Behaviour support for reactive and rescue dogs, in English.

A dog who reacts is not disobeying

He is dealing with an emotion that overwhelms him. Most often, fear. That is where the work starts: understanding the cause before touching the symptom.

Two dogs behaving identically can have opposite causes underneath, and therefore need work that has nothing in common. This is why a behaviour is never touched before we know what produces it.

What I work on

Reactivity. Towards dogs, people or vehicles, whatever the origin (fear, frustration, learned defence) and whatever the expression (barking and lunging, freezing, fleeing, or overexcitement).

Food-related anxiety. Eating so fast it becomes dangerous, scavenging and pica, guarding, refusing to eat, or a dependence on treats that quietly undermines every other piece of behaviour work.

Second-chance dogs. Shelter dogs, imported rescues, laboratory dogs, rehomed dogs. A difficult past is not a life sentence, but it does mean starting from where the dog actually is rather than where the protocol assumes he should be.

Why online works

A reactive dog observed with a stranger who has just walked into his home does not show his usual behaviour: he shows his reaction to that intrusion. Online, I see him in his baseline state, at home, in the exact context where the problem happens. With dogs who react to people, I am the trigger myself in person, which makes observation impossible.

You film the sequences that matter, when they actually occur, rather than staging an approximation on the one afternoon a consultant was available.

How it works

1. A free 15-minute call. Online. You describe what is happening. I tell you honestly what I make of it, and refer you elsewhere if your situation belongs somewhere else.

2. A full assessment, 90 minutes, 110 €. A detailed questionnaire is sent beforehand, so the assessment is prepared before it starts. Complete history, observation, ruling out false leads. You receive a written reading of the situation, a plan built for your dog, and your own online space: exercises, videos, photos, explanations, session reports, data collection and calendar in one place.

3. What follows depends on what the assessment showed, and often it is ongoing support over three months, 648 €. Availability five days a week, unlimited questions, unlimited written material, a full report after each session, and protocol adjustments made on the spot rather than at the next appointment. Sessions roughly every two weeks, adjusted to what the dog needs.

What I do not do

No aversive tools of any kind: no e-collars, no slip or prong collars, no method built on fear. This is not only a matter of ethics, it is a question of what works: you remove the signal, not the state producing it. A dog who no longer warns has not stopped being afraid, he has stopped warning.

I do not assess medical conditions, which is your vet’s job and not mine. Where pain or a physical cause is plausible, I ask you to see them first, and I work alongside them.

Time zones

I am based in France (CET). I regularly work with people in North America. Slots exist, there are simply fewer of them. Mention it when you book.