Fantastic! Positive! Supportive! Above and beyond! These guys know exactly what they're doing and it shows. Thoroughly recommend.

Alice Clare
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Toby and I have been training with Rob for five years and I can honestly say that if it hadn’t have been for  Rob’s help, we would have ended up with a very different dog than we have today.

Toby is a very happy boy but strong-willed and stubborn – that is just how he is!

I have learned to work with and to bring out the best in him.

Rob has given me a greater understanding of my dog and an insight into what makes him tick.

I don’t have the perfect dog but he is well behaved (most of the time!) and we have lots and lots of fun together. 

Thank you Rob and Topdog Training.

​Kath & Toby

We have been taking our three-year-old Lab to Rob's for the past two years, and the difference in her is incredible, and that’s all thanks to him. 

We also have gained so much more knowledge and useful day-to-day tips since going there.

Rob is always thinking of new and interesting ways to make the training fun for both dog and handler whilst still reinforcing the basics of obedience.

Rob's passion for dogs and training comes out in every session, and along the way there is usually a poignant anecdote.

There is enough room for the dogs to have their own space, either inside, in the sandpit, or outside in the paddock.

When we decided to get a new pup, there wasn’t a doubt in our minds of where to go, as it was on the proviso that we got into Rob's puppy class.  As expected, we have not been disappointed. 

If you can get in at Topdog, do so now, as we know you will not regret it.

Matt, Jo, Abigail and Fraser

We have been going to Rob and Topdog Training for almost three years. We love it so much, we go three times a week! Upton enjoys every minute of it and I have a lovely, well-behaved, sociable dog. Every week Rob thinks of different challenges for us and every week the dogs rise to the occasion. We have lots of laughs along the way. I would highly recommend Topdog to anyone looking for relaxed and fun training.

Judith & Upton

I have trained with Rob for more years than I care to mention. Five dogs, one no longer with us, have passed through the Topdog system (and some continue to do so) and I am delighted with them. I have worked them from puppies right through to advanced classes and Rob still thinks up new things to do. Any problems have been sorted out rapidly. 

I can't speak highly enough of the club and Rob - the best in the area - and I have thoroughly enjoyed my association over the years. 

Janet Johnson

I have had three dogs go through the Topdog training experience and what a long way we have come. I was a complete novice handler when I first went along ten years ago and I have learnt so much. I am very proud of my dogs and what we have achieved together and Topdog have been a big part of my ‘dog’ life; and instrumental in starting me off and guiding me on my way.

Sometimes people ask me why I still take my senior dog (rising 9 years old) to obedience classes as he is such a well behaved dog! And yes they are right, he is brilliant. I tell them it’s because he absolutely loves it and we have so much fun. It’s difficult to explain exactly what we do and the games we play; it would be best to come along on a Wednesday morning and watch the advanced dogs having fun. It’s pretty awesome to see what they can do.
It’s thanks to Rob at Topdog that I am now hooked on agility. I spend many weekends competing at agility shows with my two dogs, who have done really well. I had no idea what amazing things you can do with your dogs until Topdog opened my eyes.

I really enjoy training every week at Topdog and so do my dogs, and we have been lucky to make some really good friends too along the way.

​Sally

I was amazed when I worked out that I have been going to Topdog Training for both obedience and agility classes for 12 years now!

In that time I’ve had five dogs, all different characters, who, thanks to Rob’s help, have gone from puppy class to adult class, to become happy, well adjusted and obedient dogs.

They all have loved going to class which Rob makes fun for both owner and dog, whilst at the same time teaching me handling skills and teaching my dog focus and social skills.

Rob is always there with invaluable help with any problems that arise and thanks to his help I can happily let all my dogs off the lead amongst people and strange dogs and know that they are under control and will bother no one.

Thank you Rob for helping to make my dogs a pleasure to own.

​Angela

​When I am standing shaking in the queue at an agility competition, I say to Rob that I only came to Topdog for a ten week puppy course.  That was eight years ago. 

I now have two more dogs and all three participate in weekly obedience and agility classes at Topdog.  No two weeks are the same, Rob comes up with new games and challenges each week and the dogs just love it. 

I had never even considered trying agility before - my dogs are not breeds which are typically associated with agility - but thanks to Rob not giving up on us, and a hefty kick up the backside from Kerry to enter our first show, we are now competing regularly and absolutely loving it (despite the shaking).  

I now have three confident dogs that I can take anywhere, and the bond I have with all of them has changed my life.  I will be forever grateful to Rob for showing me how much can be enjoyed and achieved with my dogs.  

Kate, Bacchus, Ronnie, and Remy