Fear Free Behaviour

28/06/2025

That’s a wrap for me!

All clients are up to date with behaviour plans and are busy working through them😎

All messages have been responded to✅

All services are updated and ready to go live on my return✅

Let maternity leave commence🥰

Thank you to all of you for supporting me so far with my business, I could not have done this without you!

Ready for the next big experience in my life, my baby boy❤️

Take care and I’ll see you all in 2026!

Charlotte x🐕🐈‍⬛🐾

30/04/2025

For all my wonderful followers and clients (past and present), thank you!

I have officially graduated with an MSc in Clinical Animal Behaviour🥳

I will always continue to support you with your dogs and cats, and be forever grateful of your hard work and dedication you give😊

There will be short interlude from July as I prepare for baby, but 2026 will be another year of experiences and new classes!! (More information will be provided on the new classes early 2026, very excited about them!!)😁

Stay cool in the heat and remember to exercise your dogs in the cooler temperatures😎

02/04/2025

01/04/2025

Happy 1st birthday to my gorgeous girl I love you so much❤️

Time has flown by and you continue to teach me so much about dogs🐾

05/03/2025

Pleased to announce our enclosed paddock at Meriden Dog Training & Exercise Paddock is open! We are looking forward to seeing you and your dogs 🐾

Availability and bookings can be made via our website, please use the link below 👇

https://meridendogpaddock.simplybook.it/v2/ #

30/10/2024

So how is adolescence going? Up and down🤣

Daily routines that have been in place are now reliable✅

We are understanding more each day her preferences, motivations and reinforcers✅

We are understanding her daily fluctuations in behaviour and emotion✅

Some days she can respond to us within seconds, others within minutes, and then sometimes not at all🤦🏽‍♀️ but that’s normal and we work through it!

Yes it’s frustrating for us, however looking from her perspective:

➡️ Growing pains/discomfort

➡️ Final stages of teething

➡️ Hormonal changes

➡️ Developmental behaviour changes - increased risk taking, increased fear, decreased frustration tolerance

This is not the time to increase the difficulty of her training, this is time for more patience and really watching her body language and behaviour to understand as much as possible what she is going through and trying to communicate✅

We want her to trust us and show communication, we do not want a robotic obedient relationship.

I’ll continue to keep you updated throughout!

17/10/2024

Fireworks can be a dreaded time for pet owners due to the effects it has on their pets behaviour.

Some pets are okay and can tolerate them.

Some pets are able to play or sleep through them.

Some pets can get frustrated and redirect onto objects.

And some pets can be fearful ranging from reluctance to engage, sitting quietly, to others violently shaking, bolting from space to space.

Here are a few management steps that may help ease the distress.

If your pet is fearful and seeks comfort from you please do not ignore them.

There is a difference emotionally between seeking comfort and seeking attention.

As always, please ensure individual management and treatment is confirmed with your pets behaviourist.

10/10/2024

Why is the whole picture important?

There are factors I work through to help you with your pets behaviour and understand why it may be happening.

There seems to be an over-simplicity creeping in on how to deal with problem behaviour.

It is important to recognise that general advice provides a starting point of which direction to head towards, however every treatment and management technique needs to be tailored to your individual dog/cat.

I will be sharing a post on firework management next week that includes general advice, however it is caveated to ensure all support is tailored with your pets qualified clinical behaviourist/veterinary behaviourist.

I agree that training should not be difficult to understand and us professionals can help with that. However, problem behaviour (at any age) should not be over-simplified and thought of as a single element causing it.

02/10/2024

Edit: That’s her toy in my pocket not roadkill😁 and I tucked it in further after this photo so a passing dog didn’t steal it!

Woodland walk with my girl❤️

We have now hit six months old, the teenage phase has begun🫣

That means reduced tolerance of things that may be frustrating, fearful, and desirable from her perspective.

It also means reduced expectation of her behaviour response time and recovery periods from my perspective.

Training still happens, consistency still happens, but things are made easier for her to learn and build associations.

There is no doubt we will both get frustrated throughout this lifestage but I will do my best to help her through her this natural part of development.

Did you experience your dogs teenage phase?

27/09/2024

Thesis has been submitted!🥳🥳🥳

I’m all done!

Going to have a celebratory cuppa now😊

To everyone that has sent me a message, email, phone call over the last few days I will be get back to you asap over the next 48 hours, thank you for being patient with me while I finish my course!

I return full time from Tuesday!!🥳🥳🥳

18/09/2024

Poster presentation completed!

Final submission next Friday and I’m back to work full time from Tuesday 1st October😎

If you need support with your puppy/dog, kitten/cat contact me via email or through the contact form on my website🐕🐈

[email protected]
www.fearfreebehaviour.com

12/09/2024

Nearly at the end of my masters degree now, and whilst my social media page has been quiet I am still aware of the continuous battle within the industry of what type of training method should be used to train your dog.

I am not posting this to get into a discussion about it, I wanted to continue to let you know what I will always strive for.

I will always have your pets welfare needs at the top of my list.

I will always try to understand the root cause of your pets behaviour.

I will not use pain, coercion, aversive tools etc. with your pets.

I will always be honest with you.

I will always listen and hear you and your pets.

I will always continue to learn about animal behaviour to provide you with high standard, ethical, and knowledgeable support.

I am only a small business, but my passion to help you with your pets and achieve this by building a trusting loving relationship is huge.

I have been laughed at for not agreeing with the use of e-collars and other aversive methods, and that’s okay. I will not subject your pets to those kinds of methods.

Animal welfare and wellbeing matters in training too.