Connors Legacy Dog Behaviourist Psychologist & Training Reviews 

I’d had Meg from 5 months old and to me she was perfect in every way. But at 1 year old she started asking to go out for a wee at night. At first occasionally then it became a habit. I tried various advice but nothing was working . While I was away my daughter had to get up twice for her and this now had to stop. I had heard of Bill through AADog rescue. He came to assess Meg and he felt she was confused by what was wanted from her . He suggested changing everything. Drop any routine, give her new things to learn and to basically ignore her at night. I was sceptical about the last bit. But …. from the first night I was able to get her back to bed without going out (impossible before). By the end of the first week she was waking up but not going downstairs. Second week cracked it. Not even waking up. We never needed those puppy pads.
If you have a behaviour issue I would definitely recommend Bill

I didn’t have a clue. Bill helped me try & understand what my dog was asking me. I thought I should be instructing my dog, how wrong I was.
Bill has a special understanding & ability to be able to read a dog. He is calm & patient & put me at ease whilst I tried to understand how I could improve my communication with Hector, my saluki greyhound.
I would highly recommend Bill-he’s amazing & helped my poor hound from being left to fend for himself with his fumbling, clueless human.

When we first met Bill, we were also introducing him to our two beloved Welsh Springer Spaniels, Cherie and Perdy. At that moment, we weren't fully aware of the distinction between a dog behaviorist and a dog trainer, which would soon become clear to us.

During the initial assessment, Bill's patient and calm demeanour immediately put us at ease. With a reassuring, no-nonsense and yet no-judgment approach, he discussed the various ways we had been inadvertently contributing to our dogs' troublesome behaviours. It was eye-opening to realise how our misunderstandings had led to confusion for Cherie and Perdy, who were simply trying to navigate life in our home. Eager to improve, we decided to book a series of sessions with Bill to delve deeper into understanding our dogs.

It’s quite enlightening to recognise that, as we spend the majority of our days with our beloved dogs in the comfort of our home, the responsibility falls on us to learn how to communicate with them effectively. It’s simply not enough to send them away for training or to assume that attending a once-a-week session in an unfamiliar environment will lead to substantial changes in their behaviour. We were completely unaware of the confusion we were inadvertently creating for our sweet Cherie and Perdy! This distinction between a behaviorist and a trainer became clear through our experience with Bill. He guided us into understanding the needs of Cherie and Perdy, and how they were trying to communicate these to us, and then highlighting how we could meet those needs.

From our very first assessment, where Bill candidly warned us he would "bombard" us with a wealth of information - and he certainly delivered on that! - to the follow-up sessions filled with his calm patience and detailed explanations, we have been amazed to see significant transformations in Cherie and Perdy's behaviour. I honestly never expected to witness such rapid changes! Now, our challenge lies in retaining everything we've learned and consistently applying it to reshape habits that have lasted a lifetime. Despite having owned dogs throughout our lives, it has become painfully clear that we’ve been making many mistakes all along. So, from the depths of our hearts, thank you, Bill. Your guidance has made an enormous impact on our family, including Cherie and Perdy. This journey has been a significant learning curve, but every moment has been worthwhile. We're immensely grateful, and we look forward to reaching out again soon for a check-up to assess our progress and hopefully gain even more knowledge.

Bill was recommended to us by AA Dog rescue when we adopted Apollo, 7 years ago. On his visit Bill was so calm and his experience and expertise were quietly evident - nothing flashy, just a lovely, kind man who really understands dogs. Our puppy was energetic and we didn't understand his behaviours and what he needed from us. Without judgement, Bill showed us some simple things we could do to help Apollo and us communicate together. Thank you Bill - we call you the dog whisperer!

Unbelievable and amazing!
I thought I knew dogs, I have had them all my life after all! But Bill is next level or six! He has shown me a whole new way to be and live with my dogs, a way in which I now understand a lot more about why they do what they do, and how I can help them have a happier life.

Bill's methods are all based on science (yes I checked, and Bill welcomed my research and has encouraged me to do so!) I hadn't realised how much further science had moved on in their understanding of dogs, their body language, and how they communicate with us.
Bill does however!

Bill explained my dogs body language to me, explained what they were saying to me, and each other. Showed me ways to ask what I wanted from them, and my dogs start to do it straight away! Such is Bill's understanding of dogs, and the Canine language.

To understand that one of my dogs in particular was scared and nervous to go out the front door, and that was why, when I did take him for a walk, he pulled hard the whole time, (trying to get it over and done with), and barked at all dogs, and bicycles and pushchairs! I couldn't believe I had been stressing my dear boy out so much!

