Taking the Lead
Taking the Lead in Epping, Essex, offers puppy visits, group classes, puppy classes, one to one sessions, home visits and behaviour consultations, with lessons shaped around each dog's needs. Training covers recall and lead pulling, and there's a social club for reactive dogs, along with help for fear and separation anxiety. Agility, scent work and gundog training are available too. Their website names the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers.
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- BarkScore™Silver Rated Trainer
- 4.1 / 5
- Reputation
- 3.5
- Ethics
- 4.1
- Credentials
- 5.0
- Service breadth
- 4.4
- Training methods
- Not stated
Taking the Lead reviews
Public reviews
Taking the Lead’s reputation score is 3.5 out of 5, worked out from the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile. That’s higher than 32% of the trainers we list.
Read their Google reviewsHow is Taking the Lead rated?
Four parts, each out of 5, weighted into one score. Member reviews never change it. How we score
- Reputation 30% of the score
- 3.5
- From the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile.
- Ethics 40% of the score
- 4.1
- Their website doesn’t say how they train, but they say they’re a member of the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers, whose code commits members to force-free methods. Because this comes from what they tell us, it counts for a little less than a force-free method they describe themselves.
- Credentials 25% of the score
- 5.0
- Their website names 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
- 4.4
- 5 ways to train (group classes, puppy classes, one to one, in your home, behaviour consultations), and help with 10 kinds of problem.
How does Taking the Lead compare with other Epping dog trainers?
Counted from the 2 trainers listed in Epping.
- Highest of 2 scored trainers in Epping by BarkScore.
- Offers one to one, like 1 other trainer in Epping.
- Offers in your home, like 1 other trainer in Epping.
- Offers group classes, like 1 other trainer in Epping.
- Overall BarkScore higher than 71% of the trainers we list.
What to ask Taking the Lead before you book
- How do you train, and what happens when a dog gets something wrong? (Their listing doesn’t say.)
- What does a session or programme cost, and what’s included?
- How many dogs are in a class, and how many trainers?
- What will I need to practise between sessions?
About Taking the Lead
- Helps with
- Puppy training, recall, lead pulling, reactivity, separation anxiety, fear, agility, scent work, gundog training, basic obedience
- How they train
- Group classes, puppy classes, one to one, in your home, behaviour consultations
- Credentials
- IMDT
- Opening hours
- Mon–Sun 8am–6pm
- Address
- Flux's Lane, Scout hut, Epping, Essex CM16 7PE
- Phone
- +44 7802 967449
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