Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials

we cannot recommend Peter from Barkbusters enough. He’s a miracle worker. Chase is a Labrador x Kelpie who we rescued 3 months ago. He is such a lovely dog but we had major issues with him when we’re out walking. He would pull so much on the lead, to the point of almost pulling us over and it was almost impossible to walk past cars, bicycles, other dogs or people without him going crazy. This made it very stressful and we began dreading taking him for a walk every day. We read reviews about Peter online and thought we would give it a try. We did our sessions via zoom due to restrictions but this did affect the training in any way. We were absolutely amazed the difference in just a couple of hours. We learnt how to effectively talk to Chase in a way that he understood. Chase was listening more in the house and then walking so nicely on his lead in the garden. The next challenge was walking on the street with Chase. We took it slowly, doing plenty of training in the garden and we are now at the point where he is walking nicely down the street and is becoming a lot less distracted by things passing by. We have only been doing the training for 3 weeks and Chase is like a completely different dog when out on his lead. We can not thank Peter enough. We can now go out as a family and not worry about being dragged down the street.

Our 16 month old kelpie Archie constantly barked at the vacuum cleaner (and any other appliance that makes a noise), at us when we left the house, as people walked past on the street, and many other undesired behaviours that left us frustrated and at a loss as to what to do. After the first lesson with Peter we saw a huge change in Archie in terms of his behaviours. We can see that there has been a shift, and Archie is now seeing us as the leaders. Peter taught us how to communicate with Archie in a way that he is responsive to. Peter is clearly very gifted and experienced in training dog owners. We had tried to research online for months without much success with our dog, but having personal feedback from an expert made all the difference. We have only had two sessions with Peter and we are excited to see more changes to come. We are so glad that we spent the money, which allows us to have a better and less stressful life with our dog. Thank you so much Peter!

I contacted Peter to seek help with my 4-year-old female American Staffy, Aura. Aura is a beautiful companion, but she was attacked as a puppy and has since had issues with dog aggression. She would bark at passers-by our house and was a nightmare on the lead when we saw other dogs. While I could manage Aura’s issues by limiting the types of interactions she had, I felt she wasn’t getting the most out of life. I contacted Peter during the Covid-19 restrictions, so we arranged to begin training via Zoom. At first, I was concerned that this method wouldn’t be as effective as in-person training, but I saw the ‘lock-down’ as the perfect time to get on top of some of Aura’s issues, as I would have more time than usual to practice with her. In three short weeks, I have seen a huge transformation! I have learned how to be the leader of our pack and speak Aura’s language. Aura seems happier at home and eagerly looks to me for leadership. We have been working on lead training for the past ten days, and I’ve learned how to stop her from pulling! As a strong American Staffy, I used to have a sore back from long walks with her, as she’d pull me along. But I persevered because she’s an active breed and needed the exercise. Now, when we practice lead training, the lead is slack, and Aura is so much more relaxed! Peter, Aura and I are still working together. We are yet to begin working on re-introducing Aura to having dogs in her environment, but with the fantastic progress that she has made in such a short time, I’m confident we can have her feeling comfortable around dogs soon.

We contacted Bark Buster to help us with our 5 month old bull terrier/staffy Koda. We received Koda at 4 months old from a family who had not trained her very well. She had a number of bad habits, the worst being incessant play biting that was becoming harder as she grew and constant jumping. She was extremely disobedient and was beginning to exhibit very dominant behaviour, particularly around the lounge. We were extremely frustrated, and were starting to regret getting her. When we contacted Peter, he was immediately helpful, and explained everything over the phone shortly after our first email. Due do Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Peter mailed out information and training equipment, and we conducted training sessions over Zoom using our laptop. These were highly successful, and Peter was very capable of conducting the sessions in this manner. We are looking forward to Peter coming out to see Koda in person when the restrictions are lifted. As soon as we started the training sessions, we saw a quick improvement in Koda's behaviour. We were supported to maintain these behaviours over the weeks and we now have a puppy who is much easier to live with, who is more affectionate and happy, and who we feel a lot safer to introduce to new people. We feel very secure knowing we have ongoing support down the track if Koda's behaviour ever changes for the worse.

