The Dog Listener

We've been working with Ian for the last 7 months to get our cocker to overcome her obsession with burying sticks. She's still very much a work in progress, but we're grateful to Ian for sticking with us, and like the way he'll include other training tips on the side, and fit us in while he's walking his dog.

Ian is totally amazing with the way he handles the training of both us and our dog. He explains everything and shows you what to do and how to do it. Nothing is too much trouble he is kind and the results are instant. I can recommend him to everyone.

Amazing service from Ian! We have rescued a dachshund recently and he would constantly bark at our neighbours and people passing our house, Ian has taught us how to deal with Mr Baxter’s behaviour and we seen results immediately! Mr Baxter also has separation anxiety and we are still working on this going forward but getting better day by day! He used to pull on a lead but with training from Ian he now is a joy to walk (and he realises I choose the walk) not him! As well as coming and spendi...

Well where to start... We have a 6 month old Beagle pup whose biting was almost out of control! It was far past the puppy biting stage and I was desperately looking for help, I had read The Dog Listener book by Jan Fennell and starting seeing if there was anyone local and up popped Ian. I inquired on his website and he almost immediately contacted me back and when we spoke he just understood. I think when you have problems with your pup, you think you're the only one but Ian assured me it was...

I invited Ian to evaluate and help us correct our 2 year old cocker spaniel Shadow. The main problems were her, chasing bikes, runners and cows, also aggression towards some males. During the consultation we learned to think in a different way when dealing with these issues and will putting the lessons learned into practice. Ian left a comprehensive information pack for us to refer to and I am confident we will get good results. I thought it would be good to involve the whole family and we al...