Help with Hounds
Help with Hounds in Colchester, Essex, offers ethical, fear-free advice and training, which is force-free, for rescue dogs, behaviour issues, separation anxiety, real-life skills and puppies. There's 1-2-1 support, online sessions and behaviour consultations, available across the UK. Their website names the Animal Behaviour and Training Council and the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers.
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- BarkScore™Gold Rated Trainer
- 4.6 / 5
- Reputation
- 4.1
- Ethics
- 5.0
- Credentials
- 5.0
- Service breadth
- 3.1
- Training methods
- Force-free
Help with Hounds reviews
Public reviews
Help with Hounds’s reputation score is 4.1 out of 5, worked out from the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile. That’s higher than 76% of the trainers we list.
Read their Google reviewsHow is Help with Hounds rated?
Four parts, each out of 5, weighted into one score. Member reviews never change it. How we score
- Reputation 30% of the score
- 4.1
- From the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile.
- Ethics 40% of the score
- 5.0
- They describe their training as force-free: rewards and positive reinforcement, without aversive tools. This scores highest.
- Credentials 25% of the score
- 5.0
- Their website names the Animal Behaviour and Training Council, the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers. This comes from what they tell us, so it’s worth asking them about it.
- Service breadth 5% of the score
- 3.1
- 3 ways to train (one to one, online, behaviour consultations), and help with 2 kinds of problem.
How does Help with Hounds compare with other Colchester dog trainers?
Counted from the 17 trainers listed in Colchester.
- Highest of 17 scored trainers in Colchester by BarkScore.
- One of 5 force-free trainers listed in Colchester.
- Offers one to one, like 10 other trainers in Colchester.
- Offers online, like 3 other trainers in Colchester.
- Overall BarkScore higher than 92% of the trainers we list.
What to ask Help with Hounds before you book
- What does a typical session look like, and what happens when a dog gets something wrong?
- What does a session or programme cost, and what’s included?
- What will I need to practise between sessions?
About Help with Hounds
- Helps with
- Puppy training, separation anxiety
- How they train
- One to one, online, behaviour consultations
- Credentials
- ABTC, IMDT
- Opening hours
- Mon–Thu 9am–6pmFri 9am–2pmSat 9am–3pm
- Address
- Buxton Rd, Colchester, Essex CO6 1QR
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