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Dog Training & Behaviour Services

 

Puppy Training

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 programme

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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 Training

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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Any Breed, Any Age, Any Problem

Frustrated or desperate when dealing with your dog's inappropriate, embarrassing, or destructive behaviour? Our easy to follow, natural and dog friendly training techniques focus on developing a positive relationship to establish a lasting emotional bond, based on respect and trust. Our training leverages the same communication methods, voice tone and body language, that dogs follow as part of their instinctual behaviour. We come to your home at a convenient time to show and guide you through the lesson. The Bark Busters dog training approach can help owners establish control of their dog without relying on treats or the need for harsh punishment. In the first lesson, most owners see dramatic improvements in their dog's behaviour.

We teach you to communicate with your dog

Do you find yourself shouting, but your dog isn't listening to you? Maybe we're simply not speaking their language. The Bark Busters method is based on the way dogs communicate with each other and how they learn from older, more experienced dogs. This is what makes our dog training unique and effective. Your behaviour therapist will guide you on the most effective way to overcome the problem behaviour and leave you with a training plan to ensure long and lasting results.

 

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What our clients say

 

Bark Busters Home Dog Training methods help to solve behaviour problems such as:

  • Basic dog obedience
  • Aggressive behaviour
  • Chewing and destruction
  • Digging in the garden
  • Jumping up
  • Nuisance barking
  • Pulling on the lead
  • Puppy Training
  • Separation Anxiety
  • Toileting in the house
  • Recall

    and much more...

 

The Bark Busters Dog Training Method

No harsh punishment
The Bark Busters method of training is based upon how dogs naturally communicate with each other. Our approach is no harsh punishment, non-physical and as stress free as possible for both you and your dog.

We DO NOT use techniques such as hitting or smacking, shock or spray collars, choke chains, pronged collars, alpha rolling (pinning the dog down), shouting or harsh physical punishment in our approach to training. In addition, as our approach is based upon how dogs communicate, we don't rely on the use of treats or lures. Although treats are a great way to reward your dog, we don't concentrate on their use for dog behaviour and training. We teach you how to gain control of your dog without the use of a lures.

We teach you how to use your VOICE TONE and BODY LANGUAGE to control your dog... both on and off lead, at your home, at the park... anywhere you need it. There may be times when training equipment is needed, such as leads, collars, harnesses etc., and your trainer will discuss this at your lesson.

Why do we train in your home?
Your dog is part of your family, in your home. Training in the home environment is far less stressful for your dog. This is also where your dog leans best and where you'll most often see behaviour problems, so this is where training is most effective. Dogs learn by association, so Bark Busters teaches your dog to listen in the home environment where the association is more established. If your dog does not listen to you in the home environment then it's highly likely he won't listen outside, where there are far more distractions.

Training in your home is a one-to-one system, without the distraction of other dogs or the stress of being sent away for training classes for disrupting the others.

Of course, where you are experiencing problems outside the home, such as pulling on the lead or dog aggression, we will set up controlled training scenarios in the park or wherever is most practical.

Lifetime Support Guarantee
You may wish to consider our Lifetime Support Guarantee to give your dog the very best start in life. this gives you the peace of mind that your Bark Busters trainer will return free of charge should a behaviour problem occur later in life.

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"Easy-to-follow instructions made a huge difference in the dog's behaviour, knowing what to do and how to address her, compared to attempts at self-training, which barely worked. The instructor was friendly and supportive."

Luca
Trainer: Neil Price

"From the first phone call with Alex we were really confident that he understood the issues we were experiencing with our 10 year old rescue miniature Schnauzer, Maggie. Our first lesson was very enlightening, enabling us to better understand both dogs' behaviours and how our behaviour influences theirs. Alex provided us with some no-nonsense advice and demonstrated the behaviours we should be expecting from the dogs. He gave us a good deal of confidence in our own abilities to work towards our desired outcomes without being judgmental about our current practices. The follow up notes were very comprehensive and were an excellent reflection of the time he spent with us, recapping the techniques to focus on and how we could measure success."

Sallyanne
Trainer: Alex Fraser

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Was lovely to meet alex. He went though things for me to work on with waffle, as shes only a puppy I wanted to put things in place for her which alex did.

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Rachel
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"Estelle gave valuable advice and pointed out the areas we need to focus on, even during initial visit Finn was more comfortable with someone being in the house. We are continuing with the training she gave us including key words and door training so our dog understands their role"

Lee
Trainer: Estelle Jackson

"Sharon was very good everything seemed to make sense & works"

Jane
Trainer: Sharon Chapman

"Alex was absolutely amazing how my dog settled immediately we have some work to do with the barking but Alex made it so easy to understand and what is best to do and the way Alex explained and gave demonstrations and then I had to do it it was all just so easy and clear and straight forward Alex is absolutely lovely and very easy to get along with with helps the training process more I can not thank him enough for all his help"

Tracey
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"Estelle Jackson was great help and support. The first lesson was very insightful and informative."

