Reason for Visit: Over excited and attention seeking
Changes: Maisie no longer pulls on the lead and is much more calm than she
used to be. Friends have noticed a big difference in her. She will sit and stay
until we tell her to come. She now sleeps on her own bed and not our sofa! We are
all more assertive with her so she knows we are in charge and not her.
Anything Else: Having Lez out for guidance was money very well spent. We
now have a dog that is much calmer around people and a pleasure to walk. The training
will continue as per Lez's fabulous report and we look forward to having a well
trained pet gundog. Can't wait to start the classes!
Reason for Visit: Nipping & Aggression
Changes: We saw changes in Monty very quickly after your visit, no nipping,
no barking etc. 100% better since your visit. We are a lot more relaxed around Monty
now we know how to address the problems.
Anything Else: We would highly recommend Lez to anyone else. In the end it
was only common sense which was shown to use in a very professional way. We cannot
praise you enough. Thank You.
Reason for Visit: Possessive aggression
Changes: Following Lez’s visit, I immediately felt more relaxed and confident
around Fudge. Lez made me see that Fudge wasn’t an evil dog – just one that had
stepped up to fill the vacancy of leader – the role that I wasn’t filling. I have
been amazed at how just a few seemingly small changes have made a big difference
to Fudge’s behaviour. Overall he seems more relaxed and much more biddable. I no
longer feel nervous around Fudge – the discs were brilliant in giving me, as Lez
put it ‘a set of teeth’ with which to remind Fudge that I was in charge, not him,
but without forcing a confrontation. The first time he displayed his possessive
aggressive behaviour I used the discs and they worked. it felt so good to be back
in control. We still have a long way to go but the small victories really do mean
a lot and with every one I feel more relaxed and confident with Fudge, which in
turn creates a positive cycle instead of the negative one we had got stuck in.
Anything Else: Lez’s calm, friendly manner really put me at ease and she
explained her methods in a clear and easy to understand way. When she said she was
always at the end of the phone or email for questions I knew she meant it. Thank
you Lez!
Reason for Visit: Fear aggression
Having kept rescued dogs all my life I really thought I understood them! My lurcher
Maisie was rescued and although never badly treated and very good natured was fear
aggressive towards other dogs in nearly all situations which made taking her out
on walks stressful and unpleasant. Lez explained pack behaviour very clearly to
me and that Maisie lacked leadership and therefore confidence in some situations.
Armed with that understanding and by following Lez's clear instructions it did not
take long to improve Maisie's behaviour, which in turn has allowed me to have so
much fun and laughter with Maisie. I would recommend that anyone with a dog problem
contact Lez. It is worth every penny.
Reason for Visit: separation anxiety
Changes: Our first impression of Lez was extremely positive, she has a passion
for dogs and clearly understands their psychology. She was able to guide us through
the consultation, providing a step by step explanation with direct relevance to
Sam's condition. We had thought it might reveal our failure as pet owners but nothing
could be further from the truth. Lez suggested small corrective steps which gradually
built up into a cohesive schedule. The programme that we now have is progressive,
easy to administer and has on initial impression begun to work immediately.
Anything Else: Our only regret is that we have waited this long before taking
action in helping Sam through his challenges and would strongly recommend Lez to
anyone who is finding the whole business of pet ownership problematic.
Reason for Visit: Aggressive tendencies towards people
Changes: Madison calmed down and became very much more relaxed. This has
continued in the 2 days since the consultation. She has become more content and
does not follow us about all the time. Although we understood the need to be the
leader, some of our “human” actions were not helpful to Madison. By giving her too
much attention this reinforced her need to seek more and more attention.
Anything Else: The tools, techniques and improved understanding imparted
by Lez have started to improve the way Madison reacts to people. This has started
us along the road of a great relationship with a lovely dog who needed our help.
We will be using the report to guide us so that we can improve our training skills
and give Madison the direction she needs.
Reason for Visit: Oliver was showing aggression toward other dogs and jumping
up at people
Changes: INSTANT!! I am truly stunned at the difference Lez has made to my
little dog and my handling of him. We have gone from avoiding other dogs to walking
right past them without incident. And Ollie hasn't jumped up at anybody or followed
me up the stairs since Lez left my house. All done in the space of a three hour
consultation! Amazing!
