Customer Feedback

Some feedback from customers of Dogs 'n' Stuff.

My dog Duke was scared of dogs and to deal with that fear he was aggressive toward them. A Dog behaviourist told me I should avoid dogs at all costs which made life very difficult. I asked Amy to walk my dog for me while I was on holiday and she saw first hand what Duke was like . She told me with her know how we could get Duke to socialise with other dogs. By using various training methods and progressing to Amy's dogs, Duke can now meet and play with certain dogs ,and doesn't get aggressive when he does see a dog while on a walk. Amy makes the training sessions fun and informative and always puts the dogs safety first. Thanks to Amy life has got a lot better with Duke.

Paul from Johnston, with Duke the Labrador cross

Dylan came on in leaps and bounds in the short time you spent with us. We found the comprehensive notes you emailed following each training session invaluable. Dylan's approaching one now and is just starting to discover there's a whole side to life he didn't know existed. Whilst you taught him how to control himself around food, you didn't mention pretty pooches, time for some more training I think...

Thanks again
Mike & Gill from Neyland, with Dylan the Dalmatian

I found dogs n stuff training excellent for my dog. Even though i was part of a small group, the class was tailored to the individual need of each dog with Amy giving excellent support.

Cindy from Pembroke Dock, with Zuk the Rottweiler cross

Amy ran two half day sessions on a lovely sunny day in the Field at Bow Street. Lifeskills training is about taking a good look at any day to day problems we encounter with our dogs and planning training exercises to help reduce or eliminate the problems.  Amy asked each person what areas of behaviour they wanted to focus on and devised training strategies for each of us.  Walking nicely on a lead, recall and politely greeting people and dogs are typical issues.  Recall and chase was a popular choice, others worked on attention, greeting people, and approaching other dogs.  We were reminded that dogs should always be on lead until they have a reliable recall and we all learned how to ‘park’ our dogs by standing on the lead, leaving us free to concentrate upon what was being said.  We all worked on lead walking and finished on a game of whipp-it, a really fun chase game which reinforces control, chase and recall.  The dogs loved it.  The sessions were good fun for dogs and handlers, as well as being very informative.  Everyone seemed to get something out of the day and a return visit from Amy would be very welcome.

Christine. Attended a training day held in Aberystwyth August 2009