Debbie Emmerson
Animal Behaviour & Training Council (ABTC) Registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist Full member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors
MSc Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling
BSc Animal Behaviour
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Working to improve the quality of life for owners and their pets
Debbie’s Contented Canines offer the following services for all pets (not just dogs!)
In Essex and the surrounding areas
Pet Behaviour Counselling
Our behavioural consultations seek to discover and address the underlying cause of your pets’ problem and provide welfare friendly, long term solutions that are suitable for both you and your pet rather than quick fixes that may mask or redirect the problem. We can provide consultations for any animal for problems such as:
This list is just an example of the problems we cover so if your pet behaviour problem is not mentioned here please contact us to see if we can help.
Training
We can help you train your pet, what ever pet you have. For dogs a level of basic training is essential to allow you to take them out in public safely and enjoyably but any pet can benefit from the physical and mental stimulation afforded by training, as well as improving the relationship between you and your pet.
For example we can help with:
If you would like to try clicker training we can help you get to grips with the concept and how to put it into practice with your pet. If your training enquiry has not been covered here please contact us to see if we can help.
Pet Advisory Services
We can help you get the most out of the relationship with your pet by providing advice and help on issues relating to pet care and behaviour, for example:
Please contact us if you have a pet related query you would like help with.
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