Huxley & Hooch

We were very grateful to find Leila in our local area who helped us with a few 1:1 puppy sessions. We have a very excitable, easily frustrated pup; Leila gave ur great techniques to channel this frustration in a healthy way, and helped with puppy training and teaching desirable behaviours. We now have a dog that everyone compliments on how well behaved he is when we are out and about! She was a pleasure to work with, and just an all round lovely person. She uses positive reinforcement, ethical and evidence based training techniques that I fully agree with and felt right for us. I have and would continue to recommend her to anybody for puppy training and other behavioural issues. I know who to contact if we run into any troublesome adolescent behaviours! Thanks Leila :)

The best start for our pup (and us!). Leila is a fountain of knowledge and it was so comforting discovering that all the other ‘parents’ were going through the same sleepless nights and chewed feet as us. We learned so much and it was so lovely watching all the pups grow in confidence each week and playing with one another

Fantastic experience with Huxley & Hooch. Leila is a wonderful trainer, very patient and always willing to answer questions. Our dog was very shy at the start and came on tenfold in the five weeks of puppy classes. Would recommend to anyone with a young pup.

The best dog trainer in the universe so look no further. I reached out to Leila to help me with a puppy from hell when I had no hope left and was crying my eyes out. She changed our lives! And just like that.. I have the most amazing dog in the world. Trust me, you wouldn’t believe it’s the same bonkers dog I had before, I still keep sending Leila videos of all the progress we’ve made cause I can’t believe it myself sometimes. She has the most gentle, kindest approach which was super important to me. She is the sweetest person you will ever meet, she is full of knowledge and tips that I will use forever and she understands dogs like no one else. I recommend her to everyone because everyone needs a little bit of Leila in their life, a little bit of Leila by their side ;)

Having Leila as a trainer for your dogs is one of the best things you can do for them. It's the first time in my life I'm solely responsible for a puppy, and let me tell you... it's hard! Leila is so great with my pup and super responsive to my crisis texts. Having a new puppy is a massive challenge but having both professional and emotional help from her, I'm just so so grateful. It's also great to have Leila giving you well-researched, scientific dog training advice because there are many things online these days, it's genuinely hard to know which one to follow.

I can’t recommend Leila enough - we enjoyed her classes so much, and our little Fig was a happier, more confident and more sociable puppy after the classes. And we felt a lot more confident as puppy owners too.Highly recommend her classes for any new puppy owners. It was also so comforting to be around other puppy owners at a similar stage to us and to have the “oh wait, this is all normal?” and “you feel like this too!?” realisations.A huge thank you to Leila for everything!

I've recommended Leila to all my dog friends in Walthamstow after having a few brilliant sessions with our cute but v. excitable pup. She always has time for us and after every session provided a really handy recap and some further homework and notes so you can keep up the good work!She worked miracles with a caring and positive approach, and I honestly wish I could care about my job even half as much as she does. The perfect person to help you and your doggy have an easier time together.

Leila is incredibly knowledgable and really helped us with excellent training exercises and tips, whilst also being so lovely to work with!I can't recommend Leila highly enough - we worked with her when our dog had just hit 1 and we were having difficulties with walks (think steam train pulling) and recall. We've seen such an incredible improvement in our dog, it's fantastic – along with being able to enjoy our walks instead of being stressed, we've also seen our dog grow in confidence and calmness.Would recommend Leila without hesitation to anyone struggling, only wish we'd seen her sooner!

Absolutely loved the puppy classes with Leila! They were really fun, helped reassure that we were doing the right thing and helped build on our bond with our pup! We even booked Leila for a home visit shortly after to help with some calm training.Would always recommend to anyone getting a dog and would go back to more classes in the future!

Leila got to know our golden retriever pup rather well, having taken her to puppy classes and having had a number of 1-2-1 sessions too.A real fountain of knowledge, Leila is great fun, super friendly and genuinely helpful.Her classes are brilliant, with my partner and I thoroughly enjoying them and finding them super helpful, whilst our pup had an absolute ball.Her 1-2-1 sessions were invaluable when we first got our puppy and we still use a number of the techniques we were taught, 9 months down the line.Most important of all, Leila genuinely loves dogs and they love her back.Couldn’t recommend more!