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"Acquiring a dog, may be the only time a person gets to choose a relative"
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Hey Jess,

Riley has given me, lisa, brooke & ethan a re-invigirated love for dogs and we have grown to love him so much! Once again I am impressed & humbled by your drive towards the dogs your training and the dogs you are re-homing, you are one of the Trainers that unfortunatly you do not see alot of. You are not driven by financial benefit but by the welfare of the dogs and the family's they are in. Riley has settled in great and the new kitten sleeps with him!

Again thank you for all your help

James and Lisa.

Hey Jess,

Just wanting to write a little note to say thank you for all your help with Cody, we are loving the demonstrations and I am so proud of us both, especially Cody :). You have helped us both in so many ways, you have helped me to develop my confidence and self esteem, and are also helping me to help Cody to be the best dog he can be(keeping him happy, healthy and also helping him to understand what his purpose is in life, giving him a job etc). The support you have given me too is brilliant, I feel that if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have got as far as I have. I have learnt so much from you and can't thank you enough for everything, you are a brilliant teacher and a very valued friend, Friend for life.

Thank You again.

Carly, Ali and Cody


Max

Hey Jessica

Many thanks for spending the time with myself and max today. I was very impressed with what you could show both myself and him within a very short space of time, and he hasnt stopped sniffing my hand for the liver cake!

James

Bobby - (his owner became terminally ill, we were asked to rehome him)

Dear Jess,

Just a short message to thank you again for rescuing Bobby. I hope he settled well last night. What an amazing set up you have there - my children absolutely loved walking the dogs with you yesterday. I don't think any of us have been on such a large scale dog walk before, but thoroughly enjoyed it.

My youngest cried all the way home, as he was so sad at leaving Bobby, but also for your other dogs that have been rescued, despite his realising that this was dog paradise and that there are few places that could replicate that. He is fine today, but hoping that he might be able to visit sometime, once Bobby is settled of course.

For myself, Bobby's future has been such a worry to me since it became obvious that my father would not be able to continue caring for him. However, it is such a relief to hand him over to someone who is so caring and experienced with dogs, whom I know will do the right thing for him in the end. At a time when myself and my family have so much else to contend with, that is a huge thing to give someone, for which we will always be grateful.

Kind regards


Fiona.

'Cuba'

Hi Jess, just wanted to stay in touch and to say once again a big thank you for your sessions with Cuba last year. Our little one is 6 months now and Cuba has become the doting big brother! So many people have commented on his 'new character' and can't believe how calm he is in the house and how good he is on the lead walking next to the pram. We never stop singing your praises!! Still feeding Cuba on the natural diet and the vet was very impressed with his physique...4 kilos lighter than august last year! Only been one major disaster - Cuba crunched my mobile to pieces in December... we have to remind ourselves that there will always be the tendency for his mischievious side to come out!

Hope all well with you and the pack :o)

'Coco'

My son, James, has higher functioning autism and loves to teach his little whippet cross Coco lots of tricks as well as general obedience and Coco just loves to learn new tricks.

Coco had a very hard start in life and was extremely nervous (non aggressive) of everything. James attended another dog training class for just over a year but Coco's confidence was not growing and she was still timid and afraid of other dogs. The training sessions were just too harsh for Coco!

James has been with Jess for a while now training Coco and we have seen a huge change in both Coco and with James' handling of her. Coco no longer runs for the hills at the sight of another dog and her confidence has grown and is loving the training sessions, along with James. In fact we only have to say 'dog training' to her and she get very excited.

James takes his dog to dog shows and shows her. Since training with Jess she has gone from picking up 4th, 3rd and 2nd prizes to picking up mostly 1st and a trophy for Best in Show. This year we hope he and Coco do even better.

We all now have a better understanding of dogs and particularly how to get the best out of Coco.

Helen and James, and especially Coco

Here are James and Coco, showing off their confidence at our recent demo at Morrisons!

'Rico'

My 10 month old chihuahua has really benefited from Jess's visit and I want to thank her for her patience and perseverance with me in particular. Instead of a highly strung anxious pup I now have a calm and obedient one. Thanks so much Jess, I know you didn't think I'd do it but what you taught me has been put into practice with amazing results. Look forward to bringing Rico to your classes.

Best wishes Sandi

'Gem'

At a very young age my Rottweiler bitch Gem had a bad experience with a very aggressive and ill-mannered German Shepherd which left her with a fear aggression response to that breed in particular. However yesterday evening at your class we achieved something which we were unable to achieve during the 3 years of attending another dog training class - a totally relaxed and submissive Gem in the company of a German Shepherd. Now I believe anything is possible with the correct instruction and advice. Each week both mine and Gem's confidence grows as we continue to learn and the bond between us strengthens. The class is also great fun and we return home tired but enormously satisfied. Thank you Jess for making what used to seem impossible, possible.

Annette, Carnoustie

'Sparky'

Hi Jess,

Just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for the other day - we learned a lot and are putting it into practice, with some great results already.

We took Sparks on a walk with the baby in the pram yesterday, all the way to the Ferry and passed lots of dogs - Sparky didn't say a word! One dog even started on him, but he just kept walking. I think it's partly down to his experiences the other day and the fact that we are using his soft lead properly. Dave and I were bowled over - he is like a different dog already. We know there is a lot of work still to be done with him, but it's looking good.

We have changed Sparky's diet to a natural one and told my Mum all about it. She has now sworn Muffin off dog food for life.

'Belle'

Just a wee note to say how much I am enjoying your classes, no one can accuse you of doing the same thing every week, which is a comment/critisism I hear about many classes !

Ruremi Bluebelle


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