• I have spent the last 2-3 years helping police and kennels to improve standards for the care of seized dogs.  As an expert witness, [...]

  CPD for those involved with dogs seized by Police

  February 15, 2021
• You may hear the words over or under threshold used when a dog is reactive to a stimulus or trigger.  But what does this term mean and how can [...]

  Reactive Dogs – What is Over-Threshold?

  October 14, 2020
• This Labrador dog was given a destruction order under the Dangerous Dogs Act after 3 bite incidents.  After completing a period of [...]

  Appealing a Dog Destruction Order

  April 5, 2019
• Rescue Back Up or “RBU” is a term used all over social media to indicate that a rescue is needed to step up as a back up to protect a [...]

  RBU – Rescue Back Up, Good Practice

  August 31, 2017

• Last year I spoke with Vicky, the great Aunt of Lexi Branson, sadly killed by an unassessed dog rehomed with no advice or homecheck.  The [...]

  Rescue Rules, good practice

  March 2, 2017
• Having pets can enhance a couple’s relationship.  But sometimes the pet becomes a pawn in a power struggle between adults. I have seen [...]

  Pets or Pawns? Using Pets to Control Partners

  September 13, 2016
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  Lies, Cons and Private Dog Sales

  June 13, 2016
• The biggest fear of many dog owners is that of their dog scaring or biting someone and the police taking it away.  We have done many behaviour [...]

  My dog has bitten, the Police seized my dog

  January 29, 2016

• Residential dog training should offer your dog the chance to have behaviour therapy as well as obedience training. This balance is not offered by [...]

  Residential Dog Training

  May 16, 2015
•  The media show stories about Bull breeds, Rottweilers and Akitas biting and causing fatalities.  The public in reality have problems with any [...]

  Dog Bite Survey, Which Breeds Bite?

  February 15, 2015