We offer a short course for puppies as well as behaviour and sensitisation sessions for anxious and misbehaving dogs. Our Puppy Life Skills classes provide the groundwork needed to help your puppy and your relationship with them thrive. We can also help anxious pets with desensitising training and for animals that need more intensive help, our behaviour team provides behaviour consultations which typically take place outside of the surgery. Our calm and experienced team can also help with rescue dogs who have missed out on essential socialisation and training.
If you’ve just got a puppy you are in for a lot of fun and a lot of work. Training a puppy, especially if you’re a new owner can be daunting, but our Puppy Life Skills course will help guide you through the dos and don’ts. Run by our Behaviour Consultant Trixie Howard and one of our experienced senior nurses, Jay Lisher, it provides the foundation needed to train and guide your puppy through all of life’s adventures.
We cover: the home environment and how to safely habituate your dog with everything in it, socialising – meet and greets, exercise, diet, healthcare and current owner legislation.
We have a lot of fun on the course and the puppies do too! It’s held on two consecutive Wednesdays at our Kemp Town Veterinary Hospital. It starts at 7pm and finishes around 8pm and costs £42.50 for the two sessions. Puppies need to be around 8-18 weeks old and have had their first vaccinations.
Most animals will be cautious a new situation and might show symptoms of anxiety. Some have a higher level of anxiety which can make daily life difficult, for example, a dog that reacts aggressively to visitors to the house, or being touched by a vet. In these situations we recommend Desensitisation Training to help your pet overcome its fears.
Behaviourist Trixie Howard will do the initial assessment and will usually pass the follow up sessions to Jay Lisher who is one of our senior nurses and part of our behaviour team.
To discuss your pet’s needs, call Jay at our Brighton surgery on 01273 692257.
If your dog or cat has an on-going behaviour issue which you’d like to address, you can book a private consultation with our Behaviour Consultant, Trixie Howard. To properly assess the behaviour, consults often take place outside of the surgery. Once the initial assessment has been made by Trixie, she’ll put together a tailored training plan and will monitor progress closely.
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