List of accredited instructors

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Below is a list of The Kennel Club Accredited Instructors who have undergone assessment and are approved by us to carry out training within their specialist areas.

Finding the right instructor

This checklist can help you find the right dog training instructor to suit your needs.
  • Check that the instructor has the relevant and appropriate up-to-date knowledge, skills and experience in dog training instructing
  • Ask the instructor about the training methods they use, to check the methods are positive and motivational, and consistent with the principles of kindness, fairness and good welfare of dogs
  • Seek personal recommendations from friends or perhaps your local veterinary practice, and ask the instructor for client references
  • Check that the instructor has appropriate and valid insurance cover, e.g. public liability
  • Before you commit, attend a dog training session run by the instructor, so that you can observe how and what they teach, and how they communicate with their clients
  • Check that the instructor is registered with a body such as The Kennel Club Accredited Instructors scheme

Finding an accredited instructor near you

To find an accredited instructor in your area, browse our lists below by discipline and location.

Accredited in companion dog training (