The Positive Puppy Expert
Ali, 32, is passionate about helping new puppy parents get it right, right from the start. Not just training them, but also helping puppy parents understand their growing pup and so enabling the new puppy parents to become their pup’s best advocates. To help create a puppy capable of being a confident and adaptable family member and keep puppies out of shelters. She has helped over 1300 dogs and their families to date.
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Featured In
over 40 publications and podcasts!
Ali Was Featured in UNILAD about mental wellbeing
Ali shares the reason for rebarkable and celebrates being a multi-award winning trainer in theoregonian
Ali writes for Chesapeake Family Life about Keeping Dogs cool in summer
Ali consults for how to minimise dog attacks or threat as a runner
Ali & Pupdates were featured in pets+
Ali featured in EssexLive about her mental health journey
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in Yahoo Life
Ali Smith consulted for The Beauceron breed profile for beChewy
Ali quoted for Pawtracks about guarding behaviours
Ali helps dog training myths!
Ali Smith featured in the Capital Gazette
Ali was interviewed for the Frederick News-Post about her awards and achievements with Rebarkable
Ali’s mental health journey with Indie, her inspiration for Rebarkable
Ali Smith consulted for the Giant Schnauzer breed profile for beChewy
Ali helps readers to travel safely in a plane with their dogs
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in HelloGiggles
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in HelloGiggles
Ali Smith consulted for the Keeshond breed profile for beChewy
Ali quoted for recommending Cavalier King Charles spaniel for the older generation
Ali Smith consulted for the English Springer Spaniel breed profile for beChewy
Ali quoted on how pets help our mental health
Ali helps readers to travel safely in a plane with their dogs
Ali Smith consulted for the American Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed profile for beChewy
Ali Smith consulted for the Redbone Coonhound breed profile for beChewy
Ali was interviewed for HelloHappee With Laura Jane Illustrations
Ali was interviewed for the Baltimore Sun about her awards and achievements with Rebarkable
Ali quoted for elite daily about how playing with your puppy is great for bonding!
Ali helps Metro readers understand the needs before getting a puppy
Ali Was Interviewed for Henry The Smol’s Blog
Ali Quoted for Pet Connection about backpacks for dogs
Ali quoted as expert in pawtracks article about coprophagia
Ali talks for Outward Hound about why toys can help dogs feel more secure
Quoted in on the Publicity Tips For Pet Businesses blog about how to cope with critics
Rebarkable features as a key way of training your puppy at home
Rebarkable features as a key way of training your puppy at home
Ali quoted as expert in Companion Life
Ali Writes for Chesapeake Family Life
Rebarkable Pupdates featured on The Dogs
Ali writes for K9 Nation about how CBD products work for dogs
Ali Smith writes about Fi series 2 trackers and how they compare to airtags
Ali Smith consulted for the Weimeraner breed profile for beChewy
Ali quoted for Cheapism, recommending Cavalier King Charles Spaniels as great dogs for seniors
Ali gets named top pet blog and wins two awards and was featured in pets+
About Rebarkable
This then culminated into Rebarkable! Where Ali aims to help new puppy parents learn & train to become the best puppy parents they can be in order to help create more considered dog owners and keep puppies out of shelters.
Recent Blog Posts
Doggy Bootcamp (Or Board & Train) & Your Reactive Dog – The Truth Behind The Promise.
Doggy Bootcamps, otherwise known as Board & Trains, are an option you have for training your dog (reactive or otherwise), but should you? In this piece, I really want to explore and show you what a board and train is, what it does, and why I stand in the stance I...
International Travel With Your Dog & 8 Tips To Get It Right!
Flying International with your dog, a modern convenience of international travel! No more is your pet bound to kennels or boarding facilities, oh no! Well, that's not strictly true. You've likely found this because you're looking to fly somewhere with your dog, to...
Whistle Switch: Dog Tracker or Health Monitor? – An Honest Review
Dog trackers are becoming increasingly popular among dog parents, but how does the Whistle Switch compare? Having already written a comprehensive review on the Fi tracker already done, I wanted to see how whistle compared. I know when we looked into trackers for...
Is There A Difference Between Reactivity & Aggression?
Aggression. Reactivity. They're all words that get banded around when a dog acts in a certain way. That way? Is usually barking, lunging, growling or "Picking fights" with other dogs, which can sometimes escalate into full fights. Which is totally understandable why...
Using Labels With Your Dog
Labels are a necessary thing within this world so that we can find resources within them. However, I want to talk to you today about the importance of using the correct label, and why sometimes - if you don't know how to label your dog, why it's best that we don't....
Fearful Friday: Neo The Reactive Rescue Pup!
We're launching Fearful Fridays, to give you insight into the lives of reactive dogs, and today's reactive woof sharing their story is Neo (aka @neo_therescuepup!). What Is Fearful Friday? Fearful Friday is the one day of the week that we here at rebarkable are here...