Find expert dog training services

Discover qualified and insured dog trainers dedicated to helping you and your canine companion build a strong, positive relationship. Learn about effective training methods and why choosing a professional is crucial for your dog's development.

Dog training generally takes a preventative and practical approach to working with your dog. A dog trainer will usually focus on teaching and strengthening everyday behaviours that can help prevent more significant behavioural difficulties from developing later on. This may include loose lead walking, reliable recall, puppy foundation training such as bite inhibition, toileting and separation training, appropriate play with both dogs and people, and other essential life skills.

However, dog trainers may not be the appropriate professional to deal with more complex behavioural concerns, particularly where these may be linked to fear, anxiety, trauma, aggression, medical factors, or a deeper underlying behavioural issue. In these circumstances, the support of a suitably qualified dog behaviourist, and in some cases veterinary advice, may be required.

Looking for a dog trainer can be a mine field and confusing for the dogs owner, there are many dog training businesses around, who should you choose?  The dog training industry is unregulated and anyone can just set up as a dog trainer with out any prior training or experience.

There are a number of organisations that help to raise the bar to become a dog trainer by assessments of practical and theoretical knowledge, and they all have to prove they knowledge! These organisations include: School of Canine Science, IMDT, APDT, VSPDT, PPG, IAAC and ACE.

All dog training businesses registered on the directory hold full insurance, proof of insurance is required before any business can be added, along with providing copies of qualifications or a proven track record of practical training.