The Sighthound Guy Avis 

We had a wonderful experience with K9 Exclusive Walks. Don is highly professional, personable, an expert with sighthounds and provided truly excellent care (and advice!) for our greyhound. We also really appreciated his flexibility and going out of his way to accommodate us at short notice and make our dog comfortable, Stitch really benefitted from being part of the pack and Don's expertise, even just over a few days. It was a genuine pleasure dealing with Don and we couldn't recommend K9 any more highly!

Jo had a lovely overnight stay at K9. Quite happy to see her running around with the pack :-) Also really appreciate Don’s flexibility as we had to move the date for her stay because of unforeseen circumstances.

Disco the Whippet loved her overnight stay with Don and his pack. She had a fun and activity packed stay. She even went swimming for the first time.

Don is extremely knowledgeable and professional. We were sent videos which was very reassuring as it was her first overnight away from home.

We are all looking forward to her next stay.

What stood out most was his patience and calm, supportive approach — both with my puppy and with me! I feel much more confident as a dog owner now.

Thank you so much for your help and dedication — it made a world of difference. If you're looking for a top-tier dog trainer, this is the one.

I needed some help/advice with my Labrador when off lead. Don was very knowledgeable and gave me the confidence to help my dog. I’ve already started implementing his advice and can see small changes already. (It’s only been a few days) Would thoroughly recommend him and his pack.
Thank you

Our two greyhounds stayed with Don for just over a week so we could take our first holiday in years. We have really struggled to find a boarder that can accommodate both our greyhounds, both have different needs but Don put us at ease from the very first meeting. We received so many updates, pictures and videos that we felt perfectly at peace, knowing that they were having a fabulous time! Don even managed to get Pearl trained to be off lead, something we never thought possible and are looking forward to putting this new training to use back home!

Don is a sighthound whisperer! We’ve been so so impressed by his training for our lurcher, Reggie! Over the course of 5 days and 4 nights, we’ve already seen an incredible improvement.

We got recommended to contact Don through a fellow lurcher owner we met in Highgate Woods.

We are forever indebted to the training Don has provided to Reggie AND will continue to provide for him. 10/10 would recommend all sighthound owners to Don :)

Thank you so much!

Don has been brilliant with our Lurcher Bobby. His confidence around sighthounds is second to none and we have no problem in trusting Don and his ability to care for Bobby… and keep Bobby on his ‘paws’ training wise!

Bobby comes home exhausted and happy after a day with Don - he will always be returned clean, well socialised and walked! Thank you Don! We are so pleased we found you!

Don is amazing! A sighthound whisperer. And a lovely human who has helped me with my wilful sighthound pup Levi.
Wish we lived nearer, we’re up in Scotland, but he helped us remotely.
I would highly recommend 🤩

Don has been exceptional at training our saluki boy, iloh. We originally attended a generic puppy class but it soon came apparent to us, iloh needed someone with specialist breed experience! By luck I came across don through a Google search, and it was a blessing to find K9exw.

Sighthounds are in a League of their own when it comes to stubborness and need specialist training for recall, every time spent with Don we see more and more improvement with Ilohs recall! The daily updates are a visual masterpiece and getting to see Iloh run with the pack is truly beautiful. There’s no one else I would trust to let my boy off lead then with the K9exw!

Highly recommend and look forward to keep sending iloh to run with the pack

Don has done an amazing job with my partner´s lurcher. Clive´s high prey drive meant we were worried about letting him off-lead in London in case he caught a scent and vanished. From the first meeting Clive transformed before our eyes into a different dog; obedient, eager to please, and focused on who is walking him. Each time Clive stays with Don he improves a little more, and always comes back happily exhausted.

Don is not only a highly skilled canine trainer, he provides an extremely high level of care, with highly nutritious food, weigh-ins and shampoos, and is a font of useful advice. Somehow Don also finds time to send us artfully edited videos of the wonderful walks Clive has with the pack. Lucky dogs – thanks Don!

