04/05/2024
Well, we have some very exciting news and we need our Jackadorians help!
As some of you may know Jason, although a Scentwork trainer in a number of fields is also an accredited behaviourist.
As such he has launched his new Facebook and Instagram for the work he is doing supporting on more complex behavioural issues.
Can we ask a small favour and for all the Superscentworksquad and Jackadorians to like/share and comment (Pawsome) on his new page (and his Instagram Page).
The link is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557129451953
There might be a prize post if we can get over 200 page likes…..and if we get higher there might be more prize awesomeness
Thanks
Jackador
Sj and Jason
Well my first real interaction with a dog was when I was 5 years old, I had dizzy spells fell into a neighbours fence and his German Shepherd bite me, I was taken to hospital and after a clean and some stitches I was fine (we are no talking over 40 years ago this happened.
The reason for its relevancy is more the story i hear from others in a similar vein that has actually put them off or created a fear of dogs, it never deterred me and throughout my ears with my family always fascinated with dogs until we had our own when I was 16, Barnaby was a rescue, 6 months old and no history. I realised at that age we knew little and didn't understand what and how we could communicate with dogs, training was very limited to certain trainers with methods used at the time. I look back and Barnaby was my first real family dog, but also my first understanding of what we don't know or understand fully about dogs and their interaction with us. He had his issues, but I worked with him and he was the most amazing and loving dog.
When I Met Sj and left home, we originally had 5 cats (slight change) but when our son was 5 years old we got our own first family dog Obi (Jack Russell) we went to normal training at the time (20 dogs in a class) a trainer who didn't like terriers, but he had an affiliation with our son, and when we happened to go to the Autism show in London we met the team from Dogs for the Disabled (Dogs for Good now) who were starting a programme with Lincoln university to look at pet dogs supporting families with children who had various degrees of Autism.
This was a real turning point for us as a family and started my wife into the career of dog training in 2011, I joined the approach in 2013 after I suffered a very bout in hospital with Meningitis, I was told by my Dr's I needed to learn something different to help my brain heal itself ( after a month in hospital I was left in a wheelchair unable to walk) So I embarked on a journey with my wife, learning about training, how the methods had evolved as we understood more about dogs and how they interact with us.
as we progressed as both qualified trainers with several organisations, we rapidly realised that so many people not just had puppies but had rescues/re-homes (which we knew as during this period we had 4 other JR terriers added to the family through this process, so in 2016 I took the step to build into a more well rounded behaviour professional studying from a multitude of sources to build up my theoretical knowledge and behavioural understanding of the dogs we were seeing in calls and now asking for 121 support, that required a more specialised focused and knowledge.
In 2020 after 4 years I attained my Behavioural qualification and started the harder work in understanding all the areas and practicalities of these issues
But during this period my learning does not stop, the line in helping and support crosses boundaries with local and national Vet's, other government services, trainers, pharmaceutical/pharmacology experts
Since this point, I have worked with a number of charities/Assistance dog programmes/Local services/Police.
I am regular on Radio Northampton for Dog related questions/Issues for the local people of the area,
Thus the journey continues helping/building up and supporting the dogs and importantly the owners in all these areas in this ever changing and evolving world
I am specialised in many areas but more specifically I can help in Separation Anxiety/Barking/Reactivity/Aggression (dog) all of these can be helped with specialised support and time to allow you and your dog into a more balanced and supported environment for the future.
The programmes are built to support you over a period, as with any behaviour or psychological area where support is needed, there is no overnight fix, but with some time/focus and the right support we can build a path that will help you all.
Each of the areas above come with a tailored programme to suit you and your dog(s) as with humans no 2 dogs are alike in the challenges they fae and every programme is suited to both yours and your dog’s needs to be most effective.
If you have read the about us page, you will see that along with training in multiple areas over the last 12 years, I have qualified and been independently assessed as a Behaviourist on the practical and academic side of dog behaviour.
This has taken many years of hard work/focus and support to really understand the dogs physical and mental challenges they face and the wide range of areas and knowledge both physical and mental to help in multiple situations and along with the owners as well.