Anything Else: If anyone had told me that our problem could be sorted during
one consult, I wouldn't have believed them! But that is exactly what Lez has done.
She has made a huge difference to my little family and for that I will be eternally
grateful. We still have a little work to do but I am sure that within the next couple
of weeks, I will have two well behaved, polite and most importantly, happy and emotionally
well balanced dogs. Not only has Lez made a huge difference to the behaviour of
my dogs but she has given me the confidence and the tools I needed to become a respected
pack leader!
The best money I have spent since buying my dogs! Thank you Lez, you certainly know
your stuff and I couldn't recommend you highly enough.
Reason for visit : Aggressive behaviour towards other dogs regardless of
whether on or off lead.
Changes ? We have encountered many dogs on our walks and she has ignored
all of them! She happily goes to her basket outside the bedroom door - on the first
night we had a couple of whine's but that was it. Bramble has actually started eating
her food now too - no chicken just dried food with a little hot water (never thought
I'd see the day!).
Anything else ? Can't tell you how pleased I am so far with the results.
Am now recommending you to anyone that will listen!
Gertie is a yellow Labrador Retriever who was 18 months old at the time of Lez's
visit. She was home bred from good working gundog stock. I was finding it really
difficult to connect with her. She was quite a dominant, hyper active character
and she wasn't looking at me or to me for instruction. We were both in a constant
state of high alert wondering who was going to 'break' first!
After five minutes with Lez's techniques Gertie was walking to heel calmly with
me. I relaxed, she relaxed and I have a different dog who is respectful and now
progressing steadily. I think she is a joy to have out and about.
Reason for visit : Pulling on a lead. Manic behaviour when outside - unreliable
recall. Had started to dread taking Toby out for a walk and was deliberately avoiding
routes where we would see lots of dogs.
Changes ? Toby is calmer, more submissive, walking on a loose lead, able
to walk past other dogs without lurching / dragging us towards them and he's not
jumping up at strangers / visitors. We're calmer, more relaxed and able to stop
and talk to other people on walks.
Anything else ? Wished we'd called you earlier ! Could not believe how quick
the transformation was. Money well spent.
Reason for visit : Pulling on a lead and dominant behaviour and subsequently
refusing to jump in the car.
Changes ? Oscar is much calmer both in and out of the home. He's walking
on the lead much better and is more obedient/ he responds to silent commands now
(eg., pointing) and is much happier and jumping in and out of the car. I'm calmer
and more confident.
Anything else ? Wish I'd found Lez years ago ! Your approach was very calm
and encouraging and convinced me it was possible to 'turn Oscar around' by changing
my feelings and approach.
Reason for visit : Nervous aggression in Maud's behaviour.
Changes ? Lots ! She is a lot calmer, more willing to behave as I want her
to and a dream on the lead. It was a very worthwhile morning and I really appreciate
your help and advice, plus it was lovely meeting you.
Anything else ? I have a much better understanding of how her mind works
which makes me a better owner. Many thanks !
Reason for visit : To stop Indy jumping up, to stop her pulling on the lead
and to listen to me as her owner.
Changes ? An immediate change. After 10 mins of working with Lez Indy was
a changed dog... she didn't pull, she stopped jumping up and she was happy to follow
my commands.
Anything else ? She has never jumped up on anyone again and she is a pleasure
to walk with on a lead... an unbelievable change.
Reason for visit : Tarka was jumping up on all the kitchen surfaces (front
paws) and taking anything that happened to be there - food, teatowels, papers etc.
It was becoming a real problem and nothing I said or did seemed to make any difference.
We were also having problems with her pulling on the lead.
Changes ? Lez's visit was a complete revelation and turning point. With her
help the jumping up problem was eradicated almost overnight. We were also taught
how to get her to walk on a loose lead.
Anything else ? Lez's holistic approach and teaching on the whole 'pack'
mentality of a dog made so much sense and helped me to understand how the relationship
between a dog and a human should work. What is so interesting is how the dog actually
wants you to be the leader and how important it is that we lay down the boundaries.
It is all about teaching respect and self-control and making a few adjustments.
I have found it very rewarding and worthwhile. Tarka is a real pleasure to be with
and I am so glad we discovered Lez. I would highly recommend her to anyone who has
'issues' of any sort with their dogs.