DDR Guard Dogs Opiniones 

Can’t thank Ben and the team enough for the great work that they have done with gambit and the advice they have given such as the great nutrition plan that has left my dog looking excellent and healthy.
The agility program is amazing and to have all the equipment immediately available on site is fantastic.
The premises is top of range in a great location and friendly environment with great facilities. I Couldn’t be happier with the service, highly recommended

I had my mastiff trained at DDR for obedience, and because of the great results and everything I saw in my time there I decided to have my boy trained for protection. My dog gets along with everyone so much better since both my dog and I have learned so much from Ben and his team. Thanks alot DDR!

I bought my dog hunter in for training 3 weeks ago hunter had few issues where he would not listen or take basic orders from me he barked at other dogs and would just not listen. I got recomeded to Ddr through someone who bought somthing of me on eBay. When I turned up all staff was Realy friendly and very welcoming to myself and hunter.ben assest hunter and that’s where he stayed for 2 weeks boot camp.i recieved videos of hunters updates over the 2 weeks and to watch how he had changed it was amazing.i went to pick up hunter 2 weeks later and had a hand over.all staff were amazing,friendly and showed me what they have been doing with hunter over the 2 weeks.all I can say is a massive thank you to Ben and all members of staff they do an amazing job for these dog to train and to look after with there best care.i will deffently be goin back for more training with hunter wen he’s abit older I recommend Ddr 110% for there work care and for the facility’s they have onec again thank you.

3 years ago I had my first puppy, a ridgeback that was showing some real issues with basic obedience. I found DDR and went to Ben to have him trained to do some basic obedience and protection. It became apparant my dog was very sensitive but also difficult to train, he also had very bad food aggression. Ben and his team really helped nurse him through by adapting his training around our dogs confidence and issues. He is now 3 years old, a pleasure to have around everyone, his food discipline is one of his strong points now and can be told to leave his meal and sit halfway through eating it, and he guards very well, he runs marathons with me around other people and other dogs (all of which are jealous of how well behaved my dog is). Couldnt be happier with how much they have helped my boy, I was with him the whole way through, his team always make a fuss whenever they see him, they all know his name, and he gets more excited when he is there than when I take him to the beach. I learned so much about dog psychology and training to the extent where I have helped friends dogs who were out of control with basic obedience.

Since then, seeing the protection dog world, I bought my first protection dog from Ben himself 2 years ago and enjoyed it so much I have bought a 2nd dog from him about 10 months ago, with a combined value of around 20k. A Boerboel and a Presa Canario, I can verify both these purchases, aswell as thier pedigrees of which both come from some of the best known breeders of each in the world which we to this day, have constant contact with. I was taken through the whole process of introduction, upkeep, integration with my original dog and other pets.

Not only do I now have a home with 3 intact male unique guard breeds all with very different personalities that are able to protect on command, I also look after my friends 2kg pomeranian (my biggest is the boerboel at 70kg), they are often around my nan who is old and recovering from a recent stroke. They are gentle around her and will lay next to her and lick her hand. They are gentle around my 3 rescue cats, I put alot of effort in to introducing new people to them properly as I was trained to, as long as those instructions are followed, I have all the people over I like.

Whenever my doorbell goes, they spring into action and will try to break the gate down with great ferocity which is exactly what I want, as I live on and own alot of storage and yard facilities with alot of equipment which they free roam and protect. All 3 dogs love the training so much, that I still take all 3 of them every week. The 2 pedigrees show extreme ferocity and skill when doing bite work, with both hidden sleaves, distractions, aswell as sessions at home where all 3 will bite intruders with hidden sleeves every time, keep hold of the bite, and are fearless.

Ben sells lots of products, and all 3 of our dogs have had different allergies, one of them is fed on food from Ben, the other 2 are fed different foods each that Ben does not sell but helped us find, so I dont believe anything about him being a pure food salesman either, he has helped with some of his products, but when needed has reffered us elsewhere.

Even though there are some negative reviews (clearly all in the same time frame despite ben going for years) they share surnames, and are clearly from the same person which is not allowed on this site, and its clear from reading them they sound like bad dog owners in general. Ben has plenty of videos with many different clients and dogs, dogs he has bred, imported, and dogs taken to him for training. Its all there. So like any normal person, watch some videos, then ask to go along to watch a session if you are unsure. We have had plenty of people unsure of the industry watch our sessions, ranging from obedience to high level bite work and scenarios.

