We adopted two young rescue dogs from ODIN in Feb 2025, (±2 years old) and quickly realised we and them needed behaviour training and assistance for them to adapt to their new environment.
We decided to enroll them (and us!) for 6 lessons (1 hour per week) at Happy Tails Dog Training in Oudtshoorn, for Good Dog Level 1 training, which turned out to have been a very good decision.
Petra du Toit was our trainer and she is friendly yet firm. We needed to do the work diligently, but the results were forthcoming. She is positive, very knowledgeable with decades of experience, and supportive, and motivated us a lot to keep our discipline and to persevere. Although it was hard work, her attitude made every trip an enjoyable experience.
She sent homework after every lesson in the form of clear and easily understood videos which we found helpful. We know there’s still work ahead despite huge progress, but have the video material to refer back to.
She never hesitated to give us personalised assistance on the two dogs’ individual and different understanding and needs, and how each would interpret our cues and body language.
All of this at a very reasonable rate.
We can gladly recommend Happy Tails.
The four of us want to thank Petra for her help and we are all very grateful.