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Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

18th October 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Barking, Chewing, Digging, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Toileting

Kelly not only helped our puppy but us too. She showed us how to work with the dog and get the best out of him. He went from being very hyperactive to relaxed and happy within a few minutes. It was amazing to watch the results that Kelly achieved with Boof and how easy it was for us to achieve the same results under her guidance. We had issues with Boof biting and jumping and well as destructive behaviour but it has improved immensley in just one lesson. We are looking forward to Kelly returning in a few weeks to help with the next stage of his training. She also discussed his diet and we found that it contributed to a lot of his bad behaviour so we are in the process of changing his diet and have found aclamer dog all round. I would highly recommend Kelly to anyone who needs help with their canine furbabies as her expertise and understanding of dogs is inspiring.

- L.S, Leichhardt (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
What a dramatic change! From a bouncing, barking, biting puppy (Great Dane cross), to a calm, relaxed, lay by your feet happy fur kid! Your young pup is so super sweet, and responded to our calm methods in the first 5mins of the lesson starting. Focusing on mouthing and biting, lead training, obedience, lounge manners and night time craziness, as well as crate training and preventative night time barking - so pleased with the results! As always I have provided support after the first lesson, and I can't wait for lesson 2, where we'll focus on road safety, pulling and size management (he's going to be a big boy!). Thanks again for allowing me to assist :-)

13th September 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall

Kelly has a natural gift with animals. Her expertise and professionalism is clear from the start. The theory lesson was fantastic - Kelly pin pointed the exact reasons behind our bulldog Bindi’s behavioural issues, which included barking, nipping, hyperactivity, pulling and aggression. We had results from the very first lesson. Kelly was very thorough and patient, and we practiced each technique until we got it right. Bindi is now like a completely different dog, and is absolutely thriving! Her barking has reduced dramatically, she no longer nips, and is much calmer. Kelly has continued to support us through the whole journey, and has answered all of our questions and concerns. We couldn’t recommend her enough! She is Brisbane’s best dog whisperer. Thank you Kelly! Can’t wait for the next lesson.

- K.R, Brisbane (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Thank you so much for your positive feedback and thoughts on our positive training system - but you have done all the hard work, so you get the Gold Star! It was clear at the first session how much everyone loves Bindi, but there was also an element of caution / fear, not knowing how to handler her issues. We targeting the door (manners), jumping up, mouthing, visitor aggression, recall, positive crate training, obedience - and wow, wasn't she an awesome pupil! Repetition and consistency is key, and your whole family nailed it! Second lesson went from total unfocussed pulling, to walking politely on a loose lead, watching for your commands - road manners / safety got a good start, and we will move in to dog reactivity / lunging at lesson #3 - can't wait! Keep up the amazing work!

2nd May 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up

Kelly was punctual and communication prior to our appointment was clear and informative. The lessons we learnt where not only simple but very effective. To the point just the next day Winston was less reactive and more responsive to my commands. Jenna no longer barks when put away from myself, instead has a little sulk and then moves on to whatever she wants to do away from me. There is still alot of work to do, but each day gets easier and my life is less stressed. Highly recommended Kelly and the Barkbusters techniques to anyone looking to change behavioural issues with their furbabies.

- T.P, Alexandra Hills (Testimonial)

1st May 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Chewing, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Toileting

I’ve reached out to Kelly a few times with concerns on Harlow & Ivy’s behaviour where she gave us great advice. We recently had food aggression from our youngest, Harlow, so enough was enough. We contacted Kelly and within 2 weeks was with us. After the first exercise Harlow was very responsive & after she left we implemented all exercise with an extreme change in both the girl’s behaviour. Harlow was responding on leash, her recall improved immensely & her door and gate manners were already on the rise in improvement. The next day Harlow was reactive to the neighbours dogs & with the command we implemented she quickly redirected herself and left the dog alone. Absolutely VERY happy with the service, advice & guidance from Kelly. We are so looking forward to our next session where we will focus on behaviour around young children and front door racing, as she was very exhausted from being a ‘good, well behaved girl she was falling asleep standing up’.

- M.H, Logan Reserve (Testimonial)

26th April 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Barking, Pulling, Recall

Kelly is awesome at helping us understand how to “parent” our pooch.

- A.M, Thornlands (Testimonial)

12th January 2023 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Barking, Pulling, Recall

Kelly was amazing, she gave me clear instructions on how to deal with my dogs issues, and has been very helpful with any follow queries or issues.

- C.L, CAMIRA (Testimonial)

20th June 2020 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Chewing, Puppy management, Recall, Sibling rivalry, Toileting

Anyone who is considering bringing a puppy into their home needs Kelly in their life! We recently welcomed a beautiful little Cavalier King Charles puppy named Radar. Kelly has helped us from choosing the right breed for our family’s needs, setting up crate training, toilet training, setting up a routine, instilling good doggy manners and has even provided us with information and product recommendations about food, flea and worming, vaccination, grooming and toys to keep our pup happy. This woman is a fountain of knowledge! I would especially recommend Kelly for people with young children as she was great at educating our kids in dog safety as well as how to care, love and play with our new pup. In the two weeks between getting Radar and our first appointment with Kelly, I was feeling overwhelmed but after one session, she helped us to figure out where Radar fits into our family life and routine and now Radar knows his place in our pack too. Radar is already so well-mannered and well-trained, he has slotted into our family so well and is a pleasure to be around. I have no doubt that we couldn’t have done it without Kelly. Thankyou!

