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Give your puppy the very best start in life. Lay the foundation for a trusting bond and well behaved dog with our individual puppy education programmes

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Dog Obedience Training

Turn your good dog into a great dog. Our approach is about education to get rid of those frustrating and annoying habits, for a well behaved dog

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Behaviour Problems

Feeling stressed? Have you desperately been trying everything and seeing no improvement? We we have the solution to your dog's behaviour problems

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Dog Training in Your Home

An international company founded over 35 years ago and over 1 million dogs trained worldwide. Bark Busters trainers work directly with you in your own home to resolve behaviour problems and help with your general training needs. Of course, where problem behaviours happen outside your home, we work with you to resolve problems such as pulling, lunging, chasing and more severe problems such as aggression to other dogs, animals, or people.

Our approach works because it is based on how dogs naturally learn and communicate. Whether you have a puppy, adolescent or older dog, by ensuring they follow your cues and commands will help them navigate and thrive in the human world they live in.

Free Dog Behaviour Assessment

Take the free online dog behaviour assessment and find out how your dog's behaviour rates. The results are emailed along with the contact details of your local trainer for expert help and advice if you need it.

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35 Years, Training over 1 Million Dogs

Our training programmes consider the unique challenges you are facing, fostering a positive relationship between you and your dog. Our method enables you to build a lasting, emotional bond based on trust and respect, which in turn aids in overcoming the challenges with your dog. Bark Busters Home Dog Training behaviour therapists focus on dog owners too. We teach you how to communicate effectively with your dog so that you have the necessary tools to overcome any of your dog's behaviour problems. Our techniques work with any breed, any age and with any behaviour problem. You and your dog get one-to-one personal attention in your home, a tailored training plan for both you and your dog. Our support guarantee gives you the peace of mind that your trainer is here to help and support you for the life of your dog.

Life of Your Dog Support Guarantee

We believe in our methods and our 35 years of amazing results they have achieved, which is why Bark Busters offers our unique "Life of the Dog Support Guarantee". If you purchase our Gold Service, your trainer will continue to work with you, in your home and free of charge, to address new or any recurring behaviour problems, for the entire life of your dog. We will continue to visit you to provide practical training to resolve the behaviour problems you are experiencing, and we are there to help and support you for your dog's entire life.

New Home?
Not a problem, you're covered

Bark Busters free of charge support guarantee remains valid even if you move home and we have a Bark Busters trainer covering your area. We continue to provide home visits in covered areas, and if there is no trainer that services your new postcode, Bark Busters will provide remote assistance by phone, email, video chat, or another electronic method.

 

 

What our customers are saying

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"Great experience… lots of information… explained everything very clearly . Sarah was really freindly,helpful and very professional. I felt very positive and motivated in moving forward . Very inspired with all her advice."

Wendy
Trainer: Sarah Coleman

"Gavin's visit to my mum's house to work with her dogs was invaluable. He was professional and knowledgeable, providing a good clear outline of the programme, explaining the science behind food whilst giving ongoing training tips to manage the behaviours of two protective small Jackapoos. The work done outside to start the training was well done and manageable for my mum. Learning to talk dog was interesting. Gavin's provision of a bespoke programme and knowing he is only on the end of an email is welcome. Mum's working hard and at day 3 there is definitely a change in behaviour. I would recommend Gavin."

Sallyann
Trainer: Gavin Chambers

"Very good,taught me lots of new techniques very happy with this service"

Kelly
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"In the space of just over 2 hours Ben had taught us & our dog, how to behave towards each other. A simple process applied as instructed has transformed a very lively strong willed puppy into a well behaved delight. We now feel confident that our canine relationship has improved enormously. Ben is a wonderful teacher with a perfect understanding of a dog’s needs. A big thank you. With kind regards. Christine & Richard"

Richard
Trainer: Ben Jordan

"Kirsty listened to us and explained everything she was doing to us. Three hours passed so quickly. The difference in our pups is unbelievable."

Julie
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"Neil was awesome, Bronte respected him straight away and was in good behaviour. Neil understood the issues we are having and we addressed some of them during our first session and we are practicing these exercises every day."

Sarah
Trainer: Neil Price

"Highly recommend BarkBusters. Our trainer (Lee) was friendly and approachable, and the training techniques have had a huge impact on our dog (and on us too!). The difference in Poppy is immeasurable, our household is considerably calmer! We gained a real insight into her behaviour, and how to deal with it. The difference in 24 hours was unbelievable! Thank you BarkBusters (and specifically Lee)."

