Balance Behaviour
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Emley
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Balance Behaviour offers canine behaviour advice and owner training via one to one consultancy in your home. We also offer residential boarding and behaviour work where appropriate and can be flexible in order to meet your requirements.
We always take a holistic view, taking into account both dogs and owners, and can help you to address aggression, fear, and all manner of behaviour and training issues.
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28 customer reviews
Jo Glavin
Julia has been such an amazing support to us following the adoption of an amazing rescue dog with the small issue of separation anxiety. She is always ready to offer further advice whenever we need it. She has given us positive reinforcement as owners, and the resources to give our dog Ludo the right training and enrichment to help him overcome his anxiety. Highly recommended! More...
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Ange McHugh
amazing x
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Susanne Broughton
Julia is Fantastic, what more can I say! No nonsense way of explaining the complex ways of dogs
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Tamasine Smith
Julia is amazing. Very knowledgable and patient. She taught me so much and has supported me in many occasions since. I have often directed others to her for support, advice and hands on help. She is a genuinely caring person and has a great team of dogs around her too. Would recommend Balance Behaviour to anyone. More...
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Babs Walsh
We had the best start when we adopted Lola because Julia and co gave us the tools and advice to attend to Lola’s issues of anxiety and nervousness , I would highly recommend Balance Behaviour to anyone ,and always there if you need them
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Pam Thornton
Julia gave me the confidence to allow my challenging dog to meet, greet and walk with other dogs. I never thought I would be able to do it. Thank you �
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Kimberley Wells
To start myself and Tom would love to say a huge thank you to Julia and Steve and lovely Nikita for travelling to us today. Leo loved meeting you (and eating your tasty hotdogs). Thank you for all your advice and support in the process in helping Leo becoming the best he can be. It is going to take time and consistency but we are going to see many more improvements in the future. Not only in Leo but in ourselves too. There are so many good things that we can say about Balance Behaviour! It has been a pleasure meeting you and we hope to go on some pack walks in the future. In with just a few hours of Leo's assessment we started seeing massive improvements. Highly recommended :) More...
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Sarah Macpherson
Can't thank Julia enough for helping with my boys!
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Gwen Hopkinson
Cannot say enough fabulous things about Balance Behavior , Our girly dog Lola was a agitated wreck at times with reactive behaviour on the lead thrown in but thanks Julia and following her techniques and dietary information. , we are beginning to give Lola a calmer more structured life. We know still have a way to go but with time, patience and consistency we will develop a calm and happy dog thanks to Julia.'s advice and help . If your dogs have any problems calling Balance Behavior is The BEST thing you could do for them . More...
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Mandy Rigby
Julia has been an inspiration to me in my chosen studies in Canine Behaviours. Her knowledge, her practical application and delivering the correct balanced modification plan for the individual dogs behavioural issue(s)is a true gift
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Mandy Devine
Had a great morning with Julia and her student Mandy, who gave us some great advise, we feel much more positive, and looking forward to seeing Otis strive with his progress.
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Liz Green-Wood
We've just finished an afternoon training with Julia and it's been absolutely amazing I feel soooo much more confident and excited about the future and lots of lovely calm relaxed walks with our labradoodle magical milo ��� so grateful we found you! !! Thank you thank you thank you ������ More...
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Karen Jennings
Julia is a fantastic Behaviourist. To see her in action is truly impressive - she has the best interests of the dog and their humans at the heart of everything she does and says. A very inspiring person
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Margaret Williams
Julia totally saved my best friend Opie from re-homing or worse! At a time when I was in such a bad place having just lost my husband. Julia showed me how to cope with a very naughty border collie puppy. We still have a long way to go but with the advice Julia gave us I now have a very affectionate loving little dog. I love him so much and we both love Julia. More...
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Emma Backhouse
Superb service, attention to detail of individual dog's behaviour. Very friendly and very helpful. Spent 2 and a half hours including meeting, assessment, walking, learning with the dogs. Fabulous service at a great price
Phaze Hairdressing
Julia has made so much sense to us and explained in terms easy for us to understand why our dog behaves the way she does. It has given me so much more confidence to move our dog forward on her training and hopefully eventually she will be more confident when she's around other dogs Highly recommended Liz and James Lunn
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John Smith
We love Julia and Balanced Behaviour. Julia helps us at a distance at a moment's notice and never fails to shed light on the answers that get us to where we need to be with our Tribe of 12 mixed breed street dogs and our itty bitty Chihuahua! Wadi Wranglers is blessed to have Julia on our team! Thanks Auntie Julia!!! More...
