Claire has been training dogs professionally since 2002 and holds a First Grade Honours Instructors Certificate from the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers (BIPDT), and is a member of the Kennel Club Accredited Instructor (KCAI) scheme.
Since founding North K9 in 2012, Claire has worked with a multitude of dogs across various classes, one-to-one training, and behaviour consultations. She now only offers classes in conjunction with other local trainers, to focus on providing one-to-one dog dog training for pets, companions, and sport dogs.
Claire has been working as an operational Lost Dog Tracking handler since 2018; she is currently one of the leading experts in this highly specialist field, training and running the largest team of operational Lost Dog Tracking dogs and handlers in the UK. Claire has worked on cases across England, Scotland, and Wales, and delivers courses all across the UK and Channel Islands. She is also one of the founders of Scent and Track UK.
Since 2003, Claire has delivered training across the UK and Channel Islands; from specialist scent and tracking workshops to giving dog training talks and demonstrations at colleges, including presenting to newly qualified RVNs at the College of Animal Welfare and teaching at specialist animal & agriculture colleges at Askham Bryan and Bishop Burton. Claire has presented at the Kennel Club teaching event “TOTIT”, and has worked with Pets at Home designing and delivering staff training as well as featuring in their series “Puppy Podcasts”, and Claire and Mavis have also been featured in Your Dog magazine.
Claire has 3 dogs currently, Havoc and Blitz her 2 Malinois and Mavis her Lurcher. Mavis is an operational lost dog tracking dog and has been involved in 100s of lost dog cases all over the UK, Claire and Blitz compete nationally and internationally in the sport of IGP, being in Team GB for the FCI world championships 2023 and 2024 in Slovenia and Croatia, the National championship 2024 and also competing at Crufts in the inter regional team competition 2023, placed 2nd in their class.
From Claire:
“I have loved training and teaching obedience for over 20 years, I enjoy the precise nature of the sport and how much each element can be broken down like a jigsaw to benefit the dog and handler, I love channelling the dogs natural drives into expressive work and play”