Our Birmingham Hub for Clinical Animal Behaviour

Two labradors in War Memorial Park, Coventry

Meet your local pet behaviourists in Birmingham

Hannah Dawes

Hannah Dawes

Veterinary Behaviourist

Hannah is a Veterinary Surgeon who graduated from the Royal Veterinary Cottage in 2008 and has worked in companion animal general practice ever since. She works part-time at a veterinary surgery in Stourbridge.

Hannah has a General Practitioner certificate in Small Animal Medicine and a postgraduate diploma in companion animal behaviour.

Find out more about Hannah here.

 

Zoe Demery

Zoe Demery

Senior Behaviourist

Zoe is an independently accredited Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB) in dogs, cats and parrots.

Zoe is proud to be a Certificated Member of the Fellowship of Animal Behaviour Clinicians, a registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council and a Certified Animal Behaviour Consultant (in parrots, cats and dogs) with the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants.

Find out more about Zoe here.

 

Megan Richardson

Megan Richardson

Senior Behaviourist

Megan graduated from Harper Adams University with a first class BSc (Hons) degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, then grew her clinical behaviour practice with dogs and cats.  She has many years of experience and is an independently accredited Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB in dogs).

Megan is an active member of various organisations, including FAB Clinicians, APBC and PACT.  Last but not least Megan is registered as a CAB and ATI with the ABTC.

Find out more about Megan here.

Keely Needham

Keely Needham

Senior Behaviourist

Keely graduated from Harper Adams University in 2021 with a first class honours degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour and Welfare. She works part-time as a behaviourist for a large animal welfare organisation. Keely has independent CCAB accreditation in dogs.

Keely has a wealth of experience working with dogs of all breeds and backgrounds and has a passion for understanding the complex needs of troubled dogs and enhancing the bonds with their care-givers and owners.

Find out more about Keely here.

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Second Nature Behaviour
87 Watford Rd, Cotteridge,
Birmingham, West Midlands B30 1NP
Phone: 0121 299 0188
Fax: 0121 281 2225
Email: brum@secondnature.bio

Monday09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday09:00 - 17:00
Thursday09:00 - 17:00
Friday09:00 - 17:00
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Rosie Jenkins

I wholeheartedly recommend Second Nature Behaviour. I have marvellous professional advice and support from Zoe who is so committed to helping me and my dog,Sophie.

To Mei Lam

Zoe is a very responsible dog trainer. Our dog Toby had been a nervous dog since he arrived England, and we had found numerous dog trainers, but they are not helpful with Toby’s situation. However, Zoe had weekly check ins with us, along with regular check ins via WhatsApp. Zoe also helped Toby with his
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Hemendra Singh

I recently used Second Nature Behaviour for my dog’s anxiety issues, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the service provided by Dr. Zoe Demery and her team. Zoe’s deep understanding of animal behaviour and her compassionate approach made a significant difference for us. From the initial consultation, Zoe was incredibly thorough, taking the time
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Carole Valentine

I have been using Zoe’s mentoring services since 2020 and I find them invaluable. Zoe herself is a very supportive, welcoming and encouraging person who helps to build your confidence as well as your knowledge and she dedicates a lot of her time to trying to help others succeed in the pet behaviour industry. She
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Sara Valverde

I would like to thank Zoe for all the support provided me throughout our mentoring relationship over the period I was studying in the UK, three years ago. Our mentoring sessions have had an incredible impact on my professional growth as a behaviourist. I am very grateful to have been allowed to learn from your
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Hannah Burton

I have been Zoe’s mentee for over three years now and I would thoroughly recommend the experience to any budding CABs out there! Zoe is a kind mentor who is not only passionate and knowledgeable about behavioural science but also about helping her mentees to be the very best version of themselves. My favourite thing
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Lynne Taylor

Zoe has mentored me over the last two years as I’ve built up my practical experience of behaviour consultations. Her feedback and advice throughout the process of carrying out consultations, writing reports and following-up with clients have been invaluable. The supportive WhatsApp group that she set up to enable her mentees to communicate with her
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Lacey and Luca

Fantastic communication, gave some amazing advice and have been very helpful with everything, couldn’t recommend enough!

Faye Rogers

Rachel Williams

Zoe is a very supportive mentor, providing valuable feedback on how I carried out my consult and written communication with clients. Being able to shadow Keeley during an in-person follow up session was invaluable too. Highly recommend Second Nature Behaviour to anyone seeking support during their behaviourist career.

Emma Simmons

Zoe is not only a brilliant certificated clinical animal behaviourist, but an incredibly knowledgable and supportive mentor to those currently gaining clinical experience towards CCAB accreditation. Zoe has helped me to focus in on the areas of behaviour that most interest me and that I feel I can most effectively help and support owners and
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karen kawycz

We have recently had the pleasure to work with Megan to help our three year old maltipoo Harry with anxieties and reactivity which has quite honestly impacted on our lives and made us so sorry that Harry was not settled and happy and also that our joy in having this beautiful little dog in our
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Abs Casaus

We have two naughty cats that we would have had to separate if it wasnt for Zoe’s help. She is friendly, supportive and created a pragmatic plan to try to get them to coexist. We have had huge progress and recommend highly to anybody having pet behavioural issues 👍

Tess Whiting

Brilliant! We worked with Megan who is very calm and understanding to help our nervous young staffie with sound sensitivity and fear of dogs. Would recommend them to anyone with a sensitive dog who needs compassion.

Jules Isaacs-garfield

These are wonderful people, really professional, compassionate and knowledgeable. They helped me during a crisis with my dog and their kind, factual, knowledgeable service was excellent. Can’t recommend enough.

