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Our Ethos
Here at TSD K9 Training, we want our clients and their dogs to have the best possible experience from puppy and dog training services that we provide.
We will use only kind, ethical, non aversive training methods and will ensure that we are providing the best most up to date advice by undertaking further study for new qualifications and Continuing Professional Development Training (CPD).
Qualifications
Meet your Trainers
Liesel Thorner - Lead Trainer
Liesel has had dogs all of her life and been training her own dogs for all of her adult life with the last fourteen years being the most varied in the skills she has acquired herself and taught her dogs.
Her Three Spotty Dogs, the namesakes for the K9 Training, are well versed in various disciplines. Liesel has trained her dogs to compete in conformation shows, as working carriage dogs and a bit of unoffical dummy training that you can see matriarch Molly enjoying in the photo above.
Liesel has trained her own dogs to Bronze, Silver and Gold obedience level of the British Carriage Dog Society working carriage dog criteria and provides regional training to other Dalmatian owners interrested in the Carriage Dog discipline. She is also a conformation show judge and judges Dalmatians at Challenge Certificate level.
Liesel has attained the following qualifications:
“Foundations Of Canine Behaviour Management” Diploma with Dinstincton - Certificated November 2021 - Compass Education and Training. NCFE approved qualification
Puppy Training Certificate - Level 2 with Distinction - Certificated December 2021 - Compass Education and Training. NCFE approved qualification
Kennel Club KCAI Scheme Member – Working Towards Accreditation - http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/training/kcai/ and subscribes to their KCAI Code of Practice.
Liesel is currently embarking on :
"Dogs and the Law" Certificate
"Advanced Diploma in Applied Animal Behaviour" which will qualify her as a Canine Behaviour Advisor and is an NCFE and ABTC accredited qualification.
We are also a Royal Kennel Club Listed Dog Training Club.
Steph Howard-Riddle - Assistant Trainer
Steph grew up around dogs of various breeds from a young age and has always had a passion for training them. She has successfully trained her three Dalmatians to compete at conformation shows and in the Kennel Club Good Citizens Scheme, with her dog Evie having completed the Gold award by the time she was just 14 months old.
Steph is keen for owners to develop the bond between them and their dogs as she knows that this will assist in the success of their training. She has had great fun training her own dogs and found it has developed a stronger bond and a greater understanding of her own and other dogs behaviours.
Having always owned her own horses she now works at a local riding school where she teaches riding and horsemanship skills, having completed many equestrian care and management courses and continuing her BHS coaching courses. We are excited about the tutoring experience that Stef will bring to TSD K9 classes as assistant trainer.
Three Spotty Dogs K9 Training looks forward to supporting Stef through the various Canine Training and Behaviour courses she will be undertaking.
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