Happy Hounds Hexham

Jenny at Happy Hounds has provided training sessions for our family and our black Labrador’Berry’. Berry had a difficult start to life rupturing her cruciate ligament as a puppy. This meant we had to restrict her exercise for the first year of her life. Jenny has helped us successfully overcome a number of issues including - pulling on the lead, manners around food and barking at strangers. As a result of Jenny’s help Berry is indeed a ‘happy hound’ and we are happy owners! Jenny has a wealth of knowledge and an uncanny intuition. Her kind and common sense approach has made training fun and rewarding. We would not hesitate to recommend Happy Hounds.

Jenni was recommended to me a while ago when my setter Bracken kept running off and I wish I’d followed up the suggestion to work with her earlier. He has a very strong prey drive and sets off at 28mph when he goes, either to follow prey or just to find it. I had a little success at recall when he reached the end of an extended lead but Jenni has let me see how my body language inhibited him from coming all the way back. That’s one of the key things working with a trainer allows - Jenni feeds back to me how Bracken sees me and she is exceptionally helpful at pointing out the subtle dog reactions I don’t spot. Her knowledge of progressions to follow, her feedback, combined with her patience and perseverance really helps me to know how to proceed with his training. I despaired that he would ever improve but now I have hope, thanks to Jenni.

I’m so glad we found Jenny, she has been an invaluable help in getting our nervous puppy settled and trained. She has always welcomed us into classes and given extra help when I found him most challenging. She has reassured me all along that it’s possible to make progress with careful, consistent training. She absolutely adores all dogs and has years of experience so she can spot what help you need. I would absolutely recommend Jenny, I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my boy!

We took on rescue Lurcher cross last September. He is our 3rd dog, so we are quite experienced dog owners. However, not long after we got Alfie we were struggling with his behaviour. Our vet suggested Jenny at Happy Hounds. After a phone conversation with Jenny discussing Alfies many issues, for example not socialised, scared of the big wide world, scared of traffic or as we found out noise in general....she suggested 3 x 1 to 1 sessions. So we met Jenny last October at Corbridge Rugby club, from the start she was friendly, supportive and instantly took to Alfie. We discussed his problems in detail where Jenny was very honest and supportive asking lots of questions about us, our life style and what kind of dog we were expecting. Due to her vast experience Jenny discussed in depth what Alfie had possible gone through before we took him on and what was happening to him now even to the point of was he the right dog for us .....her brutal honesty was amazing. The outcome of this very frank conversation was Alfie was the dog we wanted. Once that decision was made Jenny started with very basic training so that we could get Alfie out of the house. She made us totally aware of the hard work and roller coaster that we would be on but all the time she reassured us he was trainable and a lovely natured dog. Due to Alfies noise issues we met at Corbridge for all 3 sessions, much quieter, Jenny would take Alfie....who loves her!! And showed us what we needed to be doing....she made everything look easy, relaxed, and clearly explained what she wanted us to do, so that by the end of a session Alfie and I were able to do what Jenny had showed us, and that we understood. In-between session we kept in touch through what's app.....Jenny sends training videos, games to play with your dogs, and sends lots of support and encouragement too. We booked another 3 x 1 to 1 sessions in February....so I'd taken a month's break to really work with Alfie. We met at Tyne Green, hexham....much busier. Jenny was amazed at the difference in Alfies behaviour and the bond that had developed between me and him.....yes I've put an incredible amount of work into Alfie, I'm determined not to give up on him....but that determination is all thanks to Jenny and her amazing experience, knowledge and love of dogs. Because of Alfies positive development Jenny was able to greatly expand on Alfies training, so she's helped work on his recall, distraction techniques, dealing with noise of all kinds, introducing fun games....which are training Alfie still but lots of fun. By the end of these last 1 to 1 sessions I asked Jenny what's next. She is not pushy at all to get you back doing more classes.....she just said she's there for us always, anytime I need help or advice. She does offer group dog walking sessions and she said they would be good for Alfie to take part in. In short if I hadn't had Jenny as a dog trainer I dont think we would have Alfie still......but instead we now have a young dog with issues still but we know how to handle them, spot what triggers them and get him through. From not been able to get Alfie out for walks, enjoying a loving home, interacting with our family and generally having a lovely life after Jennys help, training, support and understanding of Alfies many issues we have a lovely dog like she said we would last October .I totally recommend Jenny from Happy Hounds she is so friendly, loves her dogs, is very experienced and knowledgeable, makes training sessions fun, she's full of encouragement and support.

We have tried lots of trainers! But Jenny is simply fantantic, she is patient and kind. Her love and understanding of dogs is unmatchable. She has a affinity to dogs and the relations between dog and owner. Worth every penny and can't recommend her enough. Thank you Jen for all your help, past, present and future.

The absolute best! Jenny is amazing at what she does, no matter how big or small the issue is with your dog she has the answers, she is so committed to helping the pups but also has the owners back too!! So accommodating to your individual needs. Also a shout out to her gorgeous sidekick Moona, who is a great help & testament to Jenny’s work.

Jenny has been amazing. She’s really taken the time to understand our Sprocker and we are seeing improvements after just three weeks! Would happily recommend her to anyone, she’s really approachable and experienced which has put us all on the right track. She offers a debrief after every session and ongoing support which has been brilliant. We are looking to continue the sessions to keep momentum going. Thanks again for all your help!

Jenny at Happy hounds Hexham got our dog to do things we had been struggling with, in under 30 seconds! It takes a bit longer to show us how to do it! Getting in the car, getting over a stile... the world is your dog's oyster.

Jenny at happy hounds hexham combines basic dog psychology with simple easy to follow exercises to train our one year old border collie puppy. Together with individual lessons she has followed these up with u tube videos as a training reminder. We can highly recommend Jenny and happy hounds hexham.

Jenny's assistance and advice has been absolutely marvelous. We got a rehomed Labrador ,1 year old, and although I've had dogs in the, distant, past it quickly became clear that we were going to find it challenging. I was so fortunate to have selected Happy Hounds. Jenny is hugely knowledgeable and a confident calming presence and after each visit I was be able to take forward her suggestions with noticeable progress. This is then reinforced with her very informative you tube videos. No exaggeration to say she has transformed our relationship with our new dog.