Chris
Trainer: Estelle Jackson

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Neil is very good at his job. I am very hopeful of sorting my problem out.

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Ian
Trainer: Neil Price

"We recently re-homed Marbles (we think he’s a Staffy-Boxer cross of some sort) from a local dog’s home. He’s about 18 months old but we didn’t really know what to expect given he was handed in as a stray. Whilst he is undoubtedly a lovely tempered dog, he wasn’t great at listening or following commands. We reached out to Alex because we wanted to give our new dog the best start in his new environment, and given his breed felt that professional advice and support would be sensible. Alex was brilliant in his follow up from the initial enquiry; he is thorough and knowledgeable and explained his services clearly. He is also realistic in what we could hope to achieve in the initial session. On the day of our appointment, Alex was again brilliant. He set us at ease, and instilled us with confidence in how to interact with our new dog (particularly the very boisterous jumping up we get regualrly). Every dog is different, but I feel like Alex knew exactly where to start with ours. He taught us to communicate with Marbles on a variety of situations, showed us how to walk him properly on a lead and reduce the pulling (Alex also provided us with some better equipment to help - it’s now like a different dog on our daily walks). Alex was also very helpful in explaining nutritional needs of dogs and gave us some useful pointers. After our first session, Alex shared a number of documents so we had follow-up homework to maintain the consistency with training Marbles, so he could be the best version of himself. I’m really glad we chose BarkBusters as it’s given us the perfect platform and more importantly, empowered us to provide the best support for our new pooch!"

Michael
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"Estelle was fabulous covering everything from nutrition and health, history and current behaviour to get to the root of Peggy's anxiety"

Mary
Trainer: Estelle Jackson

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Shauna was excellent! We spent the first hour chatting and she gave me the opportunity to voice my concerns about Ziggy and she was very patient with all of my questions. We then spent two hours outside training. Very intense but informative and rewarding. It was such an eye-opener. I've incorporated her training into our everyday routine, and I've already seen significant improvement. Shauna is obviously very experienced and the whole experience was thoughtful and professional. She's a premium trainer, so it's a premium price point, money well spent as far as I'm concerned!

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Glenda
Trainer: Shauna Hoey

"Lee was absolutely amazing with both our dogs. Literally within the first 30mins he taught us a tactic to calm them down and teach them not to jump and get over excited, this worked and continues to work! He then taught us tricks to use to improve recall and attention on us rather than otter dogs, this is also going very well. We can see a change in our dogs already and it's only been a week. Really looking forward to our next session."

Gary
Trainer: Lee Hardy

"Sharon was extremely helpful and gave us so much helpful advice. She explained everything clearly and why and how things should be done. She helped us understand where we were going wrong and pointed us in the right direction. We would highly recommend Sharon & Bark Busters to everyone."

Barbara
Trainer: Sharon Chapman

"Sarah so helpful and patient. Explained everything thoroughly.."

Dot
Trainer: Sarah Coleman

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Excellent training. Shauna was brilliant and the strategies she has give me are really effective.

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Juliet
Trainer: Shauna Hoey

"Excellent 1st visit from Lee. We gave us simple instruction on how to better our dog general behaviour. We have already seen some great improvement from following Lee instructions. Sometimes it takes a trained professional to spot the issue. I was very unaware that our dog used a great deal of ‘passive dominance’ only on me & starting to address has already had fantastic results"

Jo
Trainer: Lee Hardy

"After our first session with Neil feeling very optimistic that Diva will become easier to handle with time and effort. We realise we have to put the work in too."

Lorna
Trainer: Neil Price

"Liz was excellent, very helpful and discussed a lot of aspects we hadn’t thought of. Positive changes were noticed within an hour and we are working on the tips she gave us. Going great so far..!"

peter
Trainer: Liz Johnson

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It was a very positive experience with Shauna. She was very thorough and explained everything in an easy to understand manner. She was patient and attentive to both Bagel and I, subtly tailoring the training to suite us both. I came away with so much more confidence in training Bagel. Her lessons were also not too complicated that I feel I am able to train Bagel properly.

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Mae Pearl
Trainer: Shauna Hoey

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Neil was very good, patient and made the family comfortable. He explained Juno's behaviour and how to practise the skills very clearly giving demonstrations and spending time practising with us. The session didn't feel rushed and the practise notes were clear to follow. Juno responded very well to Neil.

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Gemma
Trainer: Neil Price