Before our first lesson with Allan, I had a lovely labradoodle lady who wouldn't stop barking at the door, would bully her little Jack Russell X brother, and would pull on the lead when walking. Not so much now! Wilma knows I mean it when I 'ask' her to stop barking, knows there's a consequence to being a bully, and no longer pulls on the lead. She still eats my undies and becomes anxious when I walk away from her, but I think that's my fault - I need to do some more work. However, just as Allan has initially helped us, we're sure he'll help us with the rest. Thanks Allan!

I have two kelpies who bark when we aren't home, one digs, one seems to have anxiety. They are both similar but very different. My older dog also tells the younger dog off all the time which is exhausting. I contacted bark busters to try and work on the barking to reduce the disruption to our neighbours. Allan came for 3 hours after we finished work and took us back to basics. Explaining how to correct the dogs and train them to not need food as a reward. We worked alot on the dogs and identified where my partner and I sit in the pack and came up with exercises to reinforce the pack order. As we learnt alot I wrote down the things we struggled with and emailed Allan. He gave us reassurance and more tips to work through. I also get anxious walking my dogs as I am scared of other dogs. Allan came back 2 weeks later and came walking with me and showed me signs to look out for and ways to correct the action. While it has only been 4 weeks our dogs have changed so much. They bark less, respond to our correction and have a different demena. I would 100% recommend bark busters and especially Allan. It is well worth the money and time and have even referred my sister to Allan who she is currently using.

Having Alan come in to help us with Goofy was the best decision we could have made. Goofy is a young rescue pup who was super affectionate, but to a point it was dangerous for a toddler to be on the floor with him. Now thanks to Alan’s help, they are the best of friends and one is always following the other around the house. I would HIGHLY recommend bark busters to anyone who was needing help with their furry family member.

I would 100% recommend Allan to anyone and recommended him to my sister following my session. I have two kelpies (girl 5 and boy 3). I had paid for private lessons for my older dog and spent hundreds of dollars but it was all food based. Completely different personalities and trained differently in the early stages. We have had multiple complaints of our dogs barking while we are at work and had tried almost everything. We got Allan out to help with barking, jumping,, dogs yelping when they think they will miss out on something and reinforcing the pack mentality. We spent 3 hours with Allan learning how to understand our dogs and learn a simplified way to train them. Without food or punishment. It has been 3 weeks now and the dogs have changed a lot. They are a lot calmer, gave stopped jumping on us and reduced the amount of barking when we are there to correct them. While it gets a little overwhelming changing our approach Allan was super responsive when I needed a little more guidance. Allan also came out 2 weeks later and came walking with me and my two dogs to help me feel less anxious about walking them and to show me the signs go look out for and correct before it escalates. I am so glad I used Bark Busters. Definitely value for money.

We called Bark Buster to help us manage Maple’s bathing. Allan was kind, non judgmental and realistic in helping us change the way we communicated with Maple. His training session with us and Maple was effective and we have appreciated his ongoing support and check ins while we tackle a few more of the behaviours we don’t like. We would recommend Bark Busters and Allan especially.

The training was super helpful and effective from just one session. It seemed a bit harsh in the beginning but after listening to the supporting theory, immediate results and the positive effect it had on my dog, I was in full support of Bark Busters approach to dog training.

Allan provided a very comprehensive session outlining the way our behaviour affects our dogs and how we can address this. Allan's expertise in animal behaviour and training was truely impressive. He is a very friendly person and a good communicator. He has provided us with confidence to follow through with the training requirements & techniques and we have seen immediate results with our dogs' behaviours.

Allan gives clear, simple and effective techniques to help us manage our puppy's destructive and impulsive behaviour. Handy to know we can email or call him anytime for help.

Bo is very much improved. Allan was very helpful and explained things that I could do to help Bo feel safe and secure which led to a much calmer and happier dog.

This was our initial session with Allan - before we took delivery of our puppy. As first time dog owners we were very nervous. Allan's assistance was invaluable and made us feel a lot more comfortable. He was happy to answer all our questions, no matter how silly or small they were. A couple of days after we received our puppy I rang Allan for some advice about Alfie's nipping. Although not scheduled to visit us yet, Allan came over and helped us put some strategies in place to manage this issue. Overall Allan's assistance has been just great and made getting a puppy a fantastic experience for the whole family.

Alan was first class and explained everything clearly and with no rubbish. He clearly demonstrated any exercises and the expected outcome and then made sure we performed the same actions to get the same result. Ongoing support is also excellent, with Alan responding promptly to any questions and queries. I look forward to the continuing relationship with Alan and hope that others use his excellent services to not only resolve their dog issues but also resolve issues that the owner may be doing to cause the behaviour and ultimately end up with a happier family, home and dog with everyone working together.

Very easy to understand and highly effective strategies, Allan has a great influence on our relationship between us and our dog and we are very pleased with how everything is going so far!