Adolescent Dogs Ltd Bewertungen 191

We cannot thank Adele enough for the incredible care, professionalism and kindness she showed our Labrador puppy during her 3 week residential assistance dog training stay. From day one she went above and beyond, sending regular updates, checking in and making sure we were always completely at ease.
What truly sets Adele apart is the compassion she showed towards our autistic daughter. She took the time to involve her, reassure her, and help her feel confident with her future assistance dog. That level of understanding and patience is something we will always be grateful for.
Our puppy has come home beautifully trained, calm and clearly loved. The progress she has made is remarkable and it’s all thanks to Adele’s dedication and expertise.

She is an absolute superstar and we would recommend her to anyone looking for a trainer who is not only highly skilled but genuinely cares about the dogs and families she works with.

Thank you for making such a positive difference not only to our daughter’s life but us as a family 💚

Special thank you to Jenny 🫶🏻

I have a lovely black Lab puppy called Mufasa, who like most young labs is like a bouncing ball. I’m wheelchair dependent and hadn’t trained a pup in over 20 years. I knew training Mufasa was going to be a challenge and that I would need help. A friend recommended Adolescent dogs. I made enquiries and signed Mufasa up to a 4 week residential training stay. Mufasa went to live in the home of his trainer Charlotte and her family. I had key areas I needed help with such as recall, loose lead walking next to a wheelchair etc. each day Charlotte sent me photos and videos of Mufasa’s progress. Under Charlotte’s care Mufasa flourished and absolutely enjoyed his training and made a big transformation, Mufasa was engaged, and really keen to learn new things. Mufasa came home a happy settled pup who put all his training into practice.
On Saturday Mufasa returned to Charlotte for his next residential training stay, this time Mufasa is there for 6 weeks, when I was waiting for Charlotte to arrive Mufasa spotted her and went crazy with excitement but as soon as Charlotte spoke to Mufasa he calmed down and trotted off with her for a walk and didn’t even look back to say Goodbye. Charlotte sends me updates everyday and treats Mufasa as if he was her own, he absolutely LOVES her. Mufasa will be with Charlotte until the end of November and then he will return home and we will continue his training at home. I’m so impressed with Charlotte and Adolescent dogs that I’m planning Mufasa’s next Residential stay in the new year.

Adolescent dogs, is absolutely amazing! I sent my 6month old bernedoodle to them for a 3weeks residential stay and she was paired with a trainer called charlotte, my bernedoodle had tonnes of energy, she was easily distracted, overly excitable and was incoherent at times, and would pull like hell on a lead!, but now, i have a puppy who dose infact listen, walks to heel, and has a much less excitable greet with people, she is so much more "chilled" and to be able to do all this in 3 weeks sounds crazy but it's true! She is already booked in to go back to charlotte next year, but this time for 5weeks! You recieve regular detailed updates from the trainer and the after care is 2nd to none, they have group chats, and are always there to help in anyway they can! 5 stars isn't enough!

I have recently completed the owner trained assistance dog program with my sprocker . I have really enjoyed the program and people often comment how well trained my dog now is. The members accademy has hundreds of videos to watch and practice and then the trainers review your videos you have recorded and issue certificates if you meet the criteria. If you don’t meet the criteria, or even if you have some questions they are always happy to help you improve. The videos are good quality, and informative. They have weekly live q and a sessions on zoom for members where you can ask personalised questions about elements you may need help with - which can be award based questions or even general dog training questions. After the lives sometimes people hang about for an informal friendly chat and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the trainer and the other members well through this. I would really miss this part if it was ever to end! I look Forward to it each week.

I enjoy the monthly challenges on the members fb group - a different video each day with something for you to practice and record and sometimes there are even prizes to win for those.

I have made lots of friends through adolescent dogs and have improved my own training so much too, I recomend them to everyone I speak to about dog training, especially for the assitance dog program - which appears to have much higher standards than many other assistance dog companies , I’ve met ADUK dogs who are no where near as well trained as adolescent dogs dogs ☺️

The owners are approachable and will always help you out when you need it.

I joined adolescent dogs in February 2024 with my Japanese Chin Keiko~Mae. We joined on the assistance dog program as I have complex medical health diagnoses and mental health impairments including autism and ADHD. Jenny and Mike are by far the best trainers I have ever had encountered, the support is there all the time and no question to big or too small or silly for that matter to ask. The weekly live Q&A’s with Mike are another fantastic way of getting help and support with any problems you are having or even to share your happy wins. Training is never linear, it’s full of ups and downs but believe me the support really is there for you. There is no rush to get your dog to an award level, it’s all at your pace and importantly your dogs pace which takes a lot of pressure off. Keiko took her final PA test with head trainer Mike on the 20th August 2025 and passed with flying colours. Mike was so reassuring and puts you at ease and takes away all the anxiety of the test and will never set you up to fail. I am so proud of my little girl who is now just shy of 22 months old to get to such a high standard of training and I really could not have done it without Jenny and Mike. Thank you so much for everything, you are both so passionate in what you do and I literally cannot thank you both enough ♥️

Hazel and Olive, both Labradors, are part of the Adolescent Dogs Assistance Dog training programme. Hazel is 2 years old and recently passed her Public Access Test, and Olive is 9 months old and working towards her Silver Award.

