NATURES COMPANIONS
Dog Behaviour & Training
Private Behaviour Consultations
Is your dog displaying worrying/ concerning/ difficult to manage
behaviours?
Gemma is here to help bring harmony back to yours and your dogs lives!
You have taken the first step landing here!
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Being a caregiver for a dog who has behavioural issues or displays can be extrememly difficult, at times embarrasing & stressful. Because you have so much love and compassion for your dog, managing the situation alone can become emotionally taxing and draining.
You are not alone!
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Gemma is here to empathetically, effectively & ethically support, help and coach you to manage, train and rehabilitate your dog yourselves through their dogs problems/ displays so that you can get back to new found normaility!
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What type of problems
are behaviour consultations for?
What problems/ displays are you facing?
You are in the right place if you see the following:
*Gemma commonly sees the following for behaviour consults & more (please always contact to discuss if you are unsure what you need, Gemma will help):
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Behaviour displays of high energy/ extreme outbursts/severe stress & distress highlighting that your dog is struggling to regulate itself or cope.
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Anxiety.
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Stress.
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Trauma.
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Fear/ Phobias (seperation relation, agrophobia, sound sensitivity, environmental, equipment based human or animal etc to name a few)
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Obsessive/ Repetitive Behaviours.
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Excessive hyperactivity / excessive behaviours e.g. barking & destruction.
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Aggression & reactivity (such as problems with other dogs or problems with humans/ traffic sounds to name a few).
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General annoyance behaviours,
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Lack of self/ impulse-control in the home/ social environment.
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Health linked behaviour changes
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& more...
What to Expect...
We can work through this together!
Gemma will educate & coach you into the reasoning behind your dogs behaviour & give you reassurance on why & where the root issue has developed from without masking or supressing it. She will ask you questions, listen to your experiences & observe your dog, coach you, guide you & support you.
Gemma will NEVER deliberately put your dog in situations or use flooding techniques where the dog is forced over coping threshold. Gemmas advice is safe & ethical for the best intentions of your dogs learning & welfare!
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Gemma will educate & support you with a custom tailor made behaviour modification plan that is designed specifically for you & your dogs situation, alongside with practical follow ups to build your confidence and practice. The plan will help you to help your dog learn calmer, less stressed ways of coping & problem solving.
You will learn how to TEACH your dog with scientifically proven reinforcement, clear communication & reward based techniques, so that your dog will learn skills on how to deal with situations with more resilience, how to regulate themselves appropriately and cope better overall. Gemma will advise you with honest, empathetic, realistic & appropriately to enhance your dogs learning & skill building without tipping over them over their stress threshold.
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Your dog will learn efficiently the skills it needs for rehabilitation from the experience every time!
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Keep scrolling & you will see below that there are a variety of package options available to invest in for Gemma’s time & support to help you, depending on the severity of your concern & your personal confidence.
Whatever you need to get you through it Gemma is there to provide you with support & guidance to help you through the process.
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*Reducing & replacing behaviour issues is a process & commitment. There are NO ‘quick fixes’ with some psychological changes/ behaviour modifications, despite what is perceived in the editing of certain TV programmes or out dated literature. It is an emotional adjustment & stress reduction development, along with removing learnt habits & creating pathways in the brain for new appropriate habits. This takes time as it would for you psychologically. It is a process that cannot be rushed as this can exacerbate the issue rather than resolve it. You are also teaching your dog new skills of self regulation, resilience and healthier behavioural choices/ outlets for coping. The speed this takes to happen is different in all individuals some faster than others but realistically for some individuals to convert, these things can take time it all depends on the dogs nature, past experiences, health, age, genetics & prior learning/ exposures.
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All cases are individual, different and unique to the dog infront of you whether the same breed/ related, one size does not fit all, all dogs rehabilitate differently at different speeds.
All consultations will include..
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As I am a CAB (clinical animal behaviourist) you have the choice to claim on your pet insurance IF behaviour is included on your cover, this can get your fees reimbursed. It is not compulsory but is worth checking if you do have pet insurance.
With each client I will provide liasion with your Vet and information gathering between yourself and your Vet to ensure the best planning and history understanding to get to the root cause of your dogs behavioural displays.
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Before Gemma can see you for your booking a veterinary referral form will be required to be signed by you & your vet prior to our session (a photo of the completed form is fine). Your Vet will include medical notes needed for history investigation.
Gemma cannot attend a booking without this form first for legal and insurance reasons.
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Thorough investigations, monitoring and analysis of the case information provided before our session and during your assesment session.
Every package includes a 2hr initial assesment session at your home. This session is a great behavioural modification planning session and a chance for you to get everything off your chest about the issues you face. It allows us to explore together what the root of the issues are and investigate potential behavioural diagnosis of the causes and maintenance of them, whilst implementing demoed foundation exercises and management to start that day to aid the situation!
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An emailed report following your consultation, highlighting thorough details of your dogs behavioural diagnosis, behaviour modification plan with a deep understanding of your dogs challenges, ethical tasks/ exercises to apply with video demos, safety, relevant documents and graphics to help remember the important areas of the consult & step by step instructions of what to focus on for your next steps.
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The package you choose will give you a variety of practical based 1hr follow up sessions with me. These are vital and these sessions will be where your success lies and where your progression shows the most.
These sessions are to review and monitor your dogs case and to practically implement exercises under my supervision and extensive coaching, practice your handling skills and advance exercises that are needed to or to tweak and adjust the plan to fit both you and your dog better. This close interaction with me and my supervision help you handle your dog better working on your practical handling skills in the real world, in real scenarios and building your dogs skills up at a pace right for them.It will also help me adjust the plan to get the best out of your dogs learning or investigate data further. Each package has a different number of follow ups to add but you can add on sessions as you go if you are unsure & tailor it to your needs.
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Email support and looking over video footage that you capture of your progress of dogs behaviour that will be accessible during Gemmas working hours for the duration of your package. This is to help you with any questions or support during challenging times or questions that may pop up regarding your training or dogs behaviour between sessions that you need me to look over or provide advice on.
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Peace of mind knowing you are supported safely, ethically and empathetically with the most up to date scientifically proven metholodgy.
Choose your package investment
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2hr Assessment Session
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3- 1hr Follow up sessions (to be taken every 2-3wks)
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1- Check in call 20-30mins via zoom or phone.
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Online video tutorials/ resources to help with training outside of sessions.
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Report/ behavioural action plan email suitable for you & your vet, within 72hrs of your assessment session. Plus additional emailed mini plans after each follow up to advance progression. Ongoing email support/ advice for the duration of your package & video footage assessing via watsapp.
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Options to pay in full upon invoice or over 6wks with payment plan. If your pet insurance covers behaviour you could get fees reimbursed via them.
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Please be prepared for extra add on sessions to be added.
Investment
£440
* Fuel charges will be added per in person visit if outside the Grimsby/ Cleethorpes area