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You Don't Need a Different Dog.

You Need a Different Path.

Which Woods? Dog Training helps overwhelmed owners of reactive dogs find calm, connection, and confidence — on and off the lead. Not by suppressing your dog. By finally meeting the need underneath the behaviour. The Root.


Sound Familiar?

You've Started Planning Your Whole Life Around Avoiding Other Dogs

You walk at 6am or 10pm - Not because you want to — because it's the only time the streets are empty.

You're an expert at the emergency U-turn, the "not today", the "quick, behind this hedge" — it's become second nature.

Your shoulder aches from the pulling and your stomach drops every time you spot a dog in the distance.

You've felt the hot flush of embarrassment while your dog barks at another uncontrollably, someone tuts or worse.

You've tried the videos, the treats, the gadgets — and it worked for a week, then slid back.

Quietly, in the worst moments, you've wondered whether you've failed your dog.

The Hard Truth

You Haven't Failed. You Were Given the Wrong Map

What I need you to hear

Your dog isn't broken, and neither are you. You've just been given the wrong map for these particular woods. As humans we overthink absolutely everything. The tools you've tried were designed for a different problem. The behaviour you're seeing has a root — and once you understand it, everything changes. Stick to a training plan and you'll find your way to a calm, confident and connected companion.

The Reframe

Reactivity Is Rarely a Discipline Problem.

It's a Fulfilment Problem.

Most training advice aimed at reactive dogs is about stopping something — stop the lunging, stop the barking, stop the pulling. It treats the noise your dog makes as the problem to be solved.

But the lunge is not the problem. The lunge is a physical response to a deeper need not being met.

The Framework

The Calm & Confident Companion Method

Three phases, always in this order. Skipping ahead is the most common reason owners plateau — and what most training plans get backwards.

Fulfilment First — Empty the Cup

Before we ask your dog for a single thing, we give them what they've been missing. That means genuine outlets for the drives they were bred with — sniffing, searching, using their nose and their brain — plus structured rest, which is the piece almost everyone underestimates.

We audit the whole day, not just the walk: sleep, feeding, arousal spikes at home, how much of the week is spent in a state of anticipation. Most owners are shocked at how much of their dog's "behaviour problem" lives outside the moments they thought were the problem.

What changes: within days your dog starts settling instead of pacing, and the cup finally has room in it.

Foundations — Build Impulse Control

Now, with a dog who can actually think, we build the mechanics. Not a party trick "sit" that evaporates the moment something interesting appears, but real, load-bearing skills: place and settle, a rock-solid recall, engagement with you by default, and loose-lead walking that doesn't rely on you bracing your whole body.

The keystone is teaching your dog to pause between the trigger and the reaction — to check in with you rather than act. That single habit is what turns a dog who is dragged around by their environment into a dog who looks to their person first.

What changes: you stop managing your dog and start communicating with them.

Earned Freedom — Transfer to the Real World

A dog who is brilliant in a quiet field and a disaster on the high street hasn't been trained — they've been rehearsed. So we take everything into the places that actually matter to your life, at a difficulty your dog can succeed at, and build up.

Door manners without the scramble. Calm exits from the car boot. Passing dogs on a narrow pavement. Greetings that don't turn into a wrestling match. Cafés, shops, school runs, other people's houses.

Freedom isn't handed over on day one and hoped for — it's earned, in increments, as your dog proves they can carry it. That's why it lasts.

Every dog owner walks through some woods with their dog. The question was never whether you'd get lost — it's whether you had someone who knew the way.

The Programme

How Our Training Works

An immersive, hands-on programme where your dog gets the full method delivered properly — and you get taught how to keep it, so the change doesn't leave when I do.

What's Included

  • Full behavioural assessment — your dog, your home, your actual daily routine
  • A bespoke fulfilment plan built around your dog's breed and drives
  • Hands-on training sessions across the three phases of the method
  • Real-world transfer sessions in the places you genuinely struggle
  • Owner coaching — handling, timing, lead skills, reading your dog
  • Structured pack walks around calm, balanced dogs
  • Ongoing support between sessions — message me when it matters
  • A written plan you keep, so progress continues after we finish

6 weekly sessions. Me, you and your dog.

How It Unfolds

01

Week One

We drain the cup. Fulfilment, rest and decompression go in first. You'll likely notice your dog settling at home before we've done anything that looks like "training."

02

The Middle Weeks

Foundations get built and repeated until they're boring. Place, recall, loose lead, engagement. Distance work around other dogs, always under threshold.

03

The Final Stretch

Everything moves into the real world — pavements, car parks, greetings, pack walks. You take the lead and I coach from behind, until you don't need me.

