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Anna was brilliant - she took the time before the session to understand what we were trying to achieve and came with some really useful thoughts and practical things we can implement to help prepare our dogs for the arrival of a new family member. Highly recommended!
Me and Patch (dalmatian, 3.5 yrs) have seen Anna a few times now to work on a couple of things.
Firstly, Patch was a really annoying 'begger' when anyone was eating food! He would stare, salivate, hit us (!) and just generally bug us constantly when we were eating. Anna suggested some really helpful things (both training and distraction for different occasions) and he's now an absolute super star! He has a special mat that he has to stay on when we are eating and half the time he just goes to sleep now!
The other thing we needed help with was the dreaded lead-walking. As very busy people, we just haven't found the time to be consistent and get on top of this issue. Anna very cleverly suggested a solution which meant I haven't had to do any specific walks to work on his lead-walking and I can just fit it into our normal daily walks. This has been key to helping us get on top of it. I've tried many times to sort his lead-walking out, but end up giving up because I don't always have the time to be consistent and I know it's confusing him because he doesn't understand the rules. But Anna's tips have enabled us to train when we have the time and be more relaxed when we don't. Patch is really getting to grips with it now and is starting to understand the rules of when he has to walk nicely and when he's allowed to be more relaxed. Honestly, it's been a game-changer. The lead-walking will take a while to be fully sorted out, but Anna's methods mean we can work on it at our pace - we do more when we have the time and can be more chilled when we are in a rush. I'm confident that in time we will be on top of this!
In terms of Anna's approach, she is 100% positive training with no 'punishment' or nasty yanking of the lead etc. which is really important to us. She sent us a report after each session which reiiterated what we needed to do between sessions and reminded us of the techniques we needed to use. I would highly recommend Anna to anyone looking to sort out an issue using kind and positive techniques! She's a super star. And Patch absolutely adores her too!