Separation anxiety training has to happen during real absences. No trainer in the room with you means your dog is responding to the absence itself rather than performing for a visitor. This is why the most effective separation anxiety work in the world is delivered remotely. It is the method that works.
The Separation Anxiety Programme
When Your Dog Cannot Be Left Alone
When Your Dog Cannot Be Left Alone
The cancelled plans. The phone that has to stay on. The guilt that follows you out of the house every time you leave.
Separation anxiety changes everything. Not just for the dog, but for the human living alongside them.
If your dog barks, howls, panics, paces, destroys, soils, or refuses food when left alone, you already know what this looks like. You know what it has cost you in time, in sleep, in social life and in confidence.
You are not failing your dog. And you are not exaggerating. Separation anxiety is a real, recognised emotional response, and it is also one of the most misunderstood behaviour issues in the dog world.
Why Choose Us
Why most advice does not work
Most owners reach me after trying Kongs, calming sprays, gradual absences, white noise, leaving the radio on, doggy daycare, anxious goodbyes turned into casual ones. Some of it helps a little. Most of it does not.
The reason is simple. Separation anxiety is not a behaviour problem in the traditional sense. It is a fear response. Treating it like obedience, distraction or willpower will never resolve it, because the underlying emotion is what needs to change.
Real progress comes from a structured, gradual process that teaches your dog they are safe when alone. That work has to happen in your home, with your dog, in the absences you actually need to make.
That is exactly what this programme is built for.
Why Choose Us
The Separation Anxiety Programme
This is a fully remote programme designed for dogs experiencing separation related distress and for the owners living with the daily impact of it.
Across the programme, your training plan is updated and adjusted five days a week through a dedicated training app. Every exercise, absence target and progression is tailored specifically to your dog, based on the videos you submit and the progress they are making. Alongside this, we work through the plan together with structured video reviews, ongoing Loom feedback, monthly Zoom check ins and WhatsApp support throughout the programme.
You record short absences from your dog at home. I review them and feed back so you can see exactly what your dog is showing, what is working and what to adjust next. The plan evolves continuously as your dog progresses, ensuring every step remains appropriate for the dog in front of us.
What is included
- A full initial behavioural and gait assessment.
- A separation anxiety plan tailored to your dog and your daily life.
- Ongoing video reviews through Loom across the programme.
- Monthly 30 minute Zoom coaching sessions to step back, review progress and reshape the plan.
- WhatsApp support across the full programme for day to day guidance.
- Continuous plan adjustments as your dog moves forward.
For owners who want to make a start but are not in a position to commit to the full programme, a shorter foundation version is also available.
Background and qualifications
- Separation Anxiety Pro Trainer, certified by Julie Naismith.
- Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant (CDBC) with the IAABC.
- Dynamic Dog Practitioner.
- BAT Instructor, certified by Grisha Stewart.
Why fully remote
Why a whole dog approach matters
Underneath many separation anxiety cases sit physical factors that often go unseen. Pain, discomfort, postural issues, gait abnormalities. They make absences harder for the dog and can stop training plans working no matter how carefully they are followed.
As a Separation Anxiety Pro Trainer (certified by Julie Naismith), a Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant with the IAABC, and a Dynamic Dog Practitioner, I work with both the emotional and the physical sides of separation anxiety. I am currently the only professional in Ireland combining these two specialisms.
Spaces are limited
Separation anxiety work is hands on and individually tailored, with detailed video review, regular coaching and ongoing WhatsApp support. To keep the level of support consistently high through the full programme, I work with a small number of separation anxiety clients at any one time.
What clients are saying
Testimonials
The next step
Book a free 15 minute discovery call. We will talk through what is happening with your dog, what the programme would look like for you, and whether it is the right fit.