connecting people with pets and the outdoors
Graham Thompson
What you have been saying and what your dogs have been doing:
Rosie’s Sound Phobia
Jennings’ Food Bowl Aggression
Bean’s Aggression Towards People
Woody and Alfie’s Behaviour Problems
Tel. 015394 33440
I saw Rosie for her fear of high pitched sounds including bicycle tires being pumped up that caused her to shake with fear.
" I have seen Graham twice now with two separate dogs and been really impressed. As a dog trainer myself I've come to him with less than obvious issues and he has got to the bottom of them directly and effectively- the dogs love him too!"
Andrew Denton
Jennings had been aggressive around the food bowl since he was a puppy and the owners had made a number of attemtps at resolving the problem without success.
“When we called you in I'd been to training classes with Jennings and had one to one sessions also. Whilst the basic training concept was to reward with treats this was hard to implement as Jennings was not food centric. However, he guarded his food bowl with a determination not to be beaten by a lion and I was at my wits end. We are a less fraught household, thank you"
Tina Cross
Cat’s can be trained too and in this case the rescued cat was aggressive to people.
“After rescuing a feral kitten from a garden, I needed Graham’s help and advice to help her adapt to domestic life. She was extremely wild and attacked anyone who entered the house. Graham provided tasks and advice which have turned my once wild kitty into a calm and content (yet independent) three year old cat. I can’t thank Graham enough for his first class professional guidance and would highly recommend his expertise to others. After all he really did help to tame a wild cat!”
Sue Reay
Woody and Alfie are a pair of rescued dogs that had a long list of behavioural problems but were fortunate to gain understanding owners that were prepared to help.
My husband and I moved up from Cheshire where we had been seeing Sarah Heath for our dogs behavioural problems. She and another friend of ours recommended Graham to us as driving our dogs down to see Sarah was going to limit the time we could meet her.
Graham agreed to meet us and to take on our dogs as 'patients'. He is a lovely person to know, and we feel we have a fantastic friend now, as well as a highly recommended dog trainer!
Our dogs are going from strength to strength with Graham's input as frequently as we need it. He is understanding, forward thinking and dynamic. He has been on walks with us to show us what we need to do with the dogs, and is only a phone-call away if we have set-backs. With Graham's help, we have got the dogs we want, and our dogs are happily fulfilling their potential.
There is a real 'buzz' to see your dog happily doing something you know he wouldn't have coped with doing a matter of months ago. The fact that Graham's training techniques are fun and kind for owner and dog is just an added bonus!
Jen and Ben Dustan
