Reviews from private clients across Toorak, Armadale and Malvern on using Empire of the Hound's specialised private solo walks and instinct-led behavioural enrichment
Fiona is fantastic with my border collie! I have booked multiple sessions for my dog to help with her high energy needs and reactivity. Fiona is not just a dog walker, she tailored her approach to my dogs needs and provided her with mental stimulation and lots of new fun games. Fiona puts a lot of time and effort into each session and I feel at ease knowing my dog is well looked after! Would highly recommend Fiona’s services!
I felt very safe handing my babies over to Fiona. She had air tag collars and the dog's leads securely attached to her waist harness. It gave me comfort she was in control as Hoover is quite strong and can pull, which is challenging when walking both my dogs at once. Fiona had a variety of activities that catered very well to a hunting breed. Harlee was quite persistent and Hoover joined in when he worked it out! They definitely had a good snooze in the afternoon
Thank you for last Friday, the dogs were absolutely physically spent after the outing and then somehow found energy for all the activities afterwards. A very well thought out program for our Cocker Spaniels that they clearly enjoyed, and so did we, because they seemed to have used up a lot of energy mentally not just physically, and were actually relaxed for the rest of the day!
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