About

At Training Tails, I believe in scientifically proven, kind, reward-based dog training methods that are simple and easy for you and your puppy or dog to follow, either via small group classes or bespoke one-to-one sessions.

It’s important to me to keep my learning and skills up to date, and I still attend numerous workshops and courses with leading canine experts from around the world. I’ll help you learn about your dog’s body language, how they communicate, how to work with them, and teach them appropriate behavior for this modern world in which we live.

I’ll provide you with ongoing support whether you attend my classes or have one-to-one sessions, as I know how difficult it can be at times.

I believe that all dogs, whether they are puppies, older dogs, or rescue dogs, should have choices and live a happy and stress-free life.

I am based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and also cover the surrounding towns and villages.

SALLY

I live in London Colney with my husband, Kita my Rottweiler, and 2 daughters.

I am qualified via the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT) and prior to this volunteered with another dog trainer and rescue centres.

Sadly I lost Skye my bull breed in Jan 24 :-) Skye was very special as she started me on my journey of dog training.
My children were very small when she arrived , and she was a bit crazy to say the least! 
I really wanted a well-behaved dog and began my quest to get her trained … the first trainer I ever visited told me to yank her, roll her and throw water at her and told me she would end up in the RSPCA because of how she behaved !!! At this point, I knew I needed help, but there was no way on this earth I was ever going to give up on her. I then went to numerous different trainers some of which were helpful; others really didn’t help at all. I started to research, and do lots of reading and thought I am just going to learn how to do it myself … so my journey began with lots of reading, seminars and qualifying with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers.

In addition to this, I have fostered dogs for rescue centres and volunteered at Glendee Rescue and National Animal Welfare Trust.

I  adopted Kita in 2019 from The National Animal Welfare Trust. She is the Rottweiler that features in lots of social posts and videos.
Unfortunately she has been diagnosed with Hip and Elbow Dysplasia which will limit some of the training we can do.  

I love getting children involved in dog training, it is a great way for them to have a fantastic relationship with their four-legged friends, I am also a Kids Around Dogs Approved Trainer. 

My girls love getting Skye and Kita to do some tricks.

It is important to me to continue to learn and develop my skills so I give the best possible help to my clients, I have completed way too many courses, read way too many books and watched way too many webinars to list them all but here are some of them:

Qualified with Imdt (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) since Jan 2017
Kids Around Dogs Approved Trainer
Therapy Dog UK Approved Trainer / Assessor
Grisha Stewart B.A.T Training (Behaviour Adjustment Therapy)
UK College of Scent Dogs Instructor Course
From the Hound Up 8 week course of Gait and Movement analysis
World Scent Dog Association Scent Instructor
Kim Brophy Licensed Family Dog Mediator in the Kids Division (LFDM-K) 
Level 6 3 year Behaviour Studies with School of Canine Science