The Dotty Behaviourist

The Dotty Behaviourist 1-2-1 dog training & behaviour consultations in Cheltenham and surrounding areas. BSc (Hons) & MRes

We'd like you all to meet the fabulous Dora 🧡 Dora's owner got in contact for help with basic obedience, jumping up at v...
17/09/2025

We'd like you all to meet the fabulous Dora 🧡 Dora's owner got in contact for help with basic obedience, jumping up at visitors, recall and loose lead walking. She's 8 months old so they've taken out our puppy package. We met them today for the initial session to find out a little bit more about Dora and what their goals are for training.

We did a little practical demo of how to implement some of our techniques and Dora picked it up very quickly. We can't wait to see how she progresses over the coming weeks!

We caught up with Mango and her owner over the weekend to help teach her how to relax and settle down when out at cafes,...
15/09/2025

We caught up with Mango and her owner over the weekend to help teach her how to relax and settle down when out at cafes, restaurants and pubs. Mango already knows a "relax" cue but her owner was finding that she was not actually settling and was just anticipating the next reward so we've introduced a signal of non interaction to be used in conjunction with her relax cue. Mango is incredibly well trained already so I'm sure she will smash her SNI training 💪🏻

A big welcome to our two newbies. Introducing Koda and Hendrix ❤️Kodas owners got in contact for help with fearfulness a...
14/09/2025

A big welcome to our two newbies. Introducing Koda and Hendrix ❤️

Kodas owners got in contact for help with fearfulness around unfamiliar dogs, hard mouthing and struggling to settle at home. Koda struggles to regulate his emotions and quickly becomes over aroused which leads to grabbing and mouthing.

Hendrix's owners got in contact for fear reactivity towards dogs and general frustration/anxiety when out and about. Hendrix didn't have the best start to life and is very undersocialised. He is incredibly anxious as a result but thankfully his owners are incredibly understanding and are willing go at his pace to help his anxiety. We suspect some underlying pain due to his behaviour and an abnormal gait so first and foremost we've recommended a pain assessment.

We've got their behaviour reports and plans to work on now before we get started on practical sessions!

Lovely little session with Lottie and her owners today. We hired a secure field and enlisted Dottie's help to do some di...
12/09/2025

Lovely little session with Lottie and her owners today. We hired a secure field and enlisted Dottie's help to do some distance work with Lottie. She did so well and Dot was more than happy to act as a stooge dog for her to work off of. We'll be back with Lottie in a few weeks to continue building her confidence around dogs 🤍

Great session with the lovely rescue dog, Molly and her owner today. We've been working with Molly for around 6 months n...
05/09/2025

Great session with the lovely rescue dog, Molly and her owner today. We've been working with Molly for around 6 months now and she's come on leaps and bounds with her training! Molly can get easily over excited around other dogs resulting in lunging strongly towards them to greet. Her owner has worked really hard over the last few months and while some days are better than others, her good days certainly outweigh the bad! Keep up the great work guys 🖤

We were back with the beautiful Betty this evening for some settle training and desensitising her to her owners hugging....
04/09/2025

We were back with the beautiful Betty this evening for some settle training and desensitising her to her owners hugging. Sounds strange I know, but Betty really struggles with any type of physical touch between humans which results in her rushing in, barking and jumping up frantically. She did so well this evening and is proving to be a smart cookie indeed! I've got such a soft spot for this lovely girl and can't wait to watch her and her family progress 💜

It's been a hot minute since we've seen little Chip, he's grown quite a bit from the tiny little sausage puppy we first ...
04/09/2025

It's been a hot minute since we've seen little Chip, he's grown quite a bit from the tiny little sausage puppy we first saw! Chip has hit 18 months and has found his voice.. He's become very reactive to other dogs and general noises.

Whilst dachsunds are known for being vocal, it's important to understand why he's vocalising and what he's trying to tell us. After coming back to assess him we've put a plan in place to help him, starting with a pain assessment to make sure there's no underlying health issues that could be causing his change in behaviour. We've also started implementing some basics to build the foundation for his reactivity training to help change his emotional response to his triggers!


Training walk with the lovely Lana today 🥰 We've been working on building Lana's confidence around people while out and ...
01/09/2025

Training walk with the lovely Lana today 🥰 We've been working on building Lana's confidence around people while out and about as she finds new people very scary!

We've been a little quiet on social media and email this past bank holiday weekend. We spent the weekend hiking up mount...
26/08/2025

We've been a little quiet on social media and email this past bank holiday weekend. We spent the weekend hiking up mountains in the lake district! Dot did amazing and just kept going!

I will be sending out reports, training programmes and replying to enquiries over the next few days! Hope you all had a fabulous August bank holiday!

We were back with the beautiful Parker yesterday afternoon working on building his confidence around other dogs at the y...
23/08/2025

We were back with the beautiful Parker yesterday afternoon working on building his confidence around other dogs at the yard. He's a sensitive soul who's had some bad experiences with dogs so is quick to use aggression to protect himself. He did really well yesterday working on disengaging himself from other dogs. We'll be seeing him next week before he and his owner jet off back to USA ✈️🇺🇲

Over the weekend we were up nice and early for a session with Niko! With the help of Jon we worked on building Niko's c...
18/08/2025

Over the weekend we were up nice and early for a session with Niko! With the help of Jon we worked on building Niko's confidence around men. He did really well going at his own pace and with the added reinforcement for disengagement. Niko is a sensitive soul who's going through his teenage phase so those guarding breed traits are coming in strong to keep people away and make him feel safe!

Today we got to meet Sidney 🥰 His owners got in contact for help with persistent nipping and hard mouthing. Sidney was a...
17/08/2025

Today we got to meet Sidney 🥰 His owners got in contact for help with persistent nipping and hard mouthing. Sidney was abandoned along with his siblings before being transferred to a rescue center. He had mange so wasn't in the best state but he's doing much better now with his lovely new family. They've taken out our puppy package so we'll be seeing them again soon!

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