Kay
Trainer: Lee Hardy

"Kirsty was very professional in explaining the choices which faced us without expressing her own opinion but enabled us to reach a difficult decision ."

Michael
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"Gavin was fantastic. Put us at ease, was fun, made understanding what needed to change make sense and generally seems like a nice helpful guy. Improving already with Ayce and hopefully this will continue"

Lucy
Trainer: Gavin Chambers

"Kevin has literally waved a magic wand and transformed our very anxious cavapoo into a little guy who now is looking to us to deal with the ‘scary ‘ things in life ! For the first time in a very long time, we felt relaxed walking him and more importantly we felt Bailey relax . Kevin has helped out family beyond words and we cannot praise or thank him enough . We are now working hard to put into practice the techniques we were taught . Thank you so much!"

Angie
Trainer: Kevin McDonnell

"Alex was really helpful and explained the concepts well. We bought a 12-month plan because we were sure we’d need further sessions - mainly to train us so that we don’t confuse the dog, rather than the dog himself needing more help."

Diane
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"Gavin is lovely and very thorough and explains everything really well,shows you how to do things and things that are not helping , we've started the training as advised and my dog is doing really well so , he's 18mths so learning well ,lots of advice so thankyou definitely would recommend gavins help"

Kerry
Trainer: Gavin Chambers

"Kirsty Is a lovely lady easy to get on with and Fergus liked her. It was our first meeting so unable to say how it will pan out, but an excellent start."

Virginia
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"Incredible changes from get go. My 7 month pup was a wild card and in 4 hours Kirsty had completely changed her. With more training and consistency we know our pup is going to be a class A dog."

Katie
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"Excellent. Clear, concise & easy to relate & understand. Kirsty was informative, patient & great with Bob who was a nervous, anxious rescue dog. We all enjoyed the exercises & Bob picked them up very easily. Easy to follow plan in place with follow up arranged plus ongoing support if needed. We are very happy with the first training session, thanks Kirsty!"

Glen
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"So pleased with Gavins advice today. We started early as have a new puppy and Gavin gave us great starter advice and how to progress with her. I feel more confident now going forward and am looking forward to our next lesson."

jayne
Trainer: Gavin Chambers

"We had a really useful, in depth session which is already giving good results. The expertise shown by Liz is absolutely top notch, inspiring confidence in her guidance."

Geoff and Melissa
Trainer: Liz Johnson

"Emma came to us a month ago when our 2 dogs were fighting multiple times a day. We were having to separate them at all times and they couldn’t be trusted outside of their crates together. We were really worried we were going to have to rehome one of them, but with the training Emma put in place we really have noticed a difference. She taught us how to deal with when our dogs are misbehaving and told us about passive leadership and how to combat it. In the space of a month we’ve went from not being able to have our dogs in the same room to our dogs sleeping on the same bed and playing together. Emma’s guidance and the consistent training has massively improved our relationship with our dogs and, carrying on with the training, we can’t wait to see them grow even more! A big thank you to Emma, she is absolutely fantastic and we would highly recommend."

Becky
Trainer: Emma Barrett

"Kirsty has enabled us to have confidence that we can do what we set out to achieve (to give a permanent home to a 3 year old Rottweiler along with our existing dog). She listened in a non-judgemental way to the techniques we had been bumbling about trying! She enquired what we needed for our individual circumstances and enabled us to take control and be Peggy’s leader. She has already settled enormously and is accepting the new way of life. We have work to do on walks, but we realise that this will be an ongoing commitment on our part. Peggy is a happier dog (so is Doris) and we are much more confident."

Rachel
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"Sharon was fabulous! She helped us with a number of issues with our two overexcited dogs and less than a week in, we are already seeing some improvements in their behaviour and manners. She spent a lot of time with each dog individually to observe their specific needs, as well as observing us to point out all the things we were doing that were counter productive and creating confusion for our dogs. The advice and lesson plan were really practical, very achievable, and it was great that she showed us how to do each command, game, routine to ensure we were doing them right. The amount of times we thought 'oh yes, that's obvious...now you've pointed it out' really brought home how our small actions were having huge impacts on our dogs. And we had lots of bad habits! We have now changed our dogs diets (they say thank you - they love it!), have a list of the new 'rules' and 'clear commands' pinned on the fridge (for us to read, not the dogs!), and have a daily training plan which is fun, easy to stick to and is seeing results. Things are still a work-in-progress, but I wish we'd brought Sharon in months ago. Highly recommend."

joanne
Trainer: Sharon Chapman

 

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