Many dogs, despite their owner’s best care, may struggle with certain aspect of living in a human society and as a result can develop behaviour problems. Living with animals with behaviour problems can be very stressful, but fortunately many of these can be treated or managed so that they don’t damage your relationship or restrict your life with your dog. These are best treated as soon as possible and in order to support our owners, we have a full time Animal Behaviourist in practice who will be able to guide your through how to help your dog.

Common Dog Behaviour Problems

• General Anxiety and Fears and Phobias, including noise aversion
• Separation Anxiety
• Excessive Behaviour
• Repetitive Behaviour
• Aggression – reactivity on walks, resource guarding, territorial aggression

The cost is £399, which includes a Pre Visit Questionnaire, a consult of approximately 2 ½ hours, a full written Behaviour Modification Plan and follow on support by phone or email.  Further visits, where necessary are charge at £115 per session.

Most insurance companies will cover the cost of behavioural referrals.

All dogs require training to be able to live a full and enriched life within the family. Basic training will not only make your dog more cooperative but should also be fun and enhance your relationship. Many nuisance behaviours respond well to training.

Our qualified dog trainer Hazel, offers one to one training in the home environment or out on walks. The types of training covered are:

• Basic training e.g. sit, stay recall, loose lead walking, leave it, send to bed
• Pulling on lead
• Recalls on walks
• Attention seeking behaviour e.g. jumping up, pestering

The cost is £65 per hour.

Confidence Clinics for Fearful Dogs

Is your dog scared of visiting the vets?

Does your dog’s behaviour make vet visits stressful for both you and your dog?

Would you like your dog to feel confident and co-operative with their health care?

Our Confidence Clinics for Fearful Dogs are here to help!

Each 30-minute session follows a structured approach designed to increase your dog’s confidence and make future vet visits and treatments less stressful.

Cost and Booking

A course of 6 weekly or fortnightly sessions is advised.

Cost - £120 for the course of 6 sessions, to be paid in full at the time of booking (10% discount for Pet Health Club members).

Where any additional sessions are recommended following the 6-session course, these will be charged at £20 each, to be paid at the time of booking (10% discount for Pet Health Club members).

Confidence Clinics are available on Saturdays between 9am and 4pm at our Moor Allerton Clinic (LS17 5NY). To book, or for more information, contact our Fear Free Certified Rehabilitation Trainer, Ellie Langley directly on ellie.langley@hollyhousevets.co.uk

Bringing a rescue dog into your family can be an exciting but challenging time. In order to help him / her settle in as quickly as possible and to help prevent behaviour problems, our Dog Behaviourist offers a special home visit tailored to rescue dogs’ needs.

The cost for this is £95 per session.

Getting a new Puppy is a very exciting time, but this is a big commitment and there are lots of things to think about to ensure your get the right match for your lifestyle and to help your new addition to settle in.  We offer a pre-purchase advise session where you can ask any questions you have about which breed, sex or age, where to source your puppy, how to introduce to other members of your household and how to ensure you provide the best care in these early days.

The cost for this is £55 per 45 minutes.

Here at Holly House Vets we understand that your puppy psychological welfare is just as important as their physical health and many new owners have lots of questions about how to ensure they are providing the best care for their new pup.  For owners who would like a little more personalised support with their new puppy, we offer a 1½ hour home visit with our behaviourist. These sessions allow plenty of time to answer all your care and management questions, to review your home set up and discuss common issues such as socialisation, puppy biting, toilet training and getting started with training.

The cost for this session is £95 and include a copy of our Puppy Booklet.

Getting a new puppy is an exciting time, but it can also be quite overwhelming and even experienced owners forget just how much hard work youngsters can be. All owners want to give their new addition the best start in life, but with the amount of information available and with best practice constantly changing, it can be hard to be confident you are making the right decisions.

We offer two lecture / discussion sessions where you will obtain up to date information and the opportunity to discuss your questions and experiences with a vet nurse or behaviourist, as well as other owners. It can be reassuring to see that most owners have similar issues!

Puppy Session cover:

1.  Health Care and Nutrition

2.  Management, training and behaviour

The cost for the 2 hour lecture session is £20.

Looking for more pet advice? Please visit our dog advice pages

Early training and socialisation are very important for all dogs to help them grow into well adapted and well-behaved members of society. These first training classes, for pups from 12 weeks to 6 months, give you and your puppy the opportunity to meet other pups and owners.

Classes are interactive and fun, using only positive methods and focussing on play between owner and dog. You will have the opportunity to take the Kennel Club Good Citizens Puppy Foundation Certificate.

Please visit our Puppy Class Course page for further information.