Feedback by Email:

(I am never sure if these kind of pages really add any useful info but, for what they are worth, these are extracts from a few of the unsolicited emails sent to us. Annette)

Thank you for your time today it was most beneficial and T*** bless she is on a steep learning curve ……… it is wonderful so thank you again.

We really enjoyed this morning it was a good chance to get l**** used to other dogs. Thank you for all your help, see you next week.

Thanks very much. I really enjoyed this morning's session. It was great to get objective feedback and some tips to work on.

Thanks for your email. We found the session on Friday very useful and food for thought!

I am trying out your suggestions, which make sound sense and C**** is benefiting from more exercise off lead.

T*** has been off the lead since Wednesday and is doing well.!!! Sorry I missed you all, I do enjoy the lessons.

Thanks very much for puppy class –I thought it was very good …. Very pleasant and useful way to spend an hour.

Just a brief note to say thank you again for yesterday. Both Na** and I found it really helpful.

Ni*** and I thoroughly enjoyed it too! We have started the homework and will work hard on this.

I would also like to say thank you. We are all really enjoying puppy class. I feel it is giving O** a great basis for a good start in life!

C*** has definitely started to improve in the house/garden so far so we will keep trying!

A BIG THANK YOU from myself and B****, what a lovely 4 weeks that was! We have both come on along way in such a short time and you have given me back a confidence that I had lost. (week 3 was the hardest and it did reduce me to tears).We would love to continue some sort of training with you and ……

It was lovely to meet you yesterday. We appreciate all the advice you gave us and have been trying really hard to stick to it today

Thank you for your visit, it was very good, and your assessment makes total sense. Thanks ever so much for last night.

You too have a great Christmas and thank you for all your help and guidance this year with P*****.

Thank you so much for a brilliant New Years Eve walk. Massive fun for both dogs and owners !

Would just like to add I thoroughly enjoyed our walk on New Year’s Eve, even though A*** kept trying to push me over in the mud! LOL!! We actually very nearly tired L*** out!! Me ... I was knackered. LOL thanks again for arranging it J

Just a quick note to say a big THANK YOU for the Christmas Party last week – what a great organiser you are!

M** and D*** had lots of fun and were very tired when they got home – as for my Mum, she hasn’t stopped laughing at all the animal antics and has told all her friends it was the best Christmas party she has been to!!

(SMS) Thanks again – your help is wonderful

I couldn’t believe that you had all those dogs together with no fights or hassle at the party, then you repeated it on the Walk. It has changed my mind about dogs completely.

Took P*** to field today with long lead - great session. Dropped lead -came when called (even when little boy came past), followed when I walked away, did jumping onto bench routine. Remembered all training from yesterday. Very rewarding !!

> Just wanted to say a big thank you for the xmas party, we all had a fab time and C**** loved her presents. > and my reply to this dog who a few months ago couldn't walk down her street within being on her back legs and screaming: can’t tell you how thrilled I was to see her so relaxed and happy and giggly… seriously almost brought tears to my eyes. You have obviously worked and worked with her and it has paid off, wonderful! Please keep in touch; let me know how she is doing in the future, and if you ever stop working long enough, write up her story … it will encourage others who have similar issues, even a couple of paragraphs will be worthwhile. Once again, I take my hat off to you for getting her so far. 

> Thank you for your brilliant help with his training, I've enjoyed it thoroughly - yet know we've a long way to go! 

 > Thank you so much for your help and advice yesterday. We have started in earnest already and the results are already quite amazing

> Thank you again for your support. I needed it.

> We really enjoyed this morning. I am really interested in doing the advanced puppy course can You please save a place for He* and I when you start the new one in January.

> Thank you thanks for very helpful training notes received yesterday

> thank you once again for your help with Ha*

> A has thoroughly enjoyed Beginner Gun Dog training and would love to continue with this training. Could you kindly put their names down for any future suitable Gun Dog courses to commence in January please.

> Thanks to both you and Neil for the excellent guidance and courses we have attended with O**. They have been extremely useful and a delight to see O** benefit from the training and very enjoyable.

> Firstly thank you for visiting us on Saturday the advice you gave was very much appreciated and needed and we certainly felt more confident after you left.

> I really enjoyed last week. See you Tuesday and thanks for all your help.