- J.S, Meadowbrook, Queensland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Radar is just the most delicious bundle of goodness, thank you for inviting me into your home to assist. Covering off all the normal puppy issues like sleeping, mouthing, toilet training, lead work and starting on obedience, we also made child safety a good fun game, so that your gorgeous children were able to play safely and calmly with their new little buddy. I am looking forward to seeing you at our social class for puppies (included in your fee!), very soon (and yes, I'll eb stealing more cuddles LOL). Great job team, well done!

20th March 2020 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Aggression, Barking, Jumping up, Pulling, Other

My dog was always jumping on people, barking and with my new son was getting aggressive. Kelly showed us techniques we can use to control his behaviour and now we when visitors come over they are surprised by the difference in his behaviour. Around my now 5 month old son he hardly even pays him attention anymore and if he does he keeps his distance and isn't aggressive towards him now.

- L.B, Mount gravatt, Queensland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Tard is such a dude! With working breeds in his make up (Border Collie x) we had to get his brain engaged so he could relax, and I was so impressed with how much he had improved between lessons! Thank you to you and your family for following through with the daily programming, and other recommendations, you have done a wonderful job (child safety is so important, and it is so great he is so much calmer.

19th October 2019 - Head Office

Head Office dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Separation anxiety, Sibling rivalry

Lynden’s expertise was fantastic in beginning to train our dogs. He has given us a lot of effective training skills to work on with the boys over the next few weeks until we see him again.

- E.F, Yamanto (Testimonial)

10th October 2019 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Barking, Digging, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Sibling rivalry

Thank you Kelly, we are sincerely grateful for all of your help/advice.....so too is Max :)

- T.M, Rochedale South, Queensland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Max is a super bouncy 1 year old Labradoodle - I loved the comment from his human Dad "I couldn't believe the change after one lesson!". We managed to get his jumping under control, he now walks nicely on the lead, and the most important thing was managing his separation anxiety (whining and howling), which is well on the way to being corrected. Well done to Max's family for your consistency and daily training, huge difference! At our third lesson we'll go for a walk and work on distraction training. Can't wait!!

4th October 2019 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Sibling rivalry

Kelly has been a fantastic asset to our household. From the first lesson Max has improved and continues to improve in his behaviours. The training given by Kelly was easy to understand and she was very patient with both my husband and I in learning the commands and how to use them. The advice and information she gave us was spot on and worked immediately.

- N.M, Mt Gravatt East, Queensland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Max is a gorgeous GSD (German Shepherd Dog) who at 3, lost his best mate, which is so sad. With some fine tuning within the house structure, Max's lovely owners have been able to see wonderful improvements with his barking, lead work, anxiety related issues and obedience. At our second lesson we started work on Max's pulling on lead (I always enjoy watching a client walk their dog up the road on a loose lead!) and the third lesson we'll start on distractions. Massive well done, huge improvement from you consistent work!!!

30th September 2019 - Kelly McClelland

Kelly dealt with Barking, Chewing, Digging, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall

Kelly was an absolute lifesaver. Before our first session, it was impossible to take Malibu on a walk because he pulled so hard on the lead the entire time and I wasn’t strong enough to hold him back. He defended the fence line of our backyard like his life depended on it, constantly barking at our neighbours and jumping up on our fences, doing damage to our relationships with our neighbours as well as damage to the actual fences. Malibu also jumped up on people and did not know his own strength, making him a bit of a danger to my younger siblings who often come to visit. Kelly gave us the skills to fix these issues in our first session. She explained everything to us in a lot of detail and spent a lot of time making sure we understood what we were doing and why, watching us correct Malibu’s behaviours and instilling confidence in us. Malibu responded so well to the training and is now a much happier dog! After our second session with Kelly this week, we feel confident to talk Malibu on a walk knowing he won’t pull us along with him. Kelly also went above and beyond when Malibu was being dog-sat by a family member, as she made herself available for any questions and advice they needed so my new husband and I wouldn’t be worried about Malibu on our honeymoon. I’m looking forward to our next session with Kelly and continuing to see Malibu’s improvements! If you’re on the fence about whether or not to give this training ago, I highly recommend you just go for it! It has been the best decision we’ve made, for Malibu’s sake and our own.

- E.G, Loganlea, Queensland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Kelly
Malibu is the luckiest rescue Amstaff who has landed in the most wonderful doggy home! At only 2 years old, he has his whole life ahead of him - and now that his barking, fence running, over guarding is under control, we have started working on his walking. All your consistent work was shown at the second lesson, where we worked on walking techniques - I was so proud of Malibu walking along at heel on a loose lead!!! And not trying to dislocate your shoulder by pulling LOL. I am looking forward to lesson #3, where I will bring a dog to manage the dog reactivity. Keep up the solid work, I look forward to continuing to support your #lifetimesupportguarantee

 

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