Michelle
Owner and Founder
Michelle has acquired a number of canine related qualifications over the last 25 years, including:
- ​BTEC National Diploma in Animal Care
- BSc Hons in Animal Behaviour (Anglia Ruskin University)
- City & Guilds in Work-Related Animal Management
- NOCN Certificate in The Practical Aspects of Teaching People and Training Dogs
- MSc in Clinical Animal Behaviour (University of Lincoln)
​- International Dog Parkour Association - Instructor and Evaluator Certification
- Trick Trainer UK - Instructor Certification
- Uk Sniffer Dogs Bronze Instructor Certification
- Do More With Your Dog Certified Trick Dog - Instructor Certification
Michelle has a professional career of some 15 years working with dogs, within a variety of settings including stray dog kennels, doggy daycare, dog rehoming centre and has been running her own dog walking and training business since 2016.
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​Michelle is also a Canine Rehabilitation Trainer at Control The Meerkat (www.controlthemeerkat.com) as well as On-Set Animal Handler with Animal Direction. ​This includes tv and commercial work with her own dogs as well as training and managing clients from the animal modelling and casting agency when on location (www.animaldirection.com)
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She also has certificates in both human and canine first aid.
Michelle has owned bull breeds for the past 17 years and can often be found camping or hiking with her own 4 dogs in her spare time.
Ellie​
Dog Walker and Training Assistant
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Ellie is Michelle's niece and has been with the company for 3 years, learning the skills needed to become a gold standard dog walker. Ellie is currently taking her driving lessons so that she can start to become more involved in the day to day running of the business.
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Ellie has a great relationship with all the adventurers and has that natural affinity with the canine species that seems to run in the family.
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Ellie has interests that stretch beyond the dog world however, which includes taking her motorbike out at the weekends and going for hikes with Auntie Shell! ​
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