Testimonials

My toy poodles are very obedient but I am bigger than they are so easily in charge of the pack. Our new family member will grow into a big strong Husky may well have taken the lead by force, so I thought best to listen to Brian to focus on training in very important development in first 6 months. Brian soon got an unwilling Reaver to jump into the old van and showed me new techniques and commands. He was always punctual and good humoured throughout. Reaver has come on leaps and bounds, or should I say “sits and downs“!

I first met Brian in Pets at Home and after a chat with him about our Patterdale Archie, my partner and I decided to do the 1-2-1 sessions. After session 1 Archie was walking better and was doing automatic sit in no time, not only has Brian worked with Archie he has worked with me too. I lack confidence in handling Archie but Brian has taught me how to get Archie to respond to my commands. Although some of the commands aren’t quite there yet Brian has taught us how to teach Archie in just 6 sessions. Brian has helped us structure the pack so Archie is at the bottom he is much more settled because of this he is calmer, and he is a joy towalk again as he always walks to heel so no tug of war on the lead. I would recommend Brian to everyone I speak to with a dog and feel we have made a good friendship with him. Thank you Brian.

We first contacted Brian through the dogs listen up website as our chocolate lab (Jaffa cake) turned 1 year old, and to be honest we had run out of ideas. Jaffa had started to take over the house and walks were getting so stressful that I would no longer walk Jaffa alone, as he had pulled me off my feet more than once.He has always been very nervous around anyone apart for my husband and myself but this had got to the stage where he would bark constantly at anyone coming in the to house, and if we stopped to talk to someone while out walking or had to walk to close to other people he would become very distressed. Then Brian arrived in to our lives and we have not looked back. We have listen and followed all of Brian’s advice from heel work to diet, and I am pleased to say that Jaffa is now our dog, not lord and master of our house, he now sits, lies down, stays and most importantly understands the word No 99% of the time. He is still shy with other people but will walk with a complete stranger and not freak out. He also loves Brian and get so excited when Brian arrives for a training session you can’t help but to laugh at him trying to goad Brian in to playing with him. In short he is now a healthier happier dog and we are much happier owners. We will greatly miss our sessions with Brian but know that he is just there at the end of the phone if we ever need him.

Just a few lines to let you know how we are getting on with Dylan our Dalmatian after the completion of our 6 week course with you. After your initial visit, you quickly established that whilst our young dog was virtually untrained and very excitable (as young dogs often are), the real issue was with not so much with him, but with us (his owners) who were inexperienced at knowing how to effect control and discipline over him in a calm, consistent and logical way. After just the second visit, and once we had understood the basis of your training methods, Dylan was already much calmer and responsive to verbal instructions, and more importantly was more manageable when walking outside on the lead. He is also much more attentive to us generally, and is less excitable when playing around with the children in the garden. Both Nicola and I are very pleased to have had the benefit of your experience, and would recommend your course to anyone who is a first time dog owner, or who is having some difficulty with basic training of their puppy or young dog.Thanks again

Before we met Brian Tag was a bit of a nightmare to live with. He pulled continuously when out walking, and was under the impression that he was in charge! After just one session with Brian, Tag was a lot more obedient and knew that he was no longer running the house. With Brian’s help, Tag is now a pleasure to live with and to take on walks. I’m not sure what we would have done without Brian’s help, he is a brilliant dog trainer, and he didn’t do to bad with us either! Thank you for all your help Brian, and for giving us a more peaceful and positive home to live in.

Before we started working with Lucy and myself Lucy was the boss. She would take me for walks and was very excitable. Things started improving within the first visit and has been ongoing ever since. What did amaze Brian and myself was how quickly Lucy picked everything up. Brian was able to adapt his training methods to keep one step ahead of Lucy, so that she was always progressing. We even progressed onto just using hand signals for down and stay which is very advanced. Training classes wouldn’t have allowed us to do this as they always follow a set routine. Brian has given me the confidence to do these things with Lucy and now walks and life at home are much more relaxed.

The best thing I ever did was get Brian in to train Jack, I now have a dog that sits and stays and heels, where as before he pulled me everywhere we went. He also is a lot quieter in himself and more relaxed a pleasure to be with.

We have a very excitable Golden Labrador puppy and we were becoming ‘ stressed ‘ in our homeand when out walking, we also have 2 other dogs who were becoming annoyed at Skye’s antics!! After picking up a Dogs Listen Up leaflet we decided to call and seek advice, Brian spent a number Of hours with us on our first session explaining what the training consisted of and how the food we were feeding Skye could also be making her ‘ hyper ‘. We found Brian to be very helpful and also very easy to get along with. We tried the samples of food Brian gave us and within a couple of days Skye had become calmer. We learnt correct approaches to Heel, Sit, Stay, Down and have found that using these techniques correctly and being calm & assertive our house is becoming calm once again, and walks are for all of us again and enjoyable. Brian has offered advice over the phone and is very friendly and knowleadgeable. We are very happy that we made the call and would most definately recommend Dogs Listen Up to other people and indeed have. Thanks Brian.

Our one -2- one course with Brian has been a steep ( but fun ) learning curve for both us and our black lab Jasper, a 3 years old who firmly beleived that he was the leader of the pack! With Brian’s help we have managed to restore the pack structure in our home ( which includes our older dog Lennox). We both have much more confidence in our ability to control Jasper who used to beleive that any moving object was a threat to us and him. Spending quality time with our dogs is now enjoyable for all involved a vast change from 2 months ago. Thanks Brian.