Charlotte

Charlotte has always been passionate about dogs and has now been training dogs in a formal capacity for many years. Charlotte has a particular interest in dog behaviour and communication and believes that it is imperative for all dog owners to have a basic understanding of the language used by their canine family member. Charlotte has trained dogs of a great variety of ages, breeds and abilities and is a strong believer in addressing each dog (and owner) as an individual. Charlotte uses positive training methods and advocates providing choices to dogs in training and building a strong relationship between owner and dog in order to achieve a happy and harmonious partnership.

Charlotte has the skills and experience to work with you and your dogs whether you are looking for basic pet obedience or are struggling with more complex issues. Charlotte has a keen interest in working with young puppies and their owners providing valuable guidance on giving them the best start in life thus preventing behavioural issues as they reach maturity.

Charlotte has studied all aspects of learning theory and behaviour to degree level, Charlotte is continually expanding her knowledge, reading literature, researching dog training and behaviour and attending seminars and workshops including:

  • The school of canine science - 3 year behaviour bible Level 6 (currently studying)
  • The school of canine science - Behaviourism 101, the art of consultation, the science of scent
  • Rachel Bean- workshop and certificate in canine first aid
  • Rachel Jackson - proprioceptive awareness for canines 
  • Victoria Stilwell – 2day seminar on common dog issues and aggression
  • Bite Prevention Conference 2014/2015/2016
  • IMDT puppy development and handling course
  • Ken Ramirez- 2day seminar
  • Ian Dunbar- 1 day course
  • Rachael Jackson- Ttouch workshop
  • Clicker expo conference 2015
  • Nando Brown- Happy Recallers workshop
  • David Ryan- How to change predatory chase behaviour in dogs
  • Malena DeMartini-Price and Veronica Boutelle- ‘Fixing the unfixable’ seminar
  • Muriel Brasseur and Jules Morgan- 2-day Interactive Training and behaviour Clinic
  • Sue Armstrong- The Art of Feeding Dogs for Life
  • Sarah Fisher- The Link Between Posture and Canine Behaviour

 

Claire

Claire came into the industry from a hands-on practical approach. She first became interested in training dogs once she became the owner of an over excited Labrador, she attended training classes, and her passion grew from there. Claire has now worked in this industry for many years, working, assisting and shadowing other trainers.  Claire has worked with a variety of breeds, ages and abilities, she is a firm believer that every dog (and owner) are different and you should train the dog in front of you.  Claire uses the most up to date reward based methods and believes in taking the dogs emotions into account and teaching them what is needed to fit into everyday life.  She believes that relationship, bond and play is what is needed to achieve a happy, well-balanced dog.

Claire has a particular interest in reactivity due to owning and working through this personally with her own dog Phoenix (GSD) who sadly passed away May 2022. She enjoys working alongside owners and guiding them to get the best out of their reactive dog and ways to manage that behaviour.  Claire also has a passion in scent work for pet dogs and runs absolute canine's AC Scent-Dogs. She is a bronze UK sniffer dog instructor. Claire believes the power of the nose is not utilised enough and is a firm believer that it can help with in a lot of reactivity cases.  It is a great way to build a positive relationship with your dog. 

Claire has studied all aspects of learning theory and behaviour; she also holds an NVQ in business. Claire is always trying to expand her knowledge, reading, studying and attending seminars including:

  • The school of canine science - 3-year behaviour bible Level 6 (currently studying)
  • WSDA Instructor with the school of canine science 
  • UK Sniffer dog bronze instructor 
  • The school of canine science - Behaviourism 101, the art of consultation, the science of scent 
  • Rachel Jackson - proprioceptive awareness for canines 
  • Cani-fit one day leader's course
  • Nando Brown & Jo-Rosie Haffenden - The science or predation and drive, 2-day course
  • Certificate in canine first aid 
  • 2-day shadowing with a VSDT approved trainer 
  • Ian Dunbar - 1 day dog behaviour
  • Kim Hunt - 2-day agility, training for trainers' level 1 
  • Grisha Stewart - 2-day seminar on BAT for aggressive, frustrated and fearful dogs
  • IMDT - aggression and rehabilitation
  • IMDT - puppy development and handling

Claire lives at home with her husband, 2 teenage daughters and 2 dogs - Belle (Labrador) and Nya (GSD).