Hi I'm Katie, and I run Katie Brill - Positive Dog Training. I specialise in the following areas of training:
- Resolving separation anxiety in dogs
- Resolving unwanted behaviours in adult dogs
- Puppy training
- Helping treat Cynophobia (fear of dogs in children and adults)
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Helen Berry
We signed up for Katie’s 4-week puppy training course, and it's been great for our new pup, Dottie. Katie gave us personalised 1:1 sessions in our home, so we could start training Dottie even before she finished her vaccinations. The program is all about essential skills and can be tailored to fit your pup’s unique needs. Katie’s use of positive reinforcement made the training very effective and fun for both Dottie and us. By the end of the course, Dottie had made great progress. Katie’s training has really helped us build a strong foundation for Dottie, making sure she’s confident and well-behaved. Katie is lovely, incredibly knowledgeable and we won’t hesitate to call on her again for any further support we need with Dottie. More...
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Aymeric Lambolez
My dog Luna had been suffering from separation anxiety from her puppy times. It was something that was hard to live with, but became much harder after a change in my situation made it impossible for me to leave the house without her. Thankfully, Katie reached out to me after a posting on a website, and we started working on Luna's separation anxiety. Luna went from barking as I was closing the front door, to being able to be on her own for almost 1h within a few months. I am now able to leave my house to go to GP appointments, get a haircut and such, knowing that my dog is safe and comfortable at home. Thank you so much Katie for your work, you've helped make my and Luna's life so much easier. More...
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Janet Morrison
I can highly recommend Katie. She helped us with training for our 8 week old puppy. It was so much better than doing an impersonal online course. Every puppy is different, and what you get with Katie is a tailored programme to help you on the right path to having a well behaved dog. We did the 4 week puppy course, and despite having had dogs before, we learnt so much. We wouldn’t hesitate to contact Katie if we needed extra help in the future. Best of all, Molly really took to her :) 🐶🐾 More...
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Maryann Weatherseed
I have used Katie’s services for day boarding and walking my dog who has been very happy in her care. As my dog has a few issues she has offered useful advice and insight. I have also recently had her do an assessment on my dog, which has not resulted in a costly forward plan - she is honest and trustworthy. I wholeheartedly recommend Katie both as a dog trainer/therapist and for the care services she offers. More...
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marc mcneill
Reliable and trustworthy, Katie is brilliant, feeding and looking after our cats when we are away.
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Ian Clay
Katie has been looking after our Australian Labradoodle Olive for around 18 months now. She goes two days a week and has boarded there for the occasional weekend and even a full week for holiday. We feel 100% comfortable leaving Olive with Katie as she is a really experienced dog carer and only has a small number of dogs at any one time. Olive always has a waggy tail when she goes in and when she comes out and we rate Katie's help really highly. More...
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Rich Cobbold
We have trusted Katie to look after our pup for several years now, and she’s simply brilliant. She’s highly capable, supportive, and nothing is ever too much hassle. On top of that she has a wealth of knowledge on all things dog! I can’t recommend her enough. More...
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Charlotte M
My dog, George, (Miniature Daschund - 5 years old) had been suffering with separation anxiety for most of his life. As soon as I left home, he would pace around, howl, bark, yap, and pant etc, until I came home. It got to the point where I couldn’t leave home without him - or I’d have to get somebody to babysit him. I got in touch with Katie for help and signed up to her 4-week separation anxiety course. Katie is so knowledgeable on the topic of separation anxiety - every question and concern I had, she had the answer to. With Katie’s help, within 4 weeks, George could manage to be left alone without showing much sign of anxiety for about 15 minutes. So I signed up for another 4 weeks, and he got to where he could be left alone without signs of anxiety for over half an hour. After the 8 weeks training, Katie gave me tips and advice on how to carry on the training by myself, and George has kept on improving with being left alone. Katie is a lovely person and always on hand to help. I’d say if you’re thinking about signing up, go for it. You can’t put a price on your freedom - and George is a much happier and calmer dog, too. More...
