I provide a bespoke dog/owner training service.
I have worked with dogs/animals for 44years including training(l have retrained many rescued dogs), grooming, boarding,walking.
I have recently retired from having my own training school and l am now consulting on line and 121 lessons.
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64 customer reviews
Emelie
Dog Training
We booked 6 sessions with Julie for our golden retriever puppy Lola. Julie is an amazing teacher and not only shows you what to do but also why you do it. Our puppy is very well behaved and growing up to be a beautiful obedient/social dog. My partner and I highly recommend Julie! More...
Jan Thompson
Dog Training
We booked 4 lessons with Julie for our staffie cross Nellie who was coming up to a year old. Nellie is a very excitable jumping bundle of joy. Julie has given very good advise and her time with us training Nellie has been very helpful. She has taught us how to control Nellie indoors and out and to walk properly on the lead rather than dragging us around. I would not hesitate to highly recommend Julie as she has years of experience and expertise. More...
Barbara Drake
Dog Training
Julie is a great dog trainer. She shows you exactly what to do & gives loads of feedback & advice while you work with your dog. I’m expecting to see great progress after our session today (& lots of practice for our dog & me!) More...
Suzanne Sharrock
Dog Training
I had a series of 4 sessions with Julie who helped me to build confidence in letting my dog off the lead. She took a step by step approach with each step including a series of actions for me to practice between sessions. I found Julie patient and supportive and I am now very happy walking my dog off the lead wherever it is safe to do so. More...
Connie Stewart
Dog Training
Julie is an amazing trainer. She has given us fantastic guidance with our dogs anxiety, recall and lead pulling and we have seen great results. Julie takes the time to get to know you and your dog and their needs so as to give you the best advice. I would highly recommend Julie as a trainer. More...
Amanda & Des Clifford
Dog Training
Julie is obviously a very experienced dog training & quickly assessed the training we required to manage our dig Alfie. By doing the trading with us both on our walks we have been able to practice & improve our confidence in handling Alfie .
As a result he’s a much calmer dog and we’re now enjoying our walks with him much more. We also feel we’re in charge , rather than Alfie!
The transformation in just 5 sessions , spread over several months are fantastic.
Julie is an excellent trainer of both dogs & owners. We highly recommend her ~ she’s definitely a dog whisperer!
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Pam Ayris
Dog Training
First contacted Julie for help with my 4 month old goldie who was a persistent biter, drawing blood and being a right devil dog. I had tried various ideas that Julie gave me but the biting continued. I contacted Julie again as I needed some face to face help with Ruby. The difference was amazing. The biting stopped, and the jumping on the furniture hasn’t happened since. Julie gave us the confidence to react in a timely manner to deal with the bad behaviour. We have a lovely well rounded puppy who will grow into a well behaved adult. More...
Molly
Dog Training
Julie has been an absolute pleasure to work with. As new puppy parents with an exceptionally energetic puppy, we were in need of a lot of training support. Julie has provided a structured and methodical approach from the beginning, which has been very impactful. And Bear absolutely loves her, which is the best review possible! More...
Sarah
Dog Training
Julie has been a fantastic trainer for my (very) stubborn dog. She's been on hand since he was a puppy and with her expert advise and brilliant training methods and thanks to Julie he's so much better behaved and responds well to commands. I would highly recommend.
Josh and Sofia
We had 6 sessions with Julie over a few months to work on lead reactivity with our 2 year old whippet, Irwin. Julie gave us the skills to slowly but surely stop the behaviour. We knew it wouldn't be an overnight change but he has come so far already and Julie gave us the tools to continue our work with him. She's really great and gets straight to the point, she won't mess you around! More...
Maddy
Dog Training
We have only had 3 lessons so far but our rescue dog has already improved so much. We will continue working with Julie. Would recommend!!
Ines Boneca
Julie is super nice and excellent at her job. My dog is learning everything super quickly and lesson times fly by, they are a lot of fun! Definitely recommend
Simon
When we found Julie, we had a four month old Tibetan Terrier puppy who was biting and pretty out of control in the house, and I certainly wouldnt have dreamed of letting him off the lead outdoors. Four weeks later we have a much, much calmer dog and we're very happy to let him off the lead. It was a pleasure Julie. Thank you. More...
