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Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

29th April 2026 - Mark Gall

Mark dealt with Hyperactivity, Jumping up, Pulling, Puppy management, Recall, Separation anxiety

I cannot believe the change in our puppy. It was noticeable and immediate. Our girl is a 1 year old Amstaff. At 33kg she’s a handful at times. We let her away with everything and it’s been impossible to reign in her attitude and get her to chill out. The change in her behaviour was instant. She hasn’t been the same since Mark left our home. We have done soooo many courses and spent hundreds of dollars on the next best treat we could find, but Marks advice has been a miracle. We love our girl even more than before. Now she’ll just lay in the sun and relax instead of pestering me for attention

- S.M, Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Mark was extremely responsive once we had filled out a questionnaire through Bark Busters.co.nz website. When he rung we were able to talk through our concerns with our dog's behaviour and straight away given a reason why they might be happening. We organized a date ( on a public holiday even) that suited us as a whanau so we all could learn better ways in communicating with our dog. At first we were skeptical that a three hour appointment could turn around our dogs Behaviour. Mark started with some background regarding dogs natural Habitat and how they live in the wild and gave us reasons as to why he was displaying territorial traits to other dogs and potentially protection for us. He asked what each family member had concerns with and addressed all of these during the three hours. We did lots of practical, real life scenerios, even walked over to the beach as a training run. Mark left written info to back up the training session, and we will touch base in two weeks. Already we have seen a change in our dogs' behaviour. We were able to get ready for a walk, get out of the door and start our walk without one bark, completely unheard of in the past. The next day! Huge win! Homework is continuing each day in short manageable chunks that we integrate into every day life. We are looking forward to further improvements in our dogs behaviour as we learn more about how to communicate effectively with him, making for a happier household! Thanks Mark for your amazing knowledge.

- S.K, Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Mark was very reassuring and clear in his instruction. We have seen immediate improvement in our dog. There’s a way to go yet, but it’s encouraging so far.

- P.d, Springston , Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Early days and ongoing practice of techniques required, but Moseley already a much improved dog. Marks advice and control was impressive and clearly of huge benefit

- N.C, Avonhead CHCH or Port Levy Bank Peninsula (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

I loved how Mark went through all of the psychology stuff and decided some of our boys behaviours so we can monitor where he's at. It will be easy to implement changes now and we have seen a vast improvement in our boys' behaviour already. I highly recommended Bark Busters. Thank you Mark you have made such a difference.

- M.B, Bluff Southland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Keiko was very helpful and professional. She explained our puppy’s behaviour clearly and showed us how to communicate and correct it in a way he understands. We saw immediate improvement and left the session feeling much more confident about the road ahead.

- A.T, Auckland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Keiko
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

Mark was great. Within the three hours I had started to see progress in Max, he has learnt some manners, his separation anxiety is slowly getting better, still working on his pulling. I am very happy with the progress in the first visit!

- J.S, Temuka Canterbury (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Keiko was outstanding. I needed a wake-up call in terms of how I humanised my dog and I got it. She also improved my dog's behaviour dramatically.

- J.G, Auckland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Keiko
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

Great experience. The tips Mark gave me have been life changing .Still work to be done as Cuzz is only 12wks old with serious stranger fear aggression due to an unfortunate incident with lots of children and noise, but I feel that I have taken back control already. Excellent, highly recommended, Thanks Mark

- T.H, Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

We were very impressed by Keiko, she has a lot of experience and she taught us about our dogs' thought processes, their sense of leadership, and how leadership is understood by our dogs. We have learned and applied the techniques to our dogs behaviour problems and we have seen a huge reduction in just a few days. I highly recommend Bark Busters. Through applying their strategies we have a happier home, and now we can watch TV without Cosmo charging and barking at our TV! Its been a life saver, and we are all a much happier family.

- L.D, Auckland (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Keiko
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

Mark was great. He came in we had a good chat about the issue we were having and gave us all the tools to start changing the unwanted behaviours.

- S.N, Aranui Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

Mark was amazing with myself and Siku. After a very traumatic experience I feel reassured that Siku and I can progress through it with what maybe slow but consistent training. Great to know Mark is in the background if we need further assistance or have any questions.

- A.C, Spreydon Christchurch (Testimonial)

Trainer note from Mark
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

 

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