When we had to travel to France to help my Mother in Law after the death of my Father in Law, we had a real dilemma about what to do with the dogs. We couldn't take them with us, but we really didn't want to put them in kennels.

Adolescent Dogs provide fantastic home based residential training. I chose to send my dogs to Charlotte, who I know and trust. She is totally committed to positive training methods and works really hard to understand the priorities each owner has for their dogs.

As a fully trained Assistance Dog, I just wanted Hazel to have a good holiday and use her skills in public access situations. Olive is a sensitive and gentle Labrador who likes to assess situations before rushing in. So I wanted her to get some really good practice with her Silver Award skills and preparing for her temperament assessment.

Charlotte worked really hard with both girls, making sure that they had a great mixture of working time and down time. I loved seeing that they got to snooze in her lounge in the evenings and have cuddles with the family. That's what is so fantastic about the residential training - they really do get 24/7 training and care. My dogs were treated as if they were Charlotte's own dogs.

I can't fault the experience my dogs had. The communication was excellent, with daily updates, photos and videos. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Charlotte as a trainer.

Natalie is absolutely AMAZING!!!
We truly loved watching Luna flourish under her guidance and expertise. While it was difficult to send away our pup, we are very pleased with Natalie's fantastic training results.

I have used the online adolescent dog videos to train my dog since he was 4 months old and he is now 2 years old and just passed his assistance dog public access test!

I love the online videos, support which can be accessed through the trainers and awards which can be earned through different tasks.

I joined the owner trained assistance dog programme. The level and quality of training videos, the wide range of topics covered and the face to face sessions are excellent. There are also online Q&A sessions which are flexible, informative and very welcoming. I have been particularly impressed at the level of understanding and compassion the trainers have for people who may need additional support because of physical, mental or emotional reasons. I would, and regularly do, recommend them for anyone who wants some support with everything from puppy training through to assistance dog training. They are fantastic and their support has allowed me to reclaim a large part of my life.

Raife had a two week socialisation stay with Verity, going to her immediately I collected him from his breeder. He then went back a week after his 12 week vaccination. Verity is simply brilliant. Not only did Raife come back with fantastic training, throughout both his stays I received daily updates and twice weekly written reports plus photos and quick messages too. Clearly the communication that Verity had with me is replicated with the puppies. I cannot praise either Verity or Adolescent Dogs highly enough. Verity trained my other Labrador, Nelson, nearly six years ago and I knew she would be perfect for puppy Labrador Raife.

My 11 week old puppy attended a 2 week residential stay with trainer Sophie in Southampton and all I can say is I’m blown away. Not only was my puppy integrated into Sophie’s life but treated as part of the family and the training has been nothing but superb. She has really been given the best start to her training to become an assistance dog for my son. The daily photos and videos were just amazing and upon collecting my puppy, we had a very detailed handover showing me all the training so we can continue Sophie’s hard work. I can’t thank Sophie enough for all the training and I highly recommend her and wouldn’t hesitate to use her again.

I thought I was very clear. I STILL haven’t received the promised videos (don’t want them now - have moved on). Also still haven’t had my Red Dog Company items returned. They are an up market supplier of great dog accessories so my stuff is quite expensive. Really shouldn’t still be waiting for it to be returned.

I rarely leave any or bad reviews but I think I’ve been taken for a very long ride. Give me my property back after more than 6 months. I don’t want any offers of more training - as far as I’m concerned you don’t deliver any value for money.

We wanted to give our puppy the best start, by laying the ground work from an early age. Adolescent dogs and trainer bekki were amazing. We had regular updates and videos. It was great to see how much he was learning and gaining in confidence. Bekki is such a calm and patient person. She was reassuring on follow up session and our pup was so happy to see Bekki. He'll be going to have another residential stay in a few months. I feel better knowing he will be well looked after in a family home. It is a little costly but the company does offer special deals etc.

My puppy went for a 4 week stay as part of her bronze assistance dog award. She was really not motivated by food and I was struggling at home with training. Trainer Natalie worked exceptionally hard to build the foundations of working for rewards with her so that I could have a successful hand over and the skills to now build on that work back at home. There is such a difference in my puppy since she returned home and I have far more confidence to continue the training programme with her. I’m looking forward to her next stay with Natalie now to further develop the work put in so far.