My whole life is totally different to how it would have been had I not met Ben, and I now have my 3 boys who are my children, that I connect at such a deep level that has only come from them growing through the training. Everyone loves my dogs, and I would recommend DDR to anyone.

We took our rottweiler there as a pup for obedience and protection training. He stayed there for a few weeks and they did an excellent job with him. Having tried obedience training elsewhere first and told he was a difficult pup, we were relieved that Ben could work with him. They've always been available for advice and I've been back several times with my boy for follow up training sessions to keep on top of it. Almost 4 years on, we still have a good relationship with Ben and the team and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend

Owner is not a professional dog trainer. On top of that he thinks he knows better than any of us. Me and my husband have had corsos for years. My husband was interested in one of mastiffs he had for sale ( not mentioned for 20k which is insane) . Owner said the dog will need a shock collar 😳 how the hell 20k trained dog needs a shock collar? That already made me looking deeper into the business , and from our knowledge those dogs are trained too early in age and too hard. When they will come out to New owner most likely most of that training is down the drain and just to be honest Cane corso is super smart dog , they don't need hours of training, unless you train them to to do magic tricks! We found a 2 years old corso for sale fo £700 and this boy without trainjng is so obey and so protective! Because that's their nature ! They love their owners and listen to them and do what's they told! Owner has no clue about dogs nature!

Just adding: when we've said we won't purchase a dog from him because of electric collar and so on he was very rude. So do your research and get your pup from elsewhere, if you looking for guard dog from guard breeds, trust me : they have their own instincts and they don't need 2years of daily trainings to protect you, they will do that straight from loving you 😉

Thankfully we now know we are not alone in our experience with DDR.
At the start, they couldn't do more for us. We took our 18 month old boy and 11 month old girl to their facility for training. During our first visit they assessed our dogs, told us they were not thoroughbred, that they couldn't do anything for the girl but could with the boy. Just to note, our dogs have every piece of paperwork possible, dating back 6 generations and world champion bloodlines.
Three days later, our boy was back in to begin his training. On this day, we spoke about our needs and what we wanted to get out of the training and a dog from his kennels was put in front of us. He was beautiful and we fell in love. We went back to collect the DDR dog four days later to introduce him to the rest of our pack whilst our boy began his two week training programme. One week later, we were told our boy was useless and that they couldn't gain access to his kennel. I know my dog, he is not aggressive.
The dog we bought from DDR was great. He settled in well at home and was great to walk. We too were given an e-collar which we are completely against so it was left in the cupboard. In our opinion, dogs learn to work for love, affection and respect, not because they are being bullied into it by shock, but each to their own. After a week or so, we noticed that he didn't like to be touched on his hind. He would flinch. We thought it was because he just didn't know us and thought we'll give it a bit more time.
After the two weeks, we collected our boy. Apparently he was no good. It didn't matter, we had our new dog that was fully trained. When we brought our boy home, we noticed that two teeth were broken and he started to cough. My husband didn't want to make a thing of it because we'd formed a relationship, well thought we had, with DDR and the training was ongoing. Now we wished we had.
We continued the training with the new dog from DDR and had three sessions at their facility. He worked very well on their site. We couldn't have been prouder of him. Then one occasion at home we heard a noise that didn't sound right at the back of the house so we sent him out with the command word for bark. Nothing. He didn't move. We tried again, nothing. But we'd been able to send him on this command at their facility so we knew he understood the word from us.
When we approached DDR about the problem, his back went up. He became aggressive, told me I didn't know what I was doing. He was a bully. Called me buddy and was extremely patronising. I was simply asking them "why isn't the command working" and "what can we do to rectify the problem". We were told either give the dog back, pay £100 a week for training or spend £25,000 on another dog. But we'd already bought a trained protection/guard dog. Having watched the DDR dog over the weeks that we had him we knew that the treatment he had received during his time at DDR wasn't great. He wasn't in the best health. We were giving him food and supplements that we had been told to and it was giving him terrible stomach problems. We were advised by another trainer that the reason he didn't like his hind touched was because the training he'd received at DDR wasn't correct, they had flanked him, twisting the skin on the back of his legs to get him worked up. The trainer we are now with has worked so well with our pack and is trying to work with our DDR dog but we've had to start from the beginning with him. We are on our third trainer for the DDR dog due him being unstable. We also had him assessed by a behavioural therapist. All he knows is sleeve work and bite suits. We would train him, we would drop the item to carry on the additional training and he wouldn't pay any attention to his surroundings, just the items. He couldn't engage. He'd been trained incorrectly. The obedience wasn't there either.
Our boy that was "useless" has come on leaps and bounds and has not shown any unnecessary aggression, our trainer is using him as an advert for what can be achieved with the correct training with true professionals. Our girl that was apparently unstable and should be re-homed to accommodate his £20,000 additional dog is also a star pupil. Our trainer is an IPO level 3 trainer so we know he's not a cowboy.
There was no way we were going to send the DDR dog back to that facility and we see him now as an expensive rescue dog.
In our opinion, we would steer everyone clear of this company. Great when you first meet them but no follow through. Rude and arrogant. I just feel sorry for the dogs that are in that facility. If they are all being trained like our dog then I worry that they won't ever be able to find their forever home. We are huge dog lovers but DDR didn't know this. They don't do any background checks on those that are buying their dogs and they would never know if these dogs are ending up in the wrong hands.

