Testimonials
Karen Quaife, Hornchurch
I would like to thoroughly recommend Steve King’s dog training sessions. The expert and patient guidance using evidenced clicker training methods are ideal for steering the way from young puppy to adolescent dog. The small class sizes mean that Steve can give tailored individual advice based on the needs of each dog. Monty, my second dog going through his paces, has been a shy and nervous dog who has really improved in confidence with Steve’s help and support.
Thanks Steve
Nav & Natalie Atwal, owners of Mirabella
We would like to thank Stephen for the brilliant work he has done with our dog. She has developed from a small naughty puppy to an intelligent obedient dog, and her progress is prominent. We are delighted with the classes, and Mira always enjoys showing her skills and what she has learned. The ‘help sheets’, which is a dog’s weekly homework, is great for practicing and improving the dog’s behaviour, and helps to keep up with studies every day. Overall, Stephen has got a great in-depth knowledge and understanding of dog’s behaviour and habits, and he points out the right way of correcting it. Amazing results within such a short period of time, and we can’t be thankful enough!
Dot Creighton, DipAVN (Surg) at the BVNA
Expert on clicker training, Stephen G. King, freely shared his knowledge with delegates at this years BVNA Congress in new ‘Meet The Specialist’ sesslons. Here, Dot Creighton, DipAVN (Surg), give her impression of the sessions:
“The clicker training session, presented by Stephen King, was also popular. Stephen is the owner of Crosskeys, a mail order company which specialises in behaviour titles, among other topics, and author of several training videos and books (including ‘Ready, Steady. . . Click!’). The ‘clicker’ is a handheld device which emits a single click.
Stephen’s seven years of clicker training experience with domestic and zoo animals were put to good use as he demonstrated clicker techniques with his short-legged assistant, Paddy the cocker spaniel. He showed delegates how first to familiarise the animal with the clicker by repeated ‘clicking and treating’. Then he progressed to ‘high density reinforcement’ training, where the animal is taught a required behaviour in a short space of time. He also demonstrated how to use a clicker (rather than the trainer’s voice) to let the dog know exactly when it was performing the desired behaviour correctly. This is termed ‘marking’ the correct behaviour.
Stephen also explained the importance of collecting data, and plotting the animal’s correct responses daily on a graph after each training session. This provides a method of monitoring the animal’s progress. A decline or flat trend in such a graph would indicate that the trainer needed to reassess his or her training method.”
Beverley Sargeson, UK
“Thanks, it arrived yesterday morning, Clicker Train Your Dog video. Much enjoyed, particularly the targetting bit as I’m currently training a very tiny 12 week old Yorkie and it’s a long way to lean down LOL! I normally teach close attention heelwork by teaching touch the hand but obviously in this case I’m having to use a target stick instead! I have sit, stand and almost down in place and she can manage three steps to heel so far”.
Joanne & Paul Causer
“We received the clicker cue cards this morning from you as a result in entering the Dog World Give-away Competition
Thank you very much. We are already seeing the benefits and both the dogs have responded well. We are especially pleased with the 12month old boy who we have been having problems with. We havent had him long and he came to us with some very bad habits some we are getting on top of others are taking awhile yet he has responded well to this clicker idea.
So Thank you
Regards Joanne & Paul Causer
