Family Dog Services

About Us

Family Dogs Services is a family run business comprising of married couple Claire & John Denyer.

“Our mission is to help dog owners get their training right first time and help them correct any unpredictable behaviours that occur during their dogs development.

We have both always had dogs in our families. We lost our first Black Labrador Gemma to old age. We now have the pleasure of owning two Black Labradors from working lines (Indy and Dude) Although initially we trained our working dogs as a hobby and for the joy of watching our dogs do what they were bred to do, we have, over the years become passionate and committed to dog training and behaviour on many levels.

In 2015 we decided we wanted to pursue this passion and create a career. This was, in many ways, an easy decision because John was being made redundant, giving him the opportunity to study, and, work at something he really enjoyed. We have both advanced and further developed our knowledge and skills training alongside Dog Trainer and Behaviourist Robert Alleyne, undergoing his instructors course, as well as attending various work shops and seminars. We are currently studying with Lez Graham, author of The pet Gundog series of books and DVDs and working through the accredited Pet Gundog instructors programme.

We have both done various activities with our dogs including gundog training, agility, obedience, displays and shows. Claire and Indy also featured on Sports Relief Top Dog T.V show in 2014.

We are thrilled to be able to put our passion and knowledge to good use helping owners of varying breeds and issues with their training needs.

People are often unprepared for what is required to develop a well mannered, obedient pet, and even when you get everything right, circumstances beyond your control can give rise to challenges. For that reason we decided to learn to teach key skills that your dog should have, provide assistance and advice to enable you to correct any issues you are having and help your dogs become well mannered members of your family.

Our focus is to show you, how, through changing your own behaviour and attitude towards your dog, your dogs behaviour and attitude towards you will be rewarding. Our aim is to offer you the skills to develop a well mannered, obedient and respectful dog.

We have trained alongside behaviourist Robert Alleyne attending his instructors course. We have attended various workshops and seminars including canine first aid, dog on dog aggression, ttouch, Zoopharmacognosy. As part of our ongoing education we are continuing our personal development in dog training and behaviour with CIDBT (Cambridge Institute of Dog Behaviour and Training) and with Lez Graham undertaking her accredited Pet Gundog Instructors programme.