Grafham Water Canines Reviews 

Nicki was brilliant helping us understand our little cocker spaniel. From day 1, with lots of practice of the training at home, we noticed an improvement with her. The setting is lovely in Graftham, and the classes are such a great chance for the pups to meet each other and run around at the end of class in a safe environment. Nicki also provides loads of recaps, extra info via email and videos content to help you remember everything at home. Looking forward to the next class when she is a bit older! Couldn’t recommend highly enough.

Absolutely fantastic course! Nicki is so helpful and patient, we really feel our puppy is developing each week and look forward to joining future courses. It's a great opportunity to learn some key skills but also socialise your puppy and get some useful tips outside of training! Would highly recommend.

We have just completed the Adolescent Essentials course with Grantham waggers and it was fantastic. Nicki is so attentive and helpful and she has so much knowledge to share. She has helped us so much with our dog, helping to increase her attention and recall and also her ability to focus when surrounded by distractions. We will definitely be doing another course and working on all the homework Nicki has given us.

The training is very well structured, thorough and fun. We've really enjoyed the three courses we've done with Nicki and it's strengthened the bond between me and my dog (who absolutely loves coming to sessions). We'll definitely be signing up for something else soon.

We really look forward to our training sessions each week. Having been a member if the waggers family for many years now with our first dog, I am delighted with the progress if our latest addition. Nicki is so patient and gives lots of suggestions on how to set our pups up to succeed in training. Thanks Nicki 😊

Really friendly, sociable classes. Trainer is very experienced, patient and explained all the exercises really well.

Bella, my Boarder Collie and I find Nicki's courses very enjoyable and enlightening at the same time. Nicki is so approachable, it is easy to ask for advice on all aspects of dog behaviour without feeling awkward. When I see how happy her well trained rescue dog (Jim) is, it encourages me to strive for the same outcome/relationship with my dog.

Super puppy training classes. Nicki is so knowledge and her lovely dog Jim demonstrates all the commands. Takes place outdoors and dogs were grouped with care based on their confidence and socialisation experience/ needs. Really pleased with our puppy’s progress. Great location outdoors.

It was great to train alongside similar aged puppies . The instruction was very clear , backed up by comprehensive training notes and homework. The course concentrated on building blocks so basics were trained before attempting follow on activity. This way you always had the necessary skills to train at home.

The puppy training was absolutely brilliant for dog and owner!. Nicki is a great teacher and understands that each dog has their own personality and learning style. Great hints and tips to work on at home and whilst out and about. The sessions have been fantastic especially during Covid where socialisation with others dogs is difficult.

I thoroughly recommend Nicki Binks training classes. Great location/ facility for the dogs , Nicki is so patient , knowledgeable and helpful and the classes have been great fun. Our Labrador Pup Monty has made such amazing progress in just 5 weeks , can’t wait for the next classes to start.

Absolutely brilliant training provided by Nicki. I can't rate her highly enough.
I'll be signing up for more classes!

Thank you so much to Nicki for everything you taught us. We have taken so much away and can really continue to work on training with the follow up emails you provide. Whilst our pup was often very distracted in the classes we are already noticing an improvement in a lot of areas at home so hopefully this will continue as we put into practice what you showed us.

Holly and I had a fantastic session with Nicki. She managed the situation perfectly, giving me clear and direct tips and information plus really engaging with my puppy and showing me first hand how what she was saying worked. Nicki went over and above with us and also followed up by sending me information in what was discussed in the session via email to prompt and remind me going forward. I would definitely recommend Nicki and I look forward to our next session.

I had my first lesson with Nicki this week and I cannot recommend her highly enough.

I have a very excitable 8 month old Berniedoodle who loves to play with other dogs, we worked through some techniques in the 1:1 session. Nicki gave me some very helpful advice to work on so that I can enjoy my walks without being dragged along when we see another dog!! I am looking forward to joining her adolescent classes next week...

I've trained with Nicki for several years. I really like her approach: she is patient, calm, and generous with her time. During lockdown she posted, entirely free of charge, numerous training videos for people to follow. She trains using positive reinforcement and has an lovely, quiet way with dogs. She's also amazingly knowledgeable on a variety of aspects of training.

Loved the pack walk, just what my dog needed. Very friendly group and Nicki even arranged the weather.

Hugely knowledgable but wonderfully calm and friendly too. Can’t wait to start some more sessions with Nikki