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Natural Balance Dog Training LTD

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‘21 Certificate of Excellence, 2021

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24 April 2025

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It’s been over a year since I engaged the help from Sarah at Natural Balance and to this day I still feel angry and ripped off.

I communicated that I wanted someone local and was assured there was someone in my area and that the trainer wouldn’t leave until my puppy was trained in all commands and walking off the lead.

When the trainer came, she went on and on about the importance of crate training and got me to put her in the crate and only let her out when she was being calm. We took her across the road to the green in front of my house and she got me to encourage the puppy to walk on the lead. She then told me the puppy was tired and handed me a folder with print outs of how to get the puppy to do the commands. I was told that my money covered me going to the trainers home town (absolutely nowhere near Oxford) to join a walk or I could swap that for another training session, but I would have to pay petrol per mile. I was and still am absolutely furious
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27 November 2024

Always friendly and helpful

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27 November 2024

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17 November 2024

Helpful staff

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17 November 2024

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30 October 2024

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30 September 2024

Went in today to pick dog coat up for my dog as we’re down here on holiday the lady was very professional and guided us to the right coat for the dog well presented shop and a pleasure to deal with. Will be using the shop again when we come back on holiday or anything that we need. More...

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29 September 2024

Dog Training

I have a 40 kg dog who had a bad start to life, jumping up, no recall, not able to walk on a lead without being pulled to the ground. We were both skeptical anything could be done.
Well, we are both so impressed (and relieved) and 2 weeks on have a totally different dog. Calm, walking on a lead, recall coming on nicely. We are so so grateful, thank you to Sarah and Hector for doing such brilliant work with Bella. You are absolute angels. I would certainly recommend you to anyone needing help.
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Thanks Gaynor it's a pleasure working with you and Bella :)

28 September 2024

When my dog was diagnosed with pancreatitis recently the Vet told me I had to give him a very low fat diet - I didn’t really know where to start with deciding what to feed him. I spoke to Cormac who recommended the best possible diet for our dog based on his diagnosis, age and what he enjoys eating. He was so thorough and I felt like he really cared about our dog and about what would make our lives easiest as owners too. Thank you so much Cormac - we really appreciate your help! More...

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10 September 2024

My first shopping experience with you a couple of weeks ago as I was looking for a new food for my dog. My vet had recommended certain things to avoid and I explained this to the lady (sorry didn’t get your name) and she took the time to read all the ingredients and find the most suitable one to try, which by the way has worked 🙌 Also I’d like to mention she took the time to get to know me and my dog, had a chat, it wasn’t about the sale or the money I was spending it was about creating a relationship and a returning customer which I really found refreshing and a lovely shopping experience. So thank you for your help, going above your job role & I will definitely be back ☺️ x More...

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25 August 2024

Excellent in every way. Helpful, friendly, everything you could possibly imagine for your pet is stocked here. Great atmosphere, clean and tidy. So glad to have discovered this place so close to my work 👍 Frank also approves……..thank you ☺️ More...

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30 May 2024

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Every time I speak to Sarah, she is so helpful and has a down to earth understanding with training, and when that comes to a male terrier that is diffidently needed! I can't wait to see how my dog approves! More...

29 May 2024

the knowledge and professionalism of the trainers is second to none. I have absolute faith in Paige and am confident my Luna is in the right hands 🙂

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11 May 2024

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28 April 2024

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i haven't started using this company yet as my new furbaby is still settling in but we shall see as time goes on - we have spoken on the phone and sarah sounds really nice and encouraging

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30 March 2024

Dog Training

Received a very informative initial phone call from Sarah, now looking forward to moving on with re educating our rescue staffie

25 March 2024

Needed help and advice about my sick cat and was warmly assisted with solutions without them being eager to sell goods just to make money. Has a huge variety of goods and food, particularly for cats and dogs, all at a reasonable price. More...

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7 March 2024

Had a very positive experience with Natural Balance Dog training on Tuesday. I spoke to Sarah last week about the issues we were experiencing with our springer spaniel being her barking at anything or anyone that approaches our house and her pulling at the lead making walking her very difficult. It’s only been two days and we’ve already seen such a positive improvement in her walking. We have been consistent and taken her on small walks around where we live regularly and the pulling is very minimal now, hasnt completely stopped but we understand this will take time. Dave and Carolyn were very knowledgeable and shared some great advice for us to improve our dogs behaviour within this house🤞🏼 More...

