Beforeyour appointment
Reviewing the background
We review your questionnaire, veterinary referral and full medical history before your appointment, with clinical-team input including veterinary behaviour expertise.
Clinical behaviour consultations
Dog behaviour
support
When your dog’s behaviour is making everyday life difficult, we’ll help you understand what’s happening and work on a practical plan.
In-person support locally, with online consultations available across the UK and internationally where appropriate.
How we can help
We look at your dog’s health, experiences and routines, alongside the situations they find difficult.
Reactivity towards dogs
Support for dogs who find encounters with other dogs difficult.
Fear and anxiety
Explore the situations your dog finds worrying and the changes that may help.
Separation difficulties
Help with difficulties when your dog is left alone.
Guarding food or objects
Understand concerns around food, possessions and access to resources.
Noise sensitivity
Support for dogs who struggle with fireworks or other sounds.
Handling difficulties
Look at concerns around touch, handling and everyday care.
What’s included
Background review, a consultation and support to put your plan into practice.
Our clinical behaviour team supports dogs and their owners in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and online.
1–2hour consultation
Understanding your dog
Talk through your dog’s health, experiences and routines. We agree a tailored behaviour plan, followed by a written plan and communication with your referring vet.
2months of follow-up
Putting the plan into practice
Support to review progress, adjust the plan and work through practical difficulties. Standard includes up to three follow-up hours; Intensive includes up to five, used within two months.
Consultation fees and follow-up support
Choose the level of support
Consultation & follow-up
Standard
£595consultation and follow-up
- Initial consultation and written plan
- Up to 3 hours of follow-up over 2 months
- Discounted group sessions
Additional practical support
Intensive
£945consultation and follow-up
- Initial consultation and written plan
- Up to 5 hours of follow-up over 2 months
- WhatsApp support for 2 months
- Suitable group sessions included for 2 months
- Physiotherapy assessment where indicated, subject to local availability
Physiotherapy assessments are available only within our local service area and are not available to international clients. Please contact the team to confirm whether your location is covered.
Veterinary tests and medication are charged separately by your vet.
Before we meet
A few things to arrange before your appointment.
Complete the questionnaire
Discuss the questions with everyone at home and include any differing accounts. Each pet involved needs a separate questionnaire.
Arrange the veterinary referral
Ask your vet to send a referral and full clinical history. Appointments are confirmed once the questionnaires, referrals and histories have arrived.
Keep any filming relaxed
Footage at home or on a walk may help. Do not provoke a reaction or put a person or animal at risk to record it; the team will guide you if specific footage is needed.
Practical details
Dog behaviour consultation FAQs
Referrals, appointments, follow-up and fees, in one place.
Before you book
Do I need a veterinary referral?
Yes. Each pet needs a referral and full medical history. You or the team can request these from your vet. Appointments are confirmed once the questionnaires, referrals and histories are received. Referral guidance.
What concerns can you help with?
Aggression, reactivity, fear, anxiety, noise sensitivity, over-arousal, separation difficulties, guarding, handling concerns and changes with possible medical or pain-related contributors.
What video should I provide?
Do not create or provoke a problem to capture it. Relaxed footage at home or on a walk is often more useful. Never put a person or animal at risk; the team will guide you if specific footage is needed.
What if the problem involves more than one pet?
The consultation fee is for the consultation, not each pet. Separate questionnaires, referrals and histories are still needed for every animal involved.
Consultation & follow-up
What is included before and after the appointment?
Questionnaire and veterinary-history review, a 1–2 hour consultation, clinical-team input including veterinary behaviour expertise, a tailored written plan and communication with your referring vet. Follow-up helps review progress, adjust the plan and work through practical difficulties.
Can we have home visits or practical sessions?
Within roughly 30 minutes of LN6 9NQ, suitable home visits carry no additional charge. Practical one-to-one work can form part of your three or five follow-up hours. Initial meetings may start on Zoom, with local practical work later. Support further afield, including internationally, can be by Zoom, phone or email.
How long does follow-up last?
Use the Standard option’s three hours or Intensive option’s five hours within two months of the initial consultation. Intensive also includes two months of WhatsApp contact and suitable group sessions, plus physiotherapy assessment where indicated at no extra cost, subject to local availability. Physiotherapy is not available to international clients; contact the team to confirm local coverage.
Can I continue after my follow-up period?
Dog revisits within six months of the initial appointment are £495 Standard or £845 Intensive. Revisit information.
Fees & insurance
Can I claim through insurance?
Check your policy for behaviour cover. Direct claims may be possible if agreed ahead of the appointment. Fees and insurance information.
Are there other costs or discounts?
Your own vet’s tests, procedures and medication are separate. Veterinary Hospital, Lincoln clients receive £50 off an initial consultation when paying directly. Payment plans may be available; ask the team.
Getting started