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AbbeyPet Animal Behaviour
An all-on-one resource for owning, understanding and training your pet
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Dog Behaviour and Training
Dog Behaviourist, Specialist in Puppy Training and LifeSkills
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Cat Behaviour
Experienced Cat Behaviourist - help with cat behaviour problems
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AbbeyPet specialises in animal behaviour and training, providing a pet behaviour consultancy for dogs, cats and other companion animals with behaviour problems.  We offer ethical behaviour management and training, firmly based in science.

If you have a pet with a behaviour problem, a worrying habit, or you just want some advice and guidance with training and management, AbbeyPet can help.

 

 

Dog Behaviour

Animal Behaviour | Dog behaviour - happy dog

Is your dog:
  • Nervous or fearful?
  • Aggressive to other dogs or people?
  • Barking excessively?
  • Guarding food, toys or other objects?
  • Destructive?
  • House soiling?

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Cat Behaviour

Animal Behaviour | Cat Behaviour - cute ginger kitten

Is your cat:
  • Fighting with other cats?
  • Biting or scratching people?
  • House soiling?
  • Spraying?
  • Nervous or fearful?
  • Staying away from home?

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Dog Training

Animal Behaviour - Dog training, puppy training and lifeskills

Would you like your puppy or adult dog to learn to:
  • Be confident
  • Listen
  • Settle down
  • Come back
  • Walk nicely on a loose lead
  • Be able to greet people politely without jumping up at them

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If so, then we can help.  We offer the following services:

  • Behaviour consultations in the comfort of your own home - fees may be partly or fully covered by your insurance policy.  
  • One-to-one training lessons.
  • In-home puppy training course if you can't get to classes
  • Puppy Home Start session - so you know what to expect and do when puppy first comes home

Methods used at AbbeyPet

All training and behaviour modification uses kind, fair and effective methods, based upon scientifically proven learning theory.  I believe strongly that flexibility and adaptability are key to helping people achieve a happy and positive relationship with their pets.  Read more...

About

Jo Whitehead, Companion Animal Behaviourist. Specialist in pet animal behaviour.

Jo Whitehead PhD is a fully qualified and experienced Clinical Animal Behaviourist, having been actively involved in animal behaviour and welfare research for over 18 years.  She is an Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC) registered behaviourist and a full member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC).

Testimonials

Behaviour Training

Jo has helped me so much, I started with a dog which barked at any other dog and have ended up with one which can walk passed a dog who is barking at her and doesn’t even bark back! I was nervous about taking Jess out for walks but now I enjoy it. Jess is calmer and happier and so am I. Couldn’t recommend her enough.

C.S., Malton

Recall training

What you have taught me has been brilliant and I will continue with your work. Pepper has been a lot better and you have helped us greatly ……….Your knowledge has been invaluable.

F.D., Kirbymoorside

Puppy training

Thank you Jo,

We really enjoyed the course and we all benefited. We will work on all those thing,the loose lead walking is going particularly well.

T.P., Malton

Puppy Training

Hi Jo, thanks for everything. Minnie’s walking just fine now at Dalby, really enjoying herself !!

C.C., Pickering

Behaviour training

Things are progressing with Frankie. It is a slow but steady progress and his training is continual. We have seen a marked improvement at home and out. J has really taken it on board with the training and Frankie responds well…….. We went away for a week over the bank holiday time very busy with families and dogs. However out of that time we only had two incidents which were on the same day and we could identify what had triggered it ………
Overall we are very happy especially with his behaviour  at home he is so much more relaxed eating with everyone, playing with Melvin which he really didn’t do and doesn’t need Benny around him all the time. Frankie will never be perfect around other dogs but we feel we are controlling his behaviour and making him a happier little dog and us as well.
Thanks again for all your help and support.
B.G., Bridlington

Behaviour training

We found the session super useful and are very positive about moving forward.

P.L., York