Gun Dog Training Services Highlands

Our 2-year-old working cocker was mental. Pulling in the lead, barking at people, barking in the house and just generally being a round pain. Since our stay with Mick and Mandy, this has all stopped, she has a new routine, and our house is a happier place with my stress levels back within the average human levels! She is back to her normal weight and is happier for it.

She now knows her place in the house, no more excessive treats or ruling the roost for her. The cottage is great too, and Mick and Mandy were fantastic hosts. Thank you for having us and for all of your help. Danny, Lucy and the new and improved Emily! X

Having just spent a training weekend at Airds Farmhouse with my 15-month-old Springer Spaniel, I would like to thank Mick for his excellent training and guidance and both him and Mandy for making me so welcome.

I have come home with new training methods and, more importantly, an understanding of how and why they work.

This is the start of a new training regime for myself and Ollie, and thanks to Mick, I am confident I will see big improvements in his behaviour before too long. Airds Farmhouse is a lovely place to stay and highly recommended!

Mick patiently taught my husband and Bella the B to work together. She's still mad, but at least she's mad and comes home when called....more than I can say for the husband, LoL.

What can I say? Well, mick is a 100 %brilliant dog/human trainer. Do what Mick advises and do the homework Mick gives; my pup is 10 months, and with Mick, as a trainer, he is now stock trained walks to heel, and his recall is brilliant, beep collar worked brilliantly with stock training as he could have easily been a dead dog with trying to round up sheep so the Beep- e collar has totally helped, and my pup will not end up being a dead dog.

Totally 100% recommend it. Feel like part of the family; a cup of coffee and chat about training make you feel more relaxed. Thank you, Mick and lovely Mandy. X x x

After our second visit today, I have just been out with Spud to try some follow up training... I have a magician dog... He was perfect at recall, and I threw a stick to hunt for a reward... The stick, however, was non-retrievable, so Spud improvised by bringing me an empty cake box.

All went well until the last 5 minutes when he took off after a scent in the woods... Once he returned, he walked home well... Thank you for all the tips to train me as well as Spud.

He's not bad for months, and pleased I got the training now while he is young enough to mound into a cracking dog...

A straightforward no-nonsense approach without gimmicks or treats which is how things used to be done highly recommend working canines.