Meet Jo Carford - Vet recommended & Award Winning Trainer (2021 - 22 & 2023)  West Sussex 

Are you struggling with your dogs behaviour?

When you work with Jo, no stone is left unturned and all Behaviour Consultations automatically include a complete Functional Analysis of 
activities of daily living, movement, gait & posture.  Being a Dynamic Dog Practitioner means that this isn't your standard Behaviour Consultation - it's absoloutely the GOLD star in Behaviour Consutlations and could give you the answers you've been searching for.

If your dog pulls on the lead, fails to come back when they are called, jumps up at visitors etc, 121 training sessions would be ideal 

If your dog isn't keen on being left home alone, has problems getting on with other dog/s or reacts to strangers or visitors in your home or out and about, a behaviour consultation would be required. Would it surprise you to know that 80% of Behaviour Issues in Dogs have a link to pain or discomfort?  

Jo  – (Full Member of the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) can help. With a solution to fit in with your busy life, Jo offers  tailored sessions that suit you. Whether that be home visits or being out and about in the real world with you and your dog.  Weekend sessions are available

Jo uses proven ethical and science based teaching methods. She works on building the bond between you and your dog and understands that every dog is an invidual She loves using the dogs specific breed needs to enrich lives!

About Jo -

Jo has two rescue dogs of her own, Slate (Labrador x Beagle) and Bracken (French Pointer) .  She loves training her own dogs and enjoys Scent Detection, Tracking and Hoopers with Slate and Gundog work with Bracken.  

Jo is an Accredited UKCSD Tracking Instructor. Jo often uses scent detection & tracking as part of her holistic behaviour modification plans for the dogs she works with.  

Jo’s knowledge and methods are being kept up to date and topped up all the time and she is proud to be mentored by world renowned Aggression Expert, Michael Shikashio as well as recently completing the  L.E.G.S.® Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation® Professional Course

Jo is also a Kids Around Dogs Approved Professional and is therefore qualified to help Children overcome their fear of Dogs with a successful protocol
 

Jo has completed the following courses:

  • Holistic Behaviour & Understanding your dog
  • Canine Anatomy & Physiology
  • Career as a Dog Trainer
  • Practical Instructor Course
  • Accredited Dog Law Certificate
  • Open College Network Level III - Principles of Dog Training And Behaviour
  • Teach your Dog Workshop
  • Dog to Human Aggression Course
  • Consultation & follow up course
  • Craig Ogilvie Interactive Play Workshop
  • Separation Anxiety course
  • Canine Behaviour Diploma
  • Full IMDT membership
  • Canine Aggression & Rehabilition
  • Canine Body Language
  • Canine Nutrition Diploma
  • Canine First Aid Certificate
  • Puppy Foundation Course
  • Resource Guarding course
  • World of the Detection Dog Course
  • Tracking Instructor Course
  • Functional Behavioural Analysis 
  • Master Course in Aggression
  •  Our Dog Bit Our Toddler! HELP!
  • Using Enrichment to Treat Aggression
  • Husbandry and Aggression - How to Navigate Blurred Lines
  • Recognising Pain in Dogs
  • Treat - Retreat with Suzanne Clothier
  • Dynamic Dog Practitioner 
  • L.E.G.S.® Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation® Professional Course
  • Kids Around Dogs Approved Professional
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We contacted Jo when we saw some worrying behaviours in our 3 year old lab Ernie. He was beginning to isolate himself from the family in another room of an evening and on a number of occasions growled at us if we approached him when he was resting in the evening. I became very anxious about this just assuming it was an �aggressive� part of his personality emerging until Jo suggested that these behaviours could be directly related to him feeling pain or discomfort in his body. We also noticed he was stiff after upto an hours walk - not something we would expect from a 3 year old lab. Jo conducted a dynamic dog assessment with Ernie and highlighted some issues both in dynamic and static positions. After a visit to our own vet to discuss this we had a subsequent referral to a specialist orthopaedic vet and a CT scan and assessment. We now find out that Ernie has elbow dysplasia. Although this is not the news we wanted to hear we now have a treatment plan to include medication, lifestyle changes and hydrotherapy which should give Ernie the best chance of a fuller life with far less pain and discomfort. Had it not been for Jo highlighting this link between unwanted behaviour and the possibility of pain/discomfort and encouraging me to explore this further we would still be back at square 1. Jo is kind, patient, empathetic and so knowledgeable. Would highly recommend her and am looking forward to working with Jo on some 1:1 training in the near future once Ernie is settled on his new regime. Thank you Jo 🤩

Joanne

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