People & Dogs
Teaching People All About Dog Training and Behaviour! For over 30 years!
People & Dogs was founded in 1994 by canine behaviour specialist Victoria Cooper. Victoria has dedicated her life to supporting and coaching dog owners. She is an experienced, qualified and Certified Canine Behaviourist and Dog Trainer with over 30 years experience in teaching people how to train their dogs.
In 2014 I took on a particularly challenging dog. I was both confused and fascinated with his behaviour so enlisted the help of Victoria in a behavioural capacity.
Victoria inspired me to learn more, so in 2018 I started a mentoring programme with her alongside my studies, I assisted in many, many classes while being tutored as a trainer, and after becoming qualified, I became a full time instructor. In April 2023, I took over the reins of People and Dogs.
I am a qualified dog trainer with the IMDT, I am a qualified Separation Anxiety Consultant and I have qualifications in Canine Behaviour Management, Puppy Training, Dog Training and am constantly striving to update my knowledge to be able to offer the most up to date, science based, force free training available.
People and Dogs have a team of instructors offering various services. Our Instructors are qualified, skilled and accredited in kind, science based, fear-free dog training techniques that will help your dog to develop the life skills needed to be a part of your family.
The team has been personally coached by Victoria and each trainer has specialist skills and knowledge within their chosen discipline.
I look forward to meeting you and your dog.
Jenny Cartledge IMDT, SAPT
Certified Instructors
All our instructors are certified and trained by Victoria herself.
Force-Free Learning
All our training is force-free and kind.
30 Years of Excellence
People & Dogs was founded by Victoria Cooper in 1994.
Meet the team
Join our Team!
People and Dogs is the brand and is trademarked protected. Established in 1994 by Victoria Cooper and has trained around 10,000 dogs in almost 30 years. All training methods follow a strict code of animal welfare and are force and fear free. The People and Dogs (P&D) model consists of providing group and 1-1 dog training and behaviour services. The life Skills group courses for Puppies and Juniors are run over a 6-week period, for 50 minutes per class, starting with an induction theory lesson delivered by Zoom and 5 consecutive practical lessons.
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