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 writes for Chesapeake Family Life about Keeping Dogs cool in summer
Ali featured in EssexLive about her mental health journey
Ali quoted for recommending Cavalier King Charles spaniel for the older generation
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in HelloGiggles
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in HelloGiggles
Ali helps readers to travel safely in a plane with their dogs
Quoted in on the Publicity Tips For Pet Businesses blog about how to cope with critics
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+
Ali quoted on how pets help our mental health
Ali writes for K9 Nation about how CBD products work for dogs
Ali Smith consulted for the Giant Schnauzer breed profile for beChewy
Ali Smith consulted for the Keeshond breed profile for beChewy
Ali quoted for elite daily about how playing with your puppy is great for bonding!
Ali Quoted for Pet Connection about backpacks for dogs
Ali Was Interviewed for Henry The Smol’s Blog
Ali Smith writes about Fi series 2 trackers and how they compare to airtags
Ali consults for how to minimise dog attacks or threat as a runner
Ali Smith consulted for the Redbone Coonhound breed profile for beChewy
Ali Was Featured in UNILAD about mental wellbeing
Rebarkable Pupdates featured on The Dogs
Ali was interviewed for the Frederick News-Post about her awards and achievements with Rebarkable
Ali helps dog training myths!
Ali Smith consulted for the Weimeraner breed profile for beChewy
Ali Smith featured in the Capital Gazette
Ali Smith consulted for the English Springer Spaniel breed profile for beChewy
Ali shares the reason for rebarkable and celebrates being a multi-award winning trainer in theoregonian
Ali & Pupdates were featured in pets+
Ali Smith from Rebarkable quoted in Yahoo Life
Ali was interviewed for HelloHappee With Laura Jane Illustrations
Ali talks for Outward Hound about why toys can help dogs feel more secure
Ali Smith consulted for The Beauceron breed profile for beChewy
Ali was interviewed for the Baltimore Sun about her awards and achievements with Rebarkable
Ali quoted as expert in Companion Life
Ali helps Metro readers understand the needs before getting a puppy
Ali’s mental health journey with Indie, her inspiration for Rebarkable
Ali Smith consulted for the American Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed profile for beChewy
Ali helps readers to travel safely in a plane with their dogs
Ali Writes for Chesapeake Family Life
Ali quoted for Pawtracks about guarding behaviours
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 pawtracks article about coprophagia
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
5 Reasons Why Trainers Rarely Recommend Flexi Leashes.
Whether you call them Flexi Leashes, retractable leashes or extendable leashes. They're interesting and spark a lot of debate amongst owners, dog enthusiasts and trainers. To me? They're a very specific tool that needs to be applied in a very specific scenario. And I...
Stress Free Christmas With Your Dog! 4 Tips To Ensure Christmas Is A Cinch!
I want to share some things that you guys can do to have a successful Christmas with your dog - and give some tips and hacks to ensure you guys have a stress free Christmas! Because it's really important, right? We all want to have a lovely Christmas. We want to make...
When Is The Best Time to Spay Or Neuter My Collie?
It’s hard to know when to spay or neuter – or if you should at all. Here’s the best veterinary advice for your Collie. So you’ve decided to spay or neuter your Collie? – but when? Often called getting your dog Fixed or Done (nomenclature that bugs me,...
The 4 Main Reasons Your Puppy Bites & What To Do About It
Bites. I know it's like the biggest complaint most people have when they first get a puppy or even after they get a puppy, is those wickedly sharp needle teeth, right? Those teeth are vicious! They cause a lot of damage, they cause a lot of pain. And the answer to...
When Is The Best Time To Spay Or Neuter My English Springer Spaniel?
It’s hard to know when to spay or neuter – or if you should at all. Here’s the best veterinary advice for your English Springer Spaniel?. So you’ve decided to spay or neuter your English Springer Spaniel– but when? Often called getting your dog Fixed or Done...
5 Things You Truly Need When You Get A Dog
It's really difficult to know what you need, but if you strip it back to basics? Here's what you truly need. Other than Love (which comes as a pretty obvious one, I hope!), your dog or puppy, doesn't need much - 5 things... makes it sound really simple, doesn't it?...