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, having started showing the family pet Keeshond back in 1968. From taking him to obedience classes she started out with traditional training techniques using check chains and compulsion, but over the years came to learn there were kinder, more effective ways to train and change a dog's behaviour. 

• In breed showing she has made up 2 champions in 2 different breeds. 
• In agility she reached the finals of the Barbour Mini Pairs competition  2 years in succession and won out of Starters agility
  
• In obedience she reached C only with her AussiexCollie, having originally won out of Beginners with a tiny German Spitz. Her German Spitz champion competed in obedience with a number of rosettes to her name

She judges both obedience and breed.

Through taking on permanently, or fostering and rehabbing difficult rescue dogs, she has developed expertise in dealing with behaviour problems. She currently owns 3 rescue dogs all of whom came with behaviour problems, all of whom were sorted out using positive methods.

Until recently she was a part time lecturer in canine behaviour at Bishop Burton College (near Hull). 

She is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (no 246) and is committed to "kind, fair and effective" methods and applies those to all the disciplines she works in. From time to time she teaches on their accredited courses. She has been on a number of British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers courses in the past and holds their 'First Grade' Instructor's certificate. 

She was one of the first people to introduce clicker training into the country more than 15 years ago and was the first Brit to attend a Karen Pryor and Gary Wilkes 'Don't Shoot the Dog' seminar in the USA back in 1996. She continues to take an active interest in studying and attending courses to update her skills, and keep her techniques fresh and challenged.

Her own dogs are her companions, living in the home. She is increasingly being published in magazines and books and is regular contributor to the James Wellbeloved Magazine.

Hannah Wright

Hannah joined the classes in 2005 with bad-boy Frankie! Frankie is no longer a bad boy. In 2006 he passed his KC Bronze Good Citizen test and in 2009 his Silver Good Citizen award to prove it.  An excellent example of a dog, pretty close to being on death row for being aggressive towards people and dogs, who through positive, up to date techniques is now a model citizen! :-)

Recent addition to her family, BC Spook, is proving to be a gifted and clever girlie who has already gained her Bronze and Silver Good Cit tests and is training to (hopefully) compete in agility .

Hannah has a lot of theoretical knowledge to support her practical experience. She has a degree in Zoology and has recently completed her Phd on aggression and impulse control in dogs at Lincoln University, where she works as a reasearch assistant. 

She is a member of the Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study Group (CABTSG) and held their 2007 scholarship for her research. She has worked in rescue kennels working with, and sometimes training, dogs for rehoming. She runs a Gwen Bailey 'Puppy School' at Lincoln University and she also does microchipping. See here for details.

Charlie Kendall

Charlie has been assisting at the classes since 2006, and owns GSD cross, Freya. Currently employed in a non-dog related job (which has very handily given her a first aid qualification), she has done 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! A few 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! Margaret, under the pseudonym of Mrs B, does the food and wonderfull cakes at most Teamwork Training courses in Lincolnshire. 

Hannah Collison

Hannah is the newest member of the team having recently moved into the area. She has a degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Training and has always had an interest in dog training and behaviour. She has 2 Golden Retrievers, Digby, and recent addition, Tarka.