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Using the bond between pet and owners to help behaviour

Expert Consultations for Problem Behaviors

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Our Approach

At Canine Companionship, we focus on improving the lives of pets and their owners through tailored behavior consultations and expert support. Our team is dedicated to providing professional guidance and solutions to address a wide range of pet behavior issues. Using positive reinforcement and understanding. 

My name is Ellie Stallabrass, owner of Canine Companionship. I have always had a passion for helping animals. I have a BSc (hons) in Animal behaviour. This degree led me into working with dogs in rescue centres, due to the work I decided to persue work in behaviour helping as many animal as possible. From seeing the impact behaviourist have on helping animals, I decided to complete my MSc in Clinical Animal behaviour at Lincoln University. I am now an Pre-certified clinical animal behaviourist with a BSc and MSc in Animal Behaviour. 

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Our Focus

Expertise

Our behavior consultations are tailored to address specific pet behavior issues, providing practical solutions and support for pet owners.

Behavior Consultations

Our behavior modification techniques focus on understanding and reshaping pet behavior through positive reinforcement and effective training methods.

Behavior Modification

Information on 'Dominance Theory'
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Dominance theory for dogs is a outdated theory from a researcher studying wolves. It was believed that the owner should be dominant over their pet dog. However from up to date research this has been shown to not be the case. Unfortunately, many trainers and behaviourist still use this concept in the training. This is not something canine companionship uses, from doing own research and gathering information there are many papers that prove dominance theory is wrong. 
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This is one of those papers if you would like to have a read: 

Helpful resources 

Changing perspective of muzzles 


Muzzles are used for many different reasons with dogs. It could be that the dog is nervous and it is to protect the people and other dogs, the dog has a high prey drive so it helps protective the wildlife or it could be because the dog is prone to scavenge and eat foods on walks it is not supposed to. There are many different reasons dogs wear muzzles. In addition, with the new XL bully law this is another reason for a dog wearing a muzzle. 

A muzzle should be big enough for a dog to be able to pant comfortably and be the correct shape for their breed. A good muzzle to buy is a muzzle movement muzzle , the link for this is below,
 

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