Dakota's Choice - Animal Behaviour & Training

Lucynda is very knowledgeable, experienced and passionate about helping animals.

Have been working with Lucynda on a 1-1 basis with my Cockapoo to reduce her reactivity. Very friendly, sessions have been enjoyable, and were always learning from Lucynda’s experience. Definitely been making progress and now started group sessions so looking forward to even more progress.

We’ve had several 1-2-1 sessions in the K9 Fun Time Barn & it’s been a great experience. Focusing on scent work & agility, seeing our dog Maggi working & thinking, so much fun. Lucynda is a font of knowledge & very easy to work with. Thoroughly recommend them!

I cannot thank Lucynda enough, she is brilliant and shows genuine care and respect for the dogs she trains! She's very understanding and easy to talk with.After searching through a lot of dog trainers in the area we settled on Dakota's Choice because of all the lovely comments and recomendations she receives. I'm so glad we found her because she's already working wonders on our anxious chihuahua who hasn't had the best experiences on walks as of late! I simply cannot recommend her enough!Thank you and I look forward to our future sessions.

Dakota’s Choice should be the first choice if you are looking for a dog trainer/Walker. Lucynda has been there for myself and Ori since he was 8 weeks (now 5 months) and I can’t imagine how I would have coped without her. Ori is an Irish setter with bags of energy (which I love) but I found it difficult to focus his energy into training. Lucynda’s calm and compassionate approach to training, immediately settled Ori and put him into a ‘learning and listening’ state of mind. He has progressed so much under Lucynda’s training and the advice/help she has given me has allowed me to continue this training independently! So if you are unsure or having a few issues when training your new pup or well loved dog, consider Dakota’s Choice, amazingly priced for a trainer who is dedicated, compassionate and sets you up for success! Thank you, Lucynda!

Lucynda was really friendly and helpful in our behaviour consultation giving us lots of tasks/commands/activities to do to help address our concerns all of which we are beginning to go through. Always there for any questions I have over message too which I really appreciate. Looking forward to the next 1-1

We contacted Lucynda to help us with our dog's reactivity. We've only just started our journey but I already see a massive difference in our lurcher, Missy's engagement. We've got a brilliant plan to follow and all the activities were demonstrated amazingly for us. A couple were even adapted slightly when our dog struggled to grasp them. It made me confident that Lucynda ensures the dogs are set up to succeed, not for failure, and treated as individuals. I can't wait for our next session and I plan to get as many sessions as I can to work on all different forms of obedience with MissyWe've also done the introduction to Scentventure course recently and it is amazing! Missy loved it and has so many new skills and ways to keep her focussed on walks!