Customer Testimonials
Customer Testimonials
Ruby- Nervous Staffie
Natalie came to our home a couple of months ago to help us with our 5 year old staffie Ruby who was very nervous around other dogs and also bossy around the house ie: barking for attention jumping all over the furniture, Natalie showed us a few simple calming techniques to defuse the situation a...nd since her visit and using her techniques our house is much calmer and Ruby seems a lot and happier.
On our weekly walkouts Ruby has gained confidence with other dogs and is continuing to show progress on all her walks, she has grown particularly fond of Natalies huskies; Rummage and Marmalade it's great to see her walking next to them with a waggy tail !
I would definitely recommend Natalies realistic and calm approach to dog training. And I look forward to many more fun and muddy walks in the forest with Ruby, Rummage and Marmalde.
Rachel E.
Molly - Westie, Food Agression
I can't thank Natalie enough for teaching me how to interact with Molly in a way that Molly understands. Molly's food aggression has disappeared, and she is generally so much calmer, and much nicer to be around. Amanda
Jazzie, Wiggy & Olly - Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
We have 3 dogs, our 2 boys Wiggy & Olly are 5yrs old & little Jazzie is 19 months old our problem was mainly with Olly. Indoors he would always be on the periphery of "our pack", Wiggy & Jazzie would come & sit with us Olly seldom would I put this down to him be a loner! On getting their collars/leads out ready for a walk he would bark & become very excited - on walking he would constantly pull. Over the recent few months had become increasingly worse pulling himself to near exhaustion , his eyes would also be bloodshot & when off the lead he wouldn't come back when called. Due to his behaviour it also incited our other two to "misbehave" although not to the same extent, going out for walks was no longer a pleasant experience! It had got to the point where we was seriously thinking of re homing Olly as we could no longer cope with the situation - this may sound all so familiar to you.
I saw by chance Natalie's "chaos2calm" poster in a pet shop rang her left a message & she very promptly called back. Natalie's enthusiasm & obvious love of dogs was very evident & a meeting was arranged - I had also contacted another trainer & was not comfortable or happy with what I heard about their training method!
31st July 2010 - we had our training session I say in all honesty this was one of the best days & money we've spent. Natalie was so patient with us humans & explained the dynamics of the pack - you may not be surprised to read we were at the bottom of the pack! Olly felt the huge responsibility to look after us as well as Wiggy & Jazzie. We were the cause of his behaviour as we didn't behave as pack leaders, Natalie explained what we should do & since that day we have followed her action plan & always will.
How is Olly - he is a totally different dog, calm/relaxed & we now are at the stage where he will walk by our side on the lead & will come back when he's called, Wiggy & Jazzie are also responding to the change in the pack dynamics. The INTO way is incredible I would honestly recommend Natalie to anyone who will listen! Not only that Natalie was such a pleasure to meet she has a great sense of humour & had a lot of patience with us. Since meeting Natalie we've e mailed her a couple of times to ask for advice - have always had a prompt reply. We will in the near future ask Natalie to come for another session to see if there is more training we can do & to learn more - we're also having great fun with the dogs teaching them tricks & that was something we were never able to do! So please don't despair if you have a "naughty" dog/s help is at hand give Natalie a ring & see for yourself. Peace & Love Chrissie & Chris
Mixed Pack - Chaos
We have 5 dogs 2 Weimeraners, Huskamute, 2 Jack Russell crosses and Natalie has made our house peaceful again, never thought we would ever be able to get there but we have, thank you very very very much! Maria and Leah
Jonas - Hovawart, No recall
We went with Jonas to the three stages of "The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme", to find out that this is not worth it. We still had the the same problems with him than before. We knew before that a Hovawart is a quite dominant breed... So I get a "tiny bit" panicked that we won't get him under control. After an online search we... found the page from Natalie and here we are now. We still have our battles with him, but we know now much better what we have to bear in mind how to handle our "monster"
I would recommend her to everyone who needs help with his dog.
Tanja
When I adopted my dog from a rescue centre I realised I needed help in understanding him better so googled 'dog trainers' and sent many email enquiries. I was shocked by how many of them recommended various contraptions and devices to force him to comply with commands. I decided to find out more about natural methods and thankfully found Natalie!
Alfie - Rescued Lurcher, reactive to everything
From the first email I was struck by how interested Natalie was in MY dog and her enthusiasm for the method she teaches. The consultation was enlightening; understanding why my dog is behaves as he does has made the whole process such fun. Natalie has taught me how to help him think for himself without force or coercion which has made our relationship nothing but positive. I have also removed stresses from his life that I was unwittingly putting on him before we met Natalie, which has clearly made him so much happier.
Sometimes you don't realise the progress you are making as you see your dog every day but people frequently comment that they cannot believe he's only been in the family for 3 months when we have such a strong bond. I completely put his down to the methods Natalie has introduced me to and cannot thank her enough for the continued support she has shown us. I trust Natalie implicitly and would recommend her to everyone!
Thank you Natalie! Anna xx
Joan - Fear of Dogs
I met Natalie a few years ago, before she became a dog listener. I was petrified of dogs and she had 6 of them!! Well, she introduced me to her pack one at a time (she had so much patience with me) and gradually I got over my fear, enough so that I now have 3 dogs myself, she told me about her dream of becoming a dog listener, oh the ...books that she had on the book shelf were amazing, I knew right then and there that she would do it and be a damn good one at that, the time she gave me and the patience that she had then would serve her well. Needless to say she followed her dream and became a dog listener, she helped me with my first dog and armed me with the advice I needed to carry on and incorporate it with my other two. I would definitely recommend Natalie to everyone who has a dog with "issues". Thank you Natalie for all you have done for me and many others and for you friendship.
Jo. Xxx
In pack fighting - Siberian Huskies
I have 3 Siberian Huskies all around the same age and all going through the "terrible teen" years and I was having many different problems with aggression, constant fighting and basically I received no respect from them at all and they ruled the roost! The main reason I was looking at getting a behaviourist was because one of my boys... (Marley) was very aggressive to other dogs! I was recommended by a friend to contact Natalie and I looked on her website and noticed she owned huskies and had previous problems of her own, on her own, before she learnt about dog behaviour and the dogs mind so I got in touch with her via email and she was helpful right from the very start, even before we made a definite booking! She explained everything to us and didn't make no judgement about us as dog owners and had a laugh and joke too which really helped calm to mood down.
Although we didn't book in for a full consultation due to finances Natalie still carried on even after the time we booked for was up and never charged extra. She talked us through and showed us techniques/methods to use on our boys to help us gain the respect and leadership and take the stress off them so they can become happy relaxed dogs and not stressed out dogs that feel they have to do everything and take all of our worries!
I was amazed at how many things we all do to our dogs can put a lot of stress onto them and also boost their position in the pack! It really gave me an insight and a huge interest into dogs behaviour that I am looking at going onto a few dog behaviour courses once everything has FULLY settled here at home.
Since Natalie has been to us, we have had a few bad days but the good days we have had outnumber the bad ones to nothing! We have made great progress with our boys and they really are starting to settle down a lot now and realise that they don't need to worry anymore, that our job/responsibility now.
I will highly recommend Natalie to anyone I know. Thank you Natalie. Amy xxx
