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Marita’s running A-Frame course provides a really comprehensive series of lessons that have been so clear to understand and demonstrate such a logical progression. I am really enjoying working through the lessons and excited to now be working on full height when only a couple of months ago I didn’t think that would be a possibility for a long time. Great detail and troubleshooting in every lesson. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to train a running A-Frame.

Circumstances (lockdown!) forced a change of plan to Craig’s OT programme from our intended 121 training. As a result, I now have a young collie destined for agility training that will focus, tug and return her toy back to me for another game – as opposed to galloping around the field or regularly ‘catching’ my hands with her teeth! Craig noticed every tiny detail on each video I sent him and made many small adjustments as we went along. He gave massive encouragement to me and showed great sensitivity (sympathy!) to the dog. It genuinely felt as if he was stood by my side.

I took Marita’s Reliable Running A-Frame online course and I am so impressed! My crazy fast border was a huge leaper, to say the least! And I am now amazed to see her performance: two consistent beautiful hits!!! The lessons were well explained, with clear videos and a logical progression. I am far away in Canada and I am so grateful to Marita for this online course. She is a committed coach, replying very quickly to our videos, and her feedback is clear, detailed, effective, and tailored to our own individual dog. The best online agility coach I ever had! I highly recommend her! Thank you so much Marita! Your advice and guidance has been invaluable.

Craig has been nothing but amazing to work with. He is one of the most disciplined and consistent person I have ever met (you can see from his daily IG stories that no matter how long his day is going to be, he definitely has to have his cardio done in the day even if that means waking up at 3 or 4am!). Being mentored by him has been such a privilege – he is always there whenever help is needed, he gives the best sort of advice and the knowledge he has is immense. Craig is an intelligent and fun-loving person to work with; no regrets at all attending his 2 days workshop when he came to Singapore in December 2019 – that was when all the magic began ✨

I highly recommend Marita’s online coaching! I am far away in the US but love that I get to work with her virtually. She has helped me and my young brittany, Rey, learn the details of agility. Her advice is detailed, practical, and effective. It is actually more convenient for me to have an online coach with my sporadic schedule! Love the video demonstrations and homework items to work on.

Spice and I love training with Marita. She is really encouraging and challenges us at all times. Her training is very much geared to improving both handler and dog skills, explaining what is needed calmly, clearly and concisely. My confidence in myself as a handler has greatly improved and as a result, my dog is more confident in me. She is a great trainer and I highly recommend her.

Marita’s guidance on fitness and nutrition has not only dramatically improved my agility but has also completely transformed my whole life. She is always an incredibly positive and inspiring agility trainer and competitor, hugely fun to train with and has a massive amount of knowledge and experience in dog training and skills. Marita has also taught me a huge amount about mindset and meditation which has again had a huge impact on my agility but also helps me in day to day life. Thank you so much, Marita, I would happily recommend you to anyone looking to improve any part of their agility.

Craig’s one to one online training is fantastic.  Craig’s instruction is clear, he comes back with amazing feedback and how to progress what you are doing. He has helped my epileptic dog grow in confidence and make very good decisions. Plus if you get chance to do any of his workshops then go. Thank you Craig

The feedback from my regular students has been incredibly positive and they can’t wait until you come back down! They loved your no-nonsense approach and that you got stuck straight into training. You definitely challenged all levels but broke it down appropriately for all the groups and everyone learnt something new and went away with some homework!

Thank you for coming to teach on the training days. Your teaching was fabulous, courses were really cool, you made us run fast and it was amazing to complete such challenging courses. Amazing feedback from the groups and we can’t wait for you to come back again.

I took the online running A-frame course. The instruction was super clear and easy to follow, no tricks or gimmicks just clear cut criteria and consistent training. Havent had a chance to test in a trial situation yet, but even in some pretty high energy situations, my dog is nailing it about 80% of the time. I am thrilled!

Craig assisted me on several occasions as I worked towards Search and Rescue Disaster Live Find Certification with my K9 partner Ryker.  I was a novice handler and new to SAR.  With Craig’s expert insight and instruction, we were able to pass both the FSA Type 2 and CE Live Find Type 1 tests on our first attempts. Craig’s encouragement to utilize clicker training with our switch to handler reward made a world of difference.

