Dog Training

Training problems typically occur when desired behaviours have not yet been taught. Some common dog training skills include:

Helping puppies/rescues settle into their new home
Sit
Down
Stay/wait
Dropping toys during play
House-soiling (when you are at home)
Coming when called
Loose lead walking (if your dog lunges or barks towards people or other dogs on walks, please see my behaviour page.)
 
If the behaviour you want to work on is not listed here, check out my behaviour page.

Introductory Session

All new clients attend an introductory session where I:

> observe your dog's behaviour
> provide insight into the emotions and motivations behind their behaviour
> explain their body language
> suggest management solutions to keep everyone safe
> demonstrate the start of relevant training techniques

Depending on the nature of the behaviour, alongside its duration, frequency and severity, it is uncommon that one session will resolve these concerns entirely.

A post-session email is provided with a summary of what was covered with links to relevant resources in the Training Vault.

An introductory session typically lasts 60-90 minutes and is a one-off payment of £55.
Additional mileage costs of 50p per mile for locations more than 15 miles from S63.

Hourly Training Session

These training sessions are delivered on a pay as you go basis.

After implementing the recommendations given at your introductory session, we evaluate how things have been going and begin implementing the next steps of the training plan, making changes as required.

A post-session email providing a summary of our session alongside any relevant links to resources in the Training Vault.

Training sessions are charged at £45 for 60 minutes.
Additional mileage costs of 50p per mile for locations more than 15 miles from S63.

This service is only available to existing clients. 
Clients I have not had contact with for over 12 weeks may require another introductory session if new behaviours have arisen or the severity of existing behaviours has increased.
This decision will be made by Scentsational Dogs.

WhatsApp & Email Support

For one week following your training session, you can send me videos and queries regarding the management and training recommendations made.

Videos are a great way for me to see how your dog is behaving during a specific situation and enables me to offer amendments if training isn't going quite to plan.

Do not intentionally put your dog in situations that will cause them distress to get it on video, capture behaviours as they happen, if safe to do so.

Messages will be responded to on operating days only (10am-6pm), although some messages may be responded to outside these times.

I cannot recommend or praise Rachel enough for her excellent knowledge and support. She has helped us with our Chorkies little behaviours that needed to be ironed out. We have had 3/4 sessions with Rach, and so glad that we have. I will definitely come back to Rachel for support with our mature German Shepard. She has been to the house to see our little cheeky chops behaviour and on a walk. I initially found Rachel because I contacted Victoria Stewells company for advice on resource guarding behaviour. I was given Rachel’s number here in the UK. She’s great, approachable and very knowledgeable. Thankyou very much!!

Gizmo's mum
July 2023

I can’t recommend Rachel highly enough. The initial free telephone consultation was invaluable in discussing our issues and helping us decide on our next steps. Milson lacks confidence on the lead and can become aggressive at people and other dogs. We learned some techniques to distract him and destress after stressful situations. Teddy is a peace maker but can become protective of Milson so it was important to be consistent with both dogs during our training. We signed up to the 3 sessions and did walking around our area and also in the garden which I felt was most appropriate to be trained in their own environment. We also had an issue with visitors and barking this has also improved with the techniques we have been given. The backup training videos and tip sheets are also a fabulous reminder and give understanding of behaviours and ways to enrich the dogs life. We are a work on progress but have definitely improved and feel more confident in tricky situations to support my pooches. Thank you for your help lots of love Teddy and Milson ❤️

Teddy & Milson's mum
March 2023

Thanks to Scentsational Dogs I have gained so much confidence that my boy will grow into the best dog I could hope for and the fact that Cassidy’s [family dog] confidence around him has grown too makes me so much more relieved.
I couldn’t be happier with how he’s turned out after all the hard work we’ve put into him. The work will never be over but I’m hoping the hardest part is haha. thank you Rachel and well done to my baby buddy Winchester ☺️🐾 I’d highly recommend Rachel to anyone struggling with their fur babies!

Winchester's mum
May 2022