Overview

Our Mentorship Programme is designed for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of canine behaviour and improve their real-world skills with dogs. This includes trainee dog trainers, aspiring behaviourists, veterinary staff, kennel and boarding staff, dog walkers, keen pet owners, and complete beginners who want to learn properly from the start.

This is a practical coaching, shadowing, guidance and support programme where you work directly with an experienced canine behaviourist each month. You can bring cases, scenarios, questions, and learning goals, and receive guidance, direction, and real-world experience to help you progress confidently in your chosen path with dogs.

Whether your aim is to build a career in the canine sector, improve professional competence, or simply become a more informed and capable dog handler, this programme gives you structured development, live exposure to real cases, and personalised support.

What You Will Learn / Gain

✔ Read dogs in real time
✔ Manage your emotional and cognitive responses under pressure
✔ Build calm authority without dominance or confusing philosophies
✔ Understand why methods work (and when they don’t)
✔ Apply behavioural science in real practice

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  • Case reviews and behavioural reasoning
  • Handling and training methodology
  • Client communication and scenario planning
  • Career or qualification progression
  • Skills development and confidence building
  • Problem-solving specific cases you are working with

Shadowing allows you to observe real behavioural cases or training sessions. This can be:

  • Across multiple sessions
  • In a single day or across multiple days
  • Focused on the type of cases you want to develop experience in

Including:

  • Recommended reading and learning pathways
  • Guidance on courses and certifications
  • Skills gap analysis
  • Specialism development
  • Recommendations on areas to strengthen
  • Welfare and ethics considerations

Via WhatsApp for:

  • Case questions
  • Quick clarifications
  • Resources and advice
  • Motivation and accountability

This mentorship is suitable for:

  • trainee dog trainers
  • aspiring behaviourists
  • dog trainers and behaviourists who want to elevate their skills, handle more complex cases, and work with greater clarity and confidence
  • veterinary professionals (vets, nurses, support staff)
  • kennel, boarding, and rescue staff
  • dog walkers wanting to upskill
  • enthusiastic dog owners
  • those considering a future career in this field

By taking part in this mentorship you can expect to:

  • become more confident around dogs, clients and other canine professionals
  • develop better behavioural reasoning skills
  • gain exposure to real-world scenarios and casework
  • improve communication and handling
  • build professional competence
  • clarify your future pathway with dogs
  • receive ongoing support and accountability

Monthly Membership

The mentorship is delivered as a monthly membership, giving you ongoing guidance, hands-on insights, and direct access to expert support as you work with real dogs and clients, or progress with your own dog.

Investment: £750 per month

For those seeking long-term growth or professional qualification, reduced rates are available for extended commitments. Longer enrolments are ideal for:

  • Professionals working toward professional certifications

  • Apprentices or interns seeking structured development

  • Trainers and behaviourists looking to upskill to the highest level

  • Career transitions into canine behaviour and training

By committing over time, you’ll gain not just knowledge, but the confidence, clarity, and practical skillset that come from continuous, guided experience.

To talk to us in more detail and to make a booking, get in touch.

Meet Your Mentor

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Why Mentor With Anthony?

Working with dogs is deeply rewarding, and deceptively complex. Whether you’re a trainer, veterinary professional, kennel staff member, dog walker, or an owner who wants to truly understand their dog, canine behaviour can feel crowded with conflicting advice and competing theories.

Mentorship with me exists for one reason: to help you see dogs clearly, make confident decisions, and develop calm authority in any situation.

Real-World Experience, Not Just Theory

I’ve worked hands-on with thousands of dogs over tens of thousands of hours, including cases involving fear, aggression, reactivity, anxiety, and other challenging behaviours many professionals avoid.

This mentorship isn’t about rigid protocols or loyalty to a single “method.” It’s about learning how to:

  • Read dogs accurately in real time

  • Understand emotional state, not just outward behaviour

  • Make clear decisions under pressure

  • Adapt your approach to this dog, in this moment

We focus on what actually works — in homes, clinics, kennels, rescues, and real-world environments where theory alone isn’t enough.

Alongside my hands-on work, I write and publish about canine behaviour. I’m the author of The Nerdy Book of Dog Facts (2025), currently writing my second book on canine reactivity, and my work has been featured in international publications including The Good Men Project, Pet-Liberty and USA Wire. The full list of my featured publications can be found here.

An Integrated Perspective

I’ve studied and worked with some of the most influential figures in the dog world, including Cesar Millan, Cheri Wulff-Lucas, Dr Ian Dunbar, and Katrin Scholz, alongside formal academic study in animal behaviour and welfare.

This has given me a rare perspective: most approaches are partially right, but no single one tells the full story.

As a mentor, I help you understand:

  • why different methods work

  • where they fall short

  • how to integrate the best of each into a coherent, ethical, practical framework

One that fits the dogs and the people you work with.

Clarity Over Dogma

Many people know the theory, but still hesitate when it matters.

Mentorship with me helps you:

  • Develop a clear, reliable framework for understanding behaviour

  • Apply learning, emotional, and neurological principles in practice

  • Avoid dogma while maintaining ethical clarity

  • Build trust and calm authority with every dog you interact with

No matter your role, this mentorship is about seeing dogs clearly, deciding confidently, and standing calmly in that decision.

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