My name is Becki and I am an Animal Biology BSc Hons and Animal Care HNC graduate. I qualified through COAPE as an Animal Behaviour Practitioner Dip CABT in 2020.

I have been working with animals since a young child but professionally started in 2013 when I embarked on my Animal Care HNC. I was employed in a dog daycare whilst doing my degree, then moved on to working in a veterinary practice as a nurse. After a few years there I decided to make the move and become self employed as a dog walker and trainer. In 2019, a few months after completing my Animal Biology degree, where I wrote my dissertation on Flamingos, I enrolled for my Animal Behaviour diploma with COAPE International. This consisted on 50+ hours in a training school, 50+ in a rescue/shelter environment, 100+ hours of lectures and of assessment writing.
Additionally, I am qualified in animal nutrition, canine first aid and body language. I am also a Scentwork UK instructor.

My main focus has always been on large breeds and reactive dogs, having experienced many and having lived with my own! I lost Enzo, my 2 year old Dobermann, shortly after qualifying for Crufts, to lymphoma that took him from me in just one short month after diagnosis.
I currently share my home with my senior cat Casper and my dobermann Zorro.

A video showing me working with my 2 year old Dobermann Enzo in preparation for our Schutzhund sport BH Trial.

After losing Enzo, I continued to be involved in the Schutzhund sport but this time on the side of being a helper.

women holding a rosette with a doberman

Zorro and I with his crufts qualifying rosette

Scentwork practice

Becki and Zorro BH trial.