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Working with our XL Bully
As the XL Bully ban is coming in, our family wanted to get our Crystal assessed by a trainer and to do a little training session, to brush up on leash manners and to get help with muzzle training. Jenni was absolutely amazing, she gave me valuable information on the ban, what needs to happen next and showed me just how smart our girly is! Perhaps what was most important to me, was that Jenni gave me as a dog/xl bully owner confidence that I have been doing well with Crystal. Overall an amazing experience. Thank you Jenni!
Life Changing
How to start a great review for a great service?! We have 2 reactive collies. Jenni has taught me how to be confident and how to own their reactive situations. I wasn’t able to walk them and they would not listen to me (only my boyfriend). Because of Jenni I have overcome my fears and have created a bigger and better bond with my fur babies. I cannot express enough how much Jenni has helped me and the boys. She’s been totally honest from the start which I highly appreciate and always there when I need her! We couldn’t walk past anyone, even on the side of the street. Now we can! Sounds so little but her service has been life changing. Thank you so much for all your help. I look forward to joining in on her new clients group sessions.
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Having taken on Mungo, a 5-month old Scottie with no training whatsoever and no experience of the world beyond his breeder’s house, my wife and I were desperate to instil good behaviour without breaking his delightful spirit. Jenni provided the solution with her empathetic and caring approach.
In no time, Jenni had Mungo walking on a lead. She also cured his traffic phobia and taught us how best to socialise him with other dogs. With that in mind, she even arranged to have Mungo meet a selection of star former pupils.
Formal training sessions apart, Jenni regularly made herself available via email and phone to help us deal with problems as they arose.
Thanks to Jenni, Mungo is now a happy, well adjusted and well-behaved dog. We recommend her wholeheartedly
I sought assistance from Salisbury Dog Trainers for our rescue dog, Macho, who was struggling to feel safe and confident when getting into my car and our dog walker’s car. Macho’s refusal to enter the car was jeopardising our relationship with our dog walker, as it was hindering her ability to walk him alongside other dogs in her care. Thanks to Jenni’s expertise and guidance, Macho has made significant progress and can now confidently and comfortably enter the car. This has allowed our dog walker to continue providing her services without any issues. We are grateful for the support and professionalism of Salisbury Dog Trainers in helping us overcome this challenge.
The team at Salisbury Dog Trainers diligently contacted us and fully explained the process, options, and fees. Jenni has remained in contact, helping us feel confident and reducing stress throughout the training process. She has been calm, professional, and patient with Macho, which has been greatly appreciated
My dog Luna had become uncontrollable and slightly reactive due to a previous incident.
Luna had zero recall and I struggled to control her around people as she would constantly jump up and nip.
I was struggling to see how things would ever improve and felt we were a lost cause.
The anxiety taking her out was horrendous and she would also constantly pull as well.
Lund is a staffy and with everything going on in the media regarding xl bully’s it made me even more anxious due to the stereotyping of the breed.
I did a FaceTime with Jenni and we agreed a date for training to commence, 1 training session completely transformed the walking experience I had with Luna, Jenni gave me advice and techniques to use to stop the pulling and after 1 session the pulling had stopped.
We worked on recall and how to cope with people coming in to our home and the jumping has stopped Luna knows boundaries and we have a happy home with no jumping or nipping.
Luna now has a strong recall and has become happy and confident around other dogs.
We have such a balance now and the bond I have with her is stronger.
Jenni has given us so much and we cannot thank her enough.
Luna now enjoys off lead walks and can happily walk past other dogs with showing them no interest. Recall is good and we can actually enjoy having people over now.
The training and advice we have been given is invaluable and without Jenni’s support and training we wouldn’t be at the stage we are now.
Absolutely outstanding expertise and service with passion and care.
UPDATED: I now have some time to write a more detailed review that this amazing business – Salisbury Dog Trainers fully deserve. How deserved ? Well, this is my first ever review of anything.
I completely agree with everything else written in all the other reviews, but wanted to give some context about what 20+ years experience gives you when applied by Jenni and in the way she delivers this.
For me it comes down to layers of tools and techniques built from experience, that can be called on if a particular approach doesn’t quite get the outcome required. We had a particularly stubborn problem that was so frustrating for the Dog and us. Jenni worked through a range of approaches with us, each time falling back to another technique as needed to keep us moving forwards, and on top of that Jenni meshed some of these together and came up with some extra things to try. I once got a message at 7 or 8pm saying – I was just thinking about….
