Ariel

Ariel’s owner came to me for training as Ariel was incredibly anxious, especially around people coming to the home. She would bark non-stop when people were round and would frequently toilet inside due to her nervousness. Ariel also lacked a lot of confidence on her walks and was fearful of people and dogs. 

Together, we worked on enrichment and training activities in the home that would build Ariel’s confidence in herself as well as reducing her stress levels so she had more capacity to cope with her triggers. We also implemented strategies to allow her owners to manage guests in the home, giving Ariel a fun and productive task to do when people came round inside of barking at them. 

Ariel has made great progress in her calmness at home and, whilst training for barking behaviours associated with the doorbell are still ongoing, she is now able to cope with people coming in and out of the home and is happier and more confident in herself day-to-day (she even let me tickle her chin for moment at our last session – a world away from barking whenever I spoke/moved the first time we met!). 

Well done to Ariel and her super supportive owners!