Dogs in Translation

Dogs in Translation - Dog Listener and Behaviourist in Weston Longville, Norwich

Understanding your Dog begins with Listening . . .

If your dog is reacting negatively towards other dogs or people, pulling on the lead, barking excessively, or struggling to cope in everyday situations, you’re not alone — and you’re in the right place. Many dogs simply haven’t learnt how to feel safe in our human world. Their behaviour is often a reflection of overwhelm, confusion, or emotional pressure, not disobedience.

I’m Lucy Parkes, a Recommended Dog Listener and Behaviourist, affiliated with world‑renowned author and original Dog Listener, Jan Fennell. For over 18 years, I’ve been helping dogs and their humans across Norwich, Norfolk and the wider East Anglia region to overcome reactivity, anxiety, aggression, separation issues, and many other behavioural challenges.

My approach is kind, positive, and deeply holistic. I look at what your dog is experiencing emotionally — and how those emotions influence their behaviour, their body, and their ability to cope. My background as an NLP Master Practitioner, combined with nearly two decades of working closely with Highly Sensitive Dogs, allows me to support both ends of the lead with clarity, compassion and confidence.

Home Consultations
A one to one dog behaviour consultation is suitable for you, if you would like to gain a broader and deeper understanding of your unique dog and resolve – or avoid – problem behaviour. By visiting you in your home, I am able to work with you, your dog/s and any other family members to create beneficial relationships and an environment that allows your dog/s to fulfil his/her greatest potential as a valued member of your pack.

Depending on the behavioural issues, I am usually with people for between two and four hours and during that time I initiate a change in pack dynamics and lay down the foundations for a process that you will then continue to implement. After I have been out to visit you, I continue to support you via telephone and email, guiding and encouraging you as you proceed. The back-up is included in the cost of the consultation and is an essential part of the service that I offer you. My existing clients tell me that the on-going back-up is invaluable and I regularly hear from them with progress reports and to offer on-going advice as they encounter new challenges and life-changes.

A one to one behavioural consultation is of particular benefit to you, if your dog is exhibiting any of the following -

Aggression towards other dogs (including own pack members)
Aggression towards people (including owner)
Separation anxiety
Fear of noise – thunder, fireworks, gun shots
Problems with food – not eating, food obsessed, guarding.
Excessive barking
Destruction – of home, of self (chewing paws, pulling out hair, obsessive grooming/licking)
Toileting in the house
Eating faeces
Compulsive behaviours – tail chasing, licking, pacing, digging
General lack of cooperation – pulling on lead, poor recall, jumping up
General anxiety



Dog Group Work
These sessions are available to people who I have already worked with, or, people who already follow Jan Fennell’s kind and positive approach to living and working with dogs and have either read ‘The Dog Listener’ and ‘The Practical Dog Listener’ or watched the DVD of the same name. It’s important to have already begun the process of reassuring your dog that all is well and that he/she can trust you – in the house and garden first – before bringing your dog into a group situation. It is also important to understand the effect on your dog, of bringing him into a group situation.

Dog Training Workshop
Come and find out how Jan Fennell at Dogs in Translation developed her kind, positive and holistic approach to living and working with dogs and how, by changing the way that you interact with your dog/s, you can gain their calm cooperation in all areas of your lives together.

Talks
I am available to talk at groups and events about Dog Listening, how it was developed and why it works.
Please contact me for further details.