Reviews & Testimonials For Kath Gnech

We were looking for a dog trainer for our 2 year old Saint Bernard Coco. He's 100KG and can pull 3 times his body weight. Our biggest problem we wanted help with was the launching and pulling when there were other dogs on our walk. For the past year we had been trying different techniques, watching countless UTube videos and trying different collars and harnesses. Nothing worked. We were continually being pulled into a tree, dragged along the ground, winded and more often than not, in tears at the end of a walk. We would often go before sunrise, at first light, to reduce the chance of encountering a dog. Coco loves his walks, and was perfect with people, children, bikes, skateboards, prams, everything else. On our very first session with Kath, before we were even introduced properly, Coco bolted out of the gate, jumped up on her and 'tried' to take her bag. How embarrassing. We were politely asking him to 'drop it' to no avail. Kath announces "Training starts now!!" and within seconds she had the situation under control, her bag back, and Coco didn't know what hit him. Neither did we, actually Our expectation was that we would have a meet and greet, then hit the footpath, find some dogs, and Kath would fix him in an hour or two. That was not the case. Kath spent a lot of time with us explaining that control outside the home starts with control inside the home, and we had a lot of work to do before we were hitting the footpath looking for dogs. Kath also explained to us that walking with a normal collar and lead does not provide any control for a dog, and helped us find the right equipment that fitted properly and was right for Coco. She also understood that strength alone was never going to be the key to success with a giant breed. At the end of the first session, our heads were spinning, so much to remember. Kath gave us homework and stated she would know if we didn't do it... it was only a few hours after she left that we realised she would definitely know if we didn't do the homework! The change in behaviour in just a couple of hours, and a couple of days and a couple of weeks was amazing! We thought it was just the pulling around dogs we wanted to fix, but the training has touched on all areas, and we have a calmer, relaxed, well behaved dog (mostly!!). We now walk at a time that suits us. Coco has equipment for different purposes, and our walks are pleasant. Every day is still a training day, and every day we use the different techniques that Kath has shown us. Whilst Coco is not perfect around every dog, he's 1000% improved and I now know how to keep him out of the 'red zone'. Every task that Kath asked Coco to do, from the simple to the advanced, my thought was 'that won't work for our dog...' and when it did work I was blown away. For anyone looking for a trainer, I can't recommend Kath enough. Do your homework. Trust the training. Have a little faith in your dog, and miracles will happen.

We were blown away by the knowledge and the training methods used by Kath. Zorro was a 4 year old Pomeranian who was affectionately called a disco dog by his original puppy trainer when we got him at 12 weeks of age. He was a brilliant dog in most areas except for his nonstop excessive barking. He’d bark at anything and everything, we couldn’t even get up from our chairs without him barking uncontrollably. After the first lesson with Kath we learnt that we were not being the leader of the dog, but that he controlled us. After putting into practice what we were taught by Kath our Pomeranian is now looking to us for leadership and his uncontrollable barking has dropped dramatically to almost nonexistent. We still have plenty of training to follow up with but the differences after one lesson and implementing what we learnt from Kath has made a world of difference to our lives. We would highly recommend Kath and Bark Busters to anyone wanting to learn how to train your dog in a loving and dog friendly way. It definitely gives you the results that you want. Kath is very professional and friendly and the follow up information and support is great. P.s please note we have also brought a new daschund puppy into our home and we are using the training techniques provided by Kath on him too. Results are looking good so far.

Kath is a very helpful, approachable and calm lady - training began almost as soon as she walked in due to Bess's over-excitement when visitors arrive! We covered quite a lot of issues, with noticeable success (up to us to keep the ball rolling!) There was a lot to try to absorb in a short time, but all VERY helpful... it will take us (oldies) some time to master (and remember!) everything, but bit by bit we can see improvement in Bess's behaviour... early days!!!

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…