I kept trying things I was told by the Dogs Trust for a year without going anywhere, and then procrastinated to commit to a Dog trainer as didn’t know who/how etc. Don’t be me.
Context: Dennis – Doberman, 3yrs old and adopted from Dogs Trust at 1yr old, gentle caring dog but clearly had not had exposure to life, dogs, people, plants, leaf’s, bags, or at all really that moves, or doesn’t move for that matter – anything outdoors would put him into super and unhealthy high alert, his lead walking didn’t exist and recall was worse than that
I had been finding it difficult to walk with Olive on her harness and lead; I was tripping over her or kicking her when she got too close. Jenni was able to help me understand her behaviour and why she was behaving as she was. Jenni gave me some pointers and some training to do between our sessions.
Within a few weeks I can walk around our estate and the local garden centre with out falling over each other.
Working with Jenni was so easy I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone. She has so much knowledge and is very friendly.
I asked Jenni to help me with my large rescue dog who can be quite reactive – barking and lunging on the lead. I had been avoiding taking him out on the lead for years as a result.
As he was an older dog with a very bad past, I didn’t expect his behaviour to change much.
How wrong was I ! Jenni was amazing! She did 2 x 1-1 sessions with us and using positive reinforcement, taught me so much about what was driving his behaviour. She gave me lots of good advice on what equipment to use – better leads etc.
I can now confidently walk him around Salisbury and I can see how much he enjoys this. I have even brought him down to Spain and he’s loving it here. I never thought I would be able to achieve this with him.
I thoroughly recommend Jenni – thank you so much !
Cannot recommend Jenni enough. She has worked wonders with our Bernese mountain dog puppy who can be extremely stubborn! Jenni is very professional but also very friendly. Jenni also explained the reasoning behind certain behaviours and the best way to deal with them going forward. Honestly having Jenni help train our pup was the best thing we’ve ever done!
Jenni has helped us better understand our dog’s behaviour and has provided us with practical advice to reduce adolescent reactivity. She has trained both us and our dog. Her knowledge is endless and, with her approachable nature, she is a real pleasure to work with. Her aftercare sessions offer an excellent environment in which to continue training. Would thoroughly recommend
Contacted Salisbury Dog Trainers for help with my extremely reactive 8 month pomchi -tilly. Jenni was fantastic. She understood Tilly straight away and gave us some methods to work with. We noticed a huge difference within a few weeks and she has helped us to overcome some other problems too such as recall around horses and cattle on the forest and anxiety about being left alone. The individual attention from Jenni during training sessions could not have been better. A very wise investment for our puppies future
As the XL Bully ban is coming in, our family wanted to get our Crystal assessed by a trainer and to do a little training session, to brush up on leash manners and to get help with muzzle training. Jenni was absolutely amazing, she gave me valuable information on the ban, what needs to happen next and showed me just how smart our girly is! Perhaps what was most important to me, was that Jenni gave me as a dog/xl bully owner confidence that I have been doing well with Crystal. Overall an amazing experience. Thank you Jenni!
Jenni is brilliant with dogs. She uses positive reinforcement to get the best out of them and they love her for it. I’m much more confident about managing my Akita who is a big girl. Jenni gave me some brilliant tips. I thoroughly recommend her if you need support with your dog. Coco can be stubborn so Jenni taught me how to get her attention and to use a double lead in busy environments. Coco sometimes mouths and pulls on my clothes in play. Jenni taught how to react and not excite her and to always give her a toy instead of treating me like a toy. I’m much more confident with Coco now.
Since starting training with Jenni my confidence has grown and actually being able to handle my dogs has changed my life. I had a few behavioural issues with my 2 dogs and 1 is also nervous which didn’t help the mix. With Jenni as a behaviourist and trainer, she has taught me to take control and now I couldn’t be-happier with the outcome. It has taught me a considerable amount, it’s amazing how my dogs have responded to the close training she provides. Highly recommend. Thank you so so very much, you have done so much for us!