Fantastic service, always very reassuring to know Wisp is being cared for so well and getting loads of exercise! Comes back more obedient as well.

If it were possible to give Don 10/5 stars, we would do it, no question! K9exw was recommended to us by another sighthound owner on Hampstead Heath. Our dog Rumi is a saluki puppy and though she was great at home, in the park her recall and leash manners were practically non-existent. We contacted Don, and immediately he knew exactly how to address our concerns. From training advice and corrections, to suggestions for leads and other accessories, he gave sage advice. After only 2 (two!) day sessions with K9exw, we noticed Rumi’s leash manners were vastly improved, and her recall gets better and better each outing. Walking her is much more of an enjoyable experience for US both, and we could not have done it alone.
Don’s expertise with sighthouds is second only to his professionalism, kindness, and charisma. It can be nerve wracking trying to find dog-training/daycare/boarding centre for your furry family members, but with K9exw that is never an issue. We are kept in the loop daily with videos, photos, and messages of Rumi having the time of her life, and making strides in her obedience training. She has so much fun, she comes back home ready for a snooze! We truly could not recommend Don and K9exw enough.

I sent my dog to stay with Don because she has a very high prey drive and has a few ingrained bad habits that I have never quite managed to fix. I heard about Don and his ability to train sighthounds to perfect recall and decided to send my dog there for 5 days. Well! I am happy to say it went brilliantly.
Don is a very invested trainer who gives masses of time and attention to whichever dog he is working with. He is 100% focussed on making dogs feel secure and comfortable in his amazing ‘dog pad’ annexe, complete with an enormous dog flap that allows the dogs to come and go as they please to and from the excellent, large and exciting (for a dog) garden, which is ultra secure. I didn’t need to worry about any of the things that I normally worry about when my dog goes to stay somewhere — like will she behave/can they handle her/can she escape (cos she would if she could!)/is she relaxed and settled/is she being well cared for?? — not only because Don clearly ‘got’ sighthounds and their foibles but because Don updated me with loads of photos and footage, so I felt like I was with her the whole time. Even sent me 6-minute long videos of her eating supper! Don explains what he’s doing and why he’s doing it every step of the way, and it was clear that he had an excellent understanding of dog behaviour. He realises that what dogs need above all is routine, an authoritative leader, a chance to form a bond with that leader, security, comfort and rewards. He ticks all these boxes and my dog seemed happy and well adjusted in his care.

Even better, she came back an improved dog with super fast recall.

Don’s services are second to none, and whilst he is not cheap, I felt that his fee was absolutely worth every penny.

After just 2 sessions Wilfred's recall was perfect! I was a bit worried about just me doing this (without Don) - but it was wonderful! Thank you Don - you really known your stuff
Elaine

I was very apprehensive (to the point of losing sleep) about leaving my sweet greyhound Teddy with Don (despite him coming highly recommended) over two days/one night… But Don is the most wonderful, genuine, kind sighthound lover who goes over and above with the dogs in his care and all that worrying was for nothing! I received frequent, reassuring text, video and photo updates and could see my Ted was having an absolute blast while being safely looked after. He was returned to me tired, happy and very sweet smelling! Thank you so much Don, Teddy really did have a five star experience with you!

Fantastic care with great professionalism and excellent communication.

Arlo has never been the most confident dog and became very nervous after the fireworks this year. We were worried about him but Don kindly boarded Arlo for three weeks while we were on holiday. As a result Arlo has come home far more confident and in great shape. All the video updates reassured us that Arlo was in good hands and having a good time. I highly recommend Don. He is fantastic.

Obi is a gentle sensitive soul and there are only a very few humans that I would hand him over to knowing he is getting the best care. Not only does Don create a warm loving environment for his dogs he spends the time to train them as well. It was lovely to see Obi’s confidence grow with Don and his lovely dogs. Thank you Don.

Good dog man
Lovely house for my dog to stay in, with huge garden. Good training thrown in.