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DOG TRAINING

WITH MANDA

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Hi, welcome to my dog training website.  I am a qualified dog and puppy trainer with (APDT/OCN the practical instructors course) and also I am a qualified behaviourist  (IPBC and IACE) and have many years experience with training both my own dogs and other peoples. 

Click HERE to find out about the basic puppy training and socialisation classes.  You can e-mail me on manda.smith@talk21.com to let me know you would like to come along, or for more information.

I am happy to give advice on anything to do with choosing and buying a puppy and general breed information.  Click HERE for more information on choosing and buying a puppy.

 

Click HERE for advice when you have your new puppy at home.

 

A BIT ABOUT ME

Just a quick history for you all to read, I started learning how to train dogs when I was 5 years old.  My mum had dogs and competed in obedience and she taught me what to do.

At 11 years old, I got my very first OWN dog, she was a Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Martha.  She was 8 months old when I first got her and was destined to be a show dog, hence she had not had any obedience training at all.  I trained her myself at home and then started to compete with her at local shows.  She did very well and won quite a few prizes.

Martha taught me a lot because she wasn't an easy dog to train, she could be very stubborn, but because I used motivational training methods, she really wanted to learn and enjoyed her training.

 

At the age of 18, I bought myself a Bearded Collie (this was my mums breed) called Tassel.  She has been a fantastic dog, although she hasn't been the easiest to train because of her very excitable temperament.  I used all the knowledge I had gained over the years and with a lot of patience, she was competing at about 18 months old and has only ever been unplaced 3 times in her whole career.  She is now 14 years old and retired last year (2003).

Click HERE to see all our dogs, past and present

 

My new venture is my Working Cocker called Spyda, she is now 18 months old and is doing very well.  Click HERE to see her website.

 

I was often asked to help people with training their dogs and puppies and with their behaviour problems.  As I had a lot of success with this, I decided to get qualified in both training and behaviour and set up classes and here we are.

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Links to other useful sites:-

Dirty Dog site - dog cleaning stuff

Visit the RescueDB rescue web site for cats & dogs in Kent

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Website created by Manda Smith 30.01.04 and last updated 1.08.2005