Padfoot the Rescue and Ron the King Charles Spaniel

We adopted Padfoot from Cyprus at the start of the year to become a companion to our King Charles spaniel, not really fully understanding what we were taking on. We knew he would be nervous or anxious but nothing like how we have experienced the last 7 months.

We were very stressed out and we didn’t know how to deal with him misbehaving, from chewing everything and ripping apart cushions to howling at people, including children and other dogs on walks, the list was endless, we were worried we would have to give him back to the charity as we couldn’t cope, but we didn’t want to because we love him so much! Once I found out I was pregnant we knew something had to change as the house was run by the dog, I was worried about his boisterous tendencies with the new arrival. I searched around a few dog trainers but nobody seemed the right fit to help us until I found Sally, I watched her videos and the testimonies left by other people who needed help and I contacted her straight away. Sally phoned me back within a few hours of my message to explain fully what she could offer us as a dog whisperer, we were really excited and I went home to discuss with my partner, we were both in agreement we needed the help so we arranged a consultation with Sally. We were a bit sceptical about having our session online and how it would work logistically, with saving for our wedding we wanted to make sure it worked for the fee we were paying.

Within half an hour of the consultation, once Sally had observed the dogs and asked a few questions, she asked my partner to get up on his feet and fetch the lead, immediately we were worried as to what would happen when we got the leads out they go mad for a walk! He put Padfoot on the lead, around 10 minutes after that he was a completely different dog, he was calm and relaxed, we couldn’t believe it! Sally then asked me to get up with our other dog Ron as he had jumped up on the sofa, so there was work to do with him but not as much as Padfoot, Ron was the same and just instantly relaxed and sat by my feet. Something as simple as us relaxing has helped our dogs, us getting upset, angry and frustrated was hurting them in ways we didn’t know. Sally has talked us through our next steps and given us all the right tools we need to change our dogs lives for the better! We can’t wait to see the results develop and catch up with her in a few days - The same evening we didn’t even need to ask the dogs to get down from the sofa they took themselves off to their bed, it was amazing!

Thank you so much Sally!