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Toby Williams
We found Katie to be very helpful throughout our separation anxiety training with Nelly. When we initially approached Katie, we had tried a number of different approaches that we found online - none of which brought us any success. Katie took the time to evaluate Nelly, and through her knowledge on dog body language and behaviours - was able to help us understand cues to manage Nelly’s anxiety better moving forward. More...
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Anne Rouse
Katie Brill provides an excellent dog sitting service. She is very knowledgeable, professional, and flexible if we’ve needed to swap days. We first tried another very well known facility for our sensitive dog, which he absolutely hated. He has loved going to Katie from day one and as a trainer, she has the expertise to handle his very high prey drive on walks. It is a relief to know that he is always happy and well looked after, and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Katie’s service. More...
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s j
We recently got our puppy and were in need of guidance through training our puppy. We reached out to Katie and secured a day for puppy training at our house. She contacted us 3 days earlier in advance to say that she is unable to make it to the appointment. We thought nothing of it and booked in another day during the week after. She then contacted us on the morning of the appointment day that she can't make it to the appointment. After this message we told her that we would cancel the ongoing rescheduled appointments and would reach out to her again if we needed puppy training. A week after our puppy's behaviour was not the best so we decided to reach out to her again, so we booked another appointment, thinking she would not delay the appointment. When booking the appointment we booked a day that she was available on and had that day confirmed with us. Yet again she contacted us the night before saying she cannot make it and gave us a list of days she can book the week after. We were very disappointed in her organisation and would not recommend. More...
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Beth Hawley
Can’t reccomend Katie enough for separation anxiety training - it’s totally changed Dillon. He’s content on his own & his whole demeanour in general is far less anxious. Worth the investment. Thank you.
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Ayman Aataya
Katie has been terrible to work with. As I can see from previous negative reviews, Katie still struggles with reliable communication. She has postponed 5 times in total and now has completely ignored all messages and calls when missing yet another appointment. I would not recommend, save yourselves some time. More...
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Beverley Boyd
Katie and Nala her lovely dog were fantastic. Katie gave a very good talk to the children and really helped them understand how to be safe around dogs. The children and staff really enjoyed it! More...
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Ali Beaven
Our children loved Katie & Nala's visit to nursery. She gave great tips about how to keep safe around dogs and inspired lots of vets and play with toy dogs after the visit. Thank you for visiting us x
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L Cronin
I've worked with Katie on many aspects of my rescue dog's behaviour - lead training, learning basic commands but also separation anxiety. All have been managed professionally, with empathy (for both myself and my boy), and with hints and tips to get improved results - but also highlighting things that I'd missed - ie. stress behaviour, or to close all doors upstairs when he's left alone. We're still on a journey with the SA but we're moving in the right direction. His lead work and self discipline when waiting to be released is now very much improved. Thanks Katie! More...
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Darren & Lisa Spence
Katie has walked our 3 year old black lab Luna twice a week and occasionally looked after her overnight for the last couple of years. Luna loves Katie and her dogs and we are very happy that we have someone we can trust to look after her. More...
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Darren Rowe
Our dachsie has recently joined Katie for daycare and he has settled in very well. We have also used Katie for seperation anxiety training which we found to be very very good. Highly recommend.
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Emma M
Katie is brilliant with our dog Holly. She can be difficult with new dogs and Katie has patiently worked through that and she now goes out regularly with a number of different dogs. Katie is also really responsive and happy to accommodate last minute extra sessions where possible. Holly loves going there for day care and overnight stays and is treated like one of the family! More...
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Jessy Harrison
Katie is fantastic. She's really helped me with my cavapoo's separation anxiety and given me back my day to day freedom! Couldn't recommend more highly x
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Jane Cusack
Katie is an excellent dog walker/trainer. The booking process is easy, Katie confirms the booking and you can opt for reminders. The service is very well run and very reliable. Would definitely recommend Katie More...
