Potter Paws Dog Training

I recently attended the 8 week Life Skills course at Potters Paws with my 6 month old Labrador puppy Freddie and we had a great time learning new skills and reinforcing previous training. For example sit, stay, come, eye contact, loose lead walking, how to settle your dog, progress training incorporating distance, duration and distractions, the importance of play and good manners. My favourite was paws up and off - very useful! The classes are small so you get lots of one to one attention. The trainer Tash is very knowledgeable and patient, she adapts the training to the ability of each puppy. The training is positive and focuses on building a strong bond with your dog. I would thoroughly recommend this course to new dog owners and personally hope to continue our training at other courses run by Potters Paws.

Debbie and Tash and both fantastic trainers and lovely people! I completed the Pawsome Puppies course with my little Working Cocker, Brooke. We had a great time learning so much and having fun each week. Looking forward to doing more courses with Potter Paws going forward and highly recommend them as great trainers!

I took my Westie pup Ronnie for his first training class which was Pawsome Puppies and it was so good for him to see other dogs and their owners! The course was for 8 weeks which seemed to fly by! There is only 6 in a class. At the end it so lovely when we got given a rosette and certificate. Debbie and Tash are amazing trainers and all instructions were very clear and if your dog didn’t do what was asked it was ok, there was no pressure to make them do it. Both trainers are friendly and you can ask them anything and they will use their knowledge to try and help you. Not just in your training session but anytime! They always answer questions and problems you have if you e-mail them they will get back to you with help. Ronnie loved Tash and young Yaz who helps out and always gets excited when he sees them. It’s a great way for you to get to know your puppy at training and each week you can take home what you have learned and can carry on with your own dog. You get an e-mailed a sheet every week of what you done in class so if you forget something you can refer back to it. We are so pleased we are now on the next course which is Puppy Progress. You also, get 4 puppy socialising sessions included in the Pawsome Puppy course which was so good for Ronnie to interact with other dogs and also, how to stay away from them as well. Also, you can buy treats,leads,toys and assorts in the little shop they have! I can’t recommend taking your dog along to Potters Paws enough. It’s a great start to your puppies life and also it’s fun too!

Recently attended the Pawsome Puppy course and me, my daughter and my dog thoroughly enjoyed it - we really looked forward to the sessions each week. My puppy started off being quite scared, in fact it took most of the lesson just to get him into the field! But by week 2, he was leading the way! Learnt so many skills and different approaches to things - much more beneficial in real life than watching it on YouTube! The socialization area of the training was brilliant, learning behaviours and how to interact with other dogs was just invaluable. You get out what you put in and I think starting off on the right foot is the only way.

Excellent! We have always had dogs but decided to take our new puppy Rafi to dog training as we wanted to be able to take her anywhere. We found Potter Paws online and we are so happy we went. Rafi loves it, she meets lots of different people and dogs in managed situations. Debbie and her whole team are excellent, using all positive training methods. The classes are small so we get lots of 1-1 time and you can ask any questions to do with your dog and they always have a practical answer for each individual situation. We would definitely recommend them, it’s so much fun, we all both human and puppy are learning a lot and are looking forward to our next training course.