The expanding Teamwork Training team....

Paddy Driscoll
started Teamwork Training in 1996 although she had been training and competing for a number of years before that. She currently competes in obedience and used to compete in agility and the breed ring, having made up made up 2 show champions. She judges both obedience and breed. She has been involved in teaching and training dogs ever since she first started taking her keeshond, Piet (Ronsard of Rhinevale), to classes back in 1968.

She is a part time lecturer in canine behaviour at Bishop Burton College (near Hull). As a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (no 246) she is committed to "kind, fair and effective" methods and was one of the first people to introduce clicker training into the country which she has been using ever since (in one way or another) in dog training and behaviour work.

Her own dogs are her companions, living in the home, and over the years she has taken on a number of foster dogs, many with problems. Amongst her current canine family are German Spitz champion (Ch Springfarn Dance Time), Aussie X Collie obedience competitor (and winner of one Test B so far) Darkbeck Spring, a trio of rescue dogs Poppy (Border Collie) who used to bite, but doesn't any more, Winston and Dylan (both German Spitz) who came un-housetrained with major confidence issues and a fear of being handled. She is increasingly being published in magazines and books and is regular contributor to the James Wellbeloved Pet Club Magazine.

Hannah Wright

Hannah joined the classes in 2005 with bad-boy Frankie! Frankie is no longer a bad boy and in 2006 passed his KC Bronze Good Citizen test to prove it! Hannah has a lot of theoretical knowledge to support her practical experience. She has a degree in Zoology and is currently working  on a Phd at Lincoln University on aggression and impulse control in dogs. She is a member of the Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study Group (CABTSG) and holds their 2007 scholarship for her research. Being an impoverished Phd student she inevitably needs a number of other strings to her bow and works p/t at a local vet helping with their out of hours emergency care service and also works as a p/t academic assistant in animal behaviour subjects at the University. She has worked in rescue kennels working with, and sometimes training, dogs for rehoming. She currently  manages the website, and does home checks, for the rescue charity Four Legged  Friends. She also does microchipping. See here for details.

Charlie Kendall

Charlie has been assisting at the classes since 2006, and is currently training her rescue GSD cross, Freya, working towards her Silver Good Citizen test. Currently employed in a non-dog related job (which has very handily given her a first aid qualification), she does voluntary work in a local rescue kennels. She has a degree in Animal Behaviour from Lincoln University, where her dissertation investigated noise phobia in dogs. Her work experience has included working at boarding kennels and 3 veterinary surgeries, including assisting with operations. Like Hannah she wants to pursue a career working with dogs.

Graham and Margaret Botterill

Graham and Margaret couldn't have known what they were getting themselves into when they took on Tigger! Four years down the line they have another collie, Daisy. Both Margaret and Graham are stalwart supporters not just of the classes, but of Wiccaweys collie rescue. They are both starting to assist at the classes and the insight they have gained in training 2 deaf dogs, with major behaviour problems, will be invaluable in helping owners. No paper qualifications in dog behaviour, but a whole lot of practical skills learned from working with their very special twosome!