Better Behaviour

27/03/2025

Is your dog reactive towards other dogs? Our next Rowdy to Relaxed class starts on Sunday, April 27! With only 5 spots available, secure your place now to help your pup build confidence and stay calm around other dogs.

📅 Date: Sunday, April 27
📍 Location: Portadown
🔗 Book now: https://betterbehaviour.co.uk/services/classes

Transform Your Reactive Dog’s Behaviour with Expert Guidance

Join our specialist Reactive Dog Class, designed to help you and your dog develop calmer, alternative behaviours to barking and lunging. We’ll not only focus on practical training but also work to modify the underlying emotions driving reactivity.

In this unique 9-week course, you’ll gain:

✅ Expert handling skills to keep your dog relaxed
✅ An understanding of reactivity—its triggers, thresholds, and influences
✅ Strategies to prevent escalation and manage accumulative stress

Your dog will learn:

🐾 How to stay calm around other dogs
🐾 Alternative behaviours that serve the same function without reactivity
🐾 Skills to diffuse tension and avoid conflict

This course is led by Al Rankin BSc (Hons) CDBC, a certified Dog Behaviour Consultant with the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants. With years of experience helping hundreds of dog-owner teams achieve stress-free walks, Al specialises in science-based, force-free training techniques that are not only effective but fun!

You and your dog will receive expert training and support every step of the way as you work towards lasting behaviour change.

Payment options available - contact Al to find out more.

https://betterbehaviour.co.uk/services/classes

10/03/2025

Expert Dog & Puppy Training Classes - Mondays in Banbridge. Find out more and book at https://mydogsbestfriend.co.uk/banbridge or https://mydogsbestfriend.co.uk/training-services to see our other venues and dates.

Fun, friendly and very effective training for you and your best friend!

10/03/2025

A massive well done to our most recent graduates 🎓🥳🐾😎🐕‍🦺 - we loved having you all in our classes and we look forward to seeing you all again soon :)

Keep up the great work :)

https://mydogsbestfriend.co.uk/training-services

04/03/2025

Expert Dog & Puppy Training Classes in Lurgan & Portadown https://mydogsbestfriend.co.uk/training-services

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!!

https://betterbehaviour.co.uk

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas!!

20/11/2024

Expert Dog & Puppy Training Classes

We have availability in our adolescent/adult life skills classes in Banbridge, Lurgan, Portadown and Newry. https://mydogsbestfriend.co.uk/training-services
Why not join us for our last classes before Christmas?

24/10/2024

Separation Anxiety is an emotional rollercoaster but most of the hard work is done at the early stages - being able to build the time alone from 0 seconds to 60 minutes is a huge achievement. It get's easier from now! Well done

19/09/2024

Hey folks - our next Rowdy to Relaxed Class starts on Sunday 13 October at 10:00 in our Portadown venue. For Reactive Dogs

Join our specialist reactive dog class where we will develop alternative behaviours to the barking and lunging you are experiencing as well as working to modify the emotions that drive reactive dog behaviour.

Not only will you learn expert handling skills that will help to keep your dog relaxed, you will also learn about the function of your dog's behaviour, their reactivity threshold, what other things are influencing the behaviour and the impact of accumulative exposure on reactive behaviour. This knowledge and skill is vital for helping your dog and achieving lasting behaviour change moving forward.

Your dog will learn how to relax in the presence of other dogs, how to achieve the same function from alternative behaviours and a number of new skills that they can use to diffuse conflict or tension with other dogs; they will learn that calm and relaxed behaviour is the most beneficial.

This is a unique 9 week course delivered by Al Rankin BSc (Hons) CDBC who is our expert Dog Behaviour Consultant certified by the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants.

Al specialises in canine aggressive behaviour and has helped many hundreds of dog-owner teams enjoy calm and reaction free walks through the application of science based force free training techniques that are not only effective, but great fun as well!

You will both receive expert training and support throughout your journey towards your behaviour change goals.

Payment options available - contact us to find out more.

Maximum 5 Dogs Per Class

Brownstown Park (Northways) Community Centre, Brownstown Park, Portadown BT62 3QJ

https://betterbehaviour.co.uk/services/classes or call Al on 07989387407 to find out more.

03/06/2024

Today we spoke to the first of many MLAs to highlight how prong collars and electric shock collars already contravene animal welfare legislation so it’s time to step up and ban them all together.

This morning we met with Robbie Butler MLA and Tom Elliott MLA to raise awareness around the use of aversive tools in the pet dog training industry and how there is a need to improve the enforcement of the animal welfare legislation.

There will be a lot more conversations to come!



Joanne Doonan Dog Training Official
Better Behaviour
Daykin and Scott Dog Training and Behaviour Services
Sandra Gilliland (www.dogtraining-dogbehaviourni.com)
Ulster Unionist Party

04/05/2024

Our next Rowdy to Relaxed Class starts 09 Jun 2024.

Is your dog reactive towards other dogs when out walking? Do they bark and lunge at other dogs?

Join our specialist reactive dog class where we will develop alternative behaviours to the barking and lunging you are experiencing as well as working to modify the emotions that drive reactive dog behaviour.

Not only will you learn expert handling skills that will help to keep your dog relaxed, you will also learn about the function of your dog's behaviour, their reactivity threshold, what other things are influencing the behaviour and the impact of accumulative exposure on reactive behaviour. This knowledge and skill is vital for helping your dog and achieving lasting behaviour change moving forward.
Your dog will learn how to relax in the presence of other dogs, how to achieve the same function from alternative behaviours and a number of new skills that they can use to diffuse conflict or tension with other dogs; they will learn that calm and relaxed behaviour is the most beneficial.

This is a unique 9 week course delivered by Al Rankin BSc (Hons) CDBC who is our expert Dog Behaviour Consultant certified by the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants.

Al specialises in addressing aggressive and reactive behaviour and has helped many hundreds of dog-owner teams enjoy calm and reaction free walks through the application of science based force free training techniques that are not only effective, but great fun as well!

You will both receive expert training and support throughout your journey towards your behaviour change goals.

Payment options available - contact us to find out more.

Maximum 5 Dogs Per Class

Brownstown Park (Northways) Community Centre, Brownstown Park, Portadown BT62 3QJ

https://betterbehaviour.co.uk/services/classes or call Al on 07989387407 to find out more.

18/04/2024

has only gone and done it again - this time we have achieved 10 minutes of isolation. She is coping very well!! Well done and keep up the great work!