Top Barks Dog Training

Top Barks Dog Training Experienced, professional dog trainer and behaviour specialist with an honours degree in canine behaviour and training.
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In business for 20 years, thousands of satisfied customers, specialising in gundogs and reactive dogs in York and surrounding area. Established in 2005 Top Barks is run by Mark Sanderson BSc hons (canine behaviour and training) Cap1, Cap 2
Member of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (0977) and a registered animal instructor with the ABTC. Mark is also a member of The Pet Professional Guild. Top

Barks offers dog training and behaviour solutions throughout the uk. Mark is very proud to be the first man in the UK to hold an honours degree in canine behaviour and training, awarded by the University of Hull. Mark specializes in spaniels, bracco italiano and reactive dogs of all shapes and sizes.

13/08/2024

Working on stop whistle when moving away today.

Lying down on the job. Revisiting simple behaviours like down are something that needs to be done from time to time.
08/08/2024

Lying down on the job. Revisiting simple behaviours like down are something that needs to be done from time to time.

Apologies to any clients losing sessions this week but postponements are for the good of your dogs. It's too warm for do...
29/07/2024

Apologies to any clients losing sessions this week but postponements are for the good of your dogs. It's too warm for dog training unfortunately. Keep your dogs safe in the heat.

24/06/2024

Seb progressing to walking around some real dogs having initially worked with the stuffies. Trying so hard to resist the temptation of having to say hello. Boy did good.

24/06/2024

Seb gets awfully excited by other dogs. We started on lead around these stuffed replica dogs progressing to being off lead here. Ill add another video of him doing some on lead work around three of my gang. Great work Seb.

Learning to relax while his owner leaves the room. Awesome progress from Logan this morning.
06/06/2024

Learning to relax while his owner leaves the room. Awesome progress from Logan this morning.

04/06/2024

Finished our sessions With Paddy today. We leave him and his owner in a much better place than when we first met. Paddy wouldn't really have much to do with his owner when outside their garden. Here we see him addicted to his mum. The miracle of blowing bubbles. Who'd have thought it.

03/06/2024

Another happy customer. Molly would bark at the TV constantly and get over stimulated in certain situations. Teaching her a relaxed down and some help from her vet has been a game changer. Proper result this. Very happy trainer.

31/05/2024

Blind retrieve for Ernie

23/05/2024

Great work from these two this afternoon.

Love working with this boy he has all the moves. One of if not the brightest dogs on my books at the moment. We are work...
18/05/2024

Love working with this boy he has all the moves. One of if not the brightest dogs on my books at the moment. We are working with him to learn to deal with some situations life throws up and he is doing brilliantly.

15/05/2024

Working on a weakness

A successful recall session with Nara.
13/05/2024

A successful recall session with Nara.

Wonder why this beaut was one of my favourites from last week? Lead walking to die for and so much more connected to the...
13/05/2024

Wonder why this beaut was one of my favourites from last week?
Lead walking to die for and so much more connected to the human part of the team.

To say my job is varied is an understatement. From a reactive GSD to a springer who pulls on lead who'd already seen two...
13/05/2024

To say my job is varied is an understatement. From a reactive GSD to a springer who pulls on lead who'd already seen two other trainers to ringcraft with a dande dinmont terrier. All in a days work.

With an honours degree in canine behaviour and training from the university of Hull and 20 years experience in the dog t...
02/05/2024

With an honours degree in canine behaviour and training from the university of Hull and 20 years experience in the dog training industry Top Barks are here to help you. Call today on 07932 632855 to see what we can do for you and your dog. We have helped thousands of clients to achieve their goals, working with everything from puppies to complex behavioural issues.

Top Barks are Full members of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (0977), members of The Pet Professional Guild, and a registered Animal instructor with the Animal Behaviour Training Council.

Logan was up first this morning. Working with this young man that he can lie down and be calm if his dad opens a door.
01/05/2024

Logan was up first this morning. Working with this young man that he can lie down and be calm if his dad opens a door.

30/04/2024

Only 5 months old and still getting used to the world. We had been practising loose lead walking in the clients kitchen, then onto their patio and on to the garden. Always best with loose lead training to start in an environment with the least distractions. Yes she did make it out onto the street and was blooming awesome.

Paddy was first up at 9:30 today.This boy has made some awesome progress. His owner had seen other trainers and done som...
30/04/2024

Paddy was first up at 9:30 today.
This boy has made some awesome progress. His owner had seen other trainers and done some online course supposed to make his handler sexier than a small furry tree living animal and nothing had worked. I must admit I scratched my head a bit with this boy, but along with his handler we have found a way to harness and work with this lads natural abilities whilst also dealing with hiw stresfull he finds the big wide world.