Luna has just come home from her second stay with Katie. After her first stay we worked hard to keep her training up but had some set backs due to illness and then the teenager stage hit but throughout Katie was on hand for help and advice which really helped. I booked luna for her second stay due to needing some extra help with settling and her excitement around other dogs and i knew I wanted her back with Katie. I received daily updates along side a more detailed weekly email and my questions were always answered. The handover walk was really helpful to see the training in action and all my questions answered, Luna has come home happy, settled, calm and has been great on her walks so far and she's still her cheeky self full of love. I could see the bond she has with Katie and I know she loved her time there.

Our GSD was having trouble with daily walks he gets distracted by people and dogs very easily and pulls heavily on the lead as he is a big boy. After 3 weeks of residential training with Mike, he now walks perfectly even on busy roads in London. Listens to command well and much more focused when try to train him. We are so impressed what he has achieved and we would highly recommend adolescentdogs to anyone and their fur babies! Thank you for your hard work Mike!

My experience has been postive encouraging and even when I doubted myself the trainers and the group support has been nothing but wonderful. My needs have constantly changed Iver the two years training and Adolescent Dogs UK have been there every step of the way. I would thoroughly recommend the one to one training as it made my ad dig excel at a faster rate. The dog work shops have given me confidence and help reinforce the high expectations and a highly trained well behaved dog . When any issues arouse there are videos, guidance and weekly group chat and trainers on hand to help every step of the way. I trained a hudky if I cam you can contact them. It's the best thing I did.

I've been a customer of Adolescent Dogs for 11 months now and have taken my Poodle through their online Assistance Dogs owner training programme. I have also supplemented this with a few workshops ran in the Guildford area - 2 Assistance Dog workshops and 1 Recall training workshop, and 4 one to one sessions with Mike for med-alert training.

It's taken me 10 months to go through the Bronze, Silver, Gold, Mitigating tasks Novice and Advanced Awards, and finally the trainer assessed Public Access Test Assessment.

For each award you submit videos of your dog performing the required task, which Jenny then assesses and gives you feedback on - if more work is needed its always constructive and helpful. The online training programme is amazing, there's over 400 short videos to watch covering a huge variety of topics. As other people have mentioned, there's also 2 weekly expert-driven WhatsApp sessions for members for training tips and Q&A. Monthly challenges keep the training fun, I particularly liked the Toy Story one and had visions (for a day or two) of my dog becoming the next famous film dog.

My dog loves training, even though we've gone through the awards together I will still carry on dipping into the videos and user community as he is still relatively young, and being a poodle needs the reinforcement and stimulation of learning and receiving positive feedback.

If you're looking to train your dog this is a fantastic service, residential training, face to face workshops, online videos & discussions with experts - you have plenty of options and a community of like-minded people to discuss and pick you up when you have those challenging days.

It's not just for assistance dogs, its for anyone who want to train their dog whether for the basics, or more advanced behaviour. Thank you Jenny, Mike and the team I think you've created a fantastic service, and your insights and feedback in behaviour of both the dogs and the humans help people form amazing partnerships.

I have sent my poodle on 2 residential training stays so far (3 weeks each) with Adolescent dogs and i've already booked the 3rd one for this September. I was very unsure initially about sending Freddie (toy poodle) to her stay but it was the best decision I made. The training is intensive and tailored to what I prioritised, Freddie is intended to be an Assistance Dog with medical alert as her primary focus and it was important to me that the trainer and environment was right for her. Initially I intended to just do the basics with the 'junior trainer' and then the mitigation and assistance work would be trained with a 'senior trainer' but quickly changed my plans after realising the 'junior' was not the same as 'less capable', after that first session and seeing the quality of training and the bond that Freddie had made with Charlotte and the family we now have a plan to take Freddie from bronze to gold and public access as a team. I can't recommend Adolescent dogs, and Charlotte specifically, enough. It may seem expensive but having done weekly training sessions with other dogs I can say that its a lot cheaper and effective doing intensive courses. The feedback from trainers during and after the stays are detailed and there is a hand over to ensure that as a handler we reinforce and continue the training at home plus the trainer is always at the end of a whatsapp to answer questions.

Best thing I did was to bite the bullet and book Freddie in with Charlotte and the team.

I decided to send my puppy for a short residential training stay while on holiday. The service and experience I had with the company and specifically with my trainer Charlotte has been excellent.
In such a short stay I saw great improvement in his basic commands, lead walking and recall. Aswell as other aspects in his behaviour such as socialisation, settling and food drive. Charlotte was very knowledgeable and shared advice and tips throughout and after his stay which I found super helpful and insightful. I also received regular updates, pictures and videos which was brilliant to see. I have received regular check ins post the stay and appreciate all the resources provided which has all made me feel well equipped to carry on the training at home.