Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials
14th September 2013 - Estelle Jackson
Estelle dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Separation anxiety
It is like Estelle came along and waved a magic wand! We have a different dog after just one week. Estelle had assessed our difficulties and was suggesting solutions within the first half hour. It has been easy to put her instructions into practice due to the time she spent explaining why Cookie was behaving as she was. Estelle helped me to understand what my actions meant to my dog. Thank you!
13th September 2013 - Lee Hardy
Lee dealt with Aggression, Barking, Jumping up
Very comprehensive, good knowledge
12th September 2013 - Kevin McDonnell
Kevin dealt with Aggression, Barking, Recall
We decided to contact Bark Busters for our 11 year old dog Gizmo. We rescued him two years ago, although fabulous around people he was always aggressive around dogs. This got to the point where I was scared of taking him out especially with our eight month old son. After Kevin had been here for 10 minutes I knew we had made the right decision- he put us completely at ease and took us through what would happen and it all made complete sense! After a few hours of training Gizmo was socialising in the field with other dogs (my heart was racing!)
Wen I walk Gizmo now I feel confident and in control which I realise I never felt before. I am taking things slowing and building up our confidence with other dogs however it had changed our lives already. Gizmo no longer barks in the house an when we come home and is a very obedient dog now (and we are only 4 days in!)
Thank you Kevin!
11th September 2013 - Kevin McDonnell
Kevin dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Separation anxiety
We can't recommend Kevin highly enough. From the offset, we knew we'd made the right decision by turning to him for guidance. He asked lots of questions before meeting Timber and so was well prepared on arrival. We were able to ask questions too before arranging our appointment and knowing that only positive methods would be used, (no punishment or alpha training here), set our minds at ease completely. On meeting Kevin we knew that we were in experienced, knowledgeable and kind hands. Having previously made some good progress with our under-socialised and overly energetic GSD, we found we'd got to a point where we needed help handling some of his harder to solve anti-social issues, such as his excessive and frustrated reactions towards other dogs and his over-protective behaviour with us. I wouldn't have believed it myself but within 5 minutes of beginning to practise the techniques Kevin showed us, Timber showed signs of understanding what was expected of him because we could communicate effectively and give him commands he understood. What is more, after months of behaviourists trying, unsuccessfully, to help us introduce Timber to dogs, Kevin managed to help us walk Timber calmly and happily near his own dog with very little fuss or trauma. While we didn't expect all of his troubles to be solved straight away, what we saw today was the beginnings of a happier and calmer dog. Now we have the right tools to guide him, we are happier and calmer too. Thank you Kevin, you will never know just what a difference you have made, and this is only the beginning!
11th September 2013 - Estelle Jackson
Estelle dealt with Other
Business like but very friendly. Assessed situation perfectly very quickly and was helpful from first few minutes. Thorough and insightful.
8th September 2013 - Neil Price
Neil dealt with Puppy management
Neil was excellent, very easy to get along with, didn't make you feel as if you we're. Hopeless case, was very patient with us and explained everything clearly and with patience
6th September 2013 - Estelle Jackson
Estelle dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Sibling rivalry
Very happy with first visit felt estelle knew about my dogs problems before she even met them just by talking to us .left me feeling positive about how to solve the problems I was having
6th September 2013 - Lee Hardy
Lee dealt with Pulling, Separation anxiety, Other
I am so impressed with what lee did in one session the difference in walking my dog from the day before was amazing. He has given me so much confidence to believe we will end up with the results we want and give our rescue dog a good and happy future.
5th September 2013 - Kevin McDonnell
Kevin dealt with Barking, Pulling, Separation anxiety
We have a 6 year old Jack Russell called Diesel, whose separation anxiety issues and constant barking were making family life very stressful. Kevin's training session was amazing! Within half an hour he showed us how to stop Diesel barking at the doorbell, and growling at people walking past the house. He also taught us techniques to make Diesel feel safe and calm when we leave him at home alone. Just 2 days later and we already have a dog a who walks to heel, has stopped terrifying our visitors, and can already be left at home for short periods without crying his heart out. We're looking forward to keeping up the techniques that Kevin taught us and making Diesel's life (and ours) a lot calmer and happier... Thanks Kevin!
4th September 2013 - Graham Milgrew
Graham dealt with Pulling, Puppy management, Recall
From the very start Jo could identify straight away the issues we were having with Bentley. After spending four hours with us, from the 1st visit we instantly started to notice Bentley's behaviour improve.
Jo was brilliant and took the time to explain everything in great detail to ensure we understood everything. Jo's knowledge was very impressive. She ensured we had a training strategy in place ready for her next visit which was simple for us to achieve.
Bentley's progress is still ongoing but without Jo's help we wouldn't be where we are today with him!!! Big thanks
Trainer note from Graham
Bentley is a Dogue De Bordeaux and a gentle giant. He is very noise sensitive and if something startles or scares him when he is outside he will pull his owners to get away and go back home. His owners are patiently working with him to help him cope with his noise fear. This is not something that can be achieved quickly but they are making great progress. When it comes to general training, Bentley is excelling himself. He has been doing really well with recall (coming when called)and is already at the stage where he can move on from basic to advanced training. He loves every minute he spends learning new things with his owners and for such a young dog he is showing remarkable promise.
Bentley is a Dogue De Bordeaux and a gentle giant. He is very noise sensitive and if something startles or scares him when he is outside he will pull his owners to get away and go back home. His owners are patiently working with him to help him cope with his noise fear. This is not something that can be achieved quickly but they are making great progress. When it comes to general training, Bentley is excelling himself. He has been doing really well with recall (coming when called)and is already at the stage where he can move on from basic to advanced training. He loves every minute he spends learning new things with his owners and for such a young dog he is showing remarkable promise.
2nd September 2013 - Graham Milgrew
We were very pleased with the information that Jo gave and is continuing to do. Penny has come on leaps and bounds since and Jo came back and taught us the recall programme. Penny is responding very well to this and we have to do this for another 3 weeks. Her barking is toning down too and she now knows the word "no" which is a huge success for us.
Trainer note from Graham
Penny is a lovely little Westie Puppy. She was a little reluctant to come to her owners. There was no obvious reason for this and as soon as they started to make coming to them a fun game she has got the hang of it and is happily running backwards and forwards on their command. She loves to bark at anything and everything so her owners have been working hard to make sure her barking doesn't become a nuisance and that she understands when to stop when she gets too excited. She is growing up into a delightful dog and is bringing real pleasure to her owners life.
Penny is a lovely little Westie Puppy. She was a little reluctant to come to her owners. There was no obvious reason for this and as soon as they started to make coming to them a fun game she has got the hang of it and is happily running backwards and forwards on their command. She loves to bark at anything and everything so her owners have been working hard to make sure her barking doesn't become a nuisance and that she understands when to stop when she gets too excited. She is growing up into a delightful dog and is bringing real pleasure to her owners life.
31st August 2013 - Kevin McDonnell
Kevin dealt with Aggression, Barking, Pulling, Recall
We are delighted with the progress that we have made with Daisy since our training session with Kevin. She seems calmer at home and when visitors arrive, which was a major problem. She is also a lot better behaved and will listen to instruction when we are out and about. Whereas before the training she had "selective deafness" at times when we were trying to get her back on the lead, especially if there were other dogs around, she now will come straight back. We have still a way to go before we have a perfectly behaved dog but with Kevin's training and the exercises he gave us to practice, we are sure that we can achieve this. Many thanks!