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Sue Holmes
We had 4 puppy sessions with Katie and covered sit, down, look, touch, recall and loose lead walking. Katie explained things well and shared notes and videos so we could refresh our memories. Our pup is doing so well and people often comment on what a good boy he is! More...
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Emma Manley
Katie is amazing with the animals - we entrusted our beloved puppy arnie into her care and she really does look after the animals as if they were her own. She is professional, friendly, warm and is always on hand for advice and support with your pet and no query is too small. Highly recommend Katie to anyone looking for puppy training and support in those early days More...
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Wendy Thomas
Katie is a true professional with all the relevant experience needed to provide your dog with excellent care. She is kind, calm and knowledgeable and I can highly recommend her without hesitation. She has provided my German Shepherd dog with pop in visits and walks since he was a puppy and I have always felt confident he will be well looked after. More...
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Jo Jenkins
Cookie has shown amazing progress since starting Separation anxiety training with Katie. She used to howl as soon as we left the house, but now she is calm and we can leave her on her own a little more with each passing week 👍 Katie is both knowledgeable and passionate about her work with dogs. She tailors the training specifically for my dog and gets to know her mannerisms and how to push her limits without ever making her feel anxious or stressed. I definitely recommend Katie Brill PDT! More...
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Kate Marchesi
Katie is so knowledgeable and professional. Sherlock loved his sessions with her. Katie came to the house for his puppy training sessions, as he wasn’t allowed out until after all his injections. I think starting when the puppies are young really sets them up to be so well behaved. I would highly recommend Katie. I can take Sherlock anywhere and he is so well behaved, all down to Katie’s training and tips. More...
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lorna dunlop
Katie takes my dog on a training walk on a regular basis. She is informative and reliable. Highly recommend.
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Rosanna Kenny
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Katie was brilliant with our new puppy & stet first session he’s doing very well!
Family Coller
We called Katie very last minute because we wanted to go away but didn’t have doggy care. Katie managed to squeeze us in and we were so grateful. We have two large dogs both problematic in their own ways so we were a bit nervous about using someone new at such short notice. We introduced Katie to the dogs and her calm manor really was great as the dogs warmed to her quickly. Katie sent us videos and photos whilst we were gone so that we didn’t worry. We will definitely need her help again soon! Thank you Katie. More...
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Jessica Court
Katie is always very reliable and I trust her completely to take good care of all my animals. She is very helpful and always takes on board whatever I ask of her. 5 star quality care. Extremely happy with her services and will definitely continue to keep going back to her services! More...
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Imogen Spindler
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Edward Elbrow
Katie is great, always flexible and helpful. Would highly recommend.
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Thomson Media
Katie is excellent with Lula and I would definitely recommend her. Lula is so well looked after by Katie and gets super excited when we pull up!
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Ro Reed
Katie knows the dog world better than most people. She is a very hands on trainer and SalliPets Dog Rescue is very grateful for her expertise.
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Anna couch
Dog Training
Very useful information will try to follow advise, thank you Katie
Steve Woodhead
Booked Katy for 4 days to walk our 2 dogs while we were on holiday and my elderly mother house sitting. She walked the first 2 . . said her son was Ill for walk 3 and didn’t hear anything at all on day 4. When we chased her She said she forgot to send a message to cancel. Communication was very poor and no apology for letting us down. Wouldn’t use again and wouldn’t recommend. More...
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tammy aspinall
Cannot rate Katie enough she works with me on making sure Pickles is looked after and happy. Knowing that my baby is in safe hands makes going to work easier. Thank you Katie I know how much Pickles loves you. More...
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Lesley Sperrin
Katie helps out with drop in visits to give our dog time sensitive anti - seizure medication. The dogs enjoy her visits and the medicine is given at the correct times meaning we can relax on the odd ocasion we can go out! Photos or a message to confirm all is ok is a really nice touch. More...
