About Us
Lu is an expert trainer who has owned and trained various breeds of dogs to the very highest standard. She is a world champion agility handler, bringing back a Gold Medal with one dog and Bronze with another. She has competed regularly over twenty odd years at both Olympia and Crufts (in Agility, Obedience, Flyball and Breed Showing ) and is a qualified behaviour counsellor. She has owned and worked various breeds of dogs over that period including Border Collies, Belgian Shepherds, Boxers, Poodles and Working Cockers and now has her home bred Borderpaps (Collie x Papillons) and a Working Cocker. She is also a Kennel Club approved judge.
Lu is quite unique in her outlook on training dogs, in that she says that the amount of useful information she has gained from either her B.Sc., or her many “professional” Dog Training courses / accreditations is minimal; and that it is dogs , both her own and other people’s that have taught her all about dogs and how to help them over the last thirty plus years. Most dogs have an instinctive like/love of Lu, as they seem to sense that she really does like them and understands what makes them tick.
Dogs are more than just a job to Lu, as they seem to be to so many other so- called doggy trainers and behaviourists nowadays, they are her life.
Our Services
Pet Obedience is for puppies/dogs over six months old and is a progression from Playschool where the dogs continue their education by refining their skills and learning to do all the things they did before but with many more distractions. They also start to learn about waiting and staying skills. We continue in this class to have Play and Recall away from play sessions, and continue with our problem sessions where we will advise on any problems you may be having with your dog.
Our Agility courses are a combination of obedience skills and basic agility designed to give you and your dog the very best start in Agility. We use only positive methods of training, and the dogs learn with us through fun and play. Our instructors include some of the best handlers in the country with several of them working dogs at Kennel Club Championship level and all the instructors have had many years’ experience in Agility and worked various breeds of dogs.
As mentioned briefly above, Lu also does one to one/personal training sessions which are a brilliant way to start your dog’s education. For puppies, it makes sure you start right from the beginning doing things the correct way before any bad habits develop.
Personal /one to one behaviour counselling is another one of our strengths here at Scrambles and are a brilliant way for you learn how to help and understand why your dog reacts in the way it does, and to give you tools to correct and improve this behaviour.