04

Afterwards

You leave with a written plan, the handling skills to run it, and a standing invitation to our pack walks so your dog keeps building on calm, balanced company.

Real Owners, Real Dogs

"She's Unrecognisable"

Every one of these started exactly where you are — dreading walks, out of ideas, wondering if this was just their life now.

Liam is one of the most genuine people I've ever met. We found him to help us with our extremely reactive Staffy and pretty much from day one you could start to see a difference and now she's unrecognisable. Highly recommend Liam to anyone.

— Amelia ★★★★★

Liam has the most caring and calm nature and you can tell how much he loves the dogs! Our staffy just loves him. We needed help with her reactivity and pulling on the lead and within a couple of weeks we saw a massive difference! He's gone above and beyond for us, and always answers to my many messages and questions. Highly recommend to anyone that is struggling with their pooch. He also does pack walking which we are hoping to do after our bootcamp is complete.

— Nicola B ★★★★★

Liam is the best ever trainer we've had! He certainly understands the dogs. My Staffy Alfie is full of stress, anxiety and a bit reactive...and very clingy. Liam has and still is helping us try different things. Other than that he's just a really big softie and he loves Liam, as I do for him helping us! I really do recommend, he goes above and beyond for your fur babies!

— Camille P ★★★★★


Highly recommend Which Woods Dog Training. Liam takes time to get to know and understand the relationship and struggles between you and your dogs. He listens and takes on board your concerns, then gets to work. After the first session there was already a significant improvement in my 3 dogs, and they just keep getting better with every session. Can't wait to see how they keep improving!

— Laura F ★★★★★

I reached out to Liam for help with my 2 rescue dogs who are very pully on the leads and have no recall. After only a couple of sessions both dogs are engaging much more with me, slowly starting to pull less on the lead and responding to commands more quickly. Liam is also going to be taking the dogs for training sessions and walks whilst my husband and I are at work and has mentioned possibility of home boarding for holidays which will help us massively. We're very excited to see where the training leads and very pleased to have found Liam who has such a wonderful manner with the dogs.

— Kelly C ★★★★★

Liam is amazing, we first got in touch about our Staffordshire Bullterrier being very reactive and sometimes aggressive towards other dogs, after only 2 sessions Liam had Lilo running and playing with other dogs and improves every week. Highly recommended.

— Karl B ★★★★★

I was recommended Liam to help out with our dog Charlie while my husband was working away. I'm so impressed. Charlie is a little reactive so I am always really nervous to allow anyone to walk him other than us. But Liam reassured me and did an introduction and I felt confident trusting him. He sent me updates which helped put my mind at ease too. I will 100% use him again in the future! Thanks Liam!

— Katie S ★★★★★

Liam is the BEST! So patient and attentive, he has so much knowledge and understanding of all dog breeds and their behaviours. Trustworthy and I highly recommend him :)

— Abby H ★★★★★

Before You Book

The Questions I Get Asked Most

Is my dog too far gone?

Almost certainly not. The dogs I'm called about are usually described as extremely reactive, unwalkable, rescues with no recall. What I find, nearly every time, is a dog whose cup has been overflowing for years and who has never been given a way to empty it.

Will this work if my dog reacts to people and dogs?

Yes. The method lowers the baseline your dog operates from, which affects every trigger at once. Reactivity toward people, dogs, bikes, or cars usually shares the same root. Treat the root and the list gets shorter on its own.

How is this different from what I've already tried?

Most of what you've tried started at phase two or three — commands, corrections, treats — without ever emptying the cup first. It works in quiet moments and collapses under pressure. We start with fulfilment. That's the whole difference, and it's why owners often see a change in the first week.

Do I have to do the work, or do you fix my dog?

Both, honestly. I'll do a lot of the heavy lifting — but a dog who behaves beautifully for me and reverts with you hasn't been helped. A serious chunk of the programme is coaching you: your timing, your lead handling, your ability to read what your dog is telling you before it becomes a lunge.

How quickly will I see a difference?

Owners commonly report a visible change within the first week or two — usually a calmer dog at home before anything changes on walks. Karl saw his Staffordshire Bull Terrier playing with other dogs after two sessions. Lasting change is a matter of weeks, not days.

What happens after I book?

I read every enquiry myself. I'll get in touch to arrange a call where we talk properly about your dog, what you've already tried, and whether the programme is genuinely the right next step.

No pressure and no script.

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Let's Find the Right Path Together

Tell me about your dog. I read every enquiry personally, and I'll be honest with you about whether I can help.

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I respond to every enquiry personally. No scripts, no pressure — just an honest conversation about your dog

Calm. Connection. Confidence.

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