I honestly cannot recommend Frances from Follow My Lead enough.

The business name is incredibly fitting, because Frances truly does “follow my lead” — not by using a one-size-fits-all approach, but by listening, adapting, supporting and guiding both dog and owner as individuals.

Her knowledge, patience and ability to read situations are incredible, but what really makes her special is how deeply she cares. She has helped me understand Cindy better, build confidence, celebrate progress and work through challenges in a way that always felt supportive and judgement-free.

The training is thoughtful, practical and tailored to the dog in front of her. You can genuinely feel how passionate she is about helping people create a better relationship with their dogs.

Frances is not just an amazing trainer — she’s an amazing coach for humans too.

Thank you for everything you do for us ❤️

When we got in touch with Frances, I was at the point where I would never let Ali off the lead to go for a walk because she’d only come back to you if you were throwing a ball. She’d lunge at fences when other dogs were around and pulled on lead a lot. If people came to the door, she’d go running at them, jump up and bowl them over and get in people’s face.

Now if someone knocks on the door, we can just send her to her bed and she stays there and then we can let them in and she says hello and then leaves them alone. She’s very much easier.

Out and about she’s great. I feel comfortable to let her off the lead because she’ll come back when called. It makes it much more enjoyable for us not worrying that she’ll take off and we’ll have to chase her.

I’ve been going a lot more places now that she can be trusted around people and dogs and I feel comfortable.

Frances was great to get along with and easy to communicate with.

It’s been great going from a dog who was a bit nuts to having a dog now who is fun. The training has made a huge difference to us!

It all started when Chico began attacking another dog visiting his home. Quickly, Chico became unable to remain calm and happy around other dogs even 200 metres away on the beach.

This limited where he was able to safely go on outings and made it very difficult to have family with their dogs visit the home.

But peace and harmony is now a part of Chico’s outings and dog to dog interactions again:

“Frances went above and beyond helping us with Chico’s nervousness and aggression, he’s still a work in progress but he pays much more attention to me when walking on the beach now and is less fearful, he’s not a fan of the big dogs but he’s getting better.

I highly recommend Follow My Lead.”

Before the training Lyla did not listen when we were going out. She would jump, lunge, bark and scare people, even though she’s the friendliest dog in the world. Absolutely no recall. No loose lead whatsoever, she would just pull, and I just felt very out of control with her and going anywhere was quite stressful.

Now she has grown a brain, so she will listen to me when we’re out. Loose lead walking she’ll be right next to me…she’s really good at recall. Yesterday I went to Emu Point and let go of the lead just about the whole time and she came back every time which is a first for her – ever.

We have even been able to go to Dome for breakfast. We had a dog at the table right next to us. Lyla didn’t bark, she didn’t lunge, she didn’t jump. She whined to say hello for a few seconds, then she just lay down and was quiet.

Frances is a very adaptable approachable person. If you are worried Frances won’t be the right fit for you, literally just send her a message and reach out, because Frances has got so many people who she has helped who are all different dogs and different owners and she is very adaptable.

Frances has been incredibly flexible with my needs and my beautiful puppy Cleo’s. Cleo and I haven’t been able to do face to face training sessions so we follow a virtual program. Frances is always modifying or including things that I identify Cleo needs help on and nothing is too much of a bother!

It has been really helpful to have Frances available for support whenever I need it and to help with perspective and trying different things if even the smallest concern arises.

Highly recommend the Dream Pup program which we are on! Cleo has a lot still to learn and now in adolescence she might have some issues (or I might) and knowing I have support when I need it is great!

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Cleo’s doing so great! Successful Bunnings trip for a minding-her-own-business session and we hit the beach with her half sister and her breeder last Sunday! Recall wasn’t too bad! Energetic but friendly and playful and listened well!

What an amazing experience we had with Frances! Don’t be fooled by her young age, she is extremely professional and thoroughly understands dog behaviour.
Our dog Marley was very reactive towards other dogs to the point where we would avoid public and social situations. Marley responded very well to the training Frances provided and now we can enjoy taking her out publicly! She also is more optimistic and we can tell she is loving life.
Throughout the training we received excellent feedback and well thought out sessions and due to Frances’ knowledge, our dog progressed well. Communication was excellent and we really felt we were in good hands.
If your dog has behaviour issues, look no further!

Our gorgeous Jack Russell is 11 and was very passionate about people who visited, walked past, knocked on the door or just wanted to leave at the end of the night. Thanks to Frances we have been able to show Banjo that you don’t need to be so out of control and you can be calm even with chaos going on around you. This has been a game changer in our little family. We would highly recommend Frances at Follow my Lead.

So far Fonzie has had two lessons with Frances, our biggest problem was getting in and out the front door without Fonzie bolting and many times nearly taking our legs out from underneath us. After the first lesson and us continuing the work Frances had done, this problem was solved!! We are so happy, Fonzie now sits and waits until he is invited to go out, no more jumping, spinning round in circles or bolting for it once the door is open. We are making steady progress with “on the bed” and I can now walk Fonzie off the lead without him doing a runner, all this after only two lessons. We do not want to strip Fonzie of his puppy free spirit, we really just want Fonzie to be safe, to feel loved and know he can trust us to do the right thing by him, his wellbeing is our priority. He is so much calmer already and I truly believe that the guidance Frances has given us has contributed to this. Thank you so much.

Working with Frances was an absolute pleasure. Murphy is an excitable young fella who at around 12 months pretty much turned his ears off at the beach.
Frances is extremely calm and has a small steps approach to teaching me how to train Murphy, persistence is the key. Slowly but surely Murphy learnt. Toward the end of our learning curve he caught on and progressed faster.
Again I can’t thank Frances enough for the progress Murphy has made.
Frances was always available to help me outside of the training sessions and was able to offer tweaks to our training to achieve our goals.

