About Lisa

I have been around dogs from a very early age, and been involved in the training of friends and families dogs while growing up.

I have four dogs of my own; a Springer Spaniel, German Shorthaired Pointer,  Flatcoated Retriever and a Working Cocker Spaniel. I have had them all since they were puppies and have trained since day one arriving home. The three older dogs have their Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards up to Gold Level, and the youngest is just about to try to equal their success!

We compete in Heelwork to Music at Advanced level, and having previously competed in Freestyle to Intermediate level we have recently returned with a new recruit in the Novice class.

We also find time to train in gundog exercises, which we really enjoy, but they also come in useful when we work on the local shoot during the shooting season.

Although we enjoy our competitions, workshops, tricks and advanced training, the most important skill is ‘daily life’, which includes settling nicely in a pub, we like to practice that!

We took part in our sixth year on the Heelwork to Music demonstration team at Crufts this year. Performing two demonstrations per day as part of a team and also a solo routine.  We were also part of the Main Arena Team, performing live on the Crufts channel!

Click the link to watch, skip to 2:43:00 to see if you can spot us with our team: https://youtu.be/5ChEbv30pOM 

Keep watching after our demo to see a collie from another demo team land on George!

I passed “The Practical Application of Teaching People and Training Dogs” course at Waggawuffins Canine College in 2017. It was a fantastic 6 month course, confirming my existing practical skills and building on them, as well as some very interesting theory work through research and assignment writing.

I am now an approved instructor under the scheme.

Currently also a student member of the Kennel Club KCAI Scheme, I am working towards being an accredited instructor with the Kennel Club.

My passion lies with helping dogs and owners to learn together and watching the bond between them grow. I am keenly interested in what motivates different breeds in their training and working with their strengths to achieve success.

For the past 8 years I have worked alongside great trainers, gaining experience in teaching and training methods. I also enjoy attending numerous workshops, seminars, lectures and expos each year which helps to keep me up to date with my training and teaching skills both with dogs and people.

I am looking forward to many more years of learning and expanding my knowledge, training my own dogs and helping dogs and owners to become great teams for life!