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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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"

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

"Lovely and knowledgeable lady. Already seeing huge improvements with both dogs barking at the door. Normans loose lead walking is improving daily and they are eating their food much much better. Highly recommend and can't praise high enough"

Nick
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

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Kirsty was lovely, on her first visit we sat and went through all sorts of details, including the potential difficulties that we may well come up against, given our pups breed and our living arrangements. Pup is a border collie x springer spaniel and we live aboard our narrowboat. She kept in touch in a regular basis and came out to us when we needed her help. Sadly, though absolutely nothing to do with Kirsty, it became fairly obvious that our situation was never going to work out for us or puppy so the heartbreaking decision was made to rehome her with a more suitable family home. Bark Busters training will continue with whoever is in the new area.

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pennie
Trainer: Kirsty Dudfield

"From the first initial contact with Alex to our sessions with Alex he was amazing. We got Luna from a dogs home and she had 2 previous owners who had never done training with her before so we knew it was going to be to tricky. The tips and information Alex gave us has been amazing and just yesterday we finally managed to get her off lead chasing the ball which I never thought we’d be able to do! I would recommend Alex to anyone who needs help with there beautiful dog!!"

Lorna
Trainer: Alex Fraser

"Very impressed with Lynn. Her advice for us going forward with Shadow was very informative and so far we have seen some positive improvements. Walking shadow has become easier and more enjoyable. He is getting calmer in doors and when people have called he hasn't barked so much. So in 1 week we have noticed a big improvement."

TINA
Trainer: Lynn Prentice

"

Alex was absolutely brilliant, he had great patience and respect for Boris and us, we would definitely recommend his training programme, our lives are already better as a family, 👍thank you Alex

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martine
Trainer: Alex Fraser

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Very informative advice as to why my dog is behaving as she does and how to correct it

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Elizabeth
Trainer: Shauna Hoey

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Emma visited our house and chatted with us for a couple of hours without the dog. We then had a good session with the dog where Emma explained to us what she wanted to put into practice. It is only a wek ago but we are already seeing a change to our dogs behaviour

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jason
Trainer: Emma Barrett

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Shauna has been fantastic. The skills she has taught me and my partner to manage our attention seeking, barking beagle is life changing. We have seen an immediate change in his behaviour regarding attention seeking tendencies, how long it takes him to settle around guests and the constant barking has reduced considerably. Shauna is a true professional, taking the time to understand our family, the issues we were having and provide easy to follow commands. Thank you Shauna, you have truly changed our lives.

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Maria
Trainer: Shauna Hoey

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Liz certainly knows what she’s talking about, very helpful and looking forward to our next visit.

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Allan
Trainer: Liz Johnson

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Neil was amazing. Within half an hour of being here coco was a different dog , we still have a way to go but I know with Neil's help all will go great

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Michelle
Trainer: Neil Price

"Emma was very polite, she talked us through how we should train Freddie to help with his barking. Emma was here for 2 hours and by the time she left Freddie had calmed his barking. So far the training is working really well, knowing Emma is only a phone call away is reassuring. We would definitely recommend using Emma if you need help with your dog."

Paul
Trainer: Emma Barrett

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The whole family can not believe the improvement in Patch’s behaviour,after the first lesson he doesn’t pull on the lead with the canny collar,he now sleeps in his crate at night and not on my bed,still working on greeting visitors and separation.Many thanks Sydney

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Brian
Trainer: Sydney Coleman

"GINA WAS EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL FROM THE OFF. SHE UNDERSTOOD OUR NEEDS AND WE SAW A DIFFERENCE IN THE VERY FIRST VISIT. WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE FULLY SUPPORTED AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE PROGRAMME."

JOANNE
Trainer: Gina Williams

"Sharon is very friendly and approachable and her years of experience is obvious. I would recommend her without hesitation!"

Linda
Trainer: Sharon Chapman