Dogs Like Yours - Buxton

Linda Ball

Natalie was brilliant with our really anxious boy Boris. She helped us to get him walking outside our home by giving tips and exercises to encourage him to walk down the road (On her first visit we went to our local Country Park whereby she noticed that he bunny hopped and had a gait when running and walking so she advised us to take him to our Vet to check his hips. He was diagnosed with slight hip dysplasia). We have continued working with Boris and he has come on leaps and bounds and will quite happily walk to and from home to the Country Park which is a massive achievement. Natalie still keeps in touch and is always there if we need her. We have no hesitation in recommending Natalie to work with your pets she is fantastic ?

Iain Roberts

Natalie was absolutely brilliant at helping my new pup and I find our feet. I'd done a little work with trainers/behaviourists with my previous rescue dog, but this was the first time working with Natalie, and my first puppy.

Her support was invaluable and I'm not sure I could have done it without her! I was in a desperate sleep-deprived state when I first got in touch, at my wit's end. Willow has grown into a happy, healthy, well-adjusted pup with no issues at all, thanks to Natalie's expert guidance.

Each session was taken at a sensible pace for both me and the dog to take everything in, but with a lot of ground covered nonetheless. Her experience and deep thinking really shone through.

Perhaps the most impressive thing was the detailed follow-up email received shortly after each appointment. How Natalie remembers so many details I have no idea! The emails were brilliant for summarising what we'd covered and what we needed to do - and for someone like me who learns better by reading than by 'doing' they were perfect.

The focus was always on helping Willow develop into a well-rounded, confident dog in a realistic way, one step at a time.

I can wholeheartedly recommend Natalie for anyone looking for help with their pup's training and development.

Jo Brett

I was provided with Natalie’s details following some basic dog training of my puppy Frankie, a female chocolate lab, who from being tiny had eaten all sorts of stuff outside but, most worryingly, stones. She didn’t just put them in her mouth, she swallowed them immediately.
Natalie replied to my text message very quickly and on realising that the problem was actually eating the stones rather than just picking them up, arranged to come and see us at home very quickly.
Natalie was thorough in her assessment and provided a comprehensive a list of first steps. I had already started to introduce Frankie to a muzzle and Natalie reinforced this was essential for Frankie’s safety and well being.
Natalie was very helpful with all of her suggestions and it was evident that she really knows and understands dogs. Some of this probably very basic information helped me to understand things from a dog’s perspective, for example, how dogs play together and that running away from Frankie would encourage her to run to me, rather than me run to her in the hope of catching her.
Natalie was always very positive and encouraging. This made me feel like there was someone there to help at all times. After each visit, during which many helpful suggestions were made, Natalie always provided a resume of instruction via whatsapp.
Frankie is now able to go out without her muzzle and although she is very much a work in progress, she no longer eats stones, (although still picks up all sorts of other stuff including sticks, leaves, petals, grass etc!)

Nicola Bristow

I recently rehomed Kit, an 18 month old border collie who I had hoped to get on some long distance walks. We just had a niggling problem of pulling on the lead, which was starting to really affect the enjoyment of our walks. Natalie was fantastic, she instantly understood Kit and his weird ways and helped figure out a way to play to his strength and work on the pulling. She also noticed some postural issue with Kit and recommended a fantastic vet physio. It turns out Natalie was completely right and Kit has some spinal pain, which we are now on the way to improving alongside Natalie’s training plan.
ATBC registered trainers like Natalie are so so worth the time and money, so much work went in behind the scenes for us, even to Natalie contacting a local animal nutritionist to make sure Kit was getting everything he needs! I couldn’t recommend enough!

Sally Barnett

Natalie is a highly professional individual and quite frankly a dog whisperer. She continues to work wonders with mine. She’s always available to contact and provides a reassuring calm voice. Highly recommend using her services.

Alistair Bradley

Have been working with Natalie for a number of months now to help out with our Maltipoo. To us it seemed as though he had gone from sweet and lovely to randomly aggressive for no reason.

Natalie dedicated time and attention to us and our dog, understanding history, establishing behavioural patterns and exploring possible reasons to his "acting out". She identified a number of possible avenues for us to examine and prepared detailed reports for us and our vet in order to diagnose or eliminate a number of them. As a result of her attentive approach we feel like we have our dog back; cliched but true!

His behaviour is notably better and, as importantly, we understand more about how he views the world so we can support him when he does get stressed or nervous. We are back to having a happy playful dog again.

Thoroughly recommend her services to anyone. Understanding approach and simple to execute strategies that have real impact. Brilliant

Hannah Day

Natalie has really supported me with my lovely pup, who has some insecurities/anxieties and resource guarding issues. She was always available to offer advice and more importantly encouragement. I never felt judged by Natalie, and all advice was backed up with practical examples and videos for me to watch. Natalie helped me to understand some of the less obvious cues that our dog gives off, and has helped me to put measures in place that make our pup feel more comfortable in stressful situations. She always responded so quickly to any messages I sent and her help has been invaluable to me and our family. Being a new dog owner can feel overwhelming, and when things aren’t going according to plan it was great to be able to call upon Natalie’s expertise. I would recommend her services to anyone struggling with behaviour issues with their dog, and feel the toolkit she has given us will be useful throughout our pup’s life. Thank you Natalie.

Hannah Fraser

Natalie spent time really delving into our dog's behavioural issues, and then worked closely with us (both remotely and then in person) to help resolve. We have a rescue greyhound who was nervous around visitors (and it turns out nervous about other stuff too) Natalie helped us understand our dog better and gave us sensible and easy strategies to help manage different scenarios. We've learnt loads and would definitely recommend Natalie to anyone experiencing behavioural issues with their dog.