Dogs Trust Dog School Shropshire & Cheshire

We have just finished our 5 week adult course with Beth and the gang. The classes flew by as they cram as much advice and training in as possible. I regularly research information on dog training but learned a lot; nothing beats practical sessions anyway!Our dog can be reactive towards other dogs so we were anxious about how he would behave in the classes, but the set up is thought out well and he actually did brilliantly. They also met him beforehand to get an idea of his temperament, etc.The Dogs Trust team are all about positive reinforcement and understanding your dogs behaviours and managing how you react to these. They don’t make you feel bad if you struggle with something, they are just supportive and positive throughout.Essentially: we really enjoyed the class and would recommend it! Most importantly, our dog enjoyed it, too.

Don't think you'll get an exemplary dog from 5 mornings you need to work at it, but you ARE given all the advice and support needed from these classes. If you are a new dog owner or have recently acquired a rescue dog these classes are a MUST and will give you a firm basis upon which to build a strong relationship with your dog and thereby create a good citizen dog. Informal but informative ... and fun.

Fantastic trainers, we really enjoyed our dog training course and hope to come back to train more! Would recommend highly

Poppy and I really enjoyed our training with Dogs Trust Dog School. It was brilliantly organised, good fun whilst also teaching 'serious' life skills, and above all, based on kindness and reward. The trainers and volunteers are all fantastic, knowledgeable, and genuinely want to help. I can't recommend them highly enough - my only complaint would be that they don't run more courses that we can attend!

We rehomed our dog from Dogs Trust and he lacked basic discipline and ability to chill out. He LOVED dog school and we've all really benefited from the classes, he'll now happily lie down and settle without a fuss and he's learnt some cool tricks too!The girls are all super friendly, really professional and know exactly what they're talking about.10/10 would Dog School again!

Really helpful, very worthwhile courses. The Trainers really do care about helping dogs and owners. The classes are limited to 6 puppies, which makes a big difference. Classes are great fun and a brilliant starting point for bringing up a dog that's good to have around. My puppy isn't aggressive at all but as a new dog owner on walks I have already witnessed other dogs that show signs of aggression, which I can now recognise instantly. It would be awful for her to have a bad experience and then develop bad traits herself, just because I was unaware.

Signed my 4 month old puppy up for training classes with Dogs Trust Dog School. The team were excellent. So knowledgeable, really engaging but more than anything, very patient. Would highly recommend.

Minnie, my partner and I could not recommend Dog School enough. Our dog has improved massively in 5 weeks and they were able to support us outside of the class with some social issues Minnie was struggling with. Minnie has thoroughly enjoyed the classes (she got new toys from playing with them at the school). As well as learning how to leave, loose lead walk, walk through doors appropriately and is working on not jumping up visitors. She is generally better overall with sit, down, handle, settle etc. The first week I had no hope that our mad pug would ever settle but 5 weeks later she does. We took Minnie on her first holiday and while at a cafe she just lay down and settled. That would have never happened before and I honestly cannot thank the dogs school enough!

I recently took my new puppy to Dogs Trust Dog School as part of the adoption agreement.I'm an experienced dog owner so wasn't sure how much I'd get from the sessions but I was very impressed and pleasantly surprised.Much of the training I already knew, but there were a couple of things that really helped and being able to train my pup without my other dog getting involved was invaluable, so I'd highly recommend Dogs Trust Dog School to anyone, whether you're an experienced dog owner or this is your first dog.The staff were helpful, knowledgeable and clearly love dogs as much as me.Brilliant - thank you.

Hi In the 5 weeks Archie has been going to Training he has come a long way still his own personality. but I can do so much with him. Thankyou