A volunteer trainer for Bay of Islands Canine Association, a strong advocate, trainer, and assessor for CGC. 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. I have had many roles in the dog training world. These have included being a volunteer dog club instructor, a trainer for 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!
