One to one dog training school were in Edinburgh on 10th July 2025 with 7 dogs in the back of the van. The temperature was 26.5C. None of the dogs had water or bedding. There is no aircon in the van and the crates have solid doors between the cargo space and the bulk head separating the front seats. There isn't even a spinning vent on the roof. The people from the first floor flat hanging out their windows confirmed this. Dogs from different households were also doubled up in the small crates.Metcalfe and Mitchell had, by their own admission, travelled from Montrose - over two hours away - with those poor dogs in a mobile oven.Metcalfe was parked up in a car park in Newport near the Taybridge on Monday night with a van full of dogs well after 23:00. There for the night or transporting those dogs to a proper facility where they could rest comfortably?I of coursed called the Scottish SPCA as the dogs were clearly distressed.When the SSPCA attended I recorded Metcalfe telling the inspector that two of the dogs were his. He later changed his mind and decided they belonged to a lady in Edinburgh but she had called him the previous night and asked him to keep the dogs for a further week.What he didn't mention to the inspector is the owner was under the impression the dogs were kennelled in Nottinghamshire - his girlfriends unlicensed kennels.When the owner called the dogs were already in Edinburgh and had been for the past 4 days - yes that's also recorded Metcalfe. The owner did not want the dogs transported in the heat and had a family emergency. I know this because I have spoken to the owner.Metcalfe then told the inspector the dogs were being returned that day.Strange that they then ended up in Cumbria the following afternoon (see review by Kariss Dee). So the dogs that the owner didn't want transported in the heat then travelled a further 130 miles!! Did they then travel another 184 miles to the unlicensed kennels where the owner believed they had been all week?All of these dogs had been driven around in the baking heat under the guise of training. What dog trainer with a shred of common sense trains dogs in a heat wave?Please note many of the above reviews are left after one meeting with one to one dog training school. Metcalfe requests this and has even been known to write the reviews. He also uses a reputation management company to clean up anything negative that is written about him online.I welcome your response Metcalfe. We are building a solid case of evidence against you.EDIT -You don't have a good name!! The negative reviews reflect that and the positive reviews are ones you have asked for on your first meeting with new clients.- Your Defra licence is a class 2 which permits you to transport animals for no more than 8 hours. The two labs were in the van for at least 5 days that we have evidence of. - Not one of the 7 dogs had 'free access to water' which is a requirement. How could they. The bowls were standard stainless steel. You didn't even have a container filled with water. You had to ask your client to fill a container and this was about 20 minutes after you arrived. All of this is recorded on video.- Yes you do record some of your 'assessments'. There are plenty of them to see online but please feel free to share more. - These are not lies. They are backed up with evidence both eye witness accounts and video recordings. - "You will not destroy my business for your own gain" I have nothing to gain other than warning people about you, saving dogs and people’s hard earned money.Cancellation in Castleford 28th July!Cancellation Turriff 29th July!! Lost business?!
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