Joanna Thesiger
Julie is a very experienced dog handler and trainer. She is extremely good at understanding dogs behaviour and helping owners instil commands. Her confident approach helped me relate much better to my dog and I can now react calmly if there is an issue, with tools to help that do not require treats. I would highly recommend Julie. More...
Theresa
Dog Training
Julie was lovely, highly recommend. We are first time dog parents and so felt we needed some support and help as in how best to support our little dachshund. Julie has worked with them before and so was knowledgeable on how best to approach things. With her help, we have been brave enough to take him off lead in the park and he is walking much better on the lead when out and about. It's great to know she does dog walking too if we should need her help at any time. More...
Charles Sealey
Dog Training
Training has been outstanding so far. I have seen a huge improvement for my puppies behaviour whilst also making sure she is a super happy pup in training. I will be reccomending Julie to all my friends! More...
Lorraine Livings
We are still in the progress of Oscar's training, but Julie is taking a slow and steady approach, giving us time to work on what she's taught us, before going on to the next stage. She gives good advice throughout and we are very happy 😊 More...
Niki
Julie is an excellent trainer, she gave us great advice and really helped us to calm down our excitable puppy Nell. We would thoroughly recommend her.
Karen Scolaigh
Dog Training
Julie has a lot of experience, gave me and my dog named Blu , lots of advice on training ,behaviour. It has been a pleasure to have met her my puppy who is now nearly 10 months old is coming along great thanks to Julie!
Victoria
Dog Training
Julie helped us to train our puppy from the age of 4 months old. She helped us to understand our dog's needs and behavior and how to correct it. We really liked the fact that she did not ask us to take all the lessons in one month but have them flexibly as and when we needed them because our puppy was still growing. She was always here for to answer our questions and advise us. We highly recommend Julie. More...
Kellie Hewitt
Dog Training
My parents bought a puppy back in March and they thought she was going to be exactly like our other dog… well she is’nt 🤪 so I researched puppy trainers and came across Julie.
It’s the best thing I’ve done because not only is luna having fun but we’re learning too. We’re more confident and we can actually trust her.
The first time Julie told me to drop the lead I was terrified, but wow I never knew luna could actually listen and take orders, I was so proud of her and it’s all down to Julie and her years of training and experience as I wouldn’t of done that without her guidance.
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Tracy Lange
Dog Training
Julie was a little miracle!! We have had the best time with her training our puppy, Bella! Bella wasn’t our first puppy but she is the first we have needed to train so that she behaves outside the house….
Julie has trained both puppy and humans!!
Our time spent with Julie has been immeasurable and we have always progressed and made improvements during the sessions and on our own!
There are time I wish I could have a cardboard cutout of Julie on walls cos Bella knows when Julie is there!!
We have loved the 1:1 training sessions and especially the manner in which Julie trains… we are proud to say that Bella is not treat trained, we have a connection beyond food.
Thank you Julie for all ur time and patience with us… we will continue to have more sessions as Bella progresses in life 🐾
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Lauren
Dog Training
Training with Julie was great! My Romanian rescue puppy learnt so much during our 1-1 sessions and I am able to confidently walk him with the techniques Julie shared with us. Julie also provided advice and support for training in the home and was always quick to reply when I had additional queries. Great support and reassurance when you’re not entirely sure you’re doing the right thing! Thanks Julie, from Lauren and Syd. More...
Karen Barker
Dog Training
I am a first time puppy owner and have learnt a lot from Julie's puppy training package. Her advice is very calm, encouraging, makes sense and is useful. She has taught me how to get the best out of my puppy and what to expect, her vast experience is obvious. I am now using Julie for further socialisation and more "obedience" training. More...
Tom. B
Dog Training
Working with Julie has been immensely rewarding for both my dog and myself. I have a Patterdale X Lakeland Terrier who was becoming more and more reactive towards other dogs. In just 8 sessions Julie has transformed him in to a dog that can now walk happily alongside other dogs without my heart exploding. She is wise and firm. Exactly what we both needed. She has given me loads of advice so that I can continue to reinforce her wisdom moving forwards. She also sent loads of videos and messages in between sessions. Huge appreciation! More...
Nelly Ortiz
Dog Training
Julie is knowledgable and professional.
Hannah and Billy
Dog Training
Julie has been so great to work with and has helped us so much. She has given us great tips for our cockapoo teddy and after a few sessions he has already come on far! I am very happy we reached out to Julie to help us :) More...