As a dog trainer and owner of four dogs, I’m always looking to further develop my own skills and knowledge. However, with a very busy schedule, it’s difficult to commit to set days/times for training. I wasn’t sure how online coaching would work, but it really does and that’s due to the commitment that Craig puts in. His passion and knowledge for dog training and helping people with their dog shines through. The feedback that you receive from Craig is detailed, easy to follow and in bite-size chunks. Very quickly Craig is in tune with you and your dog and he adapts all advice accordingly. I’ve done the online training with two of my dogs who are like chalk and cheese. Craig understands what works for each of them and importantly what works for me. He pushes me outside my comfort zone, but just enough to ensure we are always developing and are still confident in what we are doing. I highly recommend online coaching sessions with Craig.

Marita is a brilliant trainer making each session fun and challenging but also at the same time no matter what level or capability you and your dog are at she works out a handling solution for you to be able to achieve the results and to improve for the future. I train with Marita on a regular basis now as she has given me the confidence to attack harder European style courses, train harder weave entries and learn that I can do it! Since training with Marita, we have qualified for Olympia won our first champ ticket qualified for Crufts next year and been invited to join the GB SQUAD!

I have worked a lot with Craig with my Collie cross Terrier, Percy, who does not like other dogs, during lockdown his aggression issue towards other dogs started to get worse, so I decided to sign up for 30 days online coaching with Craig. Wow what an amazing 30 days, Craig pushed us every day and gave me confidence back in my amazing boy!! The videos with feedback and instructions on what we needed to do next with him, were easy to understand. Working with Craig over 30 days helped me be consistent with Percy and we are back to enjoying our walks and agility training. I would definitely recommend the online coaching for anyone who is looking to improve their dogs training and it is excellent value for money!

Having a Boxer I’m quite used to trainers just not quite getting us, but I started with online coaching at the beginning of lockdown and it was exactly what I needed. Marita is so motivating and adapted the training so that Penny and I were excelling quickly. The change in Penny’s confidence is so clear and she genuinely feels a huge part of the game as opposed to going with the motions.
I’ve since trained with Marita in person and it’s so much fun. She works with the dog and handler in front of her and makes sure the dog is having the best time while still working hard and reaching goals.
Can’t recommend her enough. Thanks Marita x

I recently participated in Marita’s running Aframe course – this course is WONDERFUL. If you are having issues with your dog’s running Aframes – my personal issues were one dog only one hitting with no consistency and my other hitting high/inconsistent as well with two – this will give your dogs the clarity they need! One of mine was a total retrain from a stop and the other was the typical *you get the running Aframe for free cause you trained the dog walk* – this did not apply however… so, that’s why we started and I’m soooo happy we did! Beautiful 2 hits for both my boys! Thanks Marita, your method is awesome!

I did Marita’s reliable A-Frame online course and to say I’m happy would be an understatement. I’m over the moon with the progress we’ve made, it’s so easy to follow and solve common issues and we’re really successful with both dogs! Can’t recommend enough!

Marita was the one who championed me to go get a diagnosis for my bizarre symptoms, I’m now on the last leg with an MRI due before Christmas and for the first time in my life I know why I am the way I am. She was the one who helped me finally sleep through a night after 9 months of horrifically broken sleep. She was the one who helped Pip end up with this awesome seesaw after being initially a bit of a pansy AND she was the one who told me where my handling was leaving Alf confused… That last one, I didn’t have a clue about. The week after she’d created the plan of things to work on for Alf and I, in terms of handling, he won 85% of his classes, clear. Before, we were just 15% clear. Also – she’s a committed tutor – she’s on the system every day and the replies she sends are HUGE and so detailed. I can’t really recommend it highly enough.

Craig’s online platform and instruction style made it easy for us to communicate and for me to learn even though we were separated by the Atlantic Ocean!  Craig’s knowledge, intuition, method of training, patience, responsiveness, and positive attitude cannot be beaten.  I highly recommend Craig as a stellar trainer and I would certainly utilize his services again in the future.