Pet Products and Services Awards 2025 | 11 Best Animal Behaviour Services 2025 – South West England Animal behaviour and training is an essential component of animal care, playing an instrumental role in their health and wellbeing. The goals of working with behaviour or training are diverse but ultimately it enables the animal to learn and adapt to a changing environment, builds up their confidence, creates stronger bonds between the animal and the owner, and reduces unwanted or abnormal behaviour. Based in Devon, Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour is a reward based, positive reinforcement animal behaviour and training business recognised for its excellence in the Pet Products and Services Awards 2025. We spoke with Liz Marden below – Owner, Head Behaviourist, Trainer, and Reiki Therapist at Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour – to learn more. Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour is a reward based animal behaviour and training business dedicated to ensuring that both its animal clients and their owners are supported from all angles – emotionally, mentally, and physically. The business is owned and operated by Liz Marden, a passionate individual who has spent more than 15 years in the industry working alongside a variety of animals, from domestic and farm to exotics and zoo. Today, Liz leads Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour as Head Behaviourist, Trainer, and Reiki Therapist. Liz tends to work solely, with the aid of Chief Event Volunteer Suzanne Askham at dog shows and events since 2019, though she is looking forward to welcoming an additional behaviourist to the team in the near future and often is accompanied by students looking for practical experience while completing their behaviour studies. Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour is proud to work closely with other pet professionals to ensure a collaborative, holistic approach to supporting the animal and owners. The business offers a comprehensive suite of services specifically tailored to meet the unique needs and behavioural traits of each animal it serves. Covering the areas of Devon and Cornwall in-person and globally online, Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour offers animal behaviour consults, behaviour support sessions, 1-2-1 training sessions, and Reiki therapy – for both animals and humans. Alongside this, Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour has also developed Pet Training Cue Cards. These cue cards provide users with 28 different training tasks that can be done with their pet, as well as 28 instructional videos that demonstrate each task with a variety of animals. Suitable for all levels, the tasks range from basic obedience to more advanced trick training and are a wonderful blend of energetic and calm movements. This product has proven very successful, enabling clients to continue training sessions upon returning home so that progress is not lost. These can be purchased on Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour’s website. Across its services, Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour takes immense pride in its approach. Deeply passionate about the animals it serves, the company continually works to ensure that it utilises the very best practices and methodologies in animal behaviour and training. “We strive to work holistically and collaboratively with other professionals to ensure that we are always able to provide innovative and bespoke support to each client,” Liz told us. “We are proud to use only kind, reward-based methods in our work.” Reward based training is a kind and effective approach focused on teaching. Creating an environment where an animal feels safe, supported and motivated to learn. When supporting animals with behaviour issues, behaviourists reflect on the emotional states, Apr25268 physiological processes, learned responses and experiences. While training provides structure and guidance, behaviour is an expression of the animal’s emotional internal state, their welfare and adaptability. The understanding of both training and behaviour using kind, reward based ways reflects today’s latest science and ethical practises which are supported by the RSPCA. Since its establishment, Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour has been wholly committed to providing ongoing support to animals and their owners. The business has proven itself to be a key figure in the market, renowned throughout the region for the efficacy of its approach and services. Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour has earned a remarkable reputation within its community, demonstrated in its stellar five-star rating across Facebook, Google Reviews, and DogFriendly. Louise reported: “Liz is a very compassionate, caring, and friendly person. Her approach to all things natural, behaviour-based or Reiki is second to none and always professional. Her love for animals is easy to see in her kind and gentle nature. I would highly recommend Liz if you are looking for someone with passion within this industry, at exceptionally competitive rates.” Katie wrote: “I have been lucky enough to work with Liz twice; first for help with our nervous and reactive rescue dog, and more recently when we got a rescue cat. Liz is so knowledgeable, and the wellbeing and best interests of animals are at the heart of her approach. She is insightful, calm, and infinitely reassuring, and provides a clear plan with very helpful advice. My rescue dog is now thriving, and our cat is settling in beautifully – neither of which would have been possible without Liz!” Contact: Liz Marden Company: Nature’s Therapies Animal Behaviour Web Address: www.ntanimalbehaviour.co.uk
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