Amy Thomson Dog Training

Amy Thomson Dog Training I am a dog trainer based at our own classroom in Cirencester but I also cover the surrounding areas Hi, I’m Amy.

I am a dog and puppy trainer based at my very own classroom on Love Lane in Cirencester but I also cover Cricklade, Swindon, Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury, Cirencester, South Cerney, Stroud, Tetbury and surrounding areas.I have a background in assistance dog training and working with families with children with additional needs. I have a degree in animal behaviour and welfare but I keep up to date w

ith current training methods through regularly attending courses ran by leading professionals in the field, sometimes literally in the field!I offer puppy socials, puppy training classes for puppies up to 5 months of age, subsequent follow on training classes, one to one classes for puppies and beyond, individually tailored one to one training for dogs of any age. I have specific training packages for loose lead walking skills and reactive dogs. Training is of course important, but so is you and your family’s relationship with your dog. Training should enhance this rather than jeopardise it.Training will focus on giving your dog the life skills they need to be part of the family using reward based, scientifically proven methods. My aim is to support you with whatever you would like to achieve or work on and to help your dog to understand the human world better and us theirs. Training should be accessible to all, while being kind and effective. Please visit my website for much more info, many thanks, Amy

Week 2 🤩
15/11/2025

Week 2 🤩

Week 3 😁
15/11/2025

Week 3 😁

15/11/2025
Week 3 😀
14/11/2025

Week 3 😀

Welcome to our new puppy starters
14/11/2025

Welcome to our new puppy starters

Week 2 🤩We worked on -on your bed-hand touch loose lead walking (coordination challenge for humans!)-chin rest for handl...
14/11/2025

Week 2 🤩
We worked on
-on your bed
-hand touch loose lead walking (coordination challenge for humans!)
-chin rest for handling
-recall from snuffle mat (from food)
-leave it
-wait and find it
-middle

Well done to Pippin, Luna, Gracie, Layla and Charlie for completing puppy classes 🐶🐶🐶
11/11/2025

Well done to Pippin, Luna, Gracie, Layla and Charlie for completing puppy classes 🐶🐶🐶

Week 1 😀🤩
04/11/2025

Week 1 😀🤩

Hats off to the Responsive Recallers who braved the rain at the weekend 🌧 Next classes 6th Dec 1 & 2.30pm 😀
04/11/2025

Hats off to the Responsive Recallers who braved the rain at the weekend 🌧

Next classes 6th Dec 1 & 2.30pm 😀

31/10/2025

Sometimes I wish I couldn’t read dog body language.

Because once you understand it… you stop seeing “well-behaved” dogs on prong collars and start seeing quiet suffering.

The tucked tails, the stiff movements, tension in their bodies, the blank stare and the eyes that stop meeting yours.

They’re not calm, they’ve just given up trying to be heard.

A relationship built on fear, where one learns to stay quiet to avoid punishment… that isn’t respect, it’s survival.

When a dog walks stiffly beside someone like a robot, that’s not obedience. It’s the same emotional pattern we see in any being living under control and threat.

It’s not training. It’s coercion.

And its heartbreaking because most people truly do not realise what they are looking at.

And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. 😢

Please choose compassion over control

There is NEVER a need to use prong collars, choke chains, slip leads, grots, e collars or any other aversive tool or method to train a dog!

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Hi, I’m Amy. I am a dog and puppy trainer based in Cricklade, covering Swindon, Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury, Cirencester, South Cerney, Stroud, Tetbury and surrounding areas. I have a background in assistance dog training and working with families with children with additional needs. I have a degree in animal behaviour and welfare but I keep up to date with current training methods through regularly attending courses ran by leading professionals in the field, sometimes literally in the field!

I offer puppy training classes for puppies up to 5 months of age, subsequent follow on training sessions and individually tailored one to one training and behavioural support for dogs of any age. Training is of course important, but so is you and your family’s relationship with your dog. Training should enhance this rather than jeopardise it. Training will focus on giving your dog the life skills they need to be part of the family using reward based, scientifically proven methods. My aim is to support you with whatever you would like to achieve or work on and to help your dog to understand the human world better and us theirs. Training should be accessible to all, while being kind and effective. Please visit my website for much more info, many thanks, Amy