About your tutor - Sandie Dallow
About Sandie
Sandie is your Puppy School tutor in Kidderminster, Great Witley and now Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire and has been a Puppy School tutor since 2012. Sandie has just retired from the Police after 30 years front line service. She has been a Police Dog handler since 1996 and when she “inherited a dog with major issues” she became involved with Puppy School.
Puppy school is all about educating dogs and their owners and the result is a happy socialised family pet that the whole family can enjoy.
Sandie runs classes alongside her husband Bill who has been a Puppy School tutor since 2015.
Sandie and Bill have five pet dogs at home, a 10 year old Schnozzle called Bumble, a 8 year old Schnoodle called Libertie, who is Sandie's pet Scent detection dog, Sandie's retired (due to health reasons) search dog, 7 year old Springer Spaniel Toby, 3 years old Springer Spaniel called River and new addition a 16 week old Cocker Spaniel called Tipsy.
Sandie and Bill spend a lot of time walking with the dogs and when we go on holiday generally our dogs come too. Bumble and Libertie have also been abroad. Sandie has recently taken up Stand Up Paddle Boarding and Bumble, Libbie and River all go SUP too
Both Sandie and Bill have also completed the Puppy University Tutors and SuperPup courses and run classes for older dogs too. Both are Pet First Aid trained and continue to learn new skills to pass onto their pet owners.
Sandie has recently undertaken and successfully passed a City & Guilds Scent Detection Handler Course with Libbie and are now qualified to hold Scent Detection Courses. Sandie now runs Scent Detection Courses and Workshops.
Sandie is currently training with Animal Centered Education with the renowned Sarah Fisher to help dogs work with Freework and free movement to build confidence and help with posture and confidence.
Bill is a qualified Pet First Aid Instructor and regularly runs Pet First Aid courses for everyone.
For more details visit http://www.sandiesscentschool.co.uk
Puppy School Tutor Training
Puppy School tutors come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many have thriving careers in rescue shelters and some work as veterinary nurses, dog walkers, dog groomers, dog training professionals or behaviourists. What they all have in common is a passion for training puppies and a keen interest in animal welfare and behaviour.
Our Puppy School tutors and associate tutors must undergo extensive training before teaching Puppy School classes. This includes an application and interview process, six days of comprehensive theory covering a range of topics from animal learning to lesson plans (taught by founder and director, Gwen Bailey, APBC registered behaviourist), as well as three days of supervised practical work and a comprehensive correspondence course.
Tutors are carefully overseen by Regional Managers to make sure they are using all the skills necessary to become excellent, positive, reward-based puppy trainers. Puppy School Tutors uphold a Code of Conduct at all times and must complete a sufficient amount of Continued Professional Development each year.
Puppy School is delighted to have been recognised as a Practitioner Organisation for the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC). The ABTC is the regulatory body that represents animal trainers and animal behaviour therapists to both the public and to legislative bodies. It is the only animal welfare charity that is primarily concerned with protecting the psychological welfare of animals undergoing training and behaviour activities.