Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

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.

We found the session very helpful understanding Charlies issues

Philippa was so refreshing I feel like we have good direction she was able to fill in the missing gaps and give us the confidence in taking control

Having never had a dog before we were flying blind. Ken’s composed and confident (due to his extensive knowledge) lessons with us have given us the tools we needed to train our Lab. We could not recommend him highly enough. We will continue to be in touch should we have any other questions or need any help. Thanks mate.

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.

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.

Kelly is absolutely fantastic. We have a 50kg German Shepherd who was running the household and with Kelly's help and expertise he is a completely different dog. He is now so respectful and an absolute joy to have around. We cannot thank Kelly enough for her help and we are sure Jake appreciates it too as he is a much happier dog.

Excellent trainer, kind, professional addressed the issues

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.

Phillippa explained everything very clearly and we love the way issues are dealt with from the dogs point of view. Hester and I enjoyed the training. We've had noticibale results in expecially door behaviour and staying off the coach in the first lesson and look forward to continue with Philippa.

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.

Kelly is amazing, we cannot recommend her highly enough! Our gorgeous rescue dog Macy was a barker when anyone/anything would go past our house, she was anxious and we struggled to get her out the door somedays so we could get to work. We had unwittingly let Macy believe she was the leader of our pack, a role that she was not comfortable with at all. Kelly gave us the tools and training to give Macy peace and calm. She still has her sweet nature and beautiful personality but she is calm, is definitely more secure in her environment and her manners have improved ten fold. We can't thank you enough Kelly! And your follow ups have been the icing on the cake.