Since starting training with Jenni my confidence has grown and actually being able to handle my dogs has changed my life. I had a few behavioural issues with my 2 dogs and 1 is also nervous which didn’t help the mix. With Jenni as a behaviourist and trainer, she has taught me to take control and now I couldn’t be-happier with the outcome. It has taught me a considerable amount, it’s amazing how my dogs have responded to the close training she provides. Highly recommend. Thank you so so very much, you have done so much for us!
Jenni has been fantastic helping us with our two Romanian rescue pups Fred & Barney. Fred is a scared pup and is reactive because of this.
She’s taught us how to mange and deal with this and has given us a lot of confidence to deal with situations.
She’s so knowledgeable with rescues which has been paramount to us. Jenni is very friendly and really easy to talk to.
Her training techniques are very kind and it’s definitely paying off, we are seeing improvements all the time.
The individual training sessions are fantastic, having Jenni there to guide us and give us pointers on what we can do differently. She also provides aftercare sessions which have been great. It’s great for both pups to be in group settings and we are then able to work on Fred’s reactivity in a controlled setting.
We would 100% recommend Jenni and we look forward to our future sessions.
Cant thank Jenni enough, she has helped myself and my mum with our 1 year old Rottweiler Xena, With training and with customer care, Helping as and where she can, Recommending things to do and items to try, Since meeting with Jenni the first time (which Jenni kindly travelled out an hour to myself at my home), Xena has come leaps and bounds and is a completely different pooch (my left arm is able to relax now lol ) , Highly recommend and will always recommend in tbe future if im ever asked about a dog trainer,
Big thank you from myself and mum
We are so glad we booked the puppy package and would recommend it to all new owners!
Thank you
He was very reactive to other dogs and his recall was terrible!!
Now his recall is so much improved and his reactivity lots better…. In just a couple of months!
We will continue to use Jenny’s advice and training tricks.
I would highly recommend using Jenni.
We highly recommend Jenni, her calm gently approach is exactly what was needed.
Still plenty of practice needed but I now have the tools and confidence. Jenni has a genuine love of dogs and was compassionate and non-judgemental towards me (and the mistakes I had previously made). Full 5/5 for all her guidance and professional help!!
18/06/22
We came to Jenni because she was recommended by a neighbour who was really impressed. Jenni was brilliant. We had a problem with our new lab/spaniel puppy who was bullying our 8 year old lab/retriever. Jenni explained the differences in the dogs temperaments and showed us some really simple things to do to help them get along better. In no time at all the problem went away. We would highly recommend her and would use her again if we had more problems.
Kate O’Loughlin
20/05/22
Jenni has been fantastic helping with our young Labrador, Hunter. After spending most of his life either in lockdowns or recovering due to medical issues, Hunter’s socialisation had been severely limited and he was an anxious little fella around new people, places and new situations. With Jenni’s guidance, he has improved dramatically and is so much calmer and happier now when out and about. Jenni has turned my boy into a happy and more confident doggie and I would 100% recommend Salisbury Dog Trainers for dog training and behaviour issues.
Emma Essex
29/03/22
Carys Hatcher
25/03/22
Tom Ellen
25/03/22
14/01/22
Dog training with Jenni has been such a positive experience. I fully recommend Salisbury dog trainers. Training was made achievable and enjoyable – fun all around.
Jenni helped with so much more than our orignal issue. Lots of useful tips and hints in numerous situations.
Random resource guarding was the reason we got in touch. Merin our 8 month old Golden Retriever would pick up items from around the house, if I showed any signs of trying to take them away he would get quite angry. This became scary and so I needed expert help. Jenni came and quickly solved the WHY? and soon things were changing for the better.
We have so much confidence now and I am pleased to say Merlin’s improvement is fantastic. Thank you Jenni
Sian Thomas
30/12/21
Working with Jenni has been such a pleasure, she has given my whole family so much confidence with our pup, Winston.
This was a first time dog for all of us, we have two girls aged 3 and 4 and as a family we wanted to learn to do things right from the start.
This was so much more than training the pup, Jenni understood our needs as a family and helped to fit training to suit us, including the children.
Jenni could relate to all the issues i was raising and had amazing solutions to them all. We are so grateful that we found her, this was the best investment we made since purchasing Winston.
