There is no behind. The Cocker Academy Community has a weekly rhythm but it works around your life, not the other way around. Some members show up to everything. Others dip in when they can and catch up when life settles. The monthly coaching and planning session with Emma means that even in a busy month, you always have a clear, personalised path forward so you never lose the thread entirely. A few minutes of the right work, done consistently, makes more difference than sporadic intensive sessions. We're built around that reality.

If you're asking this question, you've probably already tried things that didn't stick and that experience is worth taking seriously rather than dismissing. Here's what's different. Most training fails not because the owner didn't try hard enough, but because the advice wasn't built for this breed. Everything inside The Cocker Academy Community is designed specifically for cocker spaniels, how they think, what they need, why they do what they do. And because you have direct access to Emma through the community, the weekly live sessions and your monthly coaching and planning, you're never just following generic guidance and hoping it fits. If something isn't working, we find out why and adjust. That's what breed-specific expertise actually looks like in practice.

Most dog training teaches you what to do. The Cocker Academy teaches you to understand your dog — which is a different thing entirely. Cocker spaniels are a genuinely unique breed and one size training simply doesn't account for that. Here you'll find breed-specific resources, a live weekly coaching community, and monthly planning sessions with Emma where she puts her eyes on your specific dog and builds a plan around your actual situation. Members who've come from other programmes consistently say the same thing — it's the breed-specific depth that makes the difference.

Yes — and for cocker spaniel owners specifically, it works particularly well. The ability to watch sessions at your own pace, revisit them as often as you need, and apply them in your own home and on your own walks means the training fits into real life rather than existing separately from it. The live weekly sessions mean you're never just watching videos alone — you have direct access to ask questions, get feedback, and share what you're working on. And the community means you're surrounded by people who understand exactly what living with a cocker is actually like.

No minimum contract and no long term commitment. You pay monthly at £35 and you can cancel at any time. What we find is that most members stay not because they feel obligated to, but because the community becomes part of their weekly rhythm — and leaving feels like losing something they've genuinely come to rely on. But that's always your choice to make.

Absolutely. The Cocker Academy Community welcomes cocker owners at every stage — from brand new puppies right through to the naughty teenagers and the dogs who've been confusing their owners for years. In some ways, joining early is the best thing you can do. Understanding your cocker from the start — how they think, what they need, why they behave the way they do — means you're building the right foundations before the chaos has a chance to take hold.

The Cocker Academy Community is £35 per month with no minimum contract. You can cancel at any time. For that you get full access to the training library, the weekly live sessions, the community, and your monthly coaching and planning session with Emma — her eyes on your specific dog, every single month. There are no hidden costs and no upsells waiting for you on the other side.

If your cocker is lunging, barking, or struggling significantly on walks, The Cocker Academy Community may not be your first step — and I'd rather be honest with you about that than have you join the wrong thing.

For dogs in that acute reactive spiral, I have a separate programme called Beyond Reactivity, designed specifically for that level of challenge. It's focused, intensive, and built around getting you and your dog out of crisis mode first.

Once you're through that, The Cocker Academy Community is absolutely where you come next. But if you're unsure which fits your situation, feel free to get in touch and I'll point you in the right direction.

👉 Find out more about Beyond Reactivity

Each month I run a live group coaching and planning session on Zoom — and it's designed to feel personal even within a group setting.

Before the session you'll receive a simple planning form to help you think through what you've been working on, where you're getting stuck, and what you want to focus on in the month ahead. You can bring that to the live session and we'll work through it together, or simply use it as a prompt to clarify your own thinking beforehand.

If you can't join live, you can submit your form in advance and I'll work through your situation during the session. I'm also working toward being able to identify individual feedback within the recording so you can go straight to the part most relevant to you without watching the whole thing.

The session date is arranged each month rather than fixed to the same day, so it flexes around what works. And if you'd like more personalised support beyond the group session, there is an option to upgrade to additional one to one time with me.

The free Facebook group is where I run occasional challenges and share content publicly — it's a good place to get a feel for my approach and the Cocker Academy world.

The Cocker Academy Community is a completely different experience. It's a private, paid membership with a live weekly rhythm, a growing breed-specific training library, direct access to me through weekly Zoom sessions, and your monthly group coaching and planning session. The depth, the consistency, and the personal support simply aren't available in the free group.

If you've been in the Facebook group for a while and felt like you wanted more — this is the more.

It is never too late. I've seen significant shifts in older cockers whose owners had convinced themselves the window had closed — and almost every time, what changed first wasn't the dog. It was the owner's understanding of them.

Cocker spaniels respond to relationship and communication at any age. When you understand what's driving the behaviour and you start responding differently, your dog notices. It might look different to training a puppy — the pace may be gentler, the focus different — but the potential for change is absolutely still there. Wherever you're starting from, we meet you there.

You simply keep going — at your own pace, in your own way. The Cocker Academy Community doesn't have a finish line.

The monthly coaching and planning sessions continue, the weekly rhythm continues, and the themes keep evolving based on what members want to focus on next. Many members have been here for a year or more — not because they feel obligated to stay, but because the community becomes part of how they show up for their dog every week.

There's no pressure to have everything figured out by a certain point. Progress with cocker spaniels is rarely linear — and we're built around that reality.