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Help your sweet dog overcome separation anxiety, so you can finally get your life back
... and feel ok leaving your home without worrying that your pet will bark the entire time you’re gone, destroy the house, or worse, hurt themselves
With Julie Naismith
Globally respected dog trainer, host of the top-rated Be Right Back! The Separation Anxiety podcast, and bestselling author of the Be Right Back! Books
And featuring the unique Separation Anxiety Training App, available exclusively for members of the Separation Anxiety Heroes Club
Your little bundle of fur brings you so much joy and love (I bet they’re curled up at your feet right now 🐶).
But let’s keep it real here … having a dog you can’t leave home alone for 5 minutes (or even 5 seconds) can suck the life right out of you.
When you made the decision to add a new dog to your family, I’m willing to bet you weren’t expecting that you’d never be able to leave the house again.

“He just needs to settle in,” you thought
“He’ll get used to it,” they said.
“Let him bark it out,” they insisted.

It probably took a while before you started to really understand that … this is not “normal” dog behavior. This is something more.
If you’re like many of my clients, you’re at the point where you’ve tried just about everything to help ease your dog’s Separation Anxiety.
(How many can you check off? Three? Five? All of them?)
But no matter how much you research or what “miracle cure” you find on Amazon Prime, nothing keeps your pup from side-eyeing you every time you pick up your keys or following you to the door like a fuzzy magnet.
You’ve forgotten what it feels like to be able to leave the house to take out the trash or buy a pint of milk.
You’re not alone. Separation anxiety is thought to affect one in every 4 to 6 dogs, and you did absolutely nothing to cause it.
Separation anxiety is thought to affect one in every 4 to 6 dogs, and you did absolutely nothing to cause it.
I repeat, you did not cause your dog’s separation anxiety. Period
Separation anxiety isn’t about “bad behaviour.” It’s an emotional problem, based on your dog’s very real and truly morbid fear of being alone. A phobia, much like being afraid of heights or spiders.
Unless we recognize this, our methods will fail. We need to change how a dog feels about being left in order to change the home-alone behaviour.
It’s why tactics like crate training, barking it out, and weighted vests don’t work. They address the symptoms, but do nothing to change the emotion that drives the behaviour.
That’s why we end up wasting so much time, money, and emotional energy on things that have no hope of working.
So what does work?
Gradual exposure : It’s the same method we use to treat human fears.
It’s the gentle, 5-step evidence-based method I’ve used to help thousands of dogs completely overcome or greatly reduce their Separation Anxiety. The same one I’ll guide you through step by step inside Separation Anxiety Heroes.
For at little at £39/$49
Hey there, I’m Julie Naismith. A corporate gal turned globally respected dog trainer.
In case we haven’t met inside my free Facebook Group (or on a mountain bike trail with the dogs)
I too know what it’s like to be held prisoner in my own home by an adorable animal approximately one-fourth my size.
My dog, Percy, used to have crippling separation anxiety. The effect it had on my life was massive. His anxiety became my own, last-minute plans were a nightmare, and I ached with guilt every time I had to leave him at home even just to run to the store.
Worst of all, I couldn’t find a real, reliable way to help Percy. I wasn’t sure how much longer I could live like this, so I became determined to find a solution.
Like you, we tried it ALL. Crate training. Crying it out. Trying to be the “alpha.” None of it worked — and to be honest, none of it made me feel like a very good dog mum.
Disheartened, I turned to science and learned everything I possibly could about fear, neuroscience, dog behavior, and separation anxiety.
Using evidence-based research, patience, and lots of trial and error, I eventually trained Percy to be okay while we were away using a method so simple, I’m not sure why we didn’t think of it sooner.
Helping my own dog overcome his crippling separation anxiety was life-changing.
So life-changing that I knew it was my purpose to bring this relief to the countless other people and pups who have the same struggles.
With a little patience and a whole lotta love, you can help your dog get over their very real phobia of being left alone.
Separation Anxiety Heroes
A first-of-its-kind Separation Anxiety training program dedicated to helping your dog be happy home alone, so you can resume your normal life.
You’ll also get access to my exclusive training app (members say it’s a game changer!) and a supportive community of fellow pet owners who understand exactly what you’re going through.
Limited time offer: get 4 months for the price of 3
1. Get exclusive access to the proprietary Separation Anxiety Training App ™ aka the Expert Trainer in Your Pocket (available ONLY to Heroes members).
I developed this app based on my years of training my private clients. Every week, I’d ask them to keep track of their progress — how many times they practice leaving and how long their pup made it without getting anxious. We tried spreadsheets and journals, but one day I thought, why not create a tracking app, similar to a food or weight loss tracker? The Separation Anxiety Training app was born.
This app will give you :
Frequently Asked Questions
What our most successful pet parents asked before joining Separation Anxiety Heroes.
I just feel like I've tried everything and really don't want to waste any more time or money
I understand. I was there too, with my own dog. And that's why my commitment to you is to show you the one proven method that has been shown to be the best process to get dogs over separation anxiety. (Ref Sargisson, 2014, and others).
How do I know this will work for my dog?
There are no guarantees with behaviour change, but as long as your dog does have separation anxiety and not some underlying medical condition or other behavioural condition, then this method is right for you. It's been shown to work on all different breeds, ages, and severities.
I can't promise that by joining Separation Anxiety Heroes you'll get your dog over separation anxiety.
But I can promise that I wouldn't take your money if I didn't think Separation Anxiety Heroes was your absolute best chance for getting your dog over this.
Remember, I've been in your shoes. I know what it's like to waste time and money on things that don't stand a chance.
I don't see how this can work if it's all online. Shouldn't I get a trainer to come to my house?
Separation anxiety training is actually BEST done online. How can you do home alone training when the trainer is in your house?
I've already done this type of training with my dog
Even if it seems like you have, my method is more systematic, more step-by-step, more customized than anything you've tried.
I can't afford this right now
I totally understand - having a dog with separation anxiety isn't easy on the bank balance. And that's why I've deliberately kept the cost super low. You're getting to work with a separation anxiety trainer for not much more than a can of dog food a day!
And imagine if you no longer had to pay for daycare, dog walkers, or destroyed doors. Wouldn't it seem worth the investment?
I know the membership has a minimum-term 3-month commitment. But do I really have to commit to the full 3 months?
Truly, anything less isn't enough to help you help your dog. That doesn't mean you have to train like crazy every day, every week though. Far from it – you'll find I actively encourage training breaks!
How much does it cost to add family members?
Nothing! This is a family membership. You can add family members to the training app and to the Facebook group for no extra charge.
Dog lovers like you and I are a special bunch.