Welcome . . .
. . . to trudyswann.com the home of a professional and friendly approach to dog training and behaviour consultations in Cornwall and the South West of England.
New Training Courses 2012 . . . Now Recruiting
We are currently recruiting to the following classes for dogs of all ages. It is advisable to book as soon as possible as our classes are popular, places are limited and fill quickly:
- Puppy Socialisation - Puppies from 2nd vaccination (ready to meet the world)
- Puppy Foundation Agility - Young Dogs aged 4 months to 12 months
- Agility for Beginners - Adult Dogs aged 12 months and over
We aim to allocate places on our training courses to new clients as soon as we can to ensure you and your dog do not have to wait long to benefit from our superb training methods. We pride ourselves that our training standards remain high at all times and new courses, where required, have two instructors to give you a high level of contact time and to enable you to ask as many questions as necessary.
Please contact us to register your interest or put your dogs name on our waiting list. For more information about our agility courses, from Puppy Foundation through to beginner and competition level, please visit our dedicated agility site . . . www.baddogz.com
Training Methods
We understand how important your dog is to you and your family and for that reason all of our training is reward-based using only positive training aids such as toys, treats and praise from YOU...the best person in your dog's life!
Thankfully, gone are the days where dog owners need to resort to shouting and using choke chains, rattle bottles and physical punishment to MAKE their dog do what they say (although you may still find some traditional dog trainers will try and convince you otherwise!)
Josh, Troy and Oscar relaxing and enjoying themselves - see their smiles!
Our training approach is based upon a complete understanding of your dog - how they have evolved, the way they learn and what motivates them to do what they choose to do. There are no gimmicks or quick fixes but after training with us you will find that your communication and understanding of your dog improves considerably.
This enables you to have a dog who WANTS to do as you ask because they love and trust you and enjoy being in your company.
Qualifications & Experience
You want to trust the behaviour and training advice you are being given is accurate, appropriate to your needs and based on proven evidence. Therefore, your ideal trainer is someone who has educational qualifications relating to dog behaviour in addition to many years of practical experience with dogs.
Trudy has a BSc (Hons) Psychology and a post-graduate qualification in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling from Southampton University (PGDipCABC), which is one of the most highly recognised academic qualifications in this field across the world.
In addition to being a Grade 7 advanced agility handler (the highest level attainable) Trudy has more than 12 years experience training and competing with dogs in agility and currently competes with all four of her dogs: Troy a border collie and Robbie a working sheepdog Merlin a sheltie, and newest addition Jake also a sheltie.
Trudy is proud of her dogs for their achievements . . .
- Merlin for qualifying for Crufts 2010
- Robbie for winning into grade 6 in July 2009
- Merlin for winning the Medium Team Agility Final at Crufts 2009
- Merlin for winning a reserve Championship Agility Ticket in July 2008
- Troy for winning into grade 6 in March 2008
- Robbie for winning into grade 5 in May 2008
- Josh for winning into grade 5 in August 2008
- Merlin for winning the Agility Eye award for the best overall grade 6 medium dog in the South West & Wales region for 2007
Click to find out more about our services: behaviour consultations, rehabilitation training, agility and obedience training and puppy classes.
Or for further information please Contact Us.