Testimonial – Residential Gundog Training a Springer Spaniel

I am writing this letter as a personal reference for Damian Barson. My husband and I first came accross Damian whilst we were looking for a trainer for our 11 month old English Springer Spaniel. It was important to us that we found a trainer that was reputable and one that was knowledgable in this field and one that our dog actually liked.
My husband and I first had our boy in one to one training when he was as young as 9 weeks old (not with Damian Barson, I wish Damian had been our first and only trainer), we thought at the time the trainer chosen was the right one. The trainer claimed he had trained and worked with Springers and seemed to know what he was talking about so we booked in for 12hrs of training. Weeks later we noticed how our dog was very timid around him and was not progressing in training like I would have expected him to,and lots of other things did not add up either. We decided to cancel any other further lessons we had booked in and never returned.

We first contacted Damian Barson after doing some research as we did not want the same thing to happen again as it had with the previous trainer. An appointment was made were our dog could be assessed but also to give us an introduction to what Damian does and what he was about.
After watching Damian work our dog and observing how our dog reacted to Damian we decided to book him in for 1 months residential training. I had a good feeling about my dog Bert’s training this time. I felt confident that my dog was in safe hands and would be well looked after and was being trained by someone who did actually know what they were talking about. Damian also gave us a tour of where our dog would be sleeping and where he would have his training and this also filled me with confidence. During the 4 weeks Damian would ring and keep us in touch with Bert’s progress and I found this very reassuring. Week 4 was collection day and we were so excited that we were getting our boy back, we could not wait to see him and see what he had learnt.

I can only describe Damian as being a “dog Whisperer”. My husband and I could not believe our eyes and looked at one another saying “is this really our dog?”. We were blown away at the amounts our dog had learnt but also by the sheer skill and understanding of dogs Damian has.
I most definatey without a shadow of doubt would recommend Damian Barson as a dog trainer to anyone. My husband and I are so pleased and it was the best money we have spent in a long time. We can see exactly where the money we spent has gone and that is in the high quality of the training our Bert has had. We still return for training sessions with our dog, but they are for us now!! We are all very happy with the level of professionalism shown and given at all times and are well on our way to having the best trained Springer this side of Watford Gap!!!

Many thanks for everything, we cannot thank you enough.

Jan and Phil.

Posted: November 21, 2016