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Please visit my website for PRICES and to contact me. IMDTB qualified & accredited dog behaviourist, offering dog behavioural consultations and individually tailored puppy & dog training throughout Winchester, Romsey, Southampton and Stockbridge. Featured in the Telegraph. Do you have a new puppy that needs training? Are you struggling to get your dog back in the park? Does your dog find it hard to settle calmly when left alone? Does your dog have interaction or reactivity issues with other dogs or people? Do you have a rescue dog that is anxious or shy? If so, please get in touch, I’d love to help you with a bespoke, reward based training plan Karen Maher IMDTB, Founder I know what it’s like to have a dog who is reactive, frightened on walks and who struggles with confidence - it’s heart-breaking. And helping a dog go from anxious to full of life through a series of bespoke coaching methods is the reason I became a behaviour consultant. I have spent many years studying how to remedy behavioural issues and learnt first-hand with my own Jack Russell, Tiggy. On rehoming her, she would instinctively lunge at other dogs and bark to scare them away, but I soon worked out how to calm her and instil a change in her nature. She eventually became a joy to take on walks and my beloved companion. When she died I was spurred to create a legacy for her by helping other troubled dogs. I left a high-profile career in fashion PR to pursue canine behavioural therapy and helping other people’s dogs gives me so much satisfaction. I also offer one-to-one training, bespoke puppy and adolescent dog training and specialise in recall for Hounds, Labradors, Spaniels and other working breeds. No two dogs are the same and I approach each dog uniquely and with empathy. I extend this mindset to every dog’s owner too, because I understand first-hand how difficult behaviour can impact and the helplessness that can be felt. I stay updated with science-based research, CPD and believe in ethical practices. Now I have five dogs of my own, including Fred, the rescue ‘Hound’ proudly honoured in my company name: Maher & Hound. I am vet recommended I am qualified and accredited as a Dog Behaviourist with the IMDTB and as a positive reinforcement Dog Trainer with the Guild of Dog Trainers I am currently being mentored by Steve Mann, founder of the IMDT and author of ‘Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy’ and Dave Brice, head of Dog Behaviour at the IMDT. The IMDT represents the cutting edge in reward based training. All IMDT trainers and behaviourists use the most up to date science based dog training techniques that are proven to be effective and have the dog’s welfare at heart. As an Assessed and Qualified IMDTB Member of The Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (www.imdt.uk.com) I am proud to display the UK Dog Behaviour & Training Charter symbol