Welcome home! Adopting a rescue dog is incredibly rewarding. I offer patient, positive, games-based training in Epsom & Surrey, specifically designed to help your rescue dog settle in, build confidence, and overcome challenges from their past. Let's build trust together.
Thank you for opening your heart and home to a rescue dog! It’s a wonderful thing to do, but it often comes with unique challenges. Are you experiencing:
Shyness, fear, or anxiety around new people, dogs, or environments?
Lack of known history: Unsure what training they’ve had or what triggers they might have?
Settling-in difficulties: Issues like house training regression, separation anxiety, or resource guarding?
Building trust: Finding it hard to connect or get your new dog to feel truly safe and secure?
These are common experiences for rescue dogs and their new families. They need extra patience, understanding, and a training approach that builds confidence, not pressure.
My games-based training is perfectly suited for rescue dogs. It’s gentle, kind, and focuses entirely on building positive associations and trust. We never use force or intimidation. Instead, we focus on:
Building Confidence: Using simple games to help your dog feel safer and more optimistic about the world.
Creating Choice: Empowering your dog to make good choices, rather than forcing compliance.
Strengthening Your Bond: Every game is an opportunity to build trust and show your dog that you are their safe space.
Understanding Their Needs: Learning to read their body language and respond with empathy and patience.
Addressing Specific Issues: Gently working through challenges like fear, anxiety, or reactivity at their pace.
My goal is to help your rescue dog blossom into the happy, confident companion they were always meant to be.
Perfect for: Creating a completely personalised plan tailored to your rescue dog’s specific history, personality, and challenges. Essential for issues like fear, anxiety, reactivity, or building basic trust.
What we cover: We work privately, often starting in your home, to build confidence, address specific fears, teach foundation skills, and create a strong, trusting bond at your dog’s pace.
Perfect for: Rescue dogs who have already built some confidence through One-to-One training and are ready to practice their skills in a controlled, real-world group setting.
What we cover: Guided on-lead walks focusing on calm focus around distractions, loose-lead walking, and polite manners. Exclusively for those who have trained with me before.
As a qualified, certified trainer, I have a deep understanding of the patience, empathy, and tailored approach rescues need. My modern, positive, games-based methods are designed to build trust and confidence, helping rescue dogs thrive in their new forever homes right here in Epsom and Surrey.
With over 10 years experience in dog training, I have a deep understanding of the patience, empathy, and tailored approach rescues need.
I use the most up-to-date, kind, and effective methods, drawing from world-class expertise like AbsoluteDogs and the IMDT.
Thank you again for rescuing. Let's work together to give your new companion the best possible start in their new life.