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16 February 2024

Dog Training

Sarah was very friendly and put me at ease -- depending on the outcome of my training -- I will be recommending them.

11 February 2024

5 stars isn't enough for the advice and support that Sarah has given us. We had our first session 5 months ago and have seen drastic improvements in our St Bernards behaviour. When we first reached out to Sarah, Bentley was reactive on walks to both people and dogs and was nervous in the house with new people. Now we can go on pack walks with limited reactivity and have had people come to the house with no issues at all, including young children. Sarah we really can't thank you enough - you really are incredible. More...

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18 January 2024

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Fantastic professional friendly service

18 January 2024

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4 December 2023

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Stacie lawson came today and was very good with my boy Kong and me! start of the journey towards training him and all i can say is fantastic friendly service couldnt of asked for better trainer to come help ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12 September 2023

Honestly i have no-t had a good experience with this company. After ringing initially and explaining that my problems with my 2 year old rescue dog Koda was dog aggression on walks after being attacked in a park and “selective” recall issues – sometimes she’s great others not so much! I chose a very expensive £500 package as pack walks was the thing that would be most beneficial to us as dog aggression was a big thing for us and that a trainer that could provide this was in a reasonable distance to my house. First appointment made the training never turned up….great start! But everybody makes mistakes – after ringing and re arranging the trainer attended my property to meet Koda. Off the back of that meeting, I was supposed to get a behaviour report. That never materialised – never has. Second meeting was in a park – had a bit of a walk showed me where I was going wrong where to approve….very bog standard stuff really …then was expecting pack walks to be set up and a behaviour report. Behaviour report number two you guessed it – never materialised. After hearing radio silence for two weeks I decided to check in and was advised from the trainer she no longer works at the company and I needed to call the office to talk about pack walks. I called the office and explained I really wasn’t happy that I had paid £500 for a very expensive walk so far and that I needed something fixed around pack walks and behaviour reports or a refund. It was then said that I would have three one to one sessions with the trainer instead of pack walks and that the original trainer would carry this on as a favour, as all the other set up pack walks were an hour plus away from me. Its now been about 5 weeks since our very expensive walk around black park and I still have not been able to set any further training up and no behaviour reports. I have just been researching and trying different training techniques myself at this point – and honestly its better then the support I have received. More...

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5 September 2023

Dog Training

They returned my message and rang us very quickly and we are booked in with one of the trainers

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The trainer in question is no longer part of our team and this customer has been given a partial refund plus offers of unlimited time one-to-one free training with our Senior Behaviourist, a new report and free Video Consultations with our Head Behaviourist. All efforts have been made to resolve this and the customer has refused to engage with us despite high levels of customer service. This review is not remotely reflective of our company as every other review clearly shows.

28 August 2023

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4 August 2023

Dog Training

Having got a rescue dog that had already had 3 homes and was showing some reactive behaviours and sometimes trying to bite it was clear that at some point he had been hurt and possibly hit around the head so saw hands as weapons. This dog was not quite 9 months old so I knew he needed some help to get over these behaviours.
I spoke with Sarah who reassured me that he could be helped so I chose the VIP package so he could have the very best of help and support.
We are now working with Stacie we have had one session and are now completing homework before our next session.
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19 June 2023

Dog Training

Dexter WAS a source of tension in our home life. He was reactive to other dogs, resource guarding and he would not listen to us and was slowly destroying parts of the garden by snapping branches off things then running circles around us and also leaping on furniture inside and stealing things. Owning him was not the pleasure we imagined it to be. We were having discussions about rehoming which in our hearts we did not want to do.

Enter Sarah at Natural Balance DT. Dexter is now a dramatically different and a much happier dog.

Sarah is amazing. We had only one session with her but unlike others she does return texts and offers support after the session is over.

We have gone from chasing Dexter around the garden to simply giving a 'leave' command and Dexter drops whatever he had in his mouth and comes in for a treat. As a safety thing this is amazing. Being a Lab he has very high food drive. And for a Lab, his is insane!

His reactivity is getting MUCH better and is on the way to being sorted.

Don't get me wrong, we still have much to do but in just one session we were given some brilliant tools and all our concerns were dealt with. This was followed up by an in depth 16 page report to remind us of things to work on. As we chose Sarah's Elite package we also have access to 4 video training courses which are invaluable and I wish i had this at the start.

We cannot thank you enough Sarah for changing our lives (especially Dexter).

