Happy Tails from Clients

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'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 - www.southangusbordercollies.co.uk

'Storm'

Storm is a 9 year old lurcher cross, a big softy with people but taking him out for walks had turned into a nightmare as he had taken to attacking other dogs. My wife attended a demonstration by the “Dundee dog trainer” at the Pets at home store and spoke to Jess about our problem. Jess agreed to come to our house and assess “Storm”.

Jess immediately struck up a rapport with Storm (as she seems to with all dogs) and she identified his problem as anxiety, she was also confident that she could help him (and us!). Jess also spoke to us about diet and exactly what was in some of the commercial dog foods! Jess thought that the best thing for Storm was to get him to mix with other dogs. We were more than a little apprehensive when Jess suggested taking Storm out for a walk with her five dogs, but she was confident that everything would be fine. Although there was the odd growl and show of bravado Storm was soon running around and socialising with the other dogs. We were really amazed and delighted.

Since that time we have attended some of Jess's training classes with Storm. These classes are fun both for owner's and dogs and as Jess says – it is not only the dogs that benefit from training, but much of the objective is the training of the owners! Storm really enjoys the lessons and at the end Jess always allows time to let all the dogs off their leads to socialise. A few weeks ago we would never have believed that Storm would be able to run around with a group of other dogs as he now does – and his tail wags the whole time!
We would highly recommend Jess to anyone who needs help with a dog, she is a lovely girl who obviously loves her own dogs – and her client's dogs too! She seems to be able to read a dog's body language and be one step ahead of what the dog is thinking.

Love and gratitude to you Jess and very best wishes for the future for the “Dundee dog trainer”

Frank & Helen Kidd
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'Blackadder'

We own the most loveable Jack Russell called Blackadder he is almost 13 years old. Blackadder was attacked as a pup and from that day has always attacked other dogs on sight - no questions asked. This has made walking him quite embarrassing as on sight of another dog, he goes a into a complete angry frenzy throwing himself all over trying to get at the other dog to attack - succeeding on only 2 occassions which was not pleasant at all.

I have recently moved to Brougty Ferry and was struggling looking for someone to walk Blackadder whilst I was at work, a couple of weeks ago I spoke to Jess - Dundee Dog Trainer who very kindly agreed to work with Adder to make him more sociable with other dogs. Being the sceptic that I am I thought there is no way on this earth he will ever be sociable with other dogs - previously he has attended dog training classes, he has had a private dog psycologist come to the house for an hour then leave and we also had a "Dog Listener" try to break his temper all of whom failed, so when Jess said she would like to work with him you can understand why I was scepticle.

I attended Jess' dog training classes in Birkhill for 2 Sundays the 1st I think Adder tried to bite of every dog in the room (muzzled), the 2nd he was slightly better but kept his distance from the other dogs. On 31st March Jess began working with him privately - taking him out with her own dogs to the beach - on the 3rd of April I went along to see how things were going as Jess had assured me he was doing great, but I still thought no way not after all these years. Well I think I am still in total shock and I havent stopped talking about what I saw: Adder was running around the beach in and out of the water with 5 other dogs not a snarl, growl, bite or anything in site - if I hadnt seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed it. In such a short space of time my dog with attitude has been totally transformed. As I type this e-mail I stand here shaking my head as I still cannot believe it - it is truly amazing !!

If you have any sort of behavioural problem with your dog this is the lady you need to see, I would just like to Thanks Jess from the bottom of my heart for the work she has carried out it is fantastic.

Thanks Jess you're a star !!

Big Hugs

Ali, Jo and Blackadder
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