Explore Training with Sit Happens
Real World Training - setting you both up for success.
20 years experience.
Our mission is to transform your relationship with your dog, turning dreaded walks and stressful situations into enjoyable, confidence-building experiences. We specialise in empowering both you and your dog to navigate the world with ease, making your daily walks the highlight of your day.
Our approach focusing on both the human and the dog. We believe that effective training involves working with you just as much as with your dog. Our goal is to equip you with the skills and confidence to handle any situation independently, so you no longer need our help.
With experience ranging from frontline army work with exceptional dogs to rehabilitating rescue dogs from around the globe, we’ve tackled even the most challenging cases. We are committed to every client, promising unwavering support, protection, and lifelong partnership.
Real World Training - We do what other's can't.
No fluff, no faff — just real-world dog training that gets you living your best life with your dog, faster than you think!
Welcome to Sit Happens Dog Training – where real-world results matter.
Hi, I’m Matt – your trainer, your coach, and the guy who’s here to help you and your dog finally get on the same page.
At Sit Happens, we don’t do fluff, and we definitely don’t do faff. What we do is build solid foundations, tackle real-life challenges, and train with you in the places you actually want to go with your dog.
With 20 years of experience – 6 in the army and 14 helping dogs and their humans – I’ve seen it all. I’m often the one people call when they feel like they’ve tried everything else… and together, we get it done. So don't wait, cut the faff out And let's have the life you dreamed of when you first brought them home.
I want dogs to feel confident, less anxious, and more at ease in this busy world – and that starts with helping you. I’ll build you up just as much as I’ll train your dog. It won’t always be easy – but nothing worth having ever is. Stick with me, and we’ll get there.
We get dogs so we can enjoy life with them. So let’s stop waiting and start making that happen – quicker than you think.
To learn more about our training, our story, and how we can help, head over to the
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"Sit Happens Dog Traiming, have achieved what other behaviourists and trainers have failed to to do in a very short period of time. I didn’t realise how much my German Shepherd reactivity had impacted my life; avoiding going out, shutting blinds and not wanting to go in the garden. In such a short period of time the communication has improved 1000% between myself and my GSD and we are enjoying new experiences together. Finally I can’t thank Sit Happens enough for showing me how to communicate with Boudica and we now have a great future ahead . Thank you 😊"
We booked onto a train and stay with Matt at Sit Happens HQ just over a year ago. Matt provided us with the knowledge, techniques and correct tools to show and allow us to address Rivers reactivity to dogs and cars.
Matt truly understood our situation and was non-judgemental, patient and understanding.
The rest of the team, Emily and Ricky are also amazing! Emily is always super positive and Ricky is also amazing at his job.
Sit Happens Online! wow, where do I even start? This is their online platform and is an absolute game changer! Just to touch on a couple of things that have helped us since having the online support;
1) Flirt pole tutorials - This has helped build on Rivers impulse control / prey drive, as well as giving her a fun outlet that tires her out! Matt breaks all training down into easy to follow, step by step videos. This goes for everything on Buddy Up.
2) In house training - I’ve personally benefited from the greeting visitors tutorials of this section as River can become highly excited when we have visitors around. I’ve definitely noticed she is able to manage her arousal/ excitement levels a lot better with guests since implementing the training and scenarios that Matt shows you, in order to set your dog up for the most success as possible. This section also shows you how to stop your dog from barking at the door when someone/ visitors knock.
You’ll have access to so many other useful features / tutorials/ guides, such as dog body language, previous 1-2-1’s and train and stays, using play as part of your training. There’s also a section where you can post to meet up with others who are at similar points in their training to allow you and your dog to progress and train in a safe manner.
Sit Happens Online has quickly become a community full support. You can post questions, messages and short video updates. This is truly a judgment free community who are all sup
Just want to say a huge thank you to Matt too. We had a brass band carolling job in a park today and Mark brought Toby along. We would never have had the confidence to do that previously as there were loads of dogs, on and off lead (we certainly didn’t even entertain the idea for the same carolling job last year) but he was absolutely brilliant today and dealt with it as we always hoped he could. He watched a few dogs, ignored many, including one who headed straight towards his face and was wonderfully calm and enjoying being in the park. Without Matt’s help (and yours!) we would have decided it was just too much stress to take him with us but it was lovely to have him there as a proper part of our family! Sit happens has literally changed his life (and ours!).
