ACEing Separation Anxiety Group NOVEMBER 24 INTAKE
An Animal Centred Education Based Separation Anxiety Programme for Sensitive Dogs
November 2024 Intake
Small Group Programme
"Stephie, we can't thank you enough. For the last year, me and my husband haven't been able to leave the house together unless dog walking. Our world has been really small. From working through this programme, we can now confidently leave the house in real-life situations without any signs of anxiety."
Katy and Panda
I hear you. I know that you've done your best to ease your dog into a supportive home. I know that you've tried to help your dog through the distress of staying at home alone.
If you're like most of my clients, you'll have been told that you just need to pick up your car keys or put your shoes on, what feels like a million times a day, and they’ll get used to it...
Or you'll have been told that you just have to step out of the door, for 30 seconds, or a minute, or 45 seconds, and your dog’ll get used to it...
And if you've followed this advice for long enough then maybe your dog *can* manage 30 seconds, or a minute, or 45 seconds. Maybe they can even manage ten minutes.
Maybe you can even get all the way around the corner, or hide next door, glued to the camera, watching for signs that you need to dash home again.
But when it comes to anything longer - uh uh, no way. And then you're trapped again, a prisoner again. Or everyone in the street is mad at you because your dog's been barking and you're coming back to destruction yet again.
Many approaches to treating separation anxiety can be impossibly confusing, demoralising, and down-right lonely for you, the caregiver. You have a life too! It all feels so unfair.
So what's happening? Why isn't the advice you've been following so far working?
Well, for a dog living with trauma around separation, all that desensitising to keys, coats, and shoes is actually sensitising your dog to them. It's keeping your dog in a heightened state of anxiety.
Your dog's internal dialogue is going something like this...
"Are you going out now? No? Phew! Are you going out now? No? Yes? How about now? Are you going out now?"
And then when you do go out and your dog can't cope, they're being re-traumatised. Each and every time.
Yes, you and your dog are both suffering from TRAUMA, and all the desensitisation in the world won't help the two of you to heal.
That's why there's no desensitisation in my separation anxiety programme.
None whatsoever.
"Stephie emanates calm! She is empathetic, patient and incredibly knowledgeable. She adopts a holistic and unique approach."
Bea and Angelo
My name is Stephie Guy and I'm a professional dog behaviour consultant helping people like you, with dogs like yours, to live normal lives just like everyone else.
I'm here to help you navigate this challenging journey.
With both personal and professional experience of the struggles of living with an anxious hyper-attached dog that cannot be left without destroying the place, toileting in the house and annoying the neighbours with the barking, I know what you're going through.
I know that you don't need even more training hints and tips. You've got enough of those to last a lifetime.
What you need is someone that truly understands where you and your dog are coming from. You need a programme that can help you to overcome the traumas surrounding your experiences so far - because if your dog is uncontrollably losing their mind every time you go out, then you and your dog are living with trauma.
And any decent therapist will tell you that you can't overcome trauma through hints and tips. You can't overcome trauma by treating it like any other training issue, and you certainly can't overcome trauma by teaching tolerance of the events surrounding the trauma.
ACEing Separation Anxiety is a simple step-by-step process using Animal Centred Education techniques that were developed by Sarah Fisher with the input of hundreds, if not thousands of dogs.
In just twenty minutes each day you will
- switch off the panic and tap into your individual dog’s calm confident curiosity
- develop an easy and effortless system based on trust and understanding between you and your dog
- reclaim your independence!
Join the ACEing Separation Anxiety programme and regain peace and independence for you and your dog.
"I have been following Stephie's Separation anxiety course, and with the simple techniques and some things I changed with normal day-to-day things MIllie is calmer inside and outside the home which as helped her separation anxiety and my own anxiety."
"I will be eternally grateful to you ❤️ I can now leave Millie completely alone for 4 hours."
Angela and Millie
ACEing Separation Anxiety Group NOVEMBER 24 INTAKE
An Animal Centred Education Based Separation Anxiety Programme for Sensitive Dogs
"I don't think of Stephie as a dog trainer. I think of her as a relationship fixer, a teacher, the world's best body language reader, bar none"
Eileen and Emmet
ACEing Separation Anxiety Group NOVEMBER 24 INTAKE
An Animal Centred Education Based Separation Anxiety Programme for Sensitive Dogs
LIVE Small Group Training on Zoom
Discuss each new module with Stephie LIVE on zoom, share your progress and get your questions answered
Lifetime Access to Classroom Material
All the course material is yours to keep so that you can go as quickly or as slowly as you and your dog choose.
Live Classes for 6 months
Group Zooms with Stephie for 6 months, all included in the price
Private Facebook Group Support
Stay connected to Stephie and your support community in your very own Inner Circle 24/7.
"Stephie is a kind and compassionate, dog trainer, I am in the separation anxiety programme, everything is done in easy steps, with support on the website, Facebook group and zoom calls."
"She is also a Dynamic dog practitioner, which means if you take videos of your dog walking and moving she will look at them to see if there's something not quite right with your dog, with Stephie's help I have found out that my dog has elbow dysplasia, all this is done online so there's no travelling involved."
"Millie's training is going well, she can now be completely alone for 4 hours. Such a difference from the zoomy birdchaser she was. Thank you Stephie."
Angela and Millie
CLASS DATES
November (weekly)
Tuesdays: 12th, 19th, 26th
7.30pm UK time
December (alternate weeks)
Tuesdays: 3rd,17th
7.30pm UK time
January (alternate weeks)
Tuesdays: 7th,21st
7.30pm UK time
February (alternate weeks)
Tuesday 4th, 18th 7.30pm UK time
March (monthly)
Tuesday 4th 7.30pm UK time
April (monthly)
Tuesday 1st, 15th 7.30pm UK time
All classes are live with Stephie, they're all recorded and will be available afterwards to watch and rewatch as many times as you like.
Enroll Here
"We started working with Bonnie's training last year, but after some initial progress, we stopped for three months due to conflicting advice. When we joined Stephie's course in March, we essentially had to start from scratch, but we quickly regained the momentum we had lost. We’re now able to leave Bonnie alone for 10 minutes again, and though she doesn’t always lie down, she’s no longer distressed."
"One of the most significant benefits has been identifying Bonnie’s gait and posture issues, which we were unaware of until you pointed them out. Thanks to your guidance and physio treatment, Bonnie is improving."
"The freework sessions were also new to us, and we now know how to run them for her benefit."
"The course content has been excellent, and having access to it after the course will be invaluable as we continue to work with Bonnie."
"The support we’ve received—whether through group sessions, Facebook, or one-on-one help—has been outstanding. The course has been absolutely worth it, and we’d highly recommend it to anyone."
Tony and Di
ACEing Separation Anxiety Group NOVEMBER 24 INTAKE
An Animal Centred Education Based Separation Anxiety Programme for Sensitive Dogs
A final word from Katy and Panda:
Release the trauma and live the life you and your dog deserve.
See you on the inside.
"We’ve now had 5 sessions with Stephie and it’s absolutely amazing. The training she has done with us has given us a much more confident caring dog."
Sarah and Ralph
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