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Sophie Bevan
Katie treats our dog like one of her own. Our dog is always so happy to stay with Katie and get walked by her
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Leah Fairburn
Kate looked after my cat and rabbits whilst we went away and was fabulous!! Highly recommend
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Salli Pets
SalliPets Rescue values Katie Brill because she is invaluable to us.
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Sophie Fagg
Katie provided a great service with dog sitting my young Labrador at her house for 2 nights. We had a short introductory meeting which really helped to put my mind at ease and Katie was happy to answer any questions I had. I would definitely recommend Katie Brill PDT and would use her services again! More...
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Theresa Dowle
Katy is amazing ,so friendly and patient working with my daughter who has special needs and her young dog, helping both of them gaining confidence when out and about . Thank you Katy
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Peter Bradnick
Katie has been great. Our 13 month old Vizsla has two morning visits at Katie's every week. He loves going and has settled in really well with all the other dogs. We cant recommend Katie enough!
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Paula Pringle
Our lab goes to Katie for occasional day sitting and short-term holiday care. She's a nervous dog and Katie has worked to gently settle her in and ensure she is happy and well cared for. Our lab likes going to Katie's and I am 100% comfortable leaving her there. More...
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Angela Robertshaw
Katie takes good care of our cats when we are away, we always feel they are in good hands!
Conor
Katie is fantastic with our dog, he loves going to spend time with her and play with her dogs.
We know our dog is in safe hands with Katie and that she treats him like her own.
We would highly recommend Katie's services
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Tammy Aspinall
I have only been using Katie a few weeks but she is amazing and Pickles who doesn’t like change seems to be taking it in her strides. Thank you Katie
Victoria
Katie looks after my two dogs regularly. We had an initial home visit from Katie which was great. They love going for a walk with her, they get very excited when she appears to take them out. Katie has been able to help at short notice as well which is very helpful for me. More...
Sarah Bennett
Just had 1 consultation so far but Katie seems very good and getting our lab to listen which has been great. Looking forward to the next sessions
What do you love most about your job?
I love everything about dogs, and so feel that I have the perfect job.
I enjoy building a bond with the dogs that come to stay with me, and seeing and positive result of training sessions I hold with owners.
What inspired you to start your own business?
After working at Battersea Dogs Home, I understood the need for canine training in many households. By helping owners with training, I am helping to avoid these problems escalating.
Why should our clients choose you?
I am very experienced with all breeds through working at Battersea and independently.
I am qualified in Pet Psychology and Canine First Aid
Any dog I deal with is treated the same way I would my own dog.
121 Training
In our sessions together, you can learn to teach your dog how to sit, stay, leave and drop on command. In addition to that, your dog can learn to curb bad behaviours such as stealing, chewing and barking unnecessarily.
Walking your dog can become a more pleasant experience as they learn to walk nicely beside you, reducing the need for tugging on the lead. It's this, along with learning to come to you when called that can make your walks a more enjoyable experience.
Separation anxiety
Does this sound familiar? Your dog’s separation anxiety is having a huge impact on your life. Your dog is stressed whenever you leave the home which leads it to bark, toilet or chew. You're feeling guilty whenever you go out, and rushing home so that your dog is not alone too long. It's just so frustrating to feel like you have lost your freedom and may have even had thoughts of regret in getting a dog.
Your dog is not doing this on purpose! Separation anxiety is in a fact a form of phobia that presents itself in some dogs, and is not due to anything they you have done as an owner. This phobia results in your dogs experiencing a panic attack when left on its own. This is why through every step of our training together, I am there to make sure your dog can cope and feels safe and secure.
Care breaks
Pop ins in your home
Resolving Fear of Dogs
I offer a programme to help both children and adult overcome their fear of dogs
Puppy Training
Getting a new puppy is an exciting experience, but you need to ensure your bundle of fun becomes well behaved and sociable. I offer a variety of puppy training packages, which are great fun, and help you to build a rewarding relationship with your new puppy.
Working with Neurodiverse children and their dogs
School Dog Assessments
