Victoria-Cooper Behaviourist & Mentor

Victoria has worked with us to help us understand how best to support our dog who experiences on lead reactivity towards other dogs. Victoria took the time to understand our dog's needs and individual triggers and throughout the programme of work was able to provide us with new skills to help our dog in different situations. We have seen an improvement in how our dog handles situations which she previously struggled in and I would recommend Victoria to anyone wanting support to help understan...

Victoria helped us with our 1 year old collie cross who had issues/fear with strangers, bikes, scooters etc. etc. she helped with showing us how to distract and focus him away from triggers, helped with spotting signs in his body language, so we could spot things in advance. He’s now 20 months old and so much better. Walks are now enjoyable and a lot less stressful. He’s not completely fixed but so much better. Without Victoria’s help I’m not sure if we’d still have him, it was getting that b...

We have called on Victoria's expert knowledge for both basic training and specific behavioural issues with several dogs over the last 20 years. Most recently we needed help with our dog barking in the garden and reactive behaviours to visitors to the home. Victoria takes a thorough approach and provides a plan with full explanation and demonstration of techniques. In our experience following the plan has produced very effective results and brought greater understanding of our dog who seems mu...

I cannot recommend Victoria enough. We had a very cheeky dog with persistent resource guarding issues. After just 2 sessions we knew exactly how to deal with this unwanted behaviour, what was causing it and how to reduce it. Our dog responded amazingly well to all of Victoria’s training tips and we now have a much better understanding of how to meet his needs. Victoria’s knowledge and skills in dog behaviour is incredible and we can’t thank her enough for all the support that she’s provided.

As a first time dog owner, I immersed myself in books and a myriad of online information and advice about dog care. However, I soon began to realise, that despite the enormous attention I was giving my little dog, Fred, he seemed so anxious. We completed early puppy training successfully, but his anxiety levels grew rather than diminish. He stopped sleeping at night and started to have toilet accidents despite being toilet trained. I was exhausted, upset and seriously considering that I did n...