PackWalk Pet Behaviour Service is based in Cornwall, UK, and was founded by veterinary surgeon and behaviour expert, Dr Uwe Gerecke, MRCVS.

   "Leader of the Pack" (Dogs Monthly Magazine)

"I believe that behaviour issues seen in dogs and cats do not need to be a struggle for the owners. In the majority of cases, they have developed following a series of misunderstandings between human and animal living together, and can be solved!

"Pet dogs and pet cats do not live in their natural habitat. The environment they live in was created by humans, and pets need a lot of help learning to find their place in it. However, the means of communication available to humans are in certain cases not easily understood by dogs or cats. This can lead to confusion and insecurity of the pets, and in turn to helplessness and frustration of the owners.

"Once such misunderstandings get in the way of animals and humans living together harmoniously, problem behaviours may develop. Pets can easily get stuck in behavioural patterns which then can show in the form of aggression, anxiety, phobias, obsessions, or inappropriate elimination, as well as in territorial, possessive, dominance or protective issues, etc.

"It is my job to find out the reasons for adverse behaviours, and to show you how they can be changed!"

Uwe Gerecke, DrMedVet, MRCVS, graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany, in 1991. He is the author of the pioneering reference report "Companion Animal Behavioural Products" (Informa, London). Published in 2007, this report was specially written for the global animal health industry.