Expert Canine Behaviour Support Now Available at Abbey Vets

Helping Dogs Feel Better: Abbey Vets Now Offers Behavioural Assessments

18th March 2025

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Our specialist behavioural nurse Jo is now offering house visits for behavioural assessments.

Struggling to figure out if you need a dog trainer or dog behaviourist?

Dog trainers specialise in teaching you how to use rewards that your dog enjoys in order to teach them what you would like them to do.

This could include walking nicely on lead, teaching your dog not to jump up on people, teaching them not to beg for food, or to settle down quietly when you need them to.

Dog behaviourists specialise in problems that are much more emotional for dogs, for example when they become anxious, frightened, or frustrated.

Feeling like this can lead dogs to behave in ways that may be dangerous for themselves and others, such as chasing traffic, panicking when left alone, worrying about noises and causing damage to themselves or the home, or behaving aggressively towards people or other animals.

These types of behaviours can’t be resolved simply through training, because as well as learning to behave in a different way, the dog also needs to learn to feel differently about things.

Behaviourists will show you how to help your dog feel better and resolve the problem by identifying and removing the underlying emotional distress involved, and then creating a tailor-made plan for you to follow that teaches your dog an alternative, more positive way of behaving instead.

If you wish to find out more or find out what would be best for your dog, then please call the practic as our Nurse Jo can help with both behaviour and training cases.

01743 232713

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