From the age of 8 I knew I wanted to be a dog trainer. When most children were getting Roald Dahl books I wanted books on dog breeds. I would study them and want to know everything about each breed. But from that moment I knew I wanted to be a dog trainer and dogs would be my life.

Throughout my childhood I would train my own dogs and got a job with dogs as soon as I could as well as going to college for animal care. From the age of 15 I worked in a boarding kennels and learnt lots about dogs body language and behaviours. Once I had completed numerous training and behaviour qualifications I started working as a dog trainer. As well as the fact I loved working with dogs I found I loved helping the owners. My early behaviour qualifications around 23 years ago were very focused on science based learning for dogs so that has definitely continued to be a passion for me. I searched more for gentle, relationship building methods. This brought me to find Tellington Ttouch which has brought so much more to my training and behaviour work. The 3 years it took to qualify as a practitioner taught me so much more about working with dogs, but especially anxiety issues.I have now been a qualified practitioner for 15 years and using Ttouch still continues to help me with behaviour issues I’m working with.