Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

Keith was excellent. Provided a lot of info in a very digestible manner. We immediately realised we had been making some errors in the way we had been managing and teaching Nui but I’m pleased to say, after just a few days of the training lessons, we are already seeing some small improvements. We are very thankful and so pleased we contacted Keith when we did.

Keiko - we cannot thank you enough! Your expert advice has been life changing! Buddy responded to the training during the very first session. Buddy constantly pulled on the lead which made walking him very stressful but Keiko taught us how to manage Buddy properly and now we can walk him around the streets with ease and calmness! His excessive and aggressive barking at people who walk past our house has greatly reduced (we are still working on this every day) and is something we were unable to control until Keiko showed us what to do! I was absolutely blown away at the first session when Buddy responded to the training like a perfect angel. Keiko has given us so many practical tools to use in our training with Buddy and it has made our lives so much easier and more enjoyable! Keiko is worth her weight in gold, I will recommend her to everyone!

As expected, Mark was very informative, specific to my queries and incredibly helpful. I’m looking forward to learning a lot from Mark Please note this was a preemptive meeting to discuss preparing for my new puppies arrival. So pup wasn’t in attendance (hence the answers below reflect this)

The training provided was amazing, taught us so many things we had no idea about. it has only been a couple of days but Storm is already responding so well to everything we have been implementing. Such a relief to finally have some control over storm and the household is so much calmer and happier now that he is listening and responding to us. I will be recommending the training to other friends and family.

It has been a bit of a journey with our active Pippi. But Mark was always there to answer questions and especially motivate us to keep going with the training, using patience, consistency, persistence, and repetition. And all that work is now paying out. We now have a well-mannered young dog to go on lots of adventures with us. Thanks a lot!

We enlisted Keiko's help with Frankie, our 4 year old English staffy, as her behaviour left a lot to be desired. Barking, pulling on her lead, poor recall and more. There were tangible improvements by the end of the first lesson, and we are 3 days on and I am genuinely stunned by the improvements Frankie has made already. I recommend Keiko's services, I only wish I had started this journey sooner.

Keiko's precise and convincing lessons were very meaningful. I am sure that we can become happier through Keiko's guidance. Thank you so much.

Simply put- amazing in every way! Mark listened to my concerns and went through everything in a methodical manner which was easy to understand. His advice was valuable. I’m now understanding dog speak! It’s definitely a work in progress but I’m sure we’ll get there.

Immediate Results!!! Molly & Dre are two very energetic boxers aged 4 & 2.5 respectively. We'd been having trouble with communication/control of them when they get into a hyperactive state (which was a lot!) in various situations such as when we get visitors, when they see people walk past the property, out on walks, in public settings etc - and we really needed to figure out how to break this behaviour which was getting gradually more difficult over time. When Mark arrived, he was immediately able to gauge the personality/needs of both dogs just from initial behaviours and was able to diagnose the best starting point for us to try tackle the multiple issues we were having with very simple and clear leadership and communication strategies. The thing my wife and I were most worried about with looking into dog-training was fear of being judged, but Mark's approach was the complete opposite of this, he was able to articulate to us how the dogs get to this level of anxiety/hyperactivity and how we can best manage it via communication-based training (rather than food-motivated training or physical-based punishment or reward). This was exactly how we want to be able to manage our dogs behaviour - by tackling these problems at their source. As the session went on, we were able to address each area of concern we had one step at a time, and just having the dogs' focus on us and our leadership for this amount of time was so amazing for us - we couldn't believe the transformation happening before our eyes! When Mark introduced the included barkbusters equipment (such as leads, collars, and harness options) we were further amazed by how much having the right equipment can help with training. When practicing lead walking there was no pulling, no overexcitement, and most importantly no anxiety from the dogs feeling like they need to be aware of everything happening around them (distraction was always one of the biggest issues for us). We'll be booking a follow up appointment with Mark in a few weeks' time to start building out the walking practice to situations with a bit more stimuli, so are really looking forward to the next steps. But 4 days on post-appointment, we couldn't be more impressed! The dogs seem so much happier and as a result so are we! We really highly recommend this trainer to anyone facing any type of issue with their dogs - with Mark there seems to be a solution for any problem, no matter how big or small! Thanks Mark! :)

I am very happy with all the advice and training that Mark gave me. Lily is already walking beside me while on the leash. I would certainly recommend him for anyone needing dog training. .

We had a great session with Mark and we were really impressed with the change in Ernie's behaviour after just one lesson. Our wee guy is headstrong and is definitely a work in progress so we are so grateful that we have Mark's ongoing support.

Darci responded really well to her training