There are a lot of people, including the RSPCA, who are not keen on Graeme Hall at all. Here is just one alternate opinion of him and his methods.
Maybe this should be a separate topicâŚ
However, the TV programme is popular, and yes, Graeme Hall probably has a good income, and he is, as I understand it, a certified dog trainer and not a certified dog behaviour consultant, and maybe his methods are not consultant cutting edge.
But when I see a dog owner, whose dog, running around wagging a tail, not coming when called, but gets whacked by the owner for disobedience on returning to the owner, I say roll on Graeme Hall, whose programmes, hopefully, will open the publicâs eyes to the fact that dogs have problems, most likely caused by human behaviour, and that doggy problems can be mitigated.
And so too, can your link to a certified doggy behaviour consultant.
I havenât read @JaneJonesâ link, on purpose because I am interested to see what they say after I have put my 2 pennorth in.
I have often enjoyed watching the programme but began to be uneasy about it. His magic, instantaneous results seemed too far fetched to me, too good to be true. So I watched carefully and there is a great deal of editing done to the original training sequences.
But the the clincher came when I saw, on more than one occasion, that he had not shown that he had fully achieved his goal. A classic was a Dobermann who, once at the park and released from its lead, raced off into the distance ignoring all calls to come back. His solution was to take dog and owner into the empty village hall and call the held dog with lots of excitement and treats from the other side, about 10 or 15 metres away. Of course the dog when released made a beeline for the man with the treats. Half a dozen times like this, with the owner on the calling end, all successful, and I was looking forward to the ultimate test to follow, the park. Instead the next shot was him driving away, mission apparently completed. My dog is super obedient in house and garden, but I darenât let him off completely in the wide blue yonder. That is because of his hunting gene from way back, but Dobermanns are not hunting dogs and are relatively easy to train in the open, so why did he, or his editors, shirk the sequel? I think I know.
Now for the link. 
Edit: I wouldnât have said all that, but basically I am in agreement and was pleased that he picked up more or less what I said in my 2nd para above.