1-2-1 Training
I deliver 1-2-1 training in your own home, your local area, or where the need arises. A private dog training session supports and promotes individual learning at a pace that is suitable to you and relevant to your dogs learning progression. Group training can or may be a barrier to your dog’s initial learning process, whilst the Personal 1-2-1 removes that barrier and enables you and the dog to learn in a more suitable environment in the initial stages which helps support rapid learning.
By having Personal 1-2-1 training sessions, not only does it support and promote individual learning for you and your dog, it allows me to give you my complete attention ensuring that learning is taking place which matches your abilities and likewise that of your dog.
Behaviour modification
Colin can work with you to help educate you and your dog, he works with you as a personal advisor and trainer to help overcome various issues. Call 01747 838194 or 07966 723 699 to book your place in a training class today!
Available Sessions
My fees for 1-2-1 are £40 per hour for one dog; for owners / households with multiple dogs that also require training at the same time, an additional fee may be payable (dependent on the issues that need addressing.)
For an enhanced learning experience and increasing the likelihood of a successful outcome, I would recommend an initial 3 session induction programme to be considered at a reduced cost of £140 (approximately 4 hours) plus travel fee depending on your location from my business premises. Following on from this initial introduction, my clients are invited to book hourly sessions should they feel the need or requirement to continue with 1-2-1 sessions, paying as they train at my normal 1-2-1 training rates.
*Dependent on your location there may be a travelling expense levied
Up to 15 miles radius from business address @ 45p per mile return
Over 15 miles radius from business address @ 50p per mile to and return from your location
Due to travelling time to Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Ringwood, Southampton etc. please contact me to discuss travelling fee’s.
Puppy training course 6 weeks (7 hours) home visit
£245*
Dog law consultations
price on application
1-2-1 personal training one dog
£40 Per hour*
Dog law seminars
price on application
1-2-1 additional dogs same time
additional fee may be payable
Behavioural referrals / consultation
start from £550.00
Some Law and Legislation Issues
As a Dog Legislation Officer and Director of law / tutor for the CIDBT, and also being a recognised Expert Witness for the courts, Colin has a wealth of knowledge about dog law and the legislation, should you find yourself on the wrong side of the law regarding incidents involving your dog, Colin can advise you on the best course of action you should take to ensure that you obtain the best outcome for yourself and your dog.
Animal welfare Act 2006
The Animal Welfare Act was introduced on April 6th 2007 and received Royal Assent in 2006. From April 2007, the Act repealed the Protection of Animals Act 1911 and the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960. The new Act increased and introduced new penalties to tackle acts of cruelty, neglect, mutilation, tail docking, animal fighting and the giving of pets as prizes. In addition to this it introduced a duty of care for all pet owners to provide for their animals a suitable environment, a suitable diet, the ability to exhibit normal behaviour patterns, protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease and consideration of the animal’s needs to be housed with, or apart from, other animals.
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Under this Act, you could be fined up to £1,000 for breaching dog control orders. Local authorities can make orders for standard offences including: failing to remove dog faeces, not keeping a dog on a lead, not putting and keeping a dog on a lead when directed to do so, permitting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded and taking more than a specified number of dogs on to land. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act also updated the law on stray dogs by transferring the responsibility for strays from the police to local authorities.
Dog wardens are obliged to seize stray dogs and the police, for now, still have discretionary power to seize stray dogs under the Dogs Act 1906. The finder of a stray dog must return it to its owner (if known), or take it to the local authority. It is illegal to take a found dog into your home without reporting it to the local council Dog Warden first.
If you want to retain the dog, this might be allowed, provided you are capable of looking after the dog and agree to keep it for at least 28 days. However, the original owner could still have a claim for the dog’s return.
The Control of dogs Order 1992
This mandates that any dog in a public place must wear a collar with the name and address (including postcode) of the owner engraved or written on it, or engraved on a tag. Your telephone number is optional (but advisable).
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
(as amended ASBCP Act 2014)
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 has been amended by the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime & Policing act 2014 and the changes have far reaching implications on owners as well as those in charge of them.
The DDA has been strengthened the new changes are:
New offence attack on assistance dogs
Increase in prison sentences for aggravated offences
New fit and proper person test
Section 3 offence now applies in any place public or private (England & Wales)
Householder Case defence, only in section 3 cases
Defining Dangerous Dogs
It is a criminal offence (for the owner and/or the person in charge of the dog) to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control’ in any place (England and Wales) A dangerously out of control’ dog can be defined as: – a dog shall be regarded as dangerously out of control on any occasion on which there are grounds for reasonable apprehension that it will injure any person or assistance dog, whether or not it actually does so. Something as simple as your dog chasing, barking at or jumping up at a person or child could lead to a complaint.
If your dog injures a person, it may be seized by the police and your penalty may include a prison sentence and/or a ban on keeping dogs. There is also an automatic presumption that your dog will be destroyed (UNLESS you can persuade the court that it is not a danger to the public, in which case it may be subject to a control order). You may also have to pay a fine and compensation and costs.
The following breeds are banned under the Dangerous Dog Act:
American Pit Bull Terriers, Fila Brasiliero, Dogo Argentino, Japanese Tosa and XL Bull breed type dog.
Referred By Your Vets
Many insurers (if you have pet insurance) in the majority of instances may pay for the cost of a dog behaviour consultation, please check with your insurance provider in the first instance before booking a consultation through this method. In some instances, your insurer will pay for all of the fees less your excess.
Court procedures
Now days in the courts, there is generally a willingness by magistrates to not order the destruction of a dog, but the courts now have a presumption that it must order the destruction of as dog in aggravated offences UNLESS the offender can prove to the court “the dog would not constitute a danger to public safety”. The measures that may be ordered by the court under both the 1871 Dogs Act (civil) or the Dangerous dogs Act 1991 (criminal) and are wide-ranging and are usually best advised by an expert. An expert in the context of the courts should be someone with either academic qualifications, this being a qualified and regulated Solicitor or to assist the courts an accredited or recognised expert witness like a canine behaviour specialist, like me.
Working dogs, field trials and competition training
Colin has over 25 years experience in training police dogs to a high degree of professionalism in the live working environment, including specialism in drug / scent detection work.
Find Out More
Please take a look around my website for more information about myself and the services I offer. If you have any queries, you can contact me today on:
Office: 01747 838194, Mobile: 07966 723 699
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Fully insured for public liability with Pet Business insurance (LRMS)