> Am feeling quite the proud mother!!  

> I am really enjoying the puppy classes by the way, and I think Be*** is too. We are learning lots and we have both grown in confidence over the past four weeks, with thanks to you! Although it has been really tough at times, undoing old ways of training!!

> I am sad that the classes are over as I think it really helped Ba****!! Thank you so much for all your help and guidance it really has been a great help. So we are interested in doing further classes.

> Anyway, thank you so much for all your help. You really helped me get her settled down and while she can still be a little anxious she is so much better now. Also and importantly you're enthusiasm for training dogs has really rubbed off on me and I'm loving the learning as much as the training of D****. It’s been fascinating to learn about the dog's mind………Ultimately I suppose it's more owner than hound when it boils down to training so I will continue to make the effort needed to have a happy, socialised and well trained dog. Good luck with your fantastic work making doggies and owners happy!

> Thank you so much for your visit this morning. We've had a fab time since!

> Tuesday's class was great and really useful. M***** particularly felt much happier afterwards

> Thank you for a fab training class last night. We really enjoyed it (and I think I*** might have liked some parts too !)

>Thank you for all your help & advice Annette, we really enjoyed coming to your classes & I would recommend you to anyone! We may look into future training so we hope to see you again as we would not go to anyone else!

>Really good to meet you yesterday morning, and thank you for the follow up email! We took E*** out yesterday for a 2 hour jaunt and we had the most fun with him since he came to live with us and probably the same for him. His recall was spot on and that was under distraction with lots of other dogs around – we were so proud that we didn’t have the naughtiest dog on the common!
Fingers are fully crossed for Sunday, it will be grand! Do let us know about classes for the little man, we would like to carry on what we have started.

>Tuesday's class was great and really useful. M*** particularly felt much happier afterwards

>Hi Annette
I wanted to write and say a BIG ‘Thank you’ to you for all your help, advice and patience with K**** since I rescued her in August. The dog I originally brought to my first Hamble Hounds session at Manor Farm who had to be a good 50 yards away from the other dogs as she was so scared which required you or Neil to come popping over to give me instructions , and then the H’Einstein Hounds class where she spent her first session hidden from the other 5 dogs behind two tressel tables laid on their side is (in most situations) a distant memory – as you promised (or should that be threatened?!?), K**** has come out of her shell, found her confidence and is feeling pretty sure of herself!
The Christmas party at the start of December was a fantastic evening and again, thanks to you and your team for making it so easy for all the dogs and their owners. I wasn’t sure K**** would cope with it and it was great to be reassured on arriving that there was a space put aside for any dog that needed some time out if required. Although she did hide behind my legs to start with it wasn’t long before she was out trying to look cute for the person sat on either side of us in the hope of a titbit (she was successful) and taking part in the party games without being too bothered by the other 20 or so dogs. The highlight was her taking second place for performing party tricks – turning on the spot, standing on her back legs, shaking paws, high five and stealing a baseball cap off my head. The latest trick we’ve cracked is getting her to find my house keys and bring them to me (if only she could locate the iPod I’ve put down somewhere...).
It’s taken time, patience and a bit of work from both of us, but she’s become the dog I knew she could be. She is so much happier and comfortable in herself – something she proved to me two weeks ago when she finally had the confidence to play with a young dog she’d only just met at the park . It was the first time I’d seen her do that in the four months I’ve had her and it was a joy to watch. There are a couple more things that need working on, but I figure everybody is a work in progress, and without Hamble Hounds, we wouldn’t have come as far as we have.

>We all just want to say a million thanks for helping us heaps with both R** and R***. You have changed my whole concept and understanding of dog behaviour and helped me personally too, not to be afraid of dogs.
As you know, I was not over-keen when M*** and J*** got the puppies but I have soooo grown to love, respect and enjoy them now which is such a huge step for someone who was terrified of dogs...
I found your training methods easy to understand, made total sense, and is such fun (remember how stressed I was at the first 2 sessions!! ha ha) The puppies love to learn and we do make time daily for a session with them individually, which is paying off such rewards now.
So once again, thank you Annette for your patience with the stupid humans! (especially me and M****!)

>Thank you so much for this evening, it's already been helpful and informative. I was surprised how much J***** picked up in just one session.