Jaz Pike
10/11/21
I don’t know how to thank Jenni of Salisbury dog trainers enough, I contacted them as my Beagle Poppy was having all sorts of behaviour issues. The main concern was her stress and anxiety when she is out on walks and comes across other dogs. She would literally make a shrill screaming sound, like she was being murdered. Needless to say walking her is not a great experience. The first part of the training was the video call with Jenni, I mean this was great as we did all the talking and history before our first one to one a week later. Jenni even gave me home work from the call and asked me to practice the “Look at me” command. When we got to our first session, Jenni was pleased that the command was working well for the most part. Now the training started, we switched to her recommended lead for this and it wasn’t long before Poppy was responding in a different way. Jenni’s breakdown of the reasons why she is acting in these ways was a real learning curve and helped me to understand Poppy better. I had to keep up the hard work but when she revisted a few weeks later, MY GOD !! what a difference. Life changing stuff, as long as you put the effort in too. Jenni you are an amazing lady/dog trainer.
Tina Beer
11/10/21
After getting our puppy Canaan, “Rogue” my partner and I realised that we would need some more focused expert help after our inital puppy class training. We felt we needed our confidence building especially with recall. Rogue, well us! also required help with walking on a loose lead, socialisation and just making sure we were doing all the right things in other areas of training. A local friend in Ringwood had used Jenni and recommended her to us. We instanly liked her style of teaching and gained so much from her experience, skills and knowledge. We now enjoy our dog, with normal things like off lead walks in designated areas. We have learned so much in such a short space of time. Jenni really knows how to connect with dogs and their owners, if you need help then look no further
Rebecca Holbrook
11/10/21
I cant recommend Jenni enough she has worked wonders with my dachshund already only within a few sessions and can see so much progress and light at the end of the tunnel already. Jenni is professional and friendly and adapts each session to our needs and is full of knowledge and tips and tricks to help us train our dog, she’s always just a call or a text away to help with anything and for any updates and milestones we hit. Whether your problems are big or small Jenni is dedicated to helping any dog
Amy Louise Scrivener
29/04/2021
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04/04/2021
Jenni has been incredible in helping us with our Rottweiler puppy Bruno. The knowledge she has about all breeds and behaviours is so beneficial. Aside from helping with recall and threshold training, Jenni checked in with us weekly to answer our messages and request videos of our improvements or back steps. Thanks to this amazing behaviourist Jenni Molland, we have the perfect family dog. We would not hesitate to recommend Salisbury Dog Trainers.
Ben Nokes
10/02/2021
Had 2 sessions with Jenni and have made progress with our 18 month old springer/collie cross even in a short space of time! Jenni really addressed our recall issues and we’re feeling more confident and using methods of training that really work for our little tinker! Thank you
Ellie Barendt
05/02/2021
We couldn’t of done it without Jenni’s expertise. She has eased our minds and taught us how to deal with our very anxious Cane Corso puppy, Zeus. Jenni has this amazing ability, not only to read a dog, but also the owners. Along with all her knowledge, help and advice Zeus is now enjoying being off the lead, playing with other dogs, understanding basic commands and his recall is 110% . All this after only 2 sessions!!. Can’t thank Jenni enough and would highly recommend to anyone as no dog seems to be too much of a challenge.
Aly Billings
01/01/2021
Patient, friendly, understanding and very knowledgeable. Jenni took the time to understand our dog and how best to move forward with training specific to our Rosie. Would highly recommend to anyone!
Alistair Kennedy
13/11/2020
Jenni is fantastic with dogs. She has great depth of knowledge and expertise. We wanted to make sure we were doing the right things with our whippet puppy and Jenni certainly made sure we were. we feel we have the skills now to continue her good work. I can’t recommend her highly enough.
Debbie Crossman
08/11/2020
Absolutely fantastic trainer! Really helped us with our recall issues. Fun & energetic, Jenni is very thorough and gives you lots of approaches to practice. After only a few weeks our dog was already much improved, we are delighted with the success. Highly recommended trainer, she’s worth every penny!!!
Charlie Howorth
31/10/2020
Absolutely fantastic trainer! Really helped us with our recall issues. Fun & energetic, Jenni is very thorough and gives you lots of approaches to practice. After only a few weeks our dog was already much improved, we are delighted with the success. Highly recommended trainer, she’s worth every penny!!!
