Reviews & Testimonials For Kelly McClelland

We have had the pleasure of Kelly coming to our home and helping us train and understand our 6.5 year old English Staffy - Zeus! We had our second lesson with Kelly today and I cannot recommend her highly enough. Kelly is absolutely fantastic, her knowledge about dogs and the training we were taught has changed our lives! Zeus has come so far since our first session with Kelly 5 weeks ago and we couldn't be happier. Kelly is a miracle worker and if you put the effort in with the training you are provided anything is possible and this evident with how much Zeus's behaviour and lead walking has improved. His barking has improved so much, he is like a different dog. Thank you so much Kelly ! We are looking forward to our third session.

very late review but kelly was amazing with my dog. My dog is one of those 'yelpers' who constantly bark at anything and everything and his barking has definitely reduced after consistent training

Kelly was exceptional. She always answered our questions and provided great advice. She is incredibly knowledgeable in all areas of doggy life - not only training but general health and wellbeing, grooming and behaviour. She is an absolute credit to the Bark Busters family and we can't wait to return for group training.

We contacted Kelly from bark busters when we introduced our girl Trixie (staffy x) to our boy Typo (Staffy). They had a fight resulting in Trixie having to have stitches. Kelly was able to meet with us to guide us in how to create a safe environment for both our dogs. When Kelly first met Typo and Trixie they had a bunch of bad habits like jumping, nipping and barking. Kelly taught us how to give our dogs boundaries and expectations, and how some changes in diet and habits can create big ripples in our household. After 4 weeks we can see massive changes. Our dogs are calm and responsive to commands. We have seen big changes in walking and leash work. Kelly helped with behaviour we didn't even know were issues.

I got in touch because Harry's barking seemed to be getting worse and it was making me angry at him. I learnt so much on Kelly's first visit. I learnt what i needed to do to take control. By the next day it was like i had a different dog. The problem never returned. He now waits for me instead of rushing ahead. He sits watching the neighbourhood but not barking in crazy fashion. He seems much more settled and that makes both of us happier. I am so pleased i made the phone call and booked in the training. Its a great plan being able to call on help as you need it but from what i have seen the first session is a real game changer. From there on things are getting better every time we see Kelly. Its real clear she loves her job and is seeing such good results with her clients and their dogs.

We were speechless by the end of our first lesson. We have a Siberian Husky puppy and she was a total different puppy when we finished our lesson with Kelly. Kelly taught us that we had to be the pack leaders and taught us how to control Maple's unwanted dog behaviours. Learning these new training techniques has taught us so much and we really enjoy the positive out come it had on Maple. Kelly is great!! You can see that she knows so much about dogs. We always look forward to our lessons and the new techniques that we learn.

Kelly has been an absolute life saver. After 3 years with some hypoactive pups, stress was mounting between our neighbours and our family as what to do. Within 1 lesson and some helpful training tips, our dogs are calmer, more obedient and most importantly not constantly barking. The pups are now so much easier to take out and become even an even closer part of our family. Thank you Kelly!

We joined Barkbusters in 2016, whilst living in Burpengary, because we knew we would be travelling Australia with our dog and we wanted support for on going training for Baxter. Today I had Kelly come to the caravan park where we were staying on the Gold Coast, to help with some behavior problems we were having with Baxter in caravan parks. She was great and we had instant results utilising her training methods. Within minutes Baxter was walking beside me and no pulling! I absolutely recommend Kelly and Barkbusters for simple but effective training and they are true to their word - if you need help or have questions down the track they are more than happy to help no matter where you are.

Hi - Loved Kelly immediately! She was kind, friendly and loved dogs. She pointed out what we were doing wrong immediately and told us what we were doing right. She immediately fixed our night time crying issue and nuisance whining and we had only had him 4 days!!!! He has slept through ever since! She helped us with everything from toileting, food choices, sleeping arrangments. The first session was a great informative session and we all got some sleep after! Second session - within less than a minute she had Fred not running through the door when opened. This woman is a magician! Couldnt believe it and so glad to not use choker methods or other cruel methods. Would highly recommend!

Very happy with the training methods used. I had engaged another trainer previously but struggled with his methods & feel it made Marley more anxious. The day after Kelly came, Marley was actually walking nicely on lead & not lunging or cringing behind. Within a week she seems calmer & looking to me more. Still a long way to go as she is still bad with other dogs though I was able to have her walk past another dog on lead & she calmed down a lot quicker. I now feel more relaxed knowing that help is there.

Just wanted to give a big shout out to Kelly from Barkbusters. That's me in the video in an earlier post with the 3 dogs, which is hard to believe given how they were just weeks ago! Issues included aggression, fighting between them, barking, fence rushing and over guarding and some separation anxiety. Also walks had become very stressful for us as we couldn't pass other dogs or cats without barking and lunging. Kelly had been recommended to us a while ago but we waited until I had finished my FIFO job to really be able to put the time in and create consistency and routine for them and us. As soon as Kelly met the dogs she picked up the tension between our two girls and explained the behaviour of all three and why they were behaving that way. For us, re-establishing ourselves as alpha and supporting their pecking order has changed everything. We noticed a change in our most stressed dog almost immediately and the other two have settled more as a result. We have only made minor changes, including getting crates for all three where they all now eat and sleep (even the clingy Sheltie), changing their diets a bit and walking them on the Barkbusters collars. Plus lots of recall training and other bits and pieces that help to reinforce the pack pecking order. They are by no means perfect but they've been so responsive so quickly. To anyone wondering if it's worth the time and money, it is if you're prepared to do the training! We can't recommend Kelly enough. Looking forward to our next lesson!!

We recently rehomed a 3 year old Rotti who had absolutly no manners or training, she is a sweet girl but dominating, pushy and impossible on the lead. We met with Kelly and wow, within the first lesson I could not believe the change, no pulling on the lead, doesn't barge through the doors, in fact she will move back and wait patiently until we are in or out. 2 weeks on and Storm has improved greatly, I cannot thank you enough Kelly for all your training help, and for educating us as well. Thank you!