Lauren Sharkey

Zoe was a brilliant mentor to me from when I was still a behaviour student and barely knew anything to when I was gaining confidence working in the industry. Being able to watch a variety of her consultations live and then discuss them afterwards was incredibly helpful and challenged me (in a good way). Thanks
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Alice Watts

Zoe has been a fab mentor, supporting me through tricky cases with advice and experience. I’m really pleased to have passed my CAB exams with her support. Thank you Zoe!

Mari Patel

Our vet referred our dog, Trigger, to Dr Zoe Demery after we noticed a change in his behaviour. He had begun to show signs of fear anxiety with other dogs, including, barking, lunging and running at them. Zoe helped us to understand Trigger’s body language and taught us lots of tips and tricks to deal
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Kyra Algazi

Zoe is a great mentor. She always makes sure that I understand why we have to write certain things or not. Zoe continues to help me to increase my knowledge about dogs and English. Kyra Algazi

Lesley Townsend

Zoe at Second Nature Behaviour is a phenomenal mentor. She’s empathic, knowledgeable and experienced. She’s also super approachable which means our sessions never feel like an imposition or a chore and I look forward to our meetings. I’ve learned lots working with her and I highly recommend her services.

K Wilmot

For the last year, Dr. Zoe Demery has been working with me and my dog Bella on separation anxiety and reactivity. I moved from the USA to the UK and back to the USA, and Zoe has stayed in touch and continued to coach me on how to improve Bella’s behavior and make her life
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D Adams

I had a longstanding worry with my male cat urinating in the house and vocalising a lot. I was overwhelmed. This was a complex situation and Zoe has been really down to earth, approachable, and persistent – even at those times I was ready to give up. The home assessment and report was great, and
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Claire hughes

Without Zoe coming to see us and organising a behaviour plan for our border collie, I feel I would have had to rehome him. Echo shows nervous aggression whenever people come near him. With the behaviour plan in place and lots of hard work from us as a family we now have a more relaxed
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Mary Wilde

We were a little apprehensive going to the meeting with Zoe, but we shouldn’t have been as she quickly made us feel at ease, Alfie settled quickly too. Everything Zoe has suggested from closing the kitchen blind so Alfie can’t see the children next door to more complex training has helped enormously. I realise there
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Richard Yarnell

We were referred to Zoe by our vets as one of our greyhounds was proving difficult to settle and was reactive to other dogs, seemed to have some sort of sleep terrors and was generally proving difficult to adjust into our household. Zoe’s clear methods and easy style of communication quickly put us at ease,
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Sarah Pittaway

Zoe has been an amazing help in integrating our two fractious felines. The whole process has been really thorough and we felt that she took the time to get to know both of us and our cats. We had some immediate ‘quick wins’ from her initial recommendations and she’s been there to support us and
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Francisca Silva

If you’re looking for someone to sort out your pet’s behaviour, that you know it’s weird and don’t have a clue why he’s acting like he is, then contact Zoe. Zoe has been amazing and gone the extra mile with us. From diagnosing our newfie with anxiety to putting in practice an action plan but
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Kad Bell

We went into our first visit with Zoe feeling anxious and afraid that we may end up having to find a new home for one of our beloved frenchies if they didn’t stop their aggressive behaviour towards each other. Fast forward 6 months and our dogs are happier (and better behaved!) than ever and we
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Beatrice Schubert

I cannot recommend Zoe enough. I have two German Shepherds who are extremely anxious around other dogs. Zoe gives them both so much care and attention, she even accompanied me on a dog walk to give practical help and advice for challenging situations! She is great at giving tips and tricks, training suggestions and food
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Rachael Harrison

Zoe changed our lives for the better. My dogs had started to fight with each other for various reasons. Zoe spent hours with us trying to work out why and how to overcome the problem. Zoe put in hours of work and we out lots of hard work in too with support from Zoe. Whilst
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Lilly and Kiki

You have been wonderful to work with – clearly such a caring person.  You have turned our lorikeet Kiki’s life around.

Elaine and Marley

It has been a comfort knowing that if I needed any more advice, you were always there. Marley is doing amazingly compared to how he was, he still sprays on new items when I bring them into the house, but has not sprayed anywhere for many many months. Without your help and advice, I do
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Birmingham dog training and pet behaviour counselling

Welcome to our Birmingham clinic, located in the heart of the West Midlands. We provide expert behavioural support for owners of dogs, cats, and parrots, addressing issues like anxiety, aggression, and socialisation to ensure your pets thrive.

We frequently meet dog owners at Cannon Hill Park, Sutton Park, and Lickey Hills for practical, hands-on training. Birmingham's canal network also offers a unique setting for socialisation walks and behavioural exercises. In Highbury Park and Warley Woods, we often see vibrant ring-necked parakeets, which provide inspiration for our free-flying colourful parrot clients.

Our pet behaviourists cover all over the West Midlands

Our clinic supports the popular feline community in Kings Heath, providing specialised advice tailored to local cat owners. Serving Birmingham and areas such as Edgbaston, Moseley, Harborne, Solihull, West Bromwich, Dudley, Redditch, Walsall, Sandwell, and Bromsgrove, we understand the local environment and provide effective support. We also cover the Black Country region.

Our pet behaviourists work exclusively on vet referral, ensuring each case is thoroughly vetted and aligned with medical advice. We participate in community events and collaborate with local pet organisations to offer the best support to the Birmingham pet community. Whether you're near the Bullring, Jewellery Quarter, or Cadbury World, our expert team is here to help.

Please note that if you are more than 20 miles away from our Birmingham Hub, then there is an additional £2/mi charge for the return journey.

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