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The Puppy Master Experienced Dog Trainer & Behaviour Specialist | 23+ Years | IMDT DTC UKSD MG Qualified | Scent Detection Obsessed | Positive Reinforcement Only!

Helping dogs & owners build skills, confidence & teamwork through fun, science-based training.

24/04/2025

Jo Whiley wants to recruit your pups to star in a very special dog garden at the Chelsea Flower Show - find out how you can get involved at the link in the comments 👇️

22/04/2025

Feeling Grateful 🙏
We’re honestly so lucky to have the most thoughtful, kind-hearted clients. Charlie received the most beautiful gifts from some of our lovely clients after the loss of his beloved Darcy — and it honestly means the world.
In a time that’s been really tough, his clients kindness brought him little light and a lot of love.
Thank you so much

06/04/2025

Please join me in sending all our love and thoughts to Charlie, who tragically and suddenly lost his beautiful Darcie tonight at the age of 10.

Darcie, a gentle and devoted wirehaired Vizsla, was the heart of the home — the mother hen of the pack and a soft, soulful sweetheart who brought warmth and calm wherever she went.

We’re absolutely heartbroken for Charlie. Losing such a special companion is beyond devastating.

Rest easy, Darcie. You were so loved by all who met you xx

03/04/2025

Business meeting at our fav dog friendly cafe Huggamug ❤️

29/03/2025

What could be better!! Sunny Saturday morning in spring, and a brand new Saturday morning class. Check our latest puppies 🐶

27/03/2025

Absolutely gorgeous gentle giant working on loose lead today 🐶

25/03/2025

Absolutely well worth tuning into. One of the rare ONLY programs you can trust with canine behaviour issue solving.

Thursday, April 3rd at 8pm on Channel 4 in the UK, The ‘Bad’ Dog Academy is back! Join me, Sean Brown, Jo Pay, Kamal Fernandez, and support trainers Adam Daines, Shane Hartshorn and Amy Brown as we tackle some very challenging cases. And meet our fabulous new host, the one and only Nick Grimshaw.

24/03/2025

Beautiful Goldendoodle Wilson 🐶

22/03/2025

How cute am I?! A puppy visit this afternoon 🐶🙂

19/03/2025

Congratulations to this amazing group for passing their IMDT grade 1 this evening 👏 👏

15/03/2025

Just some of the puppies in our Saturday class practicing recall 🐶

09/03/2025

Mabel is learning to find and indicate on odor source in water! She did amazing.
Over the next weeks in classes, it will become more and more challenging the dogs.

Scent detection in water presents a unique and complex challenge for dogs, as scent behaves very differently in liquid than it does on land. Unlike ground scent, which settles in predictable patterns based on air currents and terrain, odor molecules in water disperse, dilute, and travel with shifting currents.
This makes it much harder for a dog to pinpoint the exact location of the source.

Factors like water temperature, salinity, wind, and the movement of the tide all influence how scent rises to the surface or lingers below, requiring the dog to work with a much more dynamic and unpredictable scent picture.

Operational Water search dogs, often used in drowning victim recovery or detecting submerged objects, rely heavily on surface scent that escapes from below. However, even this isn’t straightforward—if the water is choppy or there’s a strong current, the scent can be carried away from its source, meaning dogs must work wide areas and learn to read how odor behaves on different water bodies.

Training for this work requires careful exposure to different conditions, teaching the dog to trust even the faintest traces of scent and work methodically despite ever-changing environmental factors. It’s a skill that takes time, experience, and an exceptional level of teamwork between the dog and handler.

27/02/2025

Another successful Take and Train with lovely Bella! 🐶 I think she had her eye on something squeaky…

26/02/2025

Very handsome Max, smashed his Loose Lead Walking today! 🙂🐶

23/02/2025

Well done to these guys for completing IMDT grade 2 this weekend 👏 👏

Address

Parkfield Lane, North Featherstone
Pontefract
WF76BD

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 8pm

Telephone

+447833231020

Website

http://www.thepuppymaster.co.uk/, https://linktr.ee/snifferdogs

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A little bit about me...

