Pup Talk, an innovative dog training business from West London, is celebrating after winning the Pet Services Business of the Year category at the PIF Awards.

Founder Niki French decided to launch her business in 2019 after a 30-year corporate career. A bicycle accident led her to start a completely different life working with dog lovers. 

Niki has written the bestselling dog training book STOP Walking Your Dog – A guide to training your nervous, reactive or over-excited pup. 

She is also the host of Pup Talk The Podcast and founder of Don’t Walk Your Dog Day on April 2^nd, which highlights all the activities you can do with your dog when going for a traditional walk isn’t possible. 

Niki said: “Winning this award means so much. As a one-year-old business going through lock-down, life was challenging. It meant quickly restructuring to still be able to help the growing number of struggling pup parents. It’s led to an up-to-date dog training business that reaches thousands of people across the world.” 

Next year Niki plans to run the free online festival Pup Talk for the third year running, as well as expanding the membership Pup Talk The Pack to bring affordable dog training and emotional support to many more people. 

Find out more about her work at www.puptalk.co.uk