Professional Dog Trainer
Cassie Bond
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Cassie Bond BA (Hons)
KPA CTP (Karen Pryor Academy - Certified Training Partner) ABTC Registered Animal Trainer Cassie is a Reward Based professional Dog Trainer providing Individual and Group lessons in the Plymouth area. Currently helping people to understand and help their dogs with classes in Plymouth, Tavistock, Roborough, Modbury and Callington. |
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When people start to understand how dogs learn and how receptive they can be when we all start sharing a common language it is a eureka moment. It's quite emotional and I never tire of sharing that moment with families. I thoroughly researched who I should train with to get the credentials I needed to become a professional dog trainer.
It took 2 years to decide. I found the KPA Professional Qualification. At the time you could only complete it by going to America and I wasn't able to do that. Then they brought the Qualification to England so I signed up. 12 months later I was the first KPA CTP (Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner) in the UK.
Selecting a KPA CTP means that your professional trainer:
- Is skilled in using positive teaching and training techniques with you and your pet to make training fun.
- Is educated about using science and behaviour-based methods to make training more efficient.
- Can customise a training program specifically designed to help you and your pet communicate and succeed together.
- Participates in programs for quality assurance and continuing education to ensure the training you receive is based on modern research and technology.
- Pledges to teach and train using force-free principles so that you and your dog develop a bond built on trust and respect.
I love dogs and have four of my own. I love training my own dogs but I also really enjoy sharing what I know about training with dog owners so they can enjoy and build on their relationships with their own dogs.
Training dogs isn't rocket science and has come a long way in the last 20 years from the days of Barbara Woodhouse. Now it's all science based and the most recently trained professionals are the trail blazers for dog-friendly training techniques. This is me. I am reward-based, I am dog-friendly and I'm here to help.
I acquired my qualification with The Karen Pryor Academy. It is renowned worldwide for producing some of the best trainers in the industry. I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was an intense 9 months and the pass rate was high. I qualified feeling I was a competent dog trainer. Although I still wanted to add to my knowledge base. I needed Applied Behaviour foundations so I would be able to help owners with any undesirable behaviours they might encounter.
I completed a course with Behaviour Works (Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D). LLA Professional is designed to provide the foundation for a comprehensive and coherent understanding of behaviour analysis as it relates to facilitating the lives of captive and companion animals. I really enjoyed studying this topic and qualified knowing that I was armed with the most current knowledge I needed to be very effective in helping pet owners.
I am also on the ABTC Register of Animal Training Instructors. This standard is about planning and managing the training of animals. http://www.abtcouncil.org.uk
Training dogs isn't rocket science and has come a long way in the last 20 years from the days of Barbara Woodhouse. Now it's all science based and the most recently trained professionals are the trail blazers for dog-friendly training techniques. This is me. I am reward-based, I am dog-friendly and I'm here to help.
I acquired my qualification with The Karen Pryor Academy. It is renowned worldwide for producing some of the best trainers in the industry. I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was an intense 9 months and the pass rate was high. I qualified feeling I was a competent dog trainer. Although I still wanted to add to my knowledge base. I needed Applied Behaviour foundations so I would be able to help owners with any undesirable behaviours they might encounter.
I completed a course with Behaviour Works (Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D). LLA Professional is designed to provide the foundation for a comprehensive and coherent understanding of behaviour analysis as it relates to facilitating the lives of captive and companion animals. I really enjoyed studying this topic and qualified knowing that I was armed with the most current knowledge I needed to be very effective in helping pet owners.
I am also on the ABTC Register of Animal Training Instructors. This standard is about planning and managing the training of animals. http://www.abtcouncil.org.uk
