Colin’s insight and knowledge with dog behaviour is superb. His positive reinforcement approach with training has helped me with Alfie’s recall and loose lead walking.
I first came to Colin to improve Alfie’s recall when Alfie was about 11 months old. We chatted about … Continued
Training a Disobedient Borzoi
I sought Colin’s help with my 3 year old Borzoi Mishka. He had been attacked by a local dog and developed a fear reaction. Aside from this, unlike my other two dogs, he largely ignored my commands, he just would not listen.
To begin with I had little success with recall and trying to reduce his … Continued
Disobedient Borzoi
I sought Colin’s help with my 3 year old Borzoi Mishka. He had been attacked by a local dog and developed a fear reaction. Aside from this, unlike my other two dogs, he largely ignored my commands, he just would not listen.
To begin with I had little success with recall and trying to reduce his … Continued
Miska would not recall
I sought Colin’s help with my 3 year old Borzoi Mishka. He had been attacked by a local dog and developed a fear reaction. Aside from this, unlike my other two dogs, he largely ignored my commands, he just would not listen.
To begin with I had little success with recall and trying to reduce his … Continued
Reuben The Runaway
Would not come back or Recall
We came to Colin for help with recall for our dog Reuben, who was 10 months old at the start of training. He was becoming less and less responsive to our calls, and frequently ran off after other dogs, birds and sheep
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Herbie the run away Welsh Springer
Recalling our 9-month old Welsh springer was a nightmare.
We did puppy classes and he passed recall with full marks, but by 6 months he would disappear for 20 minuets or more. If he was on a scent it could be for a hour, we started to dread letting him off lead.
We knew that we needed to … Continued
Jessie. The collie who loved chasing bikes
Four months ago I was almost at the end of my tether with my young border collie, Jesse. He didn’t like, and therefore tried to chase cyclists and joggers, nipping and barking at them. I started avoiding places where he might have such encounters because I was worried about the potential … Continued
Zak – Reactive towards Dogs
Zak an 8 year old Irish Wolfhound cross Labrador was my daughters husbands dog unfortunately the marriage ended and her husband didn’t want Zak. My daughter has two boys and also works, however they didn’t want to give Zak up.
Zak is a lovely dog in many … Continued
Frankie – Rescue Lurcher reactive towards people and dogs
Frankie is a brindle greyhound rescued just over 6 months ago by my father and I from a dogs home. We were told that he had been treated badly and that he was a very reactive dog. We tried for a few weeks to settle Frankie and gain his trust but when he saw another dog, animal or human he would lunge, … Continued