The designer of the online training programmes & your live dog trainer

Qualifications, Experience & Performances

Main points

I have performed in Canine Hoopers at the National Pet Show at the NEC Birmingham, in main arena 2019 & 2020

I have performed for the last 6 years (2013-2019) at the Family Pet Show in Agility, Obedience & Canine Hoopers

at Event City & Media City, Salford

I am performing at Edition Dog Live in Stoneleigh for Canine Hoopers in April 2020

I have performed on the BBC Sports Relief Top Dog show, my dog Woody won his heat of Triebbal at the show 2014

My dog Woody was Eddison in Chitty Chitty bang bang at Stockport plaza

I have trained 16,000 children in school assembly's teaching warning signs in dogs

Had a 2 page spread written about the lIfe of Woody (my pet dog) in Edition Dog Magazine

Two of my dogs are qualified 'Pets as Therapy dogs'

I have done live interviews on BBC manchester & KEY103 (now known as HITS RADIO) on reading dogs warning signals

I have been a judge for Scrufts heats ready for Crufts two years running 2018 & 2019

I have a degree in Animal Behaviour Science

I am qualified guide dog trainer

My Higher qualifications

BSc Hons Animal Behaviour Science Degree
National Diploma in Animal Care and Management
Qualified Guide Dog Trainer for Guide dogs for the blind
Level 3 certificate in Canine Hydrotherapy with small animals from Hawksmoor Training Centre

Tracy's Memberships (qualified at)

A dog trainer for Association of Pet Dog Trainer APDT
A Master Dog Trainer with Guild of dog Trainers GoDT
A Full Member of the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers BIPDT
A full member of Pet Professional Guild PPG
Qualified Nutrition Counsellor
Certified in small animal Fist Aid & CPR
Certificate in pet store management
Pets as Therapy Volunteer with two of her pet dogs passed their pets as therapy exam

My Awards

An Award of Excellence from Millennium Volunteers
Buddy's Award from Hawksmoor for the student that showed the most outstanding contribution during their assessment day in the hydrotherapy pool.
Dolphin Training Academy Basic Award Training, Mexico
Dolphin Training Academy Advanced Award Training, Mexico

Tracy's Experience

Trained as a trainee veterinary nurse
Trained as a groomer
Did 400 hours of volunteering in vets, groomers, kennels & animal charities
Trained as a hydrotherapist

My Animal training courses & conferences attended

Certificate in Animal handling, training and Instructing- a course that put a rescue dog through the good citizen scheme
Attended T-touch workshops and courses, Aggression Seminars, Annual Day Seminars with Companion Animal Behaviour Study Group
Attended a day course in canine communication and body language.
BAT (Behaviour Adjustment Training) for Puppies through to Adult Dogs; Prevention and Rehabilitation of Aggression, fear and frustration Course
Managing & Training, Behaviour Counselling, Puppy & Adult Classes, a 4 day course by Dr Iain Dunbar
Dog Law course by Trevor Cooper
Victoria Stilwell (it's me or the dog) Seminar on Common dog issues and aggression in dogs.
Behaviour Adjustment Training Instructors Course for 5 days, passed the exam to become a CBATI
A Shadow day at School for Paws in Shrewsbury
Puppy Development course with IMDT (institute of Modern dog trainers)
4 day Instructors course with IMDT
A seminar in Force Free dog Training by Chriag Patel
Wag Together Conference at A4D talks on Dog Reactivity/aggression by James Carroll, Debbie Busby & Sarah HB
2 day Trick training course with Nando Brown
Agility 3 day Instructors course Level 1 Kim Hunt
Agility 3 day Instuctors course Level 2 Kim Hunt
Shadowing the UK champion in Agility Shaun Hunt
Scent work Level 1 by Helen Greenly
5 days shadowing Crufts Champion Di Martin in scent work & obedience
Bite Prevention Seminars - Victoria Stilwell MAY
Wag Together Conference at A4D talks by BUD programme, hearing dogs & Di Martin (crufts champion) doing a demo/talk
How to change predatory chase behaviour in dogs by David Ryan Seminar
Clicker Exp 3 Day conference 2014 & 2015 & 2019
Happy Recallers by Nando Brown in December
Canine Nutrition Course & raw feeding
Training Chickens level 1 with Chirag Patel
Professional Animal Trainers Level 1 course at Paradise Zoo in london
Training Chickens level 2 with Chirag Patel
Dog Assault course
Bite Prevention course 2014 & 2015
Ken Ramirez course
Chicken Training level 3- polishing a dog trainers motor skills
Grumpy Dog Course IMDT
Dog Training with Iain Dunbar
Susan Friedman 2 days course in animal behaviour
Visit to Amazing Animals
Separation Anxiety training course with Positive Animal Solutions
National Bite Prevention Course 2015, 2017, 2019
Dog Precision course
Dog KC Sports course
Woof Conference 2017 & 2019
Kathy Sado course
Dog Cognition course
Attended 2 x Dog Fest Festivals
Pet Industrial Summit in Orlando Florida
Puppy Conference 2018 (coming up)
Dinner with 8 trainers in London
Canine Conference 2019
Craig Oglive- workshop on impulse & high arousal in dogs 2019