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Natalie Meier

Advanced Senior Trainer, Worcester

Natalie Meier

Natalie is a valued member of the Adolescent Dogs team, with over 12 years of experience in dog training. She has extensive expertise working with a variety of breeds and consistently achieves excellent results with the dogs she trains.

 

Natalie lives in a lively household with her partner and three children (ages 14, 5, and 4). She also has two cats, allowing her to provide training for dogs in environments with cats.

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Natalie is dedicated to continuing her education, staying up-to-date with the latest training and behaviour research to enhance her skills and develop effective approaches tailored to each dog and their owner.

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A strong advocate of reward-based training, Natalie uses treats, toys, games, and lots of praise to make the training experience enjoyable and effective for dogs, all while maintaining high welfare standards.

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To ensure a personalised and exclusive training experience, Natalie only takes in one dog at a time for training. While she doesn't currently have a dog of her own, she has previously owned and trained two Dachshunds and two Belgian Shepherds to an advanced level using modern, reward-based training techniques.

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Background Qualifications, Online Courses, Webinars, Seminars & Experience 
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  • Adolescent Dogs Instructor Certificate - Advanced Senior

  • Brenda Aloff Academy 

  • ​11 Years Experience Training at Adolescent Dogs

  • Attended Dog First Aid Course 2017

  • School of Canine Science - Behaviour Bible (currently studying) 2021

  • Grisha Stewart - Attended Behaviour Adjustment Training (BAT)

  • John Rogerson - Attended Reactive Dogs Seminar at the Northern Centre for Canine Behaviour

  • Forrest Micke - Engagement Skills Webinar

  • Forrest Micke - Heelers Toolbox Beginners & Intermediate webinar

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Attended Simple solutions for common behaviour and training problems Seminar

  • Dr Ian Dunbar -  Attended A critical analysis of existing learning theory seminar

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Attended  Pros and cons of the 5 reward based training techniques Seminar

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Attended Dog Aggression Fighting & Biting Seminars

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Growl Classes Webinar

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Attended Science based dog training with feeling

  • Dr Ian Dunbar - Crucial concepts in dog behaviour and training Webinar

  • Dr Ian Dunbars Sirius Dog Training Academy Webinars

  • Trevor Cooper - Attended Dog Law Seminar, Nina Bondarenko - Smarter Dog Training

  • David Ryan - Attended Predatory Chase Behaviour in dogs

  • Trevor Cooper -  Attended My dog and the dangerous dogs act

  • Sharon Bolt - 7 simple ways to get a well behaved dog Webinar

  • IMDT Institute of Modern Dog Trainers - Attended Canine Rehabilitation & Aggression Seminar

Watch videos of dogs trained by Natalie below

Poppy the Boxer Puppy - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training
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Poppy the Boxer Puppy - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Poppy the 18 week old Boxer puppy has completed a 2 week residential training holiday at Adolescent Dogs Primarily her owners wanted us to help her to walk better on lead (and not bite it constantly), to work on teaching alternative behaviours to jumping up when meeting people and to better socialise her to a variety of stimuli now that lockdown restrictions are starting to ease. Poppy did incredibly well during her time with us, and her ability to settle in the house in particular made huge progress. This will serve as an excellent foundation to build on with a view to taking her to cafes once we are all able to enjoy eating out again. She can now walk giving eye contact to her handler for short periods on lead and this can be built on with time. She bites the lead far less, and more importantly, she understands to stop the behaviour when asked and responds if she does forget herself and attempts the old behaviour. We worked hard to socialise her as best as possible during the continued lock down, taking her to a variety of locations, exposing her to novel sights and sounds and pairing them with positive reinforcement. Poppy is a bundle of fun and we loved having her in our home, we will miss her incredibly loud snoring immensely! www.adolescentdogs.com You can learn with us online too #boxerdog #residentialdogtraining #puppytraining
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