"Olive the young Border Terrorist!"

Asking Azz for help with my young Border Terrier was one of my better decisions in life! The peace and tranquility that has developed in my house in just a couple of days is amazing and continues to improve.
Azz is totally professional and focussed. He sat with me observing the household and spotting issues that had developed and explained it all so logically and in an easy way for me to understand. It all made so much sense and left me thinking "why haven't I realised that?"
I have a young Border Terrier, just over a year old. I got her as a pup at a stressful time for me and my other dog and my four cats; bereavement, retirement and moving house all within a couple of years. Olive had developed excessive barking and reactive behaviour when out on walks, which just spoilt the enjoyment of owning such a lovely dog.
Within a very short space of time, Azz explained that Olive had me wrapped round her paw, and was using effective ways of getting attention from me whenever she wanted. This had led to her feeling insecure and without a "pack leader" I needed to assert my position in the pack.
I followed the advice from day one (Friday) and already saw a change by Saturday - amazing! By Sunday it was like owning a different dog. Olive and I (and my older dog Lily) now have completely different relationship, but one that is relaxing and fulfilling. She still barks with excitement at Hoopers Canine Training but it doesn't last for long and she concentrates on her job.
I can't thank Azz enough for bringing peace and enjoyment to my household and to owning a dog.

"Game Changer"

Azz is simply brilliant. No nonsense and straight talking with an astonishing breath of knowledge based on fact and research rather than the latest fad!
Would absolutely recommend.

"Can't believe the difference in our dog"

Today, we took our dog to a lake, and walked him past children, other dogs, and more bicycles than we could count. We sat outside a tearoom and ate lunch while he (mostly) sat calmly under the table. Then we ate ice cream by the lake with him sat by our feet on a loose lead, watching yet more children, dogs and bicycles walk past within feet of him. He only barked at a single dog all day. All of this seemed totally unimaginable before our session with Azz about a month ago! We're so grateful for his insight and advice, it cut through all the noise of bad internet advice and unqualified "trainers" and actually made a difference. Our anxious dog still has his moments, but overall the transformation has been incredible and we're so happy to see Eddie's confidence grow as we continue to work with him. Would 100% book with Azz again if we ever needed to.

"Great experience"

Great experience. Explained everything brilliantly.

"Couldn’t reccomended higher! "

Azz is just what he describes! The best way to describe our dog was well ‘trained’ but disobedient. The time he spent with us helped my husband and I to learn exactly what we needed to do to help change our dog around without hurting her or turning her into a scared shell. Thank you Azz!

"My partner & I have an extremely…"

My partner & I have an extremely overactive cocker and the advice and help given by Azz has been invaluable

"Relaxed rescue dog"

Azz is a very experienced behaviourist. He understands how dogs, especially foreign rescues, can find it difficult to settle into a home environment when they don't understand the 'rules'.
He visited us again for a review of our dog, a rescue originally from eastern Europe. We had made some progress, but there is always room for improvement.
We were shown how to give the correct signals to allow the dog to understand we will look after her, and there is no need for her to protect us, or to be afraid of visitors to the house. This has quickly cut down on barking, persistent attention seeking and fear of strangers.
All this just by interacting more carefully, no harsh words, no shouting.
This is not training, this is allowing your dog to settle into a home life that is alien, especially to some foreign rescues.
Azz is always thorough, thoughtful and honest. He does not hesitate to show you where you are making mistakes, but gives you the tools to correct them. He has the dog's best interests and nature at the forefront of every session.
He will do the best for the dog, and provides lots of information to continue appropriate behaviour changes. Given the difference this makes so quickly, his rates are extremely reasonable.
Absolutely recommend Azz at Back To Balance

"Azz was really helpful would definitely…"

Azz was really helpful would definitely recommend.

"I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend…."

I honestly cannot thank Azz at Back to Balance enough for his knowledge, time, support and compassion when working with me and my cocker spaniel. His experience is invaluable and his commitment is second to none. I only wish I had known about him before getting my first pup, as he understands and explains the relationship between man and dog better than anyone I’ve seen on tv or social media. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him.

"2 months of tough love! "

We spent almost 7 hours learning so much about our dogs behaviour. Things that we thought were cute were actually really bad behaviour, we have learnt that we have humanised our dogs way too much. And we have to give a little big more tough love! During the session we learnt more about feeding more confidence back into our dog that has a great deal of fear. Making just lots of small changes but being consistent. We have been given a strict 2 month plan to stick to, it’s probably harder for us than it is for them! We had a history lesson about dogs and were taught so much about our dogs body language - now we are constantly looking out for it!