Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

We've always had dogs. While they haven't all been angels, they have all been fairly well behaved. So while we weren't totally inexperienced when it came to dogs, adopting George, an 11 year old with a sketchy past, revealed that we were ill prepared to address a more pronounced behavioural issue. We reached out to Callum from Bark Busters for help. It was evident (annoyingly so!) from the first visit, that Callum seemed able to communicate so much more effectively with George than us, and despite trying our best to follow his lead, the 'magic' definitely didn't just instantly rub off. There was no easy fix scenario and we saw very little progress outside of the lesson. We were sure that we would be one of those owners that just never did "get it"!. However Callum was patient and encouraging. His diagnosis of George's personality and motivations was enlightening, together with the training that we desperately needed as to how OUR behaviour was being interpreted by George. The whole process was constructive. Instead of asking us to repeat the same activities for which we seemed to gain little traction, Callum was always able to create a slightly different pathway to the same outcome. It meant that instead of spinning our wheels, after each visit we were left with renewed confidence and excitement. Today we had our third visit. While there is still much work to do, we understand our boy's personality and behaviour so much more clearly now, and feel confident that we have a toolkit of actions and activities that have already started to show progress, even AFTER Callum has left. We were so excited to provide our older boy with a happy, relaxed and safe home. Now, for the first time since adopting George 5 months ago, with Callum's ongoing support and patience, we feel like this is very doable.

The training is great Glen is very caring about what he does. Saw results with Rocky straight away. Would highly recommend Bark Busters.

I can’t thank Kelly enough! Cooper weighs almost half of my weight. He is a gentle giant Labradoodle but I haven’t been able to control his very loud bark, jumping and pulling on lead, meaning I had lost my confidence out in public with him. Kelly’s advice was absolutely straight forward and sensible and I am buzzing that both Cooper and I did well in our first lesson. It’s really about training me as the human! Kelly has given me so much confidence with such positive results in just 1 lesson. I am so excited for our next session! Cooper ignored the rubbish trucks today, and ignored a courier delivery next door and for the first time ever hasn’t entered the kitchen. Cooper enjoyed the training just as much as I did… I 100% recommend Kelly as a dog and owner trainer…I can’t believe what we were able to achieve in 2 hours! Thank you so much Kelly!!!

Phillipa was fantastic on the day teaching a totally different way of training my Pomeranians. It’s so easy it has become an every day part of life. Phillippa’s calm and positive nature was a breath of fresh air. Training was at my pace and nothing like puppy school where you do this, this and this etc. I would highly recommend Phillippa and Bark Busters to anyone.

Stephan showed me how to open my front door without letting Charles run out. It was so easy once you have the tools 'BAH'. He also showed me how to walk Charles with out Charles pulling on the lead. Work in progress.

Frankie responded so quickly to the new commands. Information was delivered in a very clear, warm manner. With further sessions I know Frankie will achieve his full potential

First visit by trainer was very successful. We learn a lot and Penny responded well to training

Kelly was absolutely knowledgeable and helpful. We got some very useful tips in what to do and what not to do. Highly appreciate her time and expertise. We were very happy with the session, looking forward to the future session/s and we have been practising and are excited about Tinkerbell's progress with certain behaviours :) Highly recommend Kelly.

I was reluctant to have Max trained as I thought it would be stressful for him but his barking was out of control, as soon as I met Glen, I knew Max would be ok. Glen was very informative but most of all Max was ok. The most important thing is I can contact Glen if I have any problems. Small steps, Max is nine but after only two days he is learning to control his barking which was my greatest worry. I’m so glad I took the step to call Glen.

Absolutely amazing support, knowledge and service! Have been raving about Laura since I first got in touch, and even more so since the first session. Very keen to keep working with her to support my dog in improving her skills and behaviours :) Also did a session with my family’s dog which was fantastic also!

Kelly is an absolute dog whisperer. She is so full of knowledge & opened our eyes up to things we would never had thought about. Both our dogs responded straight away to the training. My partner & I were almost hopeless with what to do with our two, with constant fighting which just kept getting more aggressive & more constant, though just after the first session with Kelly & implementing the things she taught us & the training they are both like different dogs & have hardly fought since. We couldn't recommend Kelly enough! We were hesitant to try a another dog trainer again after bad experiences with past trainers but we are so grateful we did as Kelly is worth her weight in gold.

Abbey is responding really well to bahhh….she is walking well on the new lead and I put her bed in the car and she is now as quiet as a church mouse and is MUCH more relaxed. I can even go to the shower and loo alone and can go to the garage without her following me…I am extremely happy thanks to you…