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megan
Julia's help and ongoing help has been fantastic for me and my dog, White German Shepherd, Ziggy. We determined that Ziggy has a fear based depression towards other doggies, and through the help of Julia, I have helped his confidence blossom and also change certain ways I approached situations in order to help him further. Thanks a billion Julia!
Bridget Fahy
Julia is absolutely fantastic and I can't recommend her enough. She made me feel empowered with her advice and reassurance when I felt like I had lost a lot of my confidence xx
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Lana Martin
Awesome :D Julia is brilliant and Ralf is a dude now, well... mostly haha! But she's helped me loads with sorting him out!
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Louise Wright
Great individual support and fantastic pack walks. Everyone can learn how to understand their dogs a little better. Thanks Julia
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Kerry Illingworth
Julia's expertise made me feel really confident that things may change with our complicated Ebt x staff . The diagnostic report was thorough,but also easy to follow. I was suprised at the timescale of my daily regime . Thankyou Julia , i was expecting hours of training daily.!!! We can fit this into our daily lifes .it's a realistic approach. More...
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Stacey
When I first met Julia I was at my witts end with my dog and I'd seriously tried everything. She really was my dogs guardian angel as withought her help and support I'm not sure my dog would still be with our family today.
Julia is so in depth and really does care about you and your pet. She supports and advises without judging and truly has the best intrests of you and your pet in mind at all times.
I couldn't recommend her and Steve enough.
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Sarah Dawson
Julia really knows her stuff! She helped me with my temperamental girl Rosie who was aggressive with other dogs and she could soon be walked without me being in fear. Wonderfully helpful and patient, I would recommend to everyone! More...
Stacey and tess
I couldn't recommend Julia enough. She saved my relationship with my very damaged rescue dog. I can now enjoy having her whilst keeping her secure and safe in the scary world she lives in. Julia gave me the tools to make both our lives better and the support she continues to provide is invaluable. Thank you so so much. More...
Anne-Marie
Dog Training
Great advice!
Julia has been the key for me regaining my confidence in walking Casper, after an incident of aggression
I found Julia, and Steve, who was helping, to be professional, knowledgeable, easy to understand, patient and calm
If you and your best buddy are having a few issues then I highly recommend you speak with Julia!
Many thanks Julia! Casper and I are doing well!
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Sarah Dawson
Amazing advice, she really knows her stuff thank you Julia!
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Tammie Ferris
Julia is a lovely lady and has done a fabulous job with the newly re-homed Jeeves! Any issues you have about dogs this lady will be your saviour.
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What do you love most about your job?
I love to help both people and dogs overcome problems. I like to see dogs overcome issues and succeed! It's always a new challenge as no two dogs are the same.
What inspired you to start your own business?
The sheer lack of competence within the field of canine behaviour - there is an awful lot of poor advice offerred. I also really wanted to keep dogs from being relinquished to rescue wherever possible and to ensure harmony so that the dog can remain within the home. Rescue is where it began for me and this is still at the heart of what I do.
Why should our clients choose you?
I offer a genuinely balanced approach to assessment. The approach is always tailored to both the dog and the family. My advice is based on science, knowledge and a lot of experience, but the plan has to be feasible and achievable, for this reason I never use a rigid blueprint as each dog is an individual, as is each family. I design the plan to fit the dog and circumstances using a holistic approach - there is no one size fits all where canine behaviour is concerned!
I am a member of the CFBA, I tutor and supervise work experience for an accredited advanced canine behaviour diploma course, tutor canine health and nutrition and dog law qualifications and I rescue and rehome for local rescue charities - have a broad knowledge of all things dog! I love a challenge and am determined to give the client the tools to succeed regardless of complexity.
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
Yes, I can and do help remotely where this is both possible and sensible. For most cases this is a great way to start quickly whilst waiting for a visit, or to resolve smaller issues.
One to one consultations in your home
A full behaviour evaluation for one or multiple dogs taking a full history, functional analysis and behavioural diagnostic in order to advise and demonstrate behaviour modification techniques that are suited to owner and dog. A full written report and follow up advice via telephone and email is included.
Board and Behaviour
Not suited to all! However board and behaviour programmes can certainly help some dogs in some scenarios. A stay amongst balanced dogs in my home can give me the opportunity to thoroughly assess, and begin teaching foundation skills in order to set the dog up for success.
Telephone Assessment and Advice
Where deemed appropriate and suitable this may be the first step to get you support straight away. This can be followed by a visit if and when required.
