Louie

Our dog Louie is a black male standard poodle whom we have had since 8 weeks old, he is now 23 months old.

I first contacted Linnea and Gregor around March 2021 as I recognised Louie was not coping well with a number of things, dogs, traffic sounds and was super cautious of people. As a pup brought into the world during a pandemic we had struggled to socialise him with many every day experiences. Linnea and Gregor were fully booked with clients at that time so we carried on implementing training advice we picked up online and via other trainers etc…

Whilst we made some good progress when Louie hit 12 months of age we noticed his reactivity increase in severity, this followed a number of very difficult experiences with other dogs both on and off lead.

I reached out to Linnea and Gregor again and we had our first online consultation with Linnea in December 2021. By this point I was extremely anxious at the thought of walking Louie and the stress was impacting on me physically. I even contemplated re homing Louie via a charity as I felt I was not a good match for him.

We joined Level 1 classes in February of this year and 5 months on we have completed our first block of level 2, Louie and my husband has completed 2 blocks of Gregors running group and we participate in Linnea’s GRC Sporty Dog classes. Louie loves both of these activities. We continue with monthly 1:1s and Louie will have his first socialisation session with the day care gang next month

I now enjoy walking regularly with other clients and their dogs implementing Linnea and Gregors training and handling tips. Louie is blossoming into a more confident, calmer young dog.

We plan to continue working with Linnea & Gregor for the foreseeable and cannot thank them enough. I would have no hesitation in recommending their services.

-Brenda