The big test was a couple of days later when we took Dexter to a crowded beach full of dogs and kids. A couple of dogs had a go at Dexter but he did NOT!

Would I recommend? Absolutely without hesitation. Any regrets? Just one ... That we didn't find Sarah right from the beginning!
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13 May 2023

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Hello , I'm very pleased of what can be done to help me train my dog as I have managed to do some but there's other stuff I can not do so it so relieving to know that I have got help with the other things that need to be sorted out.

1 February 2023

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1 February 2023

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1 January 2023

Fantastic personal care and information about your pet.

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1 January 2023

Lovely local business. Super friendly and helpful, and they know what they're talking about.

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1 January 2023

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3 October 2022

Dog Training

Hi Stacie came to our house for Topsie snd Max and we found her very helpful very professional and very friendly I highly recommend this company

1 October 2022

Friendly staff and help full

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7 August 2022

Dog Training

Sarah contacted me after our initial enquiry very promptly and it was clear straight away that she was going to be able to help us with our anxious dog.
It is no exaggeration to say Sarah changed our dogs behaviour as soon as she entered our home and the visit was really successful.
We really appreciated Sarah’s straight talking approach and her clear expectations of us as a family to support and reinforce the changes we needed to make for our dogs.
As Sarah pointed out we would need to work longer on some areas but I can absolutely say with confidence that this training has literally changed our dogs into calm, happy, respectful fluff balls and we can’t recommend it enough.
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5 August 2022

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They were helpful and understanding,

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27 July 2022

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Dave from Natural Balance was very friendly and professional, was great with our 2 dogs and will definitely be following his advise going forward

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25 July 2022

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Sarah responded to my request very quickly and we will be starting the training in two weeks

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9 July 2022

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Although we are awaiting the first visit I was contacted the morning after my enquiry.
Sarah listened to my concerns about my dog and whilst empathetic she was clear on what we needed to do and how we needed to change our behaviour.
We are looking forward to our meeting and feel positive about the future.
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1 June 2022

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Very professional, they were brilliant with my dog, and the training was a great success. Highly recommended

1 June 2022

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1 June 2022

Very good service 5 star

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1 June 2022

Always really friendly and ready to help!

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1 June 2022

Great information

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1 June 2022

Great pet centre. even do delivery free. I didn't find the web site easy to use. Having done a search and found the item I wanted (not all stock is on the web site) to do a 2nd search it is necessary to go back through home to do a another.

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1 June 2022

Invaluable advice re. a feeding regime for my hyperactive Cockerpoo.

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1 June 2022

Friendly helpful advice and service on every visit, highly recommend

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1 June 2022

Very polite and knowledgeable staff can't do enough to help you find what you need.

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Q&As

I love many things about my work but I think mostly I love helping dogs to become more balanced and therefore enjoy a happier life with happier owners. I love watching the dogs learn and change and seeing happy, smiling owners when they realise how well their dog can behave, often with just a few simple changes and the right techniques.

I wanted to work with animals and felt there was distinct lack of good trainers around, with many people still running very old-fashioned classes and using unrealistic methods which may work fine in a class situation, but aren't at all helpful in the real world. I wanted to be able to make a difference to the lives of both dogs and owners whilst enjoying a unique quality of life that is only possible when you are your own boss.

We are a well-established company with qualified trainers and many years of experience. We have won Best Dog Trainers in South-West England for the last 7 years in a row and have a reputation for excellent results and great customer service. We adapt our techniques to best suit both the dogs and their owners which means everyone learns better and changes happen much more quickly.

Yes we run Online Video training courses and can run all our packages as video consultations if preferred.

Services

E-Guides for Puppy Training, walking skills, jumping up, recall etc. - from £10 - available at https://www.naturalbalancedt.com/e-guides

Online Video Classes available at https://www.naturalbalancedt.com/training-memberships

Advice Line and Nutrition Advice - £45 for 45 minutes Video call.

Video Consultations at a reduced rate available worldwide for all Puppy Packages and Dog Behaviour Packages.

£300 (+ 10% for weekend visits)
Our puppy specialist will give you all the advice and practical skills you need to raise and train your pup the best way. This package gives you 3 sessions - an unlimited time Video Consultation, a one-to-one home visit for household & walking skills, plus a Pack Walk to practise socialisation and neutrality in a real-world setting. You will receive your Puppy Behaviour Manual, plus our Online Puppy Membership and Video Classes Courses. You will also receive free advice over the phone, by email or video call for the life of your dog. Your sessions will deal with all aspects of puppy training from sleeping through the night, house-training, dealing with nipping & chewing etc., to learning good manners, basic obedience training and skills for walking on and off lead.

