Testimonials

I would (and have recommended) Lesley at Red Lion Canines.

I started training when Arya was just a puppy, she was like a shark in a hurricane with ADHD. And now at 2 1/2 I have a great, calm dog who has just passed her silver good citizen, and going onto gold. We would not have got here without the great training, advice and patience of Lesley. Thank you so much and 100% recommend. Angela and Arya

I’ve been taking my energetic dog, Mia, to Lesley’s weekly Walking Train and it has made such a positive difference—each week we explore new places like woods and trails, giving Mia the perfect outlet to burn off her energy so she comes home happy and ready for a good sleep.

Walking alongside other dog owners under Lesley’s calm, organised guidance creates a wonderful sense of community & gives me the confidence I need to walk her on my own! The whole experience feels truly enjoyable.

We first took Milk, our nervous Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy to socialisation sessions led by Lesley and we have continued to join her training classes over the past year.

We are so proud of the progress Milk has made with her confidence and obedience training and this is thanks to Lesley’s support and guidance.

Lesley is calm, patient and kind and she has excellent knowledge of dog behaviour and the Kennel Club training programme. She is always willing to provide advice and recommendations outside of the weekly sessions to help support the owners and dogs she works with.

We look forward to continuing Milk’s training and we could not recommend Lesley enough to anyone looking for support with their dog.

Vita and I have been going to Lesley’s KC Good Citizen training classes and we really recommend them.

Vita is the sweetest soul but her school report would have read “Vita has difficulty concentrating and following instructions” but thanks to Lesley she has just achieved her Silver Award! The classes are fun and relaxed at the same time as helping owners to bring up their dogs to be happy, obedient and well socialised.

I can now take Vita anywhere without either of us feeling any stress.
The Class of ’25 is now going for Gold!

This is Baxter our 22 month old Australian Labradoodle pup. He is a loveable chap, but full of mischief and energy.

We started to see Lesley Hutt for a couple of socialisation classes, but unfortunately missed her Puppy Foundation Course as we had prebooked elsewhere. We were happy to join her Bronze Award Group to proceed with the training.

We have seen Lesley for a a one to one session and found her information very useful in helping us to cope with this rather lively puppy. She gave us confidence to do more off lead work to use up some of his energy.

This also led to Baxter and his “Dad” joining her walking train. They go for exciting walks in the woods and also gives them the freedom for him to run off lead with other dogs. Although he sometimes arrives home rather muddy, he absolutely loves these trips out.

We have also taken advantage of Lesley’s “Doggy Day Care”. Again Baxter had a lovely time.

Lesley, with the support of her husband Phil, puts her heart and soul into every aspect of this work. The welfare of the dogs in her care is of the utmost importance. We would not hesitate to recommend Red Lion Canines.

We are so glad to be able to rely on Lesley to look after our cats when we go away.
She is entirely reliable & the cats are as happy as larry being in their own surroundings
I would not hesitate to recommend her.

Lesley and Phil looked after our 4 month old puppy for two weeks and wow, we were SO impressed. She has come back a much more relaxed and beautifully socialised dog and we couldn’t be happier.
Lesley and Phil were super flexible with timings, amazingly accommodating around our needs, really reassuring with us leaving her so young and nothing was too much trouble for them. We are so grateful we found them and would never go anywhere else now.
You can feel the warmth of Lesley and Phil as people the minute you meet them and for us, nothing is more important than that. Lesley would send us updates of how our pup was getting on and was very quick to respond to us if we needed anything.
We feel very lucky to have such an amazing service as Red Lion Canines right on our doorstep and we will without a doubt, always call on them for our doggie daycare needs. Thank you once again lovely Lesley and Phil. You guys are brilliant

We took Vera our lab pup to puppy socialisation sessions with Lesley after a chance conversation with our vet and twelve months later we are still going to training classes with Lesley!
An experienced dog owner, I have learned so much from Lesley’s training classes. She is patient, kind and very professional but most importantly has a great relationship with all of the dogs. Vera and I have benefited so much from the classes resulting in frequent comments when out walking about how well behaved Vera is with both people and other dogs.
I would highly recommend her training classes to anyone and will miss our weekly sessions when we achieve Gold level!

Biscuit has been going to Red Lion Canines for nearly 18 months now and it’s the best decision we have ever made. Lesley and Phil take amazing care of Biscuit and I cannot recommend them enough.

Biscuit goes there at least twice a week and sometimes has sleepovers so he can spend even more time with all his doggy friends!

If you want to feel at complete ease without worry in the world about your pet, then Red Lion Canines is for you!