1:1 Coaching
If you love your dog to bits but quietly question your life choices every time they drag you down the street, you're in the right place.
Kind, science-led 1:1 dog training across Cambridgeshire.
This is for the dog who pulls like a freight train, blanks you the second they spot another dog, or likes to share their every opinion with the rest of the park. None of it means you've failed them. It usually means nobody's shown the two of you a clear way through it yet.
If you've been asking Dr Google, or one of his many associates on social media, you've probably been buried under conflicting advice. Maybe you've even been told to assert your 'alpha' status, roll your dog onto their back, or stare them down until they submit.
If so, congratulations. Your time machine has dropped you back in the 90s.
That 'pack leader, one size fits all' stuff has been pulled apart by the science. It doesn't fix anything. It just leaves your dog stressed and you wondering why nothing's shifting.
My 1:1 training is evidence-based and science-led from start to finish. We don't bark commands at a dog and demand they obey. We use cues to ask.
More often than not, your dog is a bit confused. Things have been a little inconsistent, or they're being asked for too much in a situation they can't cope with yet. My job is to show you how to set them up to get it right. We work out why they're doing what they're doing, and we teach them what to do instead. It's kind, it works, and it makes having a dog good fun again.
And there's a bit more to it than obedience. I've spent over fifteen years working dogs in scent, gundog, mantrailing and search work, using the drives they were born with. I bring that same thinking to the dog who's hauling you to the park. We give all that energy somewhere useful to go.
What Working With Me Looks Like
When you work with me 1:1, you don't get a generic service off a shelf. You get a plan built around you, your household, and your specific, wonderfully chaotic dog. We sit down, work out what matters most to you, and start there.
You're never left on your own with it either. Here's what comes as part of your package:
In-person sessions shaped entirely around you and your dog, at the centre, at your home, out on your usual walks, or online.
A training plan after every session, so you always know exactly what to work on next. However suits you best, whether that's video, voice notes or written.
Send me clips of you and your dog working between sessions and I'll give you feedback on what to tweak.
Unlimited WhatsApp support the whole way through, so a question at eight in the evening doesn't have to wait for the next session.
Optional daily accountability check-ins from me, if you're someone who gets on better with a nudge.
Start to see a change in your dog's behaviour within the first two weeks, or your money back.
I can say that because the method works and because I don't disappear after the first session. Show up, put in the bits we agree on, and if your dog isn't starting to shift in those first two weeks, you get your money back.
I only take on a set number of 1:1 clients at a time. Partly so everyone who signs up gets my full attention, and partly because I'm forever dreaming of more time to train my own bundle of life choices.
Once this intake's full, the next opening can be a fair way off, so if you've read this far and it sounds like you, don't sit on it.
Ready to ditch the old myths, get a clear plan in place, and start enjoying your dog again? Let's have a chat.
We'll have a natter about what's going on, and I'll show you how we'd sort it. Pick a time, and let's get your dog's brain working with you instead of against you.