Kevin McNicholas

Kevin is a fantastic dog trainer! He visited us and our 10 week old puppy and trained the family on techniques we need to promote good behaviour, and positive reinforcement. We had some questions with regards to biting, recall and leaving unwanted items/situations. His recommendations were invaluable, practical and very clearly delivered. He showed us exactly what to do with our puppy and the results were almost immediate. We have been using Kevin’s techniques and they have made a considerable difference after just a day. Thank you, Kevin. We look forward to seeing you again and we will highly recommend you!

This guy is a miracle worker. I have a well trained (thanks to Kevin’s puppy course!) 15 month old Victorian Bulldog but as he got older he started to steal other dogs toys and sticks in the park and get aggressive if they tried to take it back!I had one session with Kevin and the results were instant. He gave me lots of other tips and training games in the session too which have proved great fun for man and beast.

Kevin offered really great advice and tips to my family and I. We had written out a list of questions we had and Kevin gave clear thorough information to aid us in training our dog. Would highly recommend this great service!

It was lovely to meet you Kevin.Definitely the best 1.5 hrs I have spent with a trainer.In the first week since seeing you, we have ditched the halti unless we see another dog.It's now a pleasure to walk Max, he's happy without the halti and my back is much happier too!Now the weather is changing for the better, we will get on with the recall training and hopefully have a second session with you to consolidate our learning.We liked your methods so much, we recommended you to our daughter for her dog.Thank you,Sylvia Kemp

In the past 1 day I have emailed over a dozen dog trainers to get some lead walking help and received great tips, including availability or not but always professional communication. Unfortunately, Kevin claimed on his one line response that he could have my dog trained in 90 minutes for x fee (which I will respect and keep confidential); so like every other trainer that claimed a result (which most did not by the way)I clearly advised that I am skeptical, Because my dog is very stubborn as he is a rescue dog and may need more support. Everyone else responded with yes of course, we do need to meet him etc... all variety of professional responses, but Kevin here - responded to it very unprofessionally; claiming I was doubting his experience which by the way I never once questioned, as a matter of fact.Experience often is shown in confidence and how you deal with a nervous potential customer in your communication as a professional, which he completely lacked. I don't know his experience as a dog trainer because he wasn't professional enough to demonstrate that, he took my general comment about my dog being stubborn needing maybe more help and hence me being skeptical - as a reflection on his experience.Clearly, Kevin needs to do some work on his professionalism in my opinion and not take queries or comments so personally, when the conversation is a professional context. So whether is a good trainer in my opinion doesn't matter if he can't communicate professionally. I wouldn't have reached out if I didn't think he was experienced... Shame his communication was disappointing. Good luck to him!

Kevin is a fantastic dog trainer, I have used him with both my Rotties with great results, wouldn’t use anyone else given the choice. Thanks Kevin!

Kevin began work with my poodle Gus, (who thinks he's a rottweiler) before he even walked through the front door.His teaching methods are direct and logical, and he makes it easy to see the thoughts behind his methods so once he has left, you can apply them yourself.It has only been a few days but I can see some improvement in my dogs behaviour already. Kevin tailors his methods to the dog he is working with, and approaches each case with no assumptions. As a result of this, you have realistic expectations of what your dog can achieve.We are going to continue with the homework Kevin has left us and hopefully will keep progressing.I intend to have a second lesson with Kevin in the future to keep building on the skills Gus (and i!) have learnt.Thank you very much for your time and patience Kevin!Mic Kemp

Kevin is a brilliant dog trainer and importantly he also trains the owners! Kevin came out to help us with our spaniel who barked at everything outside the house that moved. Kevin came with a fund of practical advice, backed up by common sense. He has sorted out Marley (and me!) I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.

Kevin came out to visit us at home to help us with our 7 month old Rottie who was starting to take over the home. Kevin provided some excellent practical advice which we have now implemented and will continue to work on. We would recommend Kevin 100% as his help has been invaluable and has made our home a happier one!

Kevin is brilliant - some superb and much needed advice that clearly comes from years of experience. It is definitely us owners that needed the training!