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Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

11th March 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Jumping up, Pulling, Other

Learnt so much in a couple of hours! Brilliant with us and Esso

- J.U, Manchester (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

Great session and even though I know how our training can really help, even I was pleasantly surprised at how much calmer Esso was by the end of the first session. Can’t wait to catch up with them all soon. 

7th March 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Jumping up, Separation Anxiety

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 judgemental 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.

- S.C, Macclesfield (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

Great session with Maggie, her brother and their parents. It is important to try and identify the root cause of why dogs don’t listen or why they worry about things. Then with training (training the owners) and often some management, we can always make dogs listen better and worry less. It is also often difficult to resolve certain behavioural issues without looking at the bigger picture. Looking forward to catching up with them all next week. 

4th March 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Jumping up, Puppy Management, Recall, Toileting

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

- R.C, Hazel grove (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

Lovely meeting Waffle and Waffle’s owner. Overall Waffle did really well, but the reality is, there is no quick fix for training a puppy. Young puppies are puppies until they are about 6 months old, at which time they enter their teenage phase. Somewhere between 12 - 18 months they will become well behaved adults, if we get things right. My jobs is more about people training than dog training. Giving their owners the tools and skills to help make them the best versions of themselves. Looking forward to catching up with them both in a few weeks.

3rd March 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Recall, Separation Anxiety

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

- T.N, Bury BL8 2BN (Testimonial)

25th February 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Jumping up, Pulling, Recall

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!

- M.L, Manchester (Testimonial)

2nd February 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Chewing, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Separation Anxiety

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!!

- L.F, Macclesfield (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

Luna is an amazing dog with massive potential who loves attention, but it soon became apparent she didn’t sleep enough on a daily basis which resulted in some rather challenging behaviours. By simply introducing some structure, ground rules and more sleep, sha has come on leaps and bounds, and I was delighted when they sent me some footage of her enjoying time off lead on a walk!

28th January 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Separation Anxiety

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

- m.M, Northenden (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

Loved meeting Boris and his parents. After a rather noisy start from Boris who definitely loves attention, he definitely started to bark less when we worked his brain. Looking forward to catching up with them all.

20th January 2026 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Separation Anxiety, Toileting

Alex was brilliant!! He gave us clear and focussed advice and practical help. It was a pleasure to work with him and Rita responded really positively throughout the visit. Alex gave us lots to work on and there were some instant changes in Rita’s behaviour which we’ve been able to build on and maintain. Alex never made us feel like bad parents !!

- C.H, Manchester (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

I really love and appreciate how much owners love their dogs, and it’s therefore not surprising that so many dogs manage to wrap their owners around their big or little paws. But with a few small changes and some consistency it’s so easy to change the dynamic so that dogs start to listen better and worry less. I was really impressed with how well Rita did on her initial training session and I’m delighted that they have already seen improvements in her behaviour. Keep up the good work!

1st December 2025 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Chewing, Digging, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall

Alex came to our home on the 26th November to help us with our EnglishBull terrier Dave, Dave is a lovely boy but extremely hyper and excitable, doesn’t always want to listen and really just being quite boisterous, Dave is not our first bully we have had 3 prior to him and 2 were actually at the same time so we are aware of bully behaviour but he was a different level altogether, Alex seemed to calm Dave from the minute he arrived, he gave us lots of things to do with him to get his attention and get him working his brain, he was really starting to listen by the time Alex had gone through the paces with us to get Dave responding, we still have a lot of work to do but after meeting Alex and taking on board his way to train him, we are feeling more confident on how to bring out the best in Dave and we are not as nervous for our next visit with Alex.

- C.H, Stockport (Testimonial)

23rd November 2025 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Aggression, Recall, Separation Anxiety

Alex was brilliant with my chihuahua Samson. His training is very professional and instructions thorough and easy to follow. Not only for his doggie customer but my son and I too. Nothing is rushed and his love of dogs and his job training them is heart-warming. We all learnt so much and now count Alex as a friend who’s welcome here any time. Thanks Alex👍

- J.H, Macclesfield (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Alex

I have loved working with Samson and his family. The first time I met Samson he was very anxious when I entered his home and initially he struggled to settle every time I stood up to walk around. But by the end of the first session he was so much calmer. I caught up with them all last week and he was like a different dog. Very little barking when I entered their home and he was a lot more settled the entire time I was with them.

20th November 2025 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Barking, Jumping up, Pulling, Puppy Management, Recall, Separation Anxiety

Alex kept in contact us he let us know when he was on his way and when he arrived. so we had time to put Shadow in a different room so he could meet her before training started. I would highly recommend him It was his 1st visit he helped Shadow how to learn and wait whilst we was in the kitchen at the door whilst we pretended to chop food up with a tasty sausage :) Helped with a few issues we are having with a young pup and we learnt a lot as well now to practice it :) Looking forward to to the next visits Thanks Alex we got time to relax after your visit as Shadow was very worn out

- R.H, Cheadle Hulme (Testimonial)

15th November 2025 - Alex Fraser

Alex dealt with Aggression, Barking, Jumping up, Pulling

It was lovely meeting Alex, after our first meeting we felt very confident that we can help our loving Tilly. Alex was great & we would certainly recommend him to other worried dog owners. We are looking forward to working more with Alex forward the foreseeable future.

- M.W, Bury (Testimonial)