How this works in practice.
The format, the languages, in-person work, what you need on your side and what you receive from mine.
Online
On a standard video link, with nothing to install. Ninety minutes for the assessment, then an hour for each follow-up session. You get a link, you click it, that is all.
This is not a fallback. 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.
In French or in English
The work is run in either language, with no difference in method or price. Some of the dogs I follow come from abroad, and so do some of the people who adopted them.
In person, around Toulouse
In-person work exists, in one case only: when the work is done jointly with a vet. A shared consultation, two people observing, decisions taken together. General practice, behavioural medicine, orthopaedics: the speciality does not matter.
This is not a scheduling constraint. A large share of the behaviours brought to me have a physical component: joint pain, digestive discomfort, sensory impairment. On those cases, two sets of eyes are better than one, and one of the two needs to be able to examine the dog medically.
If your vet is willing, tell me. If you have not raised it with them yet, that is not a blocker: we talk it through during the free call.
Time zones
I work with people outside Europe. Slots exist, there are simply fewer of them. Mention it when you book and we will find one together.
What you need
A decent connection and a quiet room. If you can, a few videos of the situations that cause trouble, filmed from a safe distance and never by deliberately setting off the scene in order to record it. A poor video of something real is worth more than a well-staged reconstruction.
What you receive
After the assessment: a written document setting out the full reading of the situation and the plan built for your dog.
During full ongoing support: a report after each session, written material with no limit on quantity, and availability five days a week for three months. If the protocol needs adjusting, it is adjusted on the spot, without waiting for the next appointment.
What I do not do
No aversive tools: no e-collars, no slip 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.
And when something falls outside my competence, I say so and hand it on. A professional with an opinion on everything is a professional whose opinions are worth very little.
It remains to be seen whether I am the right person.
Fifteen minutes on the phone is enough to settle it. It is free and commits you to nothing.