Throughout my childhood, I had a passion for animals. I would regularly come home with a new ‘pet’ and really put my parents patience to the test! I had goldfish, two budgies, guineapigs, I brought home kittens (which I had to return) and we had an older West Highland White called Sheba whom never moved from her bed!

Once Sheba passed and a few years went past, I begged my parents for a puppy. I had trained my Budgies now I was ready for the next level haha. For my 11th birthday, I finally got my dream and we went to pick out a new Puppy - a King Charles Spaniel whom I named Sam. He was my absolute world and my best friend. I was eventually allowed to walk him by myself and then started to learn how to train him to do little tricks. This is where my first love of Dog Training began. Back in the 90’s we didn’t have the internet, we had books and tv shows so gathering information as a teen wasn’t so easy. I thought I wanted to be a Vet until I quickly realised seeing animals in pain or bleeding was something I was unable to cope with, it also wasn’t very popular or well paid to be a Dog trainer either.

After school, I moved up to Yorkshire and my parents kept Sam with them. Work and education got in the way but I still visited and he lived until 8 years old. I was devastated when he passed, I think that was my first real heart break.

I had by now at 19 met my future husband and we had a little house, I was pregnant with our daughter Alicia but I couldn’t live without a Dog so we both decided on getting a Rottweiler - bold move!!

Here comes Dre! 12 weeks old, unsocialised, untrained and came from a KC licensed kennel breeder. I was shocked at how little he knew and how he was raised so I thought I would ‘rescue’ him. We had the internet now YAY! So I set about doing online dog training courses and watching endless documentaries/videos. Dre became the best, friendliest, well trained and soppiest Rottweiler you’ve has ever met but he also became an expert in the art of guarding when I required it. We then bought another Rotti Lily as his ‘wife’ as I worked full time as did my Husband. It was here I started my breeding journey and had 4 beautiful litters from them. Each puppy in that litter was socialised & raised in the home environment and also trained in the basics. Dre was also used at stud for other ladies so I began helping these home breeders become the best they could be and giving them tips for puppy training right from the age of 4 weeks old. I became the local breeding mentor!

Dre passed of bone cancer at 10 years old, sadly a typical condition of Rotti’s but he was simply an amazing boy and extremely missed.

Along came Whiskey the Cockapoo to become Lily’s companion in her last year as she too had bone cancer. Whiskey gave her a new lease of life, I am pretty sure he kept her going longer in fact! My daughter wanted a Cockapoo and a smaller dog suited our lifestyle at the time. I set up his own page - Whiskeys Cockapoos as he quickly became one of the most well known Cockapoo studs in the UK. I started sharing videos of Whiskeys training tricks as a puppy on you tube. We added Truffles another Cockapoo to the family as I love having two dogs and its great for them to have a canine companion.

Whiskey and Truffles puppies were fully trained and socialised before leaving my home and I became popular for this niche in the market. I wanted to give new owners bomb proof, well rounded and good mannered puppies, setting them up for life as well as getting a life time of support from me as they go.

I founded a popular Puppy owner group on facebook - Cockapoo & Doodle Puppy Club UK which helps other new puppy owners overcome their issues and understand their instincts to be able to manage them effectively. I regularly post little videos of training work I do with puppies to it or on to my own breeding page - Whiskeys Cockapoos.

Dog breeding, mentoring, training and socialisation became my expertise, so much so it is now my business as well as my passion since 2014.

Big fan of Steve Mann Dog trainer, Victoria Stilwell and Jane Arden Waggawuffins Canine College

Studied at:

Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT & IMDTB)

Dog Training College - Advanced Body Language

Level 3 Diploma in Canine Care, Behaviour and Welfare

Advanced Canine First Aid Trained

Licensed Breeder with Wakefield City Council

40 years experience in dog ownership

21 years hands on experience in Dog handling and training