Top Dog House

Just became an owner of an American bulldog which my son had from a puppy. Axel is now 18 months old and 42kg. I was concerned by his pulling on the lead and his reactivity to other dogs when out walking him. I found trainer John Harrison via a Google search locally, we discussed Axel and I was satisfied he could help so I arranged a training session and due to a cancellation in John's diary we met up within a few days. John helped me understand dog psychology and showed me how to earn my dog...

John came round to help me get started with Wallace, my then nine week old cocker spaniel puppy. My first dog so I knew I needed some guidance. Investing that couple of hours with John at an early stage has been invaluable. It has saved me so much stress, mess and anguish. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Wallace says thanks, John.

I can thoroughly recommend John. After puppy classes and 'dog school' had only limited success, I realised that they can't look at each individual owner longer than momentarily and don't see behaviour at home. I needed advice for me, not another set of standard training exercises. Lots of people in the park recommended John and I now know why. I've got an obliging puppy who is happy to learn but is also not stupid and is quick to take advantage if she can. John came round and saw how she b...

Fudge was almost seven months old when we had our first session with John. Due to circumstances when I first got Fudge, John explained that I had inadvertently let Fudge become pack leader, after only 1session Fudge was more relaxed and happier, because he was no longer top dog. Our second training session showed me how to stop Fudge pulling whilst out walking and to wait for me to go out of doors before him. The day after the training session Fudge was walking beautifully by my side on a loo...

As first time puppy owners, we contacted John for some advice and training around play biting, over excitement, obedience and recall when our Vizsla puppy was 10 weeks old and the puppy training book wasn't working for us. John taught us to be calm, assertive leaders and speak "dog". She is now a happy, CALM and mostly obedient ;-) 5 month old. We highly recommend him and we are very happy we started training very early on. Next time we get a puppy, we'll invite him when we take the puppy ho...