Liza
Dog Training
Julie is an outstanding dog trainer, she has years of experience and approaches each new job with calm, common sense, kindness and humour. I have two Great Danes (7 months and 3 years) and she quickly explained what I was doing wrong and how I could control their behaviour and develop a relationship of trust and respect (without treats)! 4 sessions down and I enjoy my walks again, I cannot recommend Julie highly enough. More...
Mate Andrasi
Dog Training
I can only recommend Julie! Structured, kind and easy to work with. As a novice owner it was quite a challange to get a full working line DDR German SHepherd. Julie helped Jimbo and I all the way, so now he has become an obedient, nice, well behaved dog. More...
Beth
Brilliant results . After just one session I have a calmer, better behaved dog. Simple and effective techniques. Julie was recommended to me, and I would recommend to others.
Suzana
Dog Training
Julie has been helping me and my 7 months German shepherd puppy as a first time dog owner I was quite nervous and Coco was a biiig puppy who never had a proper training or socialised with any other dog before.
As a beginner I watched so many videos online and they all included treats but when I didn’t have any treats then it was so hard to get my dog’s attention and if you don’t time the treating well it goes all wrong you can easily reward bad behaviour but when I met Julie everything has changed she doesn’t use treats in her training sessions and shows you how not to and still reward your dog ☺️ she is a calm and confident trainer even after one session you become calmer and more confident because the techniques she teaches you works well ☺️
I would highly recommend Julie anyone who needs help with training their dog.
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Beverley
We sought Julie's help with our naughty and disobedient one year old Jack Russell cross.
Julie was great, really informative and clear about what we were doing right and wrong.
She is very practical and straightforward and a pleasure to work with.
Julie changed our dog walks from a nightmare to a pleasure, as a family we highly recommend her!
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Lisa
I’ve worked with Julie on training Flint since he was 6 months old. She’s helped hugely on his recall and lead work. Julie is always clear in her instructions and used helpful video clips to let me see how we could improve.
Laura Baptiste
Dog Training
Julie has been amazing! Our 6month old Rottweiler is now walking to heel on the lead, doing amazingly well with recall after only 3 sessions. Julie has supported us via telephone and text in between sessions and our dog respects and adores her. We can't wait for future sessions. Highly recommended and amazing value money More...
Lily Terrell
Julie is an excellent dog trainer. I had lost all confidence in walking my dog with my baby after the dog pulled the pram over. Julie turned my dog into the most wonderfully obedient girl and I feel like she listens to me and we have bonded and connected so much better. I have gone from a nervous wreck to a very confident dog owner. I can’t thank Julie enough for turning our lives around in only 4 sessions! Would absolutely recommend. More...
Alison
Dog Training
Julie has been great. Pippa (my 2 year old cockapoo) has responded really well to all she has taught me. On the third session Julie took us on the walk with a big black dog (in terrified Pippa's eyes). Pippa is very fearful of big dogs. To my amazement after about 10min Pippa was running happily side by side Julie's dog. Thank you Julie for your help. I now have tips to work on during our walks. More...
Deborah
I have a very bright but very wilful Springer, not always coming when called, lunging at other dogs - wanting to play with them but appearing aggressive, taking off when she pleased, and becoming selectively deaf to my calling her.
Over 3 days with only 3 hours training, Julie completely turned her around. Julie doesn't use treats but calmly indicated with body language, simple commands and lots of praise what she wanted Millie to do. If I am being honest, there was quite a bit of training of me as well...
I now feel confident to take her onto the common with other dogs and even into the countryside without worrying that she might annoy sheep. I cannot recommend Julie more highly.
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Natalie Wheen
It was an astonihing success: miraculous I would even say! In just 3 sessions, Julie calmly and quietly transformed a wilful, disobedient, nightmare of a dog into an immaculately behaved, responsive, aware and grown up elegant animal.
With no shouting, no heavy behaviour, no treats offered - just simple steady commands repeated often, a good tone of voice and a very calm presence which the dog picked up on immediately and responded. She is a very clever dog, and I think enjoyed being the focus of attention. Back home, she knows she's done well and is super gracious. Julie clearly has loads of experience to understand a dog's take on a situation and how to help the animal deal with whatever it is. Our nighmare of a dog who used to lunge at others, pull our arms out of their sockets, strain at the leash now walks graciously to heel, and so often just ignores other passing dogs. As I wrote at the start: Miraculous!
Thank you SO much Julie.
