DOG COACH JILL
My love and enthusiasm for dog training has led me to start my own business. BACKGROUND
My personal journey started as a member of a Dog training club around 2005. Many years later, having been a competitor, a trainer and a committee person, I find myself wanting to share my knowledge wider as a private trainer. These have included being a volunteer dog club instructor, a trainer f
or the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program at all levels, a Dogs NZ CGC Assessor, a volunteer in the therapy dog program that reads to children, and finally, as an Assessor for the St John Therapy Pet Dogs program. All of these roles were a result of developing my skills through courses, seminars and direct experience as a trainer of people and their dogs. I have a comprehensive background in positive, science-based dog training methods which underpins my coaching. Once I learned about the magic that is positive reinforcement (clicker) training, I wanted to spread the word to show people how to better understand and communicate with their animals and build happy relationships with their dogs. My happy place is ' doing stuff with my dog/s' In my training activities to date, I am very honored to have been part of many dog/people teams in their training journeys and successes. Now I am semi retired I had time to follow my passion, Dog Training and Coaching people in a positive way with their dogs. As proof that you can ‘teach an old dog new tricks’ - November 2022 I graduated from the Professional Dog training course, Karen Pryor Academy. So now am a KPA Certified Training Partner. Jill Northcoat, (KPA-CTP)
I am happy to discuss your needs and to progress though to working with you and your dog!