I am amazed at how effective our first session was. Thor is a gorgeous, boisterous young lab and was constantly jumping up at me and charging through doors when I took him on. Within 15 minutes of training, that behaviour has completely ceased. In addition, our lesson was held as a virtual one on the internet, due to current constraints with social distancing. Peter’s instructions were very clear, informative and practical and I can’t recommend him enough. I am very much looking forward to our next session on lead-training.

Peter did an awesome job with your cheeky little bully. She wasn’t one for physical activity, she walked for 5 minutes then would throw a tantrum. With in 1 session with bark busters and consistent training, Ava is now walking with no tantrums. She is becoming the perfect little bully. She no longer jumps on guests and she is controlled around kids. We now know how to train and speak her language. We would highly recommend. Thanks so much!

Our 2yo Rottweiler Kippa wanted to eat everyone that came to our house. She barked and lunged baring her massive teeth even snapping at my mum when she visited. Peter came to our house and after our presentation we got right to work. Within 15-20min we had a dog that no longer barked at strangers walking up to our door, no longer barked at workers wearing hi vis and seemed much calmer. We also learned how to work with her to stop her barging out of the gate without being invited, how to walk on a loose lead (which we need lots of practice at), recall and how to keep her calm during patting. I went from having a hyper dog that no-one wanted to be around to having a calm dog that we feel safe around and want to spend time with. We are practicing our exercises every day and every day I get more excited about how far we've come. I can't thank Peter enough. He is so knowledgeable about all things doggy. We even changed Kippa's diet to raw meat and Peter's ideas and advice made this transition seamless. He certainly saved our family from a lot of stress and potential danger. We hope to take her to the beach one day. Looking forward to that day. I would recommend Peter to anyone.

Our 18month old Rottweiler x, Elsa's barking was uncontrollable. After many failed attempts to stop her barking with expensive gadgets we were at our wits end. Finally a nuisance barking letter from the council prompted us to call Bark Busters. Peter was fantastic and we saw instant results with Elsa. A week into her training and we can't believe the results, she's like a new dog. She no longer barks at us and has stopped jumping on people. We are still monitoring her daytime barking and are really looking forward to Peter's follow up visit. The training techniques are simple and easy to follow. Definitely worth the cost and I have been recommending them to everyone. We can now have visitors over without worrying she will bark the whole time and annoy our guests by jumping on them. My partner and I are much less stressed out and so happy with the progress we've made so far. Peter even wrote a letter to the council detailing the training and the steps were taking to stop Elsa's nuisance barking. Thank you so much Peter!

Peter helped us with some issues with our rescue dog Bear, who was barking excessively whilst we were at work and showing aggresion to other dogs.Peter's techniques were very effective and easy to undertand.He also helped us with lead training for both our dogs.Peter was prompt and professional.We would definately recommend Peter.

We have used Peter for all our new additions, he is knowlegable and knows how to interact with the most problematic dogs, We love Peter and have no problems recommending him.

Diego our 3 year old Staffy came from a awful previous home which caused him to be quite fearful of pretty much everything. He was never focused always demanding for things to be on his terms like trying to run through the door when opening it as well as whining very loud if we left the house the room or even going to the bathroom without him, also demanding pats and to be on the lounge & the bed. He also was a big jumper as well as constant mouthing. I just know he is a great learner he picks up things well but I did not know really how to help him be calm, relaxed and happy which was my only goal at this point. After finally deciding I would try bark busters (after spending hundreds with other trainers who did not work out) I am so thankful I did. Peter was great with Diego and I learnt so much from him I will be forever grateful. Within the first hour of peter being there Diego's house manners were beautiful, we even got him to stop running out of the door almost instantly and he has not tried to run out since which is a huge thing for us and great for when we have guests over. He also had a big test of all his new rules the day after I had seen Peter I had friends come over and he was so well behaved, did not jump once or try to mouth anyones hand to pat him. Overall I think it is so beyond worth the money also I am already getting so many compliments from my family and friends on how great is is being. If you're still thinking about it I would say be open minded to the Bark Busters techniques and really just give it a go, your dog is worth it and they work!

This was a great lesson for both dogs and humans great response form both dogs within minutes the training tools that were given are great as long as everyone that is learning uses them continuously