Nature's Therapies Animal Behaviour

22/01/2025

He’s just so gorgeous
I always love our training sessions 🫶

17/01/2025

You can claim towards the cost of your behaviour consult and any future sessions through your pet insurance.

Each insurance company is different so you will need to speak with yours to find out their exact requirements, including whether they accept my accrediting organisations, which are INTODogs and ICAN
(I am a Certified Canine Behaviourist: CCB and a Certified Animal Behaviourist: CAB).

Most insurance companies will not pay out for the session or towards it until the appointment has gone ahead.

It generally works that:
🐾You pay me upfront upon booking as requested and then send the invoice I provide you with, to your insurer to be reimbursed.
🐾Some insurers need you to have a vet referral letter in order to proceed with the claim, in this case you just need to ask your vet to write a letter referring you to a behaviourist, such as myself.
🐾You then send the invoice that I have provided you with, along with the vet referral letter, if relevant, to your insurer as both these documents provide them with the evidence for your claim to go ahead.
🐾After this your insurance company may contact me to validate the claim and provide the behaviour report as supporting evidence.
🐾Then you are reimbursed by them.

🧚🏼‍♀️Insurance companies will only allow you to claim on your policy if you see a certified, qualified behaviourist!🧚🏼‍♀️

13/01/2025

Next episode released on our podcast: Lets chat!: all things animal behaviour & training.

Listen to for free on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4geqzCvv6oVe84wibesjbs?si=axHgNolpTrSb0E8A1PA-Dg

13/01/2025

13/01/2025

We are back baby! 🐾
We are back open again from today and hope you all had a lovely festive holiday - Liz is replying to all messages asap so please bear with us while we catch up 🧚🏼‍♀️

11/01/2025

This is something everyone should see. This xray is of a 2 week old puppy.

When you get your 8/10 week old puppies, please keep this image in mind. Their bones do not even touch yet. They plod around so cutely with big floppy paws and wobbly movement because their joints are entirely made up of muscle, tendons, ligaments with skin covering. Nothing is fitting tightly together or has a true socket yet.

When you run them excessively or don't restrict their exercise to stop them from overdoing it during this period you don't give them a chance to grow properly. Every big jump or excited bouncing run causes impacts between the bones. In reasonable amounts this is not problematic and is the normal wear and tear that every animal will engage in.

But when you're letting puppy jump up and down off the lounge or bed, take them for long walks/hikes, you are damaging that forming joint. When you let the puppy scramble on tile with no traction you are damaging the joint.

You only get the chance to grow them once. A well built body is something that comes from excellent breeding and a great upbringing-BOTH, not just one.

Once grown - around 12-18 months depending on their breed, you will have the rest of their life to spend playing and engaging in higher impact exercise. So keep it calm while they're still little baby puppies and give the gift that can only be given once.
For more incredible facts, tips, and tricks for your puppy/dog -
Www.pet-guides.com

09/01/2025

Not letting our dogs sniff on a walk is like taking us to an art museum with a blindfold on. Our dogs perceive the world in a way we will never fully understand. They use their nose to take in information and learn, much like their very own Wikipedia. It's how they make friends, sense danger, feel safe in their environment, and generally understand the world around them.

It's widely believed that only certain animals have consciousness and a sense of self. This was traditionally tested by placing a mark on the animal's face and showing them a mirror. If the animal touched the mark on their own forehead, it was thought they recognized themselves. Only some animals, like great apes, elephants, and dolphins, passed this test. Dogs failed, leading to the belief that they don't understand self-recognition.

However, Alexandra Horowitz recognized that dogs understand the world through scent. In a study, dogs were allowed to smell their own urine and another dog's urine. The dogs spent more time sniffing the other dog's urine, suggesting a self-association with their own scent, indicating a sense of self.

Picking things up in their mouths also helps dogs with scent and processing, similar to how we use our hands. It provides them with additional sensory information and helps them understand their environment better. So let your dog sniff and explore! Allow them to pick things up and process the world around them. If you ever get impatient, think about how you would feel if someone kept covering your eyes when you wanted to look at Facebook, your favourite TV program, your children's beautiful faces, a lovely flower, or even that spider you need to keep an eye on. Think about how you would feel if you were stopped every time you went to pick something up to look at it and feel it. Let dogs be dogs and explore in the way they were born to.

06/01/2025

Episode 6 - Phantom Pregnancies with guest speaker Cassi Koester.
Avaliable to listen to for free on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/67cPQfYljTB7jV6gtWdZW1?si=bplIHNTYRn2E-QJVeoRqGw

02/01/2025

🧚🏼‍♀️January challenge!🧚🏼‍♀️
Its National train your dog month AND walk your dog month

So with that in mind here is your chance to win some goodies 🐾

1) Get yourself the pet training cue cards - available on my website & Tiktok shop.
2) take them on your walks with you
3) film a video of you using the cards on your walk to train your pet something new/ fun
4) post to your socials - Tiktok, insta & fb tagging me

🧚🏼‍♀️The more entries you post throughout January the more chance you have of winning! 🐾

🏆Win some LickiMat goodies and my cat training series! 🤩

Winners chosen on 31st Jan 2025

#2025

01/01/2025

A magical 2025 has begun! 🧚🏼‍♀️🐾

(Artist: Astrid Sheckels)

30/12/2024

🧚🏼‍♀️Episode 5 - Guarding behaviours🐾
Is now available to listen to, free on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/67cPQfYljTB7jV6gtWdZW1?si=8vrY0UHCQUWhV02Ew3KaAQ 🐱🐶🐷🐮

30/12/2024

🧚🏼‍♀️Episode 5 - Guarding behaviours🐾
Is now available to listen to, free on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/67cPQfYljTB7jV6gtWdZW1?si=8vrY0UHCQUWhV02Ew3KaAQ 🐱🐶🐷🐮

23/12/2024

https://open.spotify.com/show/67cPQfYljTB7jV6gtWdZW1?si=0mCzqhZKS6qB8PDW-LGxQw

20/12/2024

🎅🏻Have a wonderful festive holiday!🎄
Thank you so much for all of your love and support throughout 2024, we are closed from the 21st December 2024 and will open again on the 13th January 2025!
Have a magical time with your pets and we look forward to seeing you all next year 🥂
Love from Lizzie & Helen 🧚🏼‍♀️

The shop on our website will still be open for orders www.ntanimalbehaviour.co.uk and we will still be posting every monday on our podcast: “Lets chat!: all things animal behaviour and training”, available for free on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/67cPQfYljTB7jV6gtWdZW1?si=XemZAhi4Rum-N7G9yrde1Q
(If you have any emergencies while we are closed please contact your vets)

17/12/2024

Eek I’m excited to be speaking at this event next year!!

What better way to show off our new logo than giving you the date for Canine Conference 2025.

Scribble out the 27th and 28th of September because this is where you are going to want to be.

Two days of amazing speakers, great company, great food, knowledge and learning all nestled in the beautiful countryside on the edge of Dartmoor.

Tickets will be going on sale in the next few days so keep your eyes peeled for our early bird offer!