Trisha Leigh
29/09/2020
03/09/2020
Have had such a positive experience with Trainer Jenni, she has taught me the skills I need to walk positively with my spaniel, both the dog & I throughly enjoy our time with Jenni, we learn as we go. What a great way to spend the morning!
Angie Scott
31/08/2020
“Thank you jenni for the 2 sessions. my lovely cockapoo has enjoyed every minute of it. We have learned so much. we were given amazing tools and advices on how to improve leash walking, off leash practising and general behaviours. can’t express how grateful i am, we are now enjoying our walks, can’t wait to see the continuous improvement. such a happy boy”
24/08/2020
Jenni is amazing! after one session there was a noticeable change in our dog Ella. we rehomed Ella 2 years ago and she was still very reactive to other dogs, staring at them and pulling. After 2 sessions we were able to stand in a park with 2 dog running near her and she was fine. You will not regret using Salisbury Dog Trainers!
Mark Mallard
18/08/2020
“Jenni’s expertise and understanding is incredible! I was recommended to Jenni as struggling with our Maltese! She would pull on the lead constantly, barking, aggressive to other dogs and I daren’t let her off the lead as never sure if she would come back!
We have worked with Jenni as a family over two sessions and the improvement is remarkable! Jenni is so in tune with dogs it’s almost like magic! Her ability to understand how they’re feeling and what they need and then translate that is hard to explain unless you see it for yourself!
Lola is now much calmer on the lead, doesn’t bark when walking and her recall is getting much much better! Jenni has been a breath of fresh air for us, she listened not just to me but the children and was so patient!
Jenni has also been an enormous source of support in between appointments when I felt we weren’t making progress! I can not recommend her enough, truly amazing and talented lady! Thank you so much xxx”
Naomi Leafe-Marie Graham
01/08/2020
“I cannot thank you enough Jenni (Salisbury Dog Trainers)
I contacted Jenni as I have a Romanian rescue (Honey) who is terrified of unfamiliar people, particularly men.
She’s 2 years old and we’ve had her for 18 months. We’ve worked on so many issues but this one I just couldn’t crack. I even approached Dogs Trust at my lowest point with her who simply told me they couldn’t take her as she was too anxious and they couldn’t help.
She barks at everyone and anyone unfamiliar who comes in our home and I can’t walk her in public as it’s a stressful experience for all with her growling and barking at anyone close or making eye contact and her pent up anxiety leads to her lunging towards dogs on the lead. All I’ve ever wanted is to have a nice family day out at Moors Valley with her.
I am absolutely over the moon. Still lots to work on but Jenni has explained her behaviour, how I need to respond and how to mould this behaviour over time. I am absolutely thrilled and had such an enjoyable day today.
100% recommend.”
– Toni Lousie
17/07/2020
“Jenni is a dynamic, highly skilled dog trainer and she’s incredibly knowledgeable about dogs. She gave us the confidence to train Basil.
Although both my husband and I grew up in homes that had dogs we haven’t had a puppy or dog before.
At times we felt quite daunted by the task of co training this puppy with our daughter. Jenni has so many clever ways of making the training fun for the dog as well as us.
I have learnt so much, I thought I knew about dogs till I met Jenni!! Her training makes sure the dog is well behaved and content. I would recommend her to training highly.
Thank you Jenni.“
– Miranda Walker
"Jenni is so good with Santiago. It’s brilliant to watch her whip him in to shape. She’s trained me too! Loads of helpful advice and tips. Even during lockdown, when I thought I was going to lose the plot! We had the puppy training and although we’ve had dogs before, I feel so much more in control and the dog is super happy."
Sophie Nias-Cooper
Dog Owner Reviews
"Jenni is such a natural with dogs, she has the ability to gain their respect instantly and an impressively deep understanding of their behaviour. Her help with our puppy Alfie has made a huge difference - we were struggling before our sessions with her, but her training and guidance (and patience with us human owners!) has worked wonders. Do not hesitate to book a session, she absolutely has the skills to turn any tricky canine behaviour around"
Frea Nunn
"It has been a pleasure to have Jenni helping with both our dogs: our exuberant and stubborn Dalmatian pup and selectively reactive border terrier. She is so insightful and builds an instant rapport with dogs and humans alike."
Gill Bellamy
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