the initial consult that Max was a very conflicted boy and was struggling with unpredictable behaviour. His owners felt they didn't know his triggers and wanted to understand why he was reacting in this way. We recommended a visit for a pain assessment with his vet who found he has pain in his left shoulder and bilateral luxating patellas. He's now on some pain relief pending further investigations.

Alongside this we're working on giving him the tools to de-escalate his behaviour and creating space rather than feeling like he needs to rush forward using aggression. He's still a working progress with quite a way to go but we're confident we can help restore some normality!

A very soggy session with little Luna on Friday. We braved the rain for recall and loose lead walking work. She's doing ...
16/11/2025

A very soggy session with little Luna on Friday. We braved the rain for recall and loose lead walking work. She's doing fantastically, we will be back with her in a few weeks to practice her recall around distractions!

Golden hour with Gunner yesterday afternoon in between the heavy downpours! Did you know that we offer training walks fo...
11/11/2025

Golden hour with Gunner yesterday afternoon in between the heavy downpours! Did you know that we offer training walks for existing clients to help with training? We understand that owners lives can be busy and they can sometimes struggle to find time to fit training in. That's were we come in, we can help take the pressure off and help your dog progress in their training 🤝

We had a lovely training walk with Molly on Wednesday this week. We're working on her recall around dogs, Molly gets VER...
07/11/2025

We had a lovely training walk with Molly on Wednesday this week. We're working on her recall around dogs, Molly gets VERY excited about other dogs and will shoot off to go say hello! Her recall without distractions is spot on but she just finds other dogs too tempting so until we've built up that skill we leave a long line trailing so we can intercept swiftly when she sees another dog. She did really well and was able to disengage from dogs at a distance. We'll be back with her next week for more training!

05/11/2025

We had a brilliant session today with Banjo and his owner. He was struggling with his loose lead walking, he would take the treat and then ping forward again. With a small adjustment to the timing of the marker we were able to see some great results. Banjos owner has taken out our behaviour package so we'll be with them again in a few weeks time.

30/10/2025

Round of applause for Marley please 👏🏼 We've been working hard on loose lead walking over the last four weeks on his training walks as Marley is incredibly strong on lead! His owners had tried everything they could think of to no avail.

Fast forward a few weeks and just look at that LOOSE lead!! No aversive training needed, no slip lead, prong or e-collar in sight just good old positive reinforcement and consistency!

We offer training walks for existing clients to help take the load off of training. We understand that owners also have busy lives and sometimes just need a bit of help to progress with their training.

Do you need help with loose lead walking? Drop us a message and we'll be more than happy to help!

27/10/2025

Recall relay with Bertie last week! He's doing so well perfecting his recall cue with his owner 🥰

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