Speaking Spaniel - Allsorts Dog Training

Gill has helped me improve my confidence as a first time puppy owner and provided me with the skills for great recall, lead walking and sharing hints & tips to build the foundations of a great relationship with my dog. Thank you!

We would recommend Gill and her Speaking Spaniel dog training sessions. We have learnt so much from our lessons. Previously, training had been undertaken in a very sterile indoor environment. Our cocker spaniel Stan, would behave and perform as asked whilst at training BUT once outside would forget everything and become deaf! Since attending Gill’s sessions we have learnt how to ‘read’ Stan’s actions and walks are much more enjoyable for all of us. Many thanks for all your help.

An excellent training day and Gill is an experience trainer who personalises the training to the individual dogs. Highly recommended.

The Pet Gundog course is brilliant! Florence is a busy, sniffy, pheasant-mad working cocker and I can’t praise Gill enough for her knowledge, observation and understanding in helping me learn more about her. This is the second programme we’ve done with Speaking Spaniels - I like the way Gill structures her programmes as there’s flexibility around content, learning styles and she is good at adapting and finding different approaches for owners and their dogs. Plus it’s all geared towards the sk...

Gill clearly has a passion for both training and in particular Spaniels.However I was slightly disappointed with the session as there was a lot of talking and the dogs are not renowned for sitting still. The psychology and Spaniel behaviour could have been addressed in an email. The training did not teach me anything new to benefit my tool set in addressing recall, other than the use of the whistle and more could have been done off lead rather than on it. More practical work could have taken ...