Second Nature Behaviour

Without Zoe coming to see us and organising a behaviour plan for our border collie, I feel I would have had to rehome him. Echo shows nervous aggression whenever people come near him. With the behaviour plan in place and lots of hard work from us as a family we now have a more relaxed dog. We still have a long way to go but we now know Echo and how he reacts in situations and why so we can quickly defuse it. A wonderful service from second nature knowing we can call Zoe at any time is so reassuring. Thank you second nature and Zoe so friendly and understanding.

I cannot recommend Zoe enough. I have two German Shepherds who are extremely anxious around other dogs. Zoe gives them both so much care and attention, she even accompanied me on a dog walk to give practical help and advice for challenging situations! She is great at giving tips and tricks, training suggestions and food recommendations for my boys. Not only is Zoe amazing with the dogs but she is a lovely person to work with and made me feel at ease. The best service you can get for a reasonable price. Thank you Zoe!

We went into our first visit with Zoe feeling anxious and afraid thatwe may end up having to find a new home for one of our belovedfrenchies if they didn’t stop their aggressive behaviour towards eachother. Fast forward 6 months and our dogs are happier (and betterbehaved!) than ever and we are finally back to a place where we canrelax around our dogs without fear of a fight breaking out due tojealousy. Zoe is understanding and always happy to answer any questionsyou may have. We are just so grateful to have found her and wouldrecommend her to anyone and everyone!!!!!

Zoe has been an amazing help in integrating our two fractious felines. The whole process has been really thorough and we felt that she took the time to get to know both of us and our cats. We had some immediate 'quick wins' from her initial recommendations and she's been there to support us and answer questions as we've carried on with the behaviour work and homework she's set us. 100% recommended

I have been Zoe's mentee for over three years now and I would thoroughly recommend the experience to any budding CABs out there! Zoe is a kind mentor who is not only passionate and knowledgeable about behavioural science but also about helping her mentees to be the very best version of themselves. My favourite thing about mentoring with Zoe is that she has a way of challenging you and helping you to grow whilst also making your feel incredibly supported. She always has time to chat through challenging cases in a one to one session and hosts regular group sessions to help you network with other mentees. If I could give more than five stars, I would!

We were referred to Zoe by our vets as one of our greyhounds was proving difficult to settle and was reactive to other dogs, seemed to have some sort of sleep terrors and was generally proving difficult to adjust into our household. Zoe's clear methods and easy style of communication quickly put us at ease, and helped us to understand both what the dogs were saying to us and what message we were subconsciously sending to them. With a few simple techniques, easily and clearly explained, and lots of consistent practice and hard work, we now have a significantly more relaxed household and two much calmer, happier dogs. We still have occasional setbacks, but because of what we learned over 6 short months with Zoe we can very quickly reset and get back on track. We recently moved to North Devon and thanks to the improvements in behaviour, we have had the pleasure of watching the dogs running free together along the beach, something that would have been impossible previously. I would recommend Zoe without hesitation to anyone looking to better understand their dog and improve their relationship with their furry friend.

Zoe is not only a brilliant certificated clinical animal behaviourist, but an incredibly knowledgable and supportive mentor to those currently gaining clinical experience towards CCAB accreditation. Zoe has helped me to focus in on the areas of behaviour that most interest me and that I feel I can most effectively help and support owners and their animals towards improved welfare and quality of life. She has helped me to focus on my strengths and given me the confidence to embrace and develop them. I highly recommend Zoe as a mentor.

I would like to thank Zoe for all the support provided me throughout our mentoring relationship over the period I was studying in the UK, three years ago. Our mentoring sessions have had an incredible impact on my professional growth as a behaviourist. I am very grateful to have been allowed to learn from your experience.

Zoe has mentored me over the last two years as I’ve built up my practical experience of behaviour consultations. Her feedback and advice throughout the process of carrying out consultations, writing reports and following-up with clients have been invaluable. The supportive WhatsApp group that she set up to enable her mentees to communicate with her and each other has also been very useful for me, and enabled me to get to know other behaviourists with varied backgrounds, and to discuss cases with them. I’m also very grateful for the encouragement Zoe gave me as I prepared to be assessed by the accreditation committee of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, and her delight when I became accredited as a Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist for dogs.

Zoe changed our lives for the better. My dogs had started to fight with each other for various reasons. Zoe spent hours with us trying to work out why and how to overcome the problem. Zoe put in hours of work and we out lots of hard work in too with support from Zoe. Whilst we still have a long way to go things have vastly improved and we can enjoy our beautiful collies again. We can't thank Zoe enough