Helping our dogs become Confident & Co-operative
For dogs who show aggression or anxiety in relation to the vet, the groomer and/or handling at home.
What is The Pet Prep Initiative?
The Pet Prep Initiative helps to provide dog owners, veterinary professionals and dog professionals with a structured program for learning about co-operative care training.
Research tells us that co-operative care training is all well and good, but it is no good if the personnel who need to understand it are in the dark, and if the training does not get generalised to the clinic or grooming environment.
So what is the answer?
Whether you are a:
Dog Professional
(trainers, behaviourists or groomers who can become a Pet Prep Certified Trainer)Vet Professional
(veterinary nurses/assistants who can become a Pet Prep Practitioner)
We can help you understand cooperative care training and all you need to know about dog behaviour to help the dog’s in your care.
How We Can Help
By explaining outcomes to our dogs through training, we can create predictable scenarios, leading to better welfare, calmer pets, safer vet and grooming visits and happier dog owners.
The Pet Prep Initiative aims to unite veterinary staff, dog professionals and owners. If we can all be on the same page, using the same training strategies and terminology, we can make progress where progress may have failed previously.
We can help you! Click on the relevant button below to find out how.
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For Dog Owners
This is perfect for dog owners who would like to build a trusting relationship with their dog via fun co-operative care focused training plans, and learn all about dog behaviour.
We aim for you to feel confident preparing your dog for the vets/groomers, reading their body language and understanding their behavioural needs.
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For Vet Professionals
This is perfect fort vets, veterinary nurses, and nursing assistants.
Learn everything you need to know to help your clients suffering from fear and anxiety at the vets.
When you are ready, become a ‘Pet Prep Practitioner’ and offer Confident & Co-operative Clinics at your practice.
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For Dog Professionals
This is perfect for dog trainers, behaviourists and groomers.
Learn everything you need to know to help your client’s dogs who suffer from anxiety in relation to handling at the vets, groomers or at home, with resources provided.
When you are ready, become a ‘Pet Prep Certified Trainer’ and offer Confident & Cooperative Training Packages.
Meet The Founder
Laura Ward
As a dog owner Laura understands how stressful vet and grooming visits can be. In fact, Neo, her collie has proved particularly challenging in this area.
As an experienced veterinary nurse, Laura has a deep insight into veterinary handling and restraint, and what is required during veterinary visits.
Laura now works as a Clinical Animal Behaviourist. Having always had a passion for animal’s being understood and listened to, Minds Alike Animal Training and Behaviour was founded over ten years ago.
It is through this clinical experience, and busy case load rehabilitating and training hundreds of dogs ,that The Pet Prep Initiative has been created.