£400 (+ 10% for weekend visits)
This package will teach you how to be a confident Pack Leader to your dog and how to resolve any and all issues your dog may be struggling with inside your home. As well as your unlimited-time Video Consultation we provide a bespoke, one-to-one service at your home to teach you everything you need to know in order to remove unwanted behaviours and move forward into a happy, balanced life for both you and your dog. You will receive your Pack Leader Manual immediately and your specific Behaviour Modification Plan will be sent by email within 48 hours of the visit. This will always be specific to your individual situation and issues. You will also receive our Ultimutt Online Membership and Video Classes plus free advice over the phone, by email or Video Call for the life of your dog.

£450 (+10% for evening / weekend visits)
This package deals with any training and behaviour issues with your dog when walking on the lead - such as pulling, reactivity, refusing to walk, etc. You will receive a 2-3 hour home visit & walking session, a Pack Walk, plus your Pack Leader Manual and personal modification plan, our Ultimutt Online Membership and Video Classes, and free advice for the life of your dog.

£650 - for pups for 8 to 20 weeks. This is the best Puppy Package to book for pups from 12-20 weeks who may be developing behavioural issues and unwanted conditioned patterns. So, if you have taken on an older pup, or have had your pup a few weeks, and are struggling with any training or behaviour issues this will provide you with the best methods of training plus teach you how to address any problems before they become habit-formed. You will receive an unlimited time Video Consultation to set you up with the right structure, a one-to-one home visit (approx 2 hours) for practical skills both inside the home and on walks, a one-to-one walking session for an hour, plus two Pack Walks in a real-world setting to practise good socialisation, manners and control. You will also be taught leadership skills and receive a Pack Leader Manual, Puppy Manual, our Ultimutt Online Membership and Video Classes, plus free advice over the phone, by email and by video call for the life of your dog.

£700 - This package is designed to teach you how to resolve all behaviour issues that your dog is exhibiting both inside the home and on walks (on and off lead). You will receive a home visit (approx 2-3 hours) where our Behaviour Specialist will assess your dog, demonstrate techniques and teach you how to resolve your relevant training or behavioural issues. You will then receive a second one-hour one-to-one session as a follow-up to assess improvement levels and provide more training, plus you then receive 2 Pack Walks to practise walking skills both on and off lead in a "real-world" setting. You will also receive your Pack Leader Manual and Personal Modification Plan, our Top Dog Online Membership and Video Classes, plus free advice over the phone, by email and by video call for the life of your dog.

£965 - This package is designed to teach you how to resolve serious training and behaviour issues that your dog is exhibiting inside the home and on walks. This is an essential package if your dog has aggression issues of any kind in the home or on walks with people and/or other dogs. We can cover territorial aggression, resource guarding, dog-aggression, aggression to people or children, or any other extreme behaviours which need extra time with a trainer to resolve. If your dog has a bite history with people or other dogs then this is the perfect package for you.

You will receive 4 one-to-one sessions with your trainer, 2 Pack Walks, your Pack Leader Manual and Personal Modification Plan plus our Top Dog Online Membership and Video Classes, plus free advice over the phone, by email or by video call for the life of your dog.

£600 - This package teaches you how to resolve any and all walking issues with your dog, both on and off the lead. We can cover reactivity, pulling on the lead, hyper-vigilance and lack of focus, good recall skills, chase-drive issues, traffic phobias, etc. You will receive an approx 2-hour one-to-one home visit to cover leadership structure and teach you how to resolve your walking issues, a 1-hour one-to-one walking session, two Pack Walks, plus your Pack Leader Manual, Personal Behaviour Modification Plan, our Ultimutt Online Membership and Video Classes, and free advice over the phone, by email and by video call for the life of your dog.

£750 - This is the best package for you if your dog is great on walks but has aggression issues inside the home such as territorial issues, resource guarding, movement-sensitive aggression, fear-aggression issues etc. This package provides two home visits to teach you how to resolve your issues and practise techniques, plus your Pack Leader Manual, Personal Behaviour Modification Plan, our Ultimutt Online Membership and Video Classes, and free advice for the life of your dog via phone call, email or video call.