At The Dog Guy, there’s one thing that gets us out of bed in the morning, and that is improving the lives of both dogs and their owners, via our specialist dog training throughout the UK. All too often, unruly dogs do not lead their best life because their owners frequently become upset and frustrated with them. This is upsetting for both the family and the dog, and we’re here to make sure that doesn’t happen.
We are true engineers of behavioural change in dogs. Whatever shape, size, age or breed, we have helped countless dogs with our UK dog training become better behaved, and become integral parts of their families, massively improving their quality of life. Our reputation precedes us, and we take an agile, mobile approach, constantly improving our service and training to ensure we remain the best in the business, and help the dogs we see as much as we can.
Our highly trained and dedicated team, over the duration of our dog training courses, deliver a solid foundation of general obedience and discipline to ensure you get the best from your beloved dog. Dog training requires repetition, consistency, and reward to ensure that desired outcomes are achieved. We know what it takes, and all you need to do is let us help resolve any challenges you face with your dog to ensure live a happy life together, side by side.
First and foremost, we have a deep love and passion for looking after dogs - it’s why we started! We will truly care for your dog and do everything we can to ensure they return to your home to live a much happier life.
Our team, motivated by their love for dogs, is the best in the business. They are all qualified with a wealth of experience, and the best part of it is that we have enough trainers that your dog is guaranteed its own lead trainer.
We offer three completely different dog training options, as well as bespoke packages so that we be totally sure of finding the right solution for your dog, regardless of your budget as well as the dog’s needs.
From the beginning, we will be completely honest and transparent with you about what is suitable for your dog, tailoring our plan to their needs. We also provide regular updates to ensure you are kept in the loop about their progress.
From start to finish, we provide a faultless service for you and your dog. With a collection service, and ongoing friendly and helpful customer service, you don’t need to worry - and your dog will be living in luxury in our five-star kennels.
You can sleep easy with your dogs under our dominion. Our results are second-to-none, and our aftercare provision and handover sessions ensure that your dog’s return to home is a completely seamless transition.
Goodbye to throwing a ball around in a field! Our industry-leading methods are ever-changing, based on the latest research and our own expertise and experience, creating bespoke training plans tailored specifically for your dog.
Our innovative residential dog training methods are like an intensive driving course, guaranteeing incredibly swift results to that your dog can be integrated with your family in a much shorter timescale than one would usually expect.
This is ultimately down to the needs of your dog. Our residential training programme is designed to achieve the best results over an intensive period of training. The 3 to 4 weeks of training allows your dog to concentrate on learning new behaviours with consistency without distraction. Dog owners often look to residential training when other methods have failed, or they simply don’t have the time and ability to build a strong dog foundation of obedience for their dog.
If you’re not sure, then a member of our expert team will guide you towards the most suitable training package. They will discuss your dog’s needs, any current challenges, your ability to commit to training and your budget. We are confident we have a training solution that is right for you – nobody leaves us without a solution!
The simple answer is it is never too early or too late for your dog to be trained. We can train a dog one week after its second vaccination, and sooner if we are training within the home.
We often train multiple dogs from the same household. In fact, the only way to resolve some behavioural challenges is to train siblings at the same time.
You will be invited to an in-depth handover session at the end of training. This session allows us to show you the tools and techniques used to train your dog before giving you the opportunity to demonstrate to us you have taken everything on board. We even provide a short video of your dog in training to act as a future point of reference. If required, we can offer additional one to one support either in your home or our training facility to re-enforce training.
We begin training all dogs at our training field, as this is a secure environment that we can control. However, as dogs live in the real world, we quickly move training to different environments such as parks, towns and cafes to expose them to all the sights, sounds and smells they will experience once home.
