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18/08/2025
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Nick was excellent in allowing us to understand our dogs behaviour, and worked with us to implement strategies to help.
Nick obviously has a wide knowledge of dogs and their behaviours and his training techniques are realistic, and can be easily incorporated into our life.
Nick doesnāt offer quick fixes - but long term solutions that make sense.
We would highly recommend Nick.
Lynn14/08/2025
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I contacted Nick when my 5 year old spaniel started showing signs of anxiety which led to reactivity around other dogs.
Wendy quickly booked me an appointment and explained the various options on offer.
On his first visit Nick spent 3 hours with us at home, getting a clear picture of the problem and getting to know our dog.
He followed up, very quickly, with a full report and a training plan for us to put into action straightaway. Everything was easy to understand and made perfect sense.
Even after a few days we could see a difference. By distracting our dog's attention away from other dogs and avoiding confrontational situations the anxiety lessened day by day.
We are now able to walk our dog without anxiety and he is making friends with other dogs at his own pace. Many of his problems were, of course, caused by us and through this process we feel we have learned to understand our dog and his needs so much better.
The whole Puppy Stars experience has been absolutely great for us and worth every penny.
On that subject, I was dreading the insurance claim which sounded difficult and time consuming. However, after I had filled in a simple form and sent it on to Wendy it was all sorted in days.
Such a good experience with absolute professionals in every way.
Barbara13/08/2025
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Dear Nick and Wendy,
I need to thank you very much for dealing with my insurance claim very quickly because to my utter surprise, the money was deposited in my account yesterday!
Our previous experience with an insurance claim took 6 months to settle so I am absolutely delighted. Thank you so much.
Tucker continues to be calm and happy around other dogs and we are all enjoying our walks together.
Best wishes to you both.
Tucker's mum18/06/2025
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Nick helped us with our anxious golden retriever. Following fireworks night Hank developed severe fear related noise anxiety and progressively got worse with walking to the point of not wanting to leaving the house.
With Nicks help and advice we soon got Hank back outdoors and loving his walks again. Itās very much an ongoing concern but with some new methods from Nick we are helping Hank manage his fears to keep him happy on walks. Nick was so caring, attentive and really listened to our concerns I highly recommend speaking with Nick if you are having any similar experiences.
Thank you Nick! :)
Lauren and Hank26/02/2025
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Dear Nick and Wendy,
Thank you for follow up report.
We have enjoyed our sessions and listening to your vast knowledge of dogs and their behaviour. It has been incredibly helpful and interesting.
We had an idea of the kind of life we wanted for the four of us, and you have given us the confidence and tools to make this achievable.
We know that we have work to do, but are looking forward to the future and life together with our amazing dogs.
Thank you
Andy and Lyn28/01/2025
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Dear Nick,
We really enjoyed your recent visit and your calm and down-to-earth approach enabled us to chat honestly and felt āno judgment hereā.Ā
Just talking things through helped.
The best thing to work is having treats near me and when Minnie jumps up treating Checo so, as you said would happen, he feels Minnie jumping up is a good thing.Ā
And many thanks to Wendy for putting me at ease on the phone. I was dreading making the call and talking about it and spending lots of money haha.Ā (Worth every penny btw)!
Look forward to seeing you again and many thanks.Ā
Andy and Lyn, Checo & Minnie07/04/2023
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I contacted Puppy Stars to help my dog with his anxiety and fears. One of his fears was that he was afraid to leave the safety of our driveway unless we were leaving in the car.
Nick was so knowledgeable and gave such good advice and tips. He created a detailed treatment plan for us to follow and gave us lots of information to help along the way. He was also available to answer questions anytime. 3 weeks after Nick's initial visit, our dog is now walking from the house, next to the road to our local walks.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Nick at Puppy Stars.
Extremely happy with the results ..Thank you Nick
Lin31/03/2023
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Dear Wendy
Thank you so much for such a kind and informative reply.
I must say I have been extremely impressed by the professionalism and thoroughness of Puppy Stars through your contact with me, the website efficiency and the detail asked for in the questionnaire. There are a lot of amateurs out there, but you guys are clearly very good at what you do and Iām glad I was sent your way!
Anonymous16/02/2023
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Thank you Nick - Odinās been amazing, no humping, AT ALL! Can't believe how straight forward that has been.
He's generally a lot calmer these days and less attention seeking with the whining too.
Keeping his excitement levels consistent too so you can see he's a lot happier and comfortable rather than always looking so tense in the body.
Hailey and Odin09/02/2023
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I'm really happy with his progress. Of course, we are still using distractions and rewards out for walkies.
A few days ago a dog, off-lead, ran towards him and even though he was not happy that the dog was sniffing his tail, he didn't react at all.
Hopefully this will not happen very often, but it's a good thing that we managed to handle it without going into panic.
Other than that, he is amazing thanks to you and again, I'm really glad I found you.
Elena and Bandit17/10/2022
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We came to Nick as we have two very excitable Border Collies, Amber and Shadow. He came up with a plan to help resolve the issues that we were facing. Although as Nick himself said, it is going to be a long process, we are already seeing results beyond our expectations. Thank you, Nick, for your time and very helpful suggestions.
We recently went birdwatching with two much calmer collies. I wouldnāt have imagined doing this with Shadow a while backš
Julie, Amber and Shadow22/09/2022
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We have used Puppy Stars for the training of x2 Cocker Spaniel puppies, as well as a 1-to-1 consultation.
Nick is a knowledgeable dog trainer, who is friendly and approachable. We have learned a lot of practical training methods, that we have implemented in our day-to-day training of our Spaniel and have had great results.
We found our 1-to-1 consultation with Nick, for our Spaniel's guarding behaviour, very valuable and came away with lots of practical techniques to try out.
We would highly recommend using Puppy Stars.
Thanks so much to Nick and his team.
Jack