Testimonials

• I thought you may like an update with regards to Nero. I wanted to express my sincere gratitude to the tools that your course gave us to enable us to train Nero.Nero is now an absolute and total pleasure to walk (off the lead). He is now almost totally comfortable with people and dogs. The change from the dog I got from Rescue is absolutely amazing and your training has helped us to create such a bond. I'm not saying he is perfect - there are still elements of selective hearing but he is almost there.I even had an unforseen situation when throwing his ball on the field that about 20 children started running towards him. I instructed him to sit and wait where he was (at a distance), so he didn't trip any up and they swamped around him and ran past! He just sat there patiently and completely undeterred! Thank you so very very much. Jenny B.
• Although training was going well in class, my puppy was jumping and play biting badly at home. My toddler was being nipped and I really needed the home visit. After you came round things improved a lot and we are now happy with our Toby!
• We have been working with Denise ever since the cute brown bundle of fur called Charlie that we brought home from the breeder turned into a stroppy, chewing, biting monster!We found Denise through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and her support has been invaluable. Not just the training classes, which have given our dog an excellent grounding in the basics; nor the one-to-ones, which helped us to set ground rules for him at home; but the support of knowing there is someone we can talk to who understands what we're going through. Some of the problems have turned out to be behavioural rather than simply training issues and without her support we would certainly not have made it this far with Charlie.Several months down the line, although we haven't got there yet, we are hopeful that we will end up with a well trained dog whose company we can enjoy for years to come.Penny, Bill and Charlie. Please see the photo gallery, Charlie has gone on to win prizes and is now inthe Advanced training group and generally rather a nice lad! Denise
• My border collie was a rescue dog from Waggy Tails. She wouldn't let us walk around the house without biting our feet and it was impossible to walk her by the road as she tried chasing the cars and biting at them. Denise demonstrated and explained the techniques to use and after using these with a little time and patience things really improved. Meg is now a year old and has been on three courses. Everyone comments out on walks how well trained she is. When she was spayed the vet was amazed as when she went onto the table to have her stitches out I pointed my fingers at her and said "Bang", she dropped down on her side and laid perfectly still whilst the vet took out the stitches. He was very impressed. I never realised this trick could be so useful, I thought it was just a bit of fun!
• Thank you Denise for everything you taught us over the six weeks. Fi is now able to perform all the basics, sit, down, stay, leave the biscuit. I have watched her confidence grow as a result of your course and I can't thank you enough for your informative and friendly classes. I was also taken by the way you seem to genuinely care and show interest in every dog in the class as well as remember all their names. Fi has learned so much that I may not have otherwise know how to teach her. So a big thank you for your kindness and patience. Fi and Jess.
• Denise, thank you for your support, we couldn't have done it without you.
• We couldn't have managed without you. Thank you for giving us hope and showing us we could have a nice dog! Hopefully we can buy some new clothes now and they won't get ripped to bits!
• Denise, you were Max's last hope! He was so hyper were all covered in scratches and bruises. If you couldn't have helped he would've gone to rescue again. Thank you for all your help.
• I have recommended you to my friend as you have been so helpful and our dog is so much better behaved now. Thanks.
• I never thought we could stop our dog being afraid of fireworks but we are amazed at how quick ly she has got so much better. Now she can have a more normal life again. Thanks so much
• I was so upset that my puppy trashed our house when we went out. I never thought it was because she was stressed, I just thought she was paying me back for going out. Who would have thought that a change of diet and a few small changes would have had such an impact. Now I can start to re-decorate with confidence. Thanks so much, I would recommend you to anyone.
• Thanks to your advice I took Dan to the vet and they found he had a gut infection. Since he's been on the antibitoics his anxiety has gone away.
• Thank you for helping us to get Cassie in the car. After a year of painful lifting and another trainer who couldn't get her in I couldn't believe it when after ten minutes with you she jumped in the back on her own! Wow! If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have beleived it. Now we can get rid of the ramp.
• I never thought it would be so quick. When I realised we needed help I thought I was in it for the long run. But after a couple of weeks things are so much better. We really didn't want to re-home Ben but we were thinking about it.
• We just wanted to say a big massive thank you for all your help and advice in the puppy classes. We've seen a huge improvement in Ted and have really enjoyed taking part. We would definitely be interested in the intermediate training.
• I was referred to Grumpy Growlers and Denise by my local vet when my bitch Roxy started to show increasing levels of aggression to other dogs following a bite by another dog. The initial evening talk by Denise was very enlightening for me and made me realise that Roxy had been exhibiting signs of nervous aggression far longer than I had been aware and we had only just reached an extreme point in her behaviour. The outdoor classes were a great help to me. Roxy, although nervous, was able to interact at a safe distance and be around other dogs in a very calm and controlled setting and gradually I was able to put the techniques and lessons we were both learning into practice outside the class. By the end of the course Roxy was able to be in the company of other dogs without showing much nervousness let alone aggression. We moved onto the general social class that Denise holds where she can meet other dogs in a far less controlled setting. It has been some months now since Grumpy Growlers finished and Roxy is now back to full integration with other dogs. She is still wary of some and dislikes close contact with most dogs but I have learned to read her warning signs and am able to extract her from situations when she becomes too overwhelmed. She has become a much happier dog and thus has much happier owners since doing the course.Catherine and Roxy (3 year old Border Collie/Whippet cross)
• Six weeks ago I had an over excited, aggressive little terrier , who had to be separated from the other dogs for most of the time in the first 2 classes. However due to your excellent training methods "Olive" is now a sociable puppy , who is pleased to interact with all other dogs. We are now attending the Novice course as I am so pleased with Olive"s progress. Cannot thank you enough for accepting her, whereas other trainers would almost definitely have said she was too troublesome . Highly recommend you to others. Margaret Dixon.