15/09/2024
**Still spaces available for the agility course walking workshop on Saturday 21st September. 2.30 to 4.30pm. Please get in touch if you've got any questions**
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Qualified Dog Agility trainer and coach with 30 years experience at all levels of ability.
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I started doing Agility with my first rescue collie cross in 1991 and joined Prestbury Park Dog Agility Training Club with Greg Derrett.
In 1992 I became an Agility Club Approved Instructor and started teaching at all levels every week at Prestbury Park. I continued teaching there for 8 years, whilst also competing at a senior level with my own dogs all over the country.During this time, I also began teaching at other local Kennel Club affiliated clubs in the area and gained a vast knowledge and experience of working with lots of different breeds and sizes of dogs and abilities of handler.I soonidentified that there was a need for specialised agility training for specific problem areas that were hard to resolve within a normal class environment. I therefore set up an alternative training concept with 3 other trainers, which we called “Over and Above”, to compliment local club classes.
In 2014, following redundancy from my day job, I set up my own business as ChangeStart Dog Agility Coaching. I decided that the best way to utilise all my skills and knowledge was to continue in the vein of “Over and Above” and offer specialised training for agility problem areas on a one to one basis. I also still teach at 4 different local dog clubs in the evenings during the week and have recently begun to offer Hoopers lessons and workshops.
From the feedback I received, I soon began to realise that my teaching style and ability was quite unique as I was “feeling” the connection and communication that was taking place between the dog and handler. From a young age I was always very intuitive and seemed to just know things sometimes but couldn’t tell you where the information had come from. An example was when I came home from school one afternoon and had an overwhelming feeling that I needed to do all of the ironing and make the house tidy before my mother came home from work that night. That evening my mother did not return home at her expected time and phoned from the hospital to state that she “had a little bump in the car and was fine but could I get my Dad to ring the hospital when he got home”. It turned out that her car had been crushed between 2 lorries and she was very lucky to be alive!
