Amanda Newell - Dog/Human Bond Consultant

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My focus is the relationship — how dogs and the humans who love them communicate and understand each other, with communication flowing both ways. It's about living alongside one another with mutual understanding, in a way that meets everyone's needs.

Clients come to me with a wide range of questions. Sometimes it's simply wanting to give their dog their best life, to understand beyond training and behaviour modification, to explore what it is to be a dog from a dog’s point of view.   Maybe your relationship has changed or feels different. Sometimes it's after a particular event that has changed things or feeling that you want to explore your bond deeply.  

We can talk about anything that matters to you about your dog and your relationship with them — practical, emotional, or philosophical. And of course, if clicker training or behaviour techniques are useful, I'll teach them. Where they're not, we'll explore something different together.

The work draws on animal science, philosophy, anthropology, and the lived reality of being in relationship with the animals we share our lives with.

My background includes an MA in Anthrozoology from Exeter, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Animal Behaviour, and many years as an allied healthcare professional working with communication, language and relationship across human therapeutic disciplines. I'm also a writer and the author of an upcoming book on the human-dog bond.

Consultations are relaxed, conversational, individual to your needs and online — accessible from anywhere in the UK. You can read more about my work, my journal, and my approach at www.ilovedogs.love