SSDS SYL's Small Dog Services

Having had 2 dogs previously I thought I would be able to train my new dog quite easily. This beautiful soft gentle dog wasn’t as confident as the last 2 and therefore the training was more difficult. She didn’t like the car and no matter what I did her recall was nonexistent. I called Sylvia for help and in only 4 sessions my beautiful retriever happily obeys commands for the tastiest treats and has no problem associating the car with fun trips. Thank you Sylvia! More...

Sylvia is truly a dog whisper. My dog is one of the most difficult dogs to train and I was struggling with my dog after private and group lessons with other trainers. My dog was aggressive and used to bite people, not to listen to any commands and run off from us. I had to have a 10m training lead on him all the time. Sylvia took us on a walk and trained our dog and me and my husband. After 6 sessions over 2 months period with Sylvia, my dog is a different dog now! He listens to our commands, he’s very good at recall. I walk with him without a lead in the park! He’s happy and calm now and so are we. I can’t recommend Sylvia enough. More...

Sylvia is truly a dog whisper. My dog is one of the most difficult dogs to train and I was struggling with my dog after private and group lessons with other trainers. My dog was aggressive and used to bite people, not to listen to any commands and run off from us. I had to have a 10m training lead on him all the time. Sylvia took us on a walk and trained our dog and me and my husband. After 6 sessions over 2 months period with Sylvia, my dog is a different dog now! He listens to our commands, he’s very good at recall. I walk with him without a lead in the park! He’s happy and calm now and so are we. I can’t recommend Sylvia enough. More...

Sylvia helped me with my rescue dog Reena. We had been unable to let her off the lead for 3 years and within 6 months she had good recall ! Really grateful to her.
Would highly recommend her ! More...

Sylvia has been amazing. Our dog was totally doing its own thing. Running away, paying no attention to us. Syl showed us sensible, achieveable ways to work with him to get the result we wanted. She introducted the right equipment and trained us how to use it properly. Syl is firm and clear and kind (with the humans too - we are the ones that need the most training). We now have a dog we have a raport with and that we can manage. We will continue following Syl's guidance. It gets results. Thank you More...