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Danielle Beck

Danielle Beck

Clinical Animal Behaviourist (MSc, ABTC) and founder/director of Control The Meerkat, specialising in trauma-informed dog behaviour support and assistance dogs.

Aug 18, 2026

23:06
So
23:06
Timon and Pumbaa kind of came into my head and I'm like, actually, that's a really good analogy of just always having something on your shoulder that's looking around everywhere.
23:14
And Timon will quite often pull on Pumbaa's ears and direct him and will take him down particular trains of thoughts and stuff because Timon can be a little bit manipulative.
23:25
And I was like, oh, that's a really good analogy for clients.
23:27
Then I tried it.
23:27
I'm like, just imagine there's a meerkat on your dog's shoulder, you know, and they're looking at everything and they're seeing things and they're panicking before they realize something.
23:34
So, you know, They see a person walking along and they're carrying something and they panic thinking it's a dog, but actually it's a handbag or it's their shopping and things like that.

27 MINS LATER

50:25
Yeah.

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