Tessie has been working on the word sit not meaning lie down. 😁
25/04/2024

Tessie has been working on the word sit not meaning lie down. 😁

Milo was my 1:30 swoon.❤️❤️❤️
25/04/2024

Milo was my 1:30 swoon.❤️❤️❤️

25/04/2024

This young man needs no excuse to be off hunting. When he does the hunting is all consuming and he switches off from his handler. Yesterday we were playing around with ideas to keep him focussed. His handler asked to teach an indication he had found his ball. The indication she asked for was a sit. This is his first session working on that.

24/04/2024

Problem solving on recall. The dog who runs past his handler.

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21/04/2024

Love working with my breeds. Here's Otto the Field spaniel working on his recall.

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Had the pleasure of this young man for today's first session.
19/04/2024

Had the pleasure of this young man for today's first session.

19/04/2024

Having a reliable stop that interupts your dog even when they are in full on chase mode is priceless. It can be difficult to simulate but my houseguest cooper the sprocker provides an excellent opportunity to practice.

18/04/2024

There seems to be lots of "behaviourists" appearing in my area at the moment. Most seem to be dog walkers who may have done an online course or a two day workshop.These folks are charging next to nothing to "fix"peoples dogs. Others claim to be fully qualified! What does fully qualified actually mean? I have an honours degree in canine behaviour which took 7 years of learning and I don't claim to be fully qualified. It's actually quite scary that people can get away with calling themselves a behaviourist with so little knowledge.😱

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York

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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+447932632855

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Working on stop whistle when moving away today.

Seb progressing to walking around some real dogs having initially worked with the stuffies. Trying so hard to resist the temptation of having to say hello. Boy did good.

Seb gets awfully excited by other dogs. We started on lead around these stuffed replica dogs progressing to being off lead here. Ill add another video of him doing some on lead work around three of my gang. Great work Seb.

Finished our sessions With Paddy today. We leave him and his owner in a much better place than when we first met. Paddy wouldn't really have much to do with his owner when outside their garden. Here we see him addicted to his mum. The miracle of blowing bubbles. Who'd have thought it.

Another happy customer. Molly would bark at the TV constantly and get over stimulated in certain situations. Teaching her a relaxed down and some help from her vet has been a game changer. Proper result this. Very happy trainer.

Blind retrieve for Ernie

Great work from these two this afternoon.

Working on a weakness

Only 5 months old and still getting used to the world. We had been practising loose lead walking in the clients kitchen, then onto their patio and on to the garden. Always best with loose lead training to start in an environment with the least distractions. Yes she did make it out onto the street and was blooming awesome.

This young man needs no excuse to be off hunting. When he does the hunting is all consuming and he switches off from his handler. Yesterday we were playing around with ideas to keep him focussed. His handler asked to teach an indication he had found his ball. The indication she asked for was a sit. This is his first session working on that.#workaspanielnotwalkit

Having a reliable stop that interupts your dog even when they are in full on chase mode is priceless. It can be difficult to simulate but my houseguest cooper the sprocker provides an excellent opportunity to practice.

Hats off to Claire and Rigsby. Claire brings Rigsby all the way down from Tyneside to see me. To say he has been a handful is a bit of an understatement. Claire came down last month to look for ideas about keeping focus on lead walks. Think we are making some progress. All the more impressive as Rigsby is also a shadow chaser. Myself and my vet have put a lot of know how into this dog but really all the credit should go to his dedicated owner for taking advice and trusting it. Very very proud trainer seeing this video.

Playing the back to front game with Riva and Flynn. This team of three have made some massive progress. So proud of them.

This is one very special good news story. A story of a dedicated owner and a very special dog. Bonnie is a reactive dog and when I met her owners they had to walk together as she was so strong and reactive. Thanks to a very dedicated and passionate owner and some prescription medication Bonnie has been on quite a Journey. Today her owner told me she can now take Bonnie out on her own. Huge result considering where they started. Today we had our final session and we worked on a strategy for Bonnie to accept visitors into her home. As you can see she felt comfortable enough to show off a little. Bonnie you Superstar. I'm glad to be part of your journey and immensely proud of what you have all achieved.

Tessie has been doing some junction training.

Thought we'd do some maintenance on Eric's stop whistle this morning before our first lesson.

A little control at a gateway for the team.

Working with Arlo to be more focussed and recall around other dogs. Arlo has been a very difficult dog to motivate. He goes off things really quick. I wondered if working around some trusted dogs would settle him and also increase his desire for food because he had competition. Seemed it worked a treat.

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