Wigan & North West Dog Training Service

Honestly couldn’t recommend Mark enough! We had massive issues with our five year old Chihuahua, massive fear of everything, causing severe aggression, barking etc. It was so bad that I hadn’t walked him in nearly two years. And people coming into the house? No chance! Toby was so scared that he literally s**t himself when Mark came near him. We have had three sessions with Mark, and now we walk Toby every single day with our other dog. He’s been to the beach and said hello to other dogs, he even went into a coffee shop while we waited for takeaway. At our last session today, Toby sat on Mark’s knee for cuddles. If I didn’t know better, I would think Mark had replaced him with a completely different dog! If you are debating a behaviourist, DO IT, call Mark. I wish I had found him years ago. Taking our dogs out has become so fun and enjoyable, and our lives no longer bend to the dog, the dog fits into ours. He doesn’t judge you, or make you feel like you’ve done anything wrong. Couldn’t praise him enough, as you can tell!

We’ve just graduated from Mark’s brilliant ‘Puppy Package’. Mark has helped the whole family confidently handle ‘Ralph’ our pup. We can all get him to sit, stay, stop biting, leave items, walk on a lead, lie down, go in his crate and bed, get on and off the sofa on command. Outdoors he’ll stay and be recalled, run next to us, change direction on command to follow us, turn and face on command, run between family members when called. All in 4 x 2 hour training sessions over 4 weeks. Mark is really knowledgeable confident and professional. He’s provided loads of extra advice on behaviour and made the sessions thoroughly enjoyable for all. We’ve learned a huge amount teaching adults and kids. This has really helped us all be more confident and Ralph is really enjoying working and learning too. Learning together has helped us be more consistent with Ralph he seems really happy to work! Can’t thank you enough for the excellent service!