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Norma
I highly recommend Julie. She has a huge knowledge of dogs. I contacted her when our puppy was almost three months old in order to give ourselves a good start. I discovered that I had much more to learn than what I imagined. Thanks to Julie’s advice we’ve been able to correct some bad behaviors since the beginning. She helped me to understand the reasons behind bad actions and she guided me in a secure but friendly way through the first months with our puppy. Julie always knows what the problem is and have the solution! We will continue working with Julie as our puppy grows up but I already know we have good foundation. Thanks Julie! More...
Carolyn Mitchell
I can highly recommend using Julie's service regarding your dog. My border collie was a high energy puppy who I thought would never settle down but after lots of calm, highly professional training my dog is very sociable, attentive and well behaved. Gold star to Julie and thank you very much More...
Francesca
We firstly made contact with Julie when our puppy was 3 months old (now he is 9.5 months). Our puppy comes from a working background and he is extremely active and stubborn.
Julie has been indispensable for us all. She has a world of experience with different type of dogs and breeds and she help us “reading” our puppy’s behaviour and helped us training our dog so we all enjoy each others company.
I don’t know what we would have done without her!!!
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Francesca
We firstly made contact with Julie when our puppy was 3 months old (now he is 9.5 months). Our puppy comes from a working background and he is extremely active and stubborn.
Julie has been indispensable for us all. She has a world of experience with different type of dogs and breeds and she help us “reading” our puppy’s behaviour and helped us training our dog so we all enjoy each others company.
I don’t know what we would have done without her!!!
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Rhia
Dog Training
Working with Julie has been great. Julie has helped guide me to ensure my puppy has good foundations and good behavior (puppy under 6 months old). She has answered my many questions and helped me understand why his doing or not doing certain things which has given me great reassurance. I'm looking forward to working with Julie once puppy is a little older to take the next step up in his training so I have a good well rounded dog. Thank you Julie 😊 More...
Brav
Dog Training
Julie was so friendly and understanding. Gave me great advice which has started to help me and my dog with his behaviour whilst walking etc..
Kim Dawe
Dog Training
Julie is very professional and knowledgeable about dogs. You feel very reassured from the moment you speak to her. Her calm manner and clear instructions help make puppy training great fun. Toby loved her too!
Maria
Dog Training
Julie's been helping me overcome some socialising issues that my dog developed due to lockdown. Since we started consulting her, both my 20 month old dog and I feel more confident. Highly recommend Julie.
Louise
Dog Training
It's been tough training our puppy during lockdown - particularly as we're first time owners - but Julie was great at providing tips and tricks over the internet for us to try. I was also quite nervous about letting him off the lead for the first time so she came with me (socially distanced!) to give me confidence and also gave some great ideas on how to ensure my dog continues to come back to me. Thank you Julie! More...
Suvd
Dog Training
Julie has been absolutely fantastic. She is professional, experienced and helpful. I really like the way she carries out her dog training. With her advise/ guidance, my puppy is behaving much better than how he was. I would recommend Julie to my family and friends :) More...
Mate Andrasi
Dog Training
Have a lovely chat with Julie and agreed on the details.
Looking forward to working with her
Emmet
Dog Training
Julie is an excellent dog trainer with great knowledge and very understanding and personable. We booked a set of 4 lessons following a free consultation where Julie gave loads of great advice pre-collecting our pups.
Before our first lesson Julie was available for a quick call to help us with an initial issue we faced and did so with last minute notice which just shows the excellent service you will receive. Would highly recommend Julie.
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What do you love most about your job?
I love training dogs and their owners to have a much better happier life together .
What inspired you to start your own business?
I was employed and worked very hard for other people and one day decided l would branch out on my own .
Why should our clients choose you?
I have many years experience in different aspects of training and solving issues with owners and dogs.
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
Yes , l can do 121 lessons by FaceTime or WhatsApp and provide training notes and videos that l have made.
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
I started doing all the lessons and advice on line.
Then followed the Governments guidelines and met in the park then house visits only if necessary .
Puppy Training and Advice
121 on line puppy training advice from before or when you bring puppy home then 121 in person if needed when puppy can go out
Rescue Dog Training and Advice
121 training / advice on line or 121 in person
Dog Obedience Training
121 obedience lessons on line . I provide training videos that l have made with dogs that l have trained or 121 in person.
I do not run group classes any more.
Advice on dog grooming and bathing
Insurance
Fully insured