Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials
29th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Puppy management, Recall, Separation anxiety
Poppy is young and full on , at 1yr old loves to play full on too. The owners issues are she wouldn't listen or focus , very hyped all the time , no off button, barked a lot , jumped even more ,separation anxiety and mothing play as well as pulling and recall. Very busy girl with a full on attitude but nice temperament . She did great on lesson day in the hands of the lady of the house . As usual there is follow up work to do but so far huge improvements. Awesome change Poppy girl.
28th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Aggression, Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Other
Wilson is a 5 yr Spoodle who has displayed aggression to other dogs on walks, very much in charge of a number of aspects at home . There is still some fine tuning to go in a few weeks but huge improvements on lesson day . Keep up the great work Team as Wilson needs to know someone else can make the decisions for him
26th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall, Separation anxiety
Tai is a labrador x Staffy , 4.5yrs old large and can be quite stubborn. His issues included barking at passers by and visitors, jumps up lots , pulls and is far too strong for the owners , recall ,attention seeking , . The owners have had a bit of trouble retraining him to focus on them and listen . He did well in the lesson mostly but his stubborn side certainly showed through and will take a little more work to get on top of but a good dog generally. We'll see you again soon Tai for a check up.
20th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Aggression, Hyperactivity, Pulling
Mosely is a super clever dog , border collie of 7yrs old , he started showing aggression to dogs close to his property or visiting dogs , pulls , jumps up , not so focused on recall , over enthusiastic about guest and attention seeking often. A lovely dog but let slip into annoying habits. One session should be enough for the owners to sort his problems as he is clever and did respond great to their application of our exercises and programming. Nice job team Mosely
17th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Aggression, Barking, Pulling, Recall
Arlo is a Ridgeback x Labrador, 5.5 yrs old and very visitor reactive , aggressive . Barking , aggression , pulls , recall and separation are all issues Arlo has problems with. He has only had one lesson and will need several although progress is already being seen. Great work guys . Will catch up next trip down to Southland
17th April 2026 - Keiko Ruwhiu
Keiko dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Recall
Thank you Art for taking the time to leave a review! I was very happy how Rex (9 months old Cocker Spaniel) responded to his first session. Keep up the good work! My help is always available for you and Rex 😊
13th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Pulling, Recall, Separation anxiety, Other
Max is a large and almost untrained American Staffy , he's not lived with out other dogs before and been let have lots of freedom , not used to visitors and had started being too protective and slightly agro at visitors. Separation anxiety is a large issue since moving house . Good progress in the 1st lesson but still a work in progress. We'll catch up soon.
10th April 2026 - Keiko Ruwhiu
Keiko dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Pulling, Separation anxiety
Thank you for taking time to leave a review John! I was very happy with the way Caffall (5 years old American Bulldog) responded to his first session really well. He was confused about the rules and boundaries. Keep up the good work! My help is always available for you and Caffall 😊
8th April 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Hyperactivity, Jumping up
Cuzz is a 12 wk old Rottweiler who had a situation of too many children invading his space loudly and quickly and has since become very fearful of any new people patting him. Even growled at me when I entered the home , unusual for a young pup. The Vet had recommended seeing me at Bark Busters to get on top of the issues very early. I've given the owners a full program to go by and seems he'll start back to trusting people reasonably easily. Cuzz is a big boy and this needs to be right prior to 6mths of age before the hormones kick in. Not all issues were covered in the first lesson as Cuzz is a puppy and we'll be addressing those in future lessons as he grows mentally and physically. Great job guys . I'll hear an update from you soon. Cheers Mark
20th March 2026 - Keiko Ruwhiu
Keiko dealt with Barking, Jumping up, Recall, Separation anxiety, Other
Thank you Lynda! I was very happy with the way Cosmo (4.5 years old Bichon) responded to his follow up session. He needed to be reminded who is in charge.😉 Keep up the good work! My help is always available for you and Cosmo 😊
18th March 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Separation anxiety
Pippa is Staffy X 1yr old, a rehome rescue from what appears no a great background. She is fearful of visitors especially men and can be aggressive , barks at any noises , her gate , the TV, very reactive, is dog aggressive possibly from being on the streets alone, quite the anxious nervous girl. During the lesson she warmed to me slowly but always cautious. Awesome effort on Pippa's part . Great steps forward for the first lesson and I'll catch up with them soon to keep moving forward with Pippa' retraining
14th March 2026 - Mark Gall
Mark dealt with Barking, Hyperactivity, Pulling, Recall, Separation anxiety, Other
Siku is a lovely Pomsky who up until 5mths of age was doing fine but got attacked by two dogs on her walk. From then on the owners couldn't control her or even get her to walk outside her house and garden. Would pull constantly , very over reactive to people and especially dogs , barking manically on seeing a dog. Extremely hard to focus and control. We have done two sessions now with improvement on each . Even walked down the street twice in good control mostly. Time and consistent focused training will see her getting better each walk. She can already sit stay for the front door knock , previously impossible, walk to heel with minor distractions. She''ll be a work in progress for a while. Great work team Siku