Today was his first walk at the beach off lead. I can stop and chat to people and he’ll stay in the vicinity and always wanders back.
Thank you!

Frances is an extremely talented and kind trainer. The turn around we saw in our puppy was incredible. Frances is able to clearly communicate and show you how to train your dog to produce the results you’re looking for.

We were struggling with biting and recall and due to our in-experience were confused how to start addressing these issues and found our self getting frustrated. Frances provided us with an individualised program that catered for our needs and availability. She worked with us 1:1 and privately where she was able to mould our energetic dog into a bright positive and lovely cuddle companion.

Frances made us feel safe and welcomed. She provided support and reassurance throughout and was almost instant in her reply’s, providing us with multiple strategies and plans that we could start implementing.

We cannot thank Frances enough for all you’ve done for Moe and us. We cannot recommend you highly enough.

I arrived to Albany with my dog Skylar I’m not sure why but she was continually pulling and being very naughty so I got in contact with Frances who has been amazing in a very short time. I have been to dog training before in groups now I believe how much better one on one is the success I have had in a short time is amazing and thank you so much Frances you have done amazing job training Skylar and myself.

We are so glad we signed up with Frances for help with Sarge and Maiya. Sarge had a lot of trust issues with visitors to our home, Frances has helped us to understand his behaviour and given us the right tools to help Sarge understand not all visitors are a threat.

Maiya did not like to see other dogs when we walked and would often react by lunging and barking at them, Frances has shown us very effective techniques to teach Maiya that other dogs are ok.

Both of them improved so much in the time we have worked with Frances and we continue to implement what we have been taught to help out dogs have a wonderful life and better understanding of the world around us. Sarge and Maiya both loved Frances and would get so excited to see her.

She is a wonderful dog trainer and I would highly recommend her if you are needing help with your best friends behaviour.

I contacted Frances not really sure if she could help me – I didn’t want help with one particular dog, but help with many dogs that I was working with. I specifically wanted help in managing and helping reactive dogs.

Frances was able to tailor make a training package to help me and all my different dogs with all their different quirks and backgrounds. She helped me understand the why behind many of the behaviours and how I could help the dogs become more relaxed and confident. We spent time going through many different techniques that I could use to help the dogs at different levels in different scenarios. I learnt so much!

She was so helpful when I was trying to work out how to translate the theory into practice with all the different dogs. She was available to answer all my little questions during the week as I practiced what we had been learning. Frances’ knowledge of dog behaviour is enviable and her approach to helping dogs with kindness and understanding every step of the way is just beautiful.

I’m also more confident and relaxed with all my anxious pooches Thanks so much Frances!

VICKI:
We can’t speak highly enough of Frances and her training. Her approach has helped our dog (and us) so much. Daisy was a traumatised rescue… and to see and interact with our calm, happy dog now is a joy, and that is largely because of Frances and her wisdom. She is always calm, centred and knowledgeable at our training sessions, making it easy to follow her lead. We would 100% recommend her for any dog training!

JASON:
From where we were, to where we’re at, she’s a different dog. I’m forever grateful. I have a dog I am happy to call my own!

Follow My Lead Dog Training with Frances has been so helpful.

I was really struggling taking my dog for walks because she was so energetic and so social that she just wouldn’t listen to me and so we would constantly end up in some very negative situations with other dogs and their owners.
I had lost confidence and needed help.

Frances has given me so much support and guidance with our dog and while everyday we are still working on training her, I feel I have been given the tools to make our walks far less stressful and much more enjoyable.

We thought our 3 yo Mindy was pretty well behaved…..and then we met Frances 😀

Frances is truly a professional. She is so enthusiastic and super organized. 

After finding out where we wanted to get to with Mindy, she used her training skills to lift Mindy – and us – to another level. 

We’ve enjoyed the whole experience and see the results in Mindy every day. 

We could not recommend Frances more highly. 

We enjoyed the experience that Frances provided for us. Willow loved every minute and especially she loved Frances. Frances helped Willow to pay attention and stay focused while we walk. We have many skills now to help Willow learn and grow in her new world.

Jen and Dougall are a wonderful dog and owner team! Jen was struggling with Dougall’s habit of ignoring her when they went out and getting Dougall to sit calmly was next to impossible as he is very excitable and loves people and showers them with love! He also barked at the dogs across the road who bark a lot, and would run after people going for walks along the fence line.

In a short amount of time, Jen and Dougall have come a long way! Dougall will now lie down and not wriggle (even long enough for a photo!) and stays on his mat which makes it so much easier to keep him safely out from under the family’s feet.

Jen can now call Dougall and he comes and she is able to stop him from barking incessantly. He no longer runs at people along the fence, so he can be out in the yard more now!

Walks are way easier, and they can go out and she knows he will still listen to her! They go to Denmark Post Office together where Dougall charms everyone and behaves himself very well. He’s such a special boy!

Bilbo was nearly a year old when he started training. He is the most beautiful boy, but had been pulling his owner along on walks very persistently, and he would winge and fixate every time he saw a person or another dog on their walks. This was kind of embarassing and took all the joy out of the walk!

After training, Candice and Bilbo can walk down York St. with all the bustle and noise, and Bilbo will stay relaxed and listen to her. They both enjoy walks way more now!

Bilbo also loooves the beach! He won’t go in the water, but enjoys dashing into the dunes and rushing up to other dogs and people walking. This made it hard work taking him to the beach and Candice found herself doing it less and less.

But Bilbo now comes! He can listen off leash as well as on leash and will flip around and trot back to his owners whether he’s at the beach or the favourite park.

Outings are so much easier now and Bilbo’s lovable nature can be fully enjoyed as they explore Albany together. Cutest boy EVER!