Having encountered a vast succession of problems following the purchase of a dog from this company, to which the company refused to acknowledge or accept any malpractice, misinterpretation, or admission, I was left with no option but to commence litigation, now concluded.

The cost to purchase a protection dog from this company was £18,000. £3,000 of which was charged fraudulently by this company for VAT, with the owner blatantly lying that he was VAT registered.

HMRC was contacted through legal channels and it was found that DDR Guard Dogs is not a VAT registered business, albeit the owner consistently misleading in his insistence that DDR Guard Dogs and his other company, PoochDVD Products Ltd were part of a VAT registered group.

In summary, the dog purchased from this company was not fit for purpose and was returned to the company three days following the home hand-over. The company will undoubtedly dispute the facts, however confirmation from Trading Standards and my legal representation, supported the facts strongly in my favour.

The reason for the return of the dog:

1. The dog made unprovoked attacks on our cat and our gardener’s dog having been described by the company as being ‘Good with other dogs’ and ‘Good with other animals’
2. The company guaranteed:
“Her obedience will be of a very high standard she will work perfectly off leash. We will continue to socialise her in the public high street with other dogs and animals.”
There was never any evidence to support the above, irrespective of what the company may say to the contrary and any videos that were made post-return of the dog.
3. The company guaranteed to produce regular video blogs with detailed training advice of the dog’s progress – these videos never materialised.
4. The company’s assurance that the use of the electric collar was purely as a “handbrake”. I do not believe this to be the case, as my own experience indicated the use an e-collar as a main stay throughout training and used inappropriately. As an individual who has never used such a device, the training given to me on this piece of equipment was minimal and lasted less than five minutes.
5. The dog’s Pet Passport details were found to be indecipherable and there was relevant details missing – the dog did not originate from Russia, as indicated by the company.
“Direct import from Russia with a pedigree that represents some of the finest examples in the breed”
6. The company guaranteed the dog being ‘titled’ – incorrect and misleading, there were no pedigree papers.
7. The company guaranteed the dog being hip scored – incorrect, and misleading, there was no hip-score recorded.
8. The dog’s veterinary medical history paperwork had false information recorded with the company implying the veterinary practice had made these errors - When questioned on this matter, the veterinary practice confirmed it was not a requirement to have sight of a pet passport when just carrying out a health check. All information given to the veterinary practice at the time of the health check was from a DDR Guard Dog company representative, all of which were incorrect, inaccurate and misleading.
• The DOB on the Pet Passport did not match the veterinary medical history paperwork.
• The dog’s age was given incorrectly to the veterinary practice as being 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. A discrepancy of nearly 5 months.
• The dog’s weight was recorded as being 26kg. The vet making a comment that the dog was underweight. (Due to the incorrect information being given, the vet was unaware of a 5 months discrepancy which then made the dog's weight far more pronounced with the dog being excessively underweight)
9. The true age of the dog was never disclosed at the time of purchase and has NEVER been accurately recorded on the company website. As of today's date, 10 October 2020, the dog is recorded for sale on the company website as being 22 months old. Doberman 'Penny' is in fact 24 months and 37 days old.

This company purports to have been in business for 20+ years and claim they are “specialists. 20+ years dedicated to man's best friend”.

The company was set up in September 2018 and there is no supporting evidence to indicate it was operating prior to this date. There is no evidence to support the principle of the company or indeed any staff hold ANY relevant training or qualifications in this field of work.

The company failed to bring to my attention that owning and handling a guard dog is subject to various laws which include the Guard Dogs Act 1975, the Animals Act 1971 and in the common law.

Asides the above, the principle of the company continued throughout the process with bullying, slanderous comments, accusations, and aggressive behaviour, which are traits one certainly does not expect from a professional business set-up.