Four Positive Paws

We were very impressed after the initial consultation and decided to proceed with the 4 session plan.Dawn is very knowledgeable in all areas and has given us lots of valuable advice, along with very useful reference guides.With Dawns help, we are now able to revisit places our dog was scared of going. He has grown in confidence after each session and is now able to go on his favourite walks again.We would thoroughly recommend Dawn.

Dawn is amazing! My puppy was scared of traffic and going down our driveway. After the first session you could see such a difference in him and he actually wanted to go for a walk. Dawn has given us the skills and knowledge to work as a team and enhance the bond we have with eachother.Love that the whole experience was tailored to us not only on the behaviour front but on what harness, lead and toys will help my pup the best.If you need a trainer for anything. Definitely go with Dawn!

My wife and I did the puppy training course with our goldendoodle puppy. We also had Dawn come and do a pre puppy arrival session with us. We have two small children and wanted to make sure our puppy and we were given some basic tools to welcome her into our family in the best way. All I can say is thank you. The sessions, written guidance and help along the way have been invaluable. It removed some elements of anxiety and dispelled many myths. Our walks are now a real pleasure, we understand our puppy better and we are well equipped to take face the teenage years!! We learnt a lot of things that could be applied to the children too;) Dawn's empathetic and collaborative approach with the puppy is a refreshing change to what can be a relationship built on fear and obedience.

Thrilled with the progress my two dogs made. They both have their own distinct problems ranging from anxiety to over-excited socialising. Dawn took time to learn each dogs eccentricities and tailored the plan to each of their needs. We had an eight week package and to say we are thrilled with the results is an understatement.

Dawn is amazing and has so much helpful advice to offer, alongside patience with my 2 very different dogs. The reactive dog course made me understand why he was what he was and the puppy training was more helpful to make me understand why dogs do what they do!

Dawn has been a life saver for us and our German Shepard pup Kaia. Kaia is anxious around new people and dogs and isn't shy about being vocal to show it! But Dawn was so patient with her (and us!) and we saw dramatic changes in Kaia's abilities and confidence over the four week course we completed. Dawns approach to learning was amazing we both got so much out of the in-person sessions and the written information after each session made it so easy to improve every week. We look forward to learning more in the new year with Dawn and would recommend her services to anyone struggling to understand their dogs needs

Dawn worked with us and our greyhound to help us understand her better and reduce her barking at other dogs. The mix of practical work and theory was excellent and the follow up emails contained lots of useful resources for us to understand the changes that we needed to make in order to have a less stressful life with our dog. Dawn is very patient, understanding and non-judgemental and she allowed us to go at our own pace checking in with how we were doing throughout. We did the 8 week programme and am really glad we did, as it has definitely changed our relationship and understanding of our dog for the better. Thank you so much.

Dawn was sympathetic to our needs and those of Hector, our Border Collie. We did mainly work at home to improve his behaviour / recall in the Garden and found Dawn's advice to be very beneficial, resulting in a much calmer Hector. We enjoyed the honest discussions about how to modify our approach, in order to allow Hector to be better settled, and these changes seem to continue to work well. Many thanks Dawn for all your help.

Dawn has been a fantastic trainer for our collie and we've seen an amazing improvement in only two months. She taught us how to better read our dog's signals and behaviours which in turn has helped an incredibly anxious dog feel much more at ease - as well as making us feel much more confident with her. We would absolutely recommend Dawn if you're in need of a dog trainer.

I cannot recommend Dawn highly enough. I was at my wits end with a large, very reactive rescue dog, Leo. Dawn helped me to understand Leo's body language and how to have a happy and calmer dog. Dawn gave me so much advice, help and additional resources / homework, all have made a huge difference. I now feel far more connected with my dog and can enjoy quiet, clam walks with him. I never thought I would be able to do this.Dawn also helped me with another of my dogs who pulls so hard on the lead and jumps up at visitors. The jumping has stopped, I never thought it would and although still work in progress I have seen huge improvements with lead walking.I found Dawn's calm, quiet and relaxed methods just perfect for both myself and my dogs.