Reviews & Testimonials For Catharina Jeffery

My husband and I have been working with Cat to improve our control of our dog Diesel for about three weeks now. We reached out to Cat when Diesel jumped our backyard fence and I asked her how to work on this during her recent live education session. Since then we have worked on distance control and recall and we are all very hopeful that slowly but surely Diesel will come along in leaps and bounds. We had our first home visit today after a couple of weeks of video lessons and Cat is just as lovely in person as she has been while we've been working with her over the phone. Cat is patient, persistent, knowledgeable and thoughtful. We have asked a million and one questions throughout our training and Cat is always happy to answer any query, and is always very quick to respond. In the past trainers have just told us to persist with the same technique but Cat reviews the situation, provides really useful pointers for how we need to adjust our communication skills and adjusts the training program to suit our Diesel dog. We are very happy we chose to work with Cat, looking forward to seeing our furry friend happy and relaxed in any environment ?

With our first session, Cat was fantastic. She explained the way in which a dog's mind works, and made us realise that Henry's "cute" behaviours were in fact him showing he was the boss of us! Henry has social anxiety, and would spend most days barking at nothing, stressed and especially terrified when anyone came around to the house. Since our first session and the follow up, we have noticed that Henry is a lot calmer. He barks less, listens to us when we ask for his attention, and is overall calmer. We have been able to get a collar on him without him running away, which is a first. Cat has made us feel supported, and we know that any questions we have we can always go to her. 100% recommend!

Our new little 8 week old Cavoodle Jemma has had 2 lessons with Bark Busters and its great to see what a few lessons can do to control the bad habits and make her into a pleasurable dog, well done ☺

After enduring anxious barking when people arrive at our house and protective nervous behaviour at the beach and park, it is incredible how quickly Winnie has responded to Cat’s training techniques. Within the first week of training I can already see an improved version of my dog.... looking forward to watching him grow into a confident responsive boy!

Cat was absolutely amazing from the get go. My poor 2 year old pitty is terrified of strangers as one didn't treat her too well so she snaps at them when they go to pat her, today is the first day my partner went out and she walked next to him the whole time without having to tug on her harness and also jumped up to people for pats without so much as her hackles up, all that after just one lesson Very pleased already with bark busters already would highly recommend

wow just WOW #cat #dogwhisperer A HUGE THANKYOU for your amazing help so far, it has changed our adoption process from daunting to exciting, we now can't wait to share Maxx's journey in our lives. Very much looking forward to our next play, I mean lesson! {Provided Maxx gets out of bed for it hahahaha

A few years back I came across Bark Busters. Thanks to Cat’s help we saw a huge improvement in both of our dogs with lead pulling and recall. One of our dogs was attacked several times as a pup and has been reactive to other dogs ever since. We couldn’t take him anywhere we might run into another dog because if he could so much as see them he would bark, yelp, pull on the lead and shake. After one session of working with Cat he is like a different dog. We have had two interactions with dogs recently where he was much calmer and could ignore them, rather than react. We can’t believe the change in him after one session and look forward to continue working with Cat. If you need help with any aspects of training or behaviour, Cat is so knowledgeable and helpful. I have already recommended her to others.

We have a very headstrong puppy who is adorable but determined. Not long after we got Fitz home we realised that once again we needed help with training. My first and only thought was Cat at Bark Busters the most calming and competent person we have met. Cat helped us train our last pet Bess and what a difference that made to our enjoyment of our beautiful pet. When Cat arrived to start training Fitz it wasn't too long before he was actually doing what he was asked to do instead of us doing what he wanted us to do. Her patience with puppy and owners is amazing. We have no hesitation in recommending Cat to everyone who is having problems with dogs whatever the age of their pets.

Both my dogs are barkers and have a couple other issues but after just one lesson with Cat I have noticed a big difference. Looking forward to seeing the further progress. Cat is very supportive and willing to help anytime.

Would highly recommend Cat! We have a very confident playful head strong 5 month old Japanese Akita. With only 1 training session with Cat and daily training, we can already see a huge improvement with Winters behaviour. We’re excited to keep training with Cat and watch Winters progress!

A local vet nurse recommended I contact Cat regarding a Wagg Walker Harness. I am the Co-ordinator for POOPS (Pets of Older Persons), a not for profit organisation in Busselton and a couple of months ago was approached by an elderly gentleman to help walk his dog. I took 9 year old Bull Mastiff Sheeba, who is extremely overweight, for a test walk but found she pulled too much to safely walk. I had been trying to think of ways in which we could walk her safely. Cat kindly met me free of charge at Sheeba's house to trial the harness and both her owner and I were gobsmacked at how easy Cat and Sheeba made it look. After some initial training by Cat, I was given the lead and although not quite as proficient as her, I was easily able to walk Sheeba which means I can now assign other volunteers to ensure she gets out a few times a week. Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in donating your time and skills Cat.

Our dog Alby was on his last legs in our house, he was ripping up washing, furniture, biting and jumping up on everyone (a rescue dog with an unfortunate history) . Within 2 hours Cat had us trained on how to communicate with him. its only been two weeks but the techniques shown work, even for a dog like Alby. He still has a way to go but by practicing every day, he no longer jumps up at people, mouthing is virtually non existent and he understands the controls we just need to keep reinforcing them. Can't recommend Cat enough. Even my wife that wanted him out and didn't think anything would work is now converted.