Early Years

I have always loved animals for as long as I can remember. My parents indulged my love and passion for them by allowing me to have cats, rabbits, guinea pigs,  Shaw’s Jirds, mice and goldfish at various times.  When I was 14 they bought me a horse.  I owned Twiggi for 12 years until she was an old lady. I competed her at low level dressage, cross country, show jumping and long sponsored rides, as well as at many pony club camps and events.

When i left school, i worked with horses for a year as a groom and attained my BHS level one and two, along with a pony club B test. i then attended the Berkshire College of Agriculture in Burchett's Green and completed a year's full time course in animal care for which i achieved a distinction.

My early twenties

I joined my local dog training school as an assistant instructor. Within a year I was on the administration team for the school and became a fully qualified instructor having attended a week long external course on instructing techniques.

In the following 4 years I attended several seminars all around the UK on behaviour and training, I also achieved a credit on a human/canine interface home study course. During this time I also attended 2 training courses in the USA working alongside Jack and Wendy Volhard who are top trainers and authors.

My Home Boarding Business 1995-2005

I started to build a business in home boarding for dogs, where dogs would come and live in my house along with my own 2 dogs which many owners prefer to putting them into kennels. This business grew very successfully and before long I started to offer in-house boarding and training.

I attended 3 more courses in the USA, this time attending Wendy Volhard’s beginner and advanced holistic camps. On these courses I learned about natural feeding, homeopathy, stress and the endocrine system, five element system, Chinese medicine, Bach flower remedies, chiropractic and general holistic ways of thinking. 

This stimulated my interest to learn more, and I attended several more seminars around the UK on the  subjects of holistic health. I also attended and achieved several courses in small animal acupressure with Tallgrass acupressure school, which furthered my knowledge in the five element and meridian field.

Further Training

In 2006 and 2007 I decided to do further training in the holistic field. I studied Canine Sports Massage with Caninenergy and achieved a certificate of foundation in canine sports massage. I then attended 2 different reiki master courses, one with Jill Miller in Crowthorne and the other with Paula Whitaker in Cranham in Gloucestershire. 

I attended Geota (Guild of essential oil therapists for animals) for a year to attain a diploma in animal aromatherapy.  Alongside this I trained with Caroline Ingraham in animal aromatics, which encompasses essential oil therapy, fixed and macerated oils, powders and tinctures . Caroline is the leading expert in the field of animal aromatherapy and aromatics. I achieved a distinction on her diploma course.

New Animal Business

With this further training I will be able to offer a Complete Consultancy to include Dog Training – private one to one, Reiki, Canine Massage and most importantly Nutrition & Health.