I literally don't have enough wonderful things to say about Maher and Hound. As a first time puppy parent to our black labrador Cosmo I am firmly of the view that training sessions have been as much for me as for him! From Day 1 Karen was absolutely brilliant: she took the time to really watch Cosmo and used this to create a highly personalised training plan that would set him up to succeed. I learnt, through her understanding, what makes Cosmo 'tick'. Cosmo's main challenge was - is - impulse control around other dogs - surely all dogs want to be his best friend?! Cue... pulling on the lead, lunging, unwanted and overexcited humping. Being quite literally pulled over on Stockbridge Down was a particular low point. At a pivotal point where I was really struggling in terms of strategies and confidence, Karen gave me a lightbulb moment. She helped me to understand that Cosmo is hugely driven by his nose and taught me how to use his strong nose drive to redirect his attention and energy away from other dogs via tracking. She also gave me practical strategies to encourage beautiful loose-lead walking, and steps to take to improve his impulse control. Through gentle communication of her science-based modern training approach, she empowered me, and for this I will be forever grateful. As a now 30+ kilo 11 month old, Cosmo still needs a good deal of daily training and his progress is far from linear (!), but... as with children, that is ok too. And whilst there is a lot that Cosmo - and I - still have to learn, one thing I do know is that I couldn't have got to this point without having the absolutely brilliant Karen guiding us through this first year. We feel like we stumbled upon a one in a million dog trainer and feel so very grateful. Thank you so much Maher and Hound! I recommend you to everyone