chloe nutkins01/11/2023 Fantastic service from The Dog Guy – all trainers are clearly exceptionally knowledgeable and were fantastic at teaching us as owners as well as our stubborn but nervous 2 year old Manchester Terrier, Rudi. Megan trained Rudi for 3 weeks and when we picked him up, it was clear he had been trained to a very high standard, especially on his reactivity to dogs and humans (which was the main issue for us). Megan also managed to introduce other commands that were key for us to take home, and have made such an impact already. One week later, we have just had Oli visit to help with doorbell reactivity (nailed it!) and leash training/heel command, as well as a walk to our park to test out the dog reactivity, which again has been so impactful already. All in all, best trainers we have ever used and we will definitely be leaving Rudi with the team when we are next on holiday or need a top up training session. Highly recommend! Thank you! Helen Hawgood17/10/2023 Just had a 1 2 1 session with Ollie and my dog Harry working on various bits. I’ve used many behaviourists and dog trainers before (that didn’t work), couldn’t have asked for a better trainer. Ollie is attentive, the right level of blunt and stern but also caring. You can see the passion and love he has for what he does just from one session with him, thank you so much Ollie and Dog guy! You’ve given Harry another chance at life! Clare16/10/2023 Absolutely incredible experience. We have a lurcher who is reactive and our experience with The Dog Guy has transformed our lives. Our follow up session with Oli was incredible. He really cares about dogs and his passion really shows through. We are truly blown away by the care and skill of all the trainers & will forever be grateful for their time and commitment, it’s truly transformed both our lives & our dogs. Q D10/10/2023 Made the decision to take my furry friend, Patch, to the team here on a 4 week course! I do not regret it all, highly recommended and also I have full control of Patch too! Thankyou team! David Gow10/10/2023 We picked up our dog Kiki yesterday after her 4 week residential stay and wow, we couldn't be happier. The team have done an amazing job. Couldn't recommend these guys highly enough, will definitely be sending my friendsand their pooches to The Dog Guy!! Jess Mead04/10/2023 Had the pleasure of meeting Oli, and he was absolutely fantastic with our dog. He was really informative and Vinnie absolutely loved him! Thank you so much! Emily Toner23/08/2023 Everyone at The Dog Guy are super to deal with, Nessa is so flexible when booking in and really goes the extra mile to help us when needed. We booked our follow-up session in with Oli and had new behavioral issues that had arisen since our dog's residential, within 10 minutes we had solved the problem. Oli works through our ''issues'' and explains the how's and the whys and doesn't just 'tell us what to do'' so we can understand for the future. We're given homework to continue to do at home and we feel confident we can stop any issues all together with persistence and Oli's guidance. Robert Newlove07/08/2023 I sent my 6 month old Belgium Malinois, Luna, to The Dog Guys and Conan and his team were excellent. Luna stayed in a well equipped training ground and was well looked after. During her stay, I received regular video updates and could see progress from week one. The team kept in touch via whatsapp or calls and were always available to respond. I was at my wit’s end training her myself – even with the basics. And at the point of giving her up which would have broken my heart. I heard about this training facility and sent Luna there for 4 weeks. Initially I thought the cost looked like a lot of money but it was well worth it because now I have a dog that I love and have always wanted and when walking her now even strangers comment on how well she behaves and responds to commands. I am still continuing the training that Conan suggested and both Luna and myself are really enjoying it and Luna is learning more and more as we progress together. Highly recommended!!! 5* Many thanks to Conan and The team, Tony and Luna. Samantha Hughes-Rowlands26/07/2023 We had Oli over for his first 121 with Ozzy today and he was absolutely brilliant. So much advice and so knowledgeable. Really made me feel much more at ease and feel like I can deal with Ozzy in a positive way and even got him to retrieve a ball and bring it back on his first meeting with him! So impressed and so glad Oli is going to work with us and Ozzy to make him a happy confident boy. Thank you!! Andrijana Overton07/07/2023 We had our 10 months old gsd x dobbie/Chinese red dog staying for 3 weeks with The Dog Guy . She is super bright and energetic dog that needed a bit of extra training in recall and socialising with other dogs or just to be less stressed meeting another dog or too. She is not dog aggressive but anxious. The dog guy trainers did amazing job with her focusing on job in hand which is staying with the trainer and drop the interest that was leading her away. She became desensitised to other dogs around her but not disinterested which is good as she needs to be aware what is going on around her. So they achieved a fab result in what we need for her. Now we will carry on with education of this brilliant bright girl. I would highly recommend The Dog Guy trainers to help and train any dog needing a good steady guidance .Google rating score: 4.7 of 5, based on 203 reviews