Feral Hearts: Dog behaviour and training solutions
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🐕 Dog training with Jenny Barker
🌻 I help with young dogs who have BIG feelings, using a kind, and holistic approach.
🐾90-day coaching program - working toward a more 'livable with' dog. ☎️ 07505000709 📍 Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire 🌍 Virtual Qualified and fully insured dog trainer specialising in nervous and aggressive behaviour, specifically in adolescent rescue dogs, using a relationship and play-based approach.
22/08/2025
✨ Thinking about working with me? Here’s how it works:
1️⃣ Book a free Discovery Call
This is a relaxed chat where I learn about you, your dog, and what you’re hoping for. You’ll also get a feel for how I work, no pressure, no judgment.
2️⃣ If I am the right person to help with your dog then you can sign up to the 90-day program, accessing mix of guidance, feedback, and hands-on support. - as soon as you've signed up, and payment is complete you'll get access to your welcome package and your whatsApp support.
3️⃣ Start your journey
We get practical straight away. I’ll help you put management in place so life feels calmer quickly, then we’ll build skills and confidence at a pace that works for both you and your dog.
4️⃣ Ongoing support
You’re never on your own. You’ll have WhatsApp coaching between sessions, so you can send videos, ask questions, and celebrate wins in real time, not just wait until the next appointment.
🐾 The goal? A calmer, happier life together.
If you’re ready to get started, your first step is simple: book your free Discovery Call today.
This was Bravie’s last session with me — and what a difference! His recall has improved, he’s listening more easily, and his bond with his people has grown stronger. Even the cats at home are feeling more confident around him now 🐾
It’s a lovely reminder that behaviour change isn’t just about teaching a single skill, it’s about the ripple effect. When a dog feels understood and connected, everything in the household starts to feel better too. Happier doggo, happier owners. ❤️
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
📍 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
20/08/2025
Tired of guessing what your sensitive, or over reactive dog needs?
My 90-day program gives you a clear plan, personalised support, and skills that last.
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
📍 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
19/08/2025
🐾 Some lessons only dogs can teach dogs 🐾
We can do a lot with training, recall, loose lead, calm around triggers… but some things just cannot be taught by humans.
That is where social facilitation comes in. It is dogs learning by watching other dogs. Nervous, young, or socially awkward dogs can pick up so much just by spending time around a steady, resilient anchor dog.
Things like:
🐕 How to greet politely (and walk away without making it weird)
🐕 That the scary bin bag is not out to get them
🐕 How to settle calmly in busy places
🐕 That not every dog is a threat or a toy 🫣
🐕 The subtle body language and rules of play that only dogs can really teach each other
For dogs with little life experience, this is priceless. You cannot replicate the message of “look, I am calm, it is fine” the way another dog can.
👉 But it is not about dumping your dog with a saintly anchor dog and walking off. Our dogs still need our support to manage their emotions, practise good manners, and not overwhelm the role model dog. Think of it as teamwork: you support your dog, the anchor dog shows them how to do 'life', and together they learn.
Training gives them skills.
Anchor dogs give them guidance and a role model to follow.
Our support brings it all together, that is where the magic happens. ✨
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
📍 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
19/08/2025
✨ Why 90 days? ✨
When people see my 90-day behaviour program, sometimes they wonder:
“Why three whole months?”
Here’s why ⬇️
🌱 Real change takes time
Behaviour isn’t a quick fix, especially for sensitive, big-feeling dogs. It takes time for new habits to settle in, for stress to lower, and for trust to grow on both ends of the lead.
🫶 Tailored support
Every dog (and human) is different. Over 90 days, I get to know your dog and your life, so we can shape the support around what will actually work for you, rather than handing you a generic ‘one size fits all’ plan.
🔧 Space for troubleshooting
There will be hiccups, that’s normal! With 90 days together, we can work through challenges as they pop up, adjust the plan, and keep you moving forward without losing hope.
✨ Progress, not pressure
Having time means you don’t need to rush. Small, consistent steps add up to the big shifts, and that’s far more sustainable (and kinder) than quick fixes.
🐾 Because your dog deserves it.
Big-hearted, sensitive dogs don’t need to be “fixed fast.” They need steady, kind guidance. And you deserve the breathing space to actually enjoy the process with them.
That’s why 90 days.
Not a magic number.
Not a gimmick.
Just the time it truly takes to support you and your dog in getting on track, and getting started in making a lasting change ❤️
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
📍Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
18/08/2025
Hey folks, just a heads up to bear with me for a day or 2 please. 🫠 I'm in the process of overcoming a few days of sleep deprivation, and recovering from medication withdrawal (don't forget your meds for 3 days in a row!) 🙈
Vertigo, total fatigue and the ultimate brian fog are not the ones when it comes to being useful 🤣 Hopefully I'll be back to some form of functional in a couple of days.
If you need me, still reach out. I may just be a bit slow getting back to you! 🥰
17/08/2025
Lovely opportunity to practice settling behaviour with the hellhounds today. Puppy smashed it.
Want to reduce overwhelm and promote calm in your doggo?
👉 Meet their needs
👉 Stop rushing A to B
👉 Teach that sometimes we do nothing. Nada. F**k all. And that's ok!
Is settling something your dog is great at? Or do they struggle? Let me know! 👇
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
📍 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
17/08/2025
Lovely feedback from yesterday's pain and behaviour clinic. 🥰
16/08/2025
Lovely Bryn came along to the pain and behaviour clinic this morning.
I worked with Bryn a few years ago to help out with some resource guarding aggression.
Recently he's been getting intermittently defensive with people touching him, and has also started snapping at other dogs sometimes. (Not usual for him!).
He has had musculoskeletal issues in the past, diagnosed and treated through his vet. So the clinic was ideal for us to assess if he had anything going on, or if we needed to prioritise behaviour work.
Through observation and a little check over he does indeed have some soreness, and stiffness going on, along with a generally poor posture and weakness in multiple areas of his body.
This is why addressing your dogs physical health always needs to be explored as part of a behavioural therapy strategy.
We could work all day long on training, but if he is hurting, he's hurting. And no amount if training is going to resolve that or make him feel better about situations where he thinks someone or a dog interacting with him is going to make him hurt more.
This is why I explore every part of the picture for you and your dogs when we work together
👉 Health and wellbeing
👉 Environment
👉 Enrichment
👉 Activity/exercise
👉 Learning history
👉 skill building
🐕 Dog Trainer Jen, helping you with your young dog who has BIG feelings
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One on one dog walking and home visit / enrichment service based in Brinsley (near Eastwood) Nottinghamshire, UK.
Hi, I’m Jenny. I am a fully insured, DBS checked dog walker who has special interest in animal behaviour and training. I have two of my own puppas; Rita our now blind 13 year old Staffy X Collie (apparently!?) girly and Milo my Jack Russle X Whippet boy. Both were ‘rescues’ with vary different backgrounds who came to with various issues and who have taught me a LOT about coping with and helping the more fearful, anxious and reactive dogs. I’ve been lucky to have always been able to walk my own two pups myself but I have always worried about who I could trust with them if I was ever in the position to have to find someone else to help me out because of their complex needs (I mean who would want to put up with the pair of them?!). That’s why I wanted to offer this service. To provide people with a reliable and kind dog walker who is understanding and compassionate about behaviour and training.
Each walk or home enrichment session will be bespoke, made to fit you and your dogs unique needs. Pop me a message or give me a call to discuss what you’re looking for.
Specialising in:
One on one (or ‘one family’) dog walking offered - meaning we limit the anxiety of your puppa having to interact with unknown dogs.
‘Bordom breakers’ enrichment service available for those doggos who are elderly or want a day off walking but still want some company and to be let out for pees and poos in the garden.
Force Free, Science-based approach (Avoidance of corrections and punishment).
Positive Reinforcement with a ‘least intrusive, minimally aversive’ (LIMA) approach.
Dogs are walked from their own home in their local area meaning no anxiety of traveling in a van to unknown places.
Qualifications and memberships:
Pet Professional Guild Multi-Species Training professional.
Karolina Westlund’s Illis ‘Getting Behaviour’ course graduate.
I am a Natural Animal Centre Equine (horse) behaviourist (stage 1 certified) which holds a lot of similarities when it comes to topics such as learning theory, neuroscience and the physiology of behaviour etc. I am in the process of studying the stage 2 NAC equine behaviour course before investing in their canine behaviour qualification. Studying this is what inspired me to learn more about my dogs behaviour and led me to set up this service.
I am commited to continuing professsional development and learning as much as I can to provide a high quality service for you and your dog.
