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Gwen Bailey
Gwen Bailey has a BSc(Hons) degree in Zoology.
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Gwen worked for a leading UK national animal
welfare charity from 1988-2002 and pioneered the use of dog
behaviour knowledge in the rehoming of unwanted animals.
She was the first person to be appointed by a national animal welfare charity
as a full time Animal Behaviourist, eventually heading a team of behaviourists.
Gwen has successfully solved behaviour problems in thousands
of rehomed dogs, helping to prevent dogs with behavioural problems being
passed from home to home and improving the rehoming success rate.
Gwen lectures at national and international
conferences, runs training courses for staff at animal charities
around the world and has written many books & education leaflets.
She is a Trustee for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. |
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Puppy School:
Gwen is now working on a new initiative to prevent behaviour
problems among puppies & to encourage friendly, well-behaved dogs for
the future.
Called The Puppy School, it aims to set up a network of professional, well-trained
tutors across the UK.
Please visit:
www.puppyschool.co.uk
for further information. |
Gwen has written
7 books & Training Classes:
Gwen is a member of The Association of Pet Behaviour
Counsellors
and was Chairman from August 1985 to July 1999.
Gwen has also initiated & written numerous Articles
& animal welfare initiatives:
Animal Behaviour Initiatives - Gwen Bailey
1. Leaflets:
- "Leading the Pack"
- the following leaflets available from The
Blue Cross
Animal Welfare Society:
- Alone at Home
- Socialising Your Puppy
- Housetraining an adult dog
- Adolescent chewing
- Looking after your puppy
- A new dog in the family
- Looking after your kitten
- Your adopted cat
- a range of cat behaviour leaflets written in conjunction with FAB
(Feline Advisory Bureau)
2. Puppy training/socialisation classes:
- Classes set up and run successfully
- Founced PuppySchool
in 2002
3. Initiatives at The
Blue Cross:
- Video/booklet for educating new owners "A New Dog in the Family"
with 9 of the main animal welfare charities in the UK
- Assistant Animal Behaviourists recruited and trained
- Survey of behaviour work at Centres conducted and recommendations made for
future work, together with recommendations to improve the socialisation &
habituation of puppies
- Installation of puppy socialisation pens at all Centres
- Survey to assess quality of adoption processes conducted. Subsequent presentation
at International Veterinary Behaviour meeting
- Assisted with 3 year research project to find out causes of separation problems
in rehomed dogs with Southampton University
- 5 year plan for introduction of behaviour work to all Centres, including
recruiting and training Animal Behaviour Advisors, initiated and implementation
completed
- Socialisation charts and sound tapes for puppies and kittens initiated and
prepared. Headstart for Puppies and Kittens initiated, and completed, in association
with Intervet UK Ltd
4. Association
of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC)
- Became a member in 1991, joined their Business Committee in 1992 and was Chairman
from 1995-1999. Now Treasurer (2001/2)
5. Overseas
work
- Lecture tour of Australia giving courses on setting up behaviour clinics
to vets and animal welfare charities
- Courses for shelter staff in New York State
- Lecture for APDT conference in Philadelphia
- Day course for behaviour counsellors in Holland
- Courses for New South Wales Animal Welfare League in Sydney, Australia
- Puppy course in Milan, Italy
6. Training
for charities:
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