Subsequent, follow up visits with Bill, and my boy is now able to handle small walks, no stress, no pulling, no barking, we are both, so so much happier!

Thank you so much Bill, I cannot explain how much your help has helped us all.
I really cannot recommend you enough. Your passion and love for dogs is clear. Your advice, whilst a challenge at times to hear, it's hard, after all, to change the way I have been with dogs all my life. I am so glad that I listened to you, and trusted in you to make these changes. My boys and I thank you and are so glad we found you. I have more to learn, I know, but I am so enjoying learning and seeing the difference in my dogs. Thank you again from us all.

Bill is a scam. He told me not to walk my dog.

We got in touch with Connors Legacy when our 4 year old black lab starting to get aggressive with male visitors. She has always barked when visitors arrive but seemed more scared than aggressive. However, after we embarked on a large renovation project at the house with all the noise, traffic and trades people that brought, she became very stressed and started to show signs of becoming a bit aggressive with deliverymen (only men, never women!). This then started to progress to all male visitors long after the project was finished and we were worried that this situation was escalating but didn’t know what to do.

When Bill arrived she was as usual really overexcited and trying to see him off but within a few minutes she had completely calmed down. Bill’s slow calm speech and hand gestures seemed to instantly reassure her and she was perfectly happy to let him into the house. It was quite extraordinary to watch Bill communicating with her and explaining all the little nuanced signals that we were completely missing! We have been using the techniques Bill suggested and have seen a real improvement.

Bill was really patient and professional answering all our questions and offering a lot of training techniques and tips. He is really passionate about his work and clearly loves the animals he is working with and we have happily recommended him to friends.

Bill was kind enough to come & meet our rescue dog Astro. We found him to be very kind and enlightening. From the weeks since his visit we are seeing changes and communicating so much better with Astro. I would highly recommend him. Thank you Bill

Met Bill last week, he came round to do some work with my staffie Sage, I’ve had her now for around 6 months , she’s 6 years old and not had the best back ground, she’s now in a happy home and feeling more settled, she’s a quick learner and soon picked up on all the techniques Bill showed me, it’s obvious that Bill loves dogs, his care & understanding is brilliant, I can’t recommend him highly enough……thanks again Bill

I can't recommend him enough!!

Firstly, my rescue dog who is incredibly anxious of men greeted him happily which he has not done before. Clearly he has a great energy and is a truly lovely person.

His training methods are so much more ethical then the typical trainers like Ceasar Milan etc and it makes so much more sense. It also works amazingly well as I saw even within the first 10 minutes of him being at my house and me implementing his advice.

I've learned so much in such a short space of time as it's really about training the owner as they say, even the language I was using like 'telling my dog a command' can be changed to 'guiding my dog and giving instruction' which is a kinder and clearly more effective way to approach training as opposed to the 'I AM THE BOSS OF YOU, DO AS I SAY' Method of other trainers.
My dogs WANTED to follow my guidance within minutes without me having to 'dominate and be the alpha' which is what I thought I had to do and I'm sure they will have more respect for me using this method which will make all our lives better. I found them to be much more engaging using a nicer approach then when I would use a stern tone of voice and 'tell them off'.

I feel that my dogs will be so much more confident and happy and I can't wait to see how they progress.
It was so interesting learning about their body language and subtle ques I was oblivious to before!
10000% would recommend!

We asked Bill to help us as we were having a difference of opinion in how to deal with our dogs ‘naughty’ behaviour. We learnt so much about how to read and understand our dog. We realised she wasn’t being naughty at all. Mostly it was Bills calm approach and his demonstrations of how to handle our dog that helped so much. We would really recommend him.

Bill is a very gifted and knowledgeable dog behaviourist. He provided invaluable help to me when I adopted a very troubled and aggressive rescue dog. Via WhatsApp video calls he helped teach me how to work with the dog and slowly, slowly my boy Biggsy came very good. I would have been really stuck without Bill’s excellent help.Knowing I was on the right track gave me a lot of confidence in the difficult early days of rehoming. Would thoroughly recommend Bill.

Bill is a fantastic trainer who uses today's methods of understanding how our dogs think and not using the old fashioned and cruel pack leader punishments.. He train the dogs and us humans! He is very patient. Thank you for helping me and my dogs.

Bill has helped us better understand two of our rescue dogs at different points. He has a quiet air of authority that the dogs pick up on immediately he enters your home. Follow the instructions he gives and you will definitely see a marked improvement in the behaviour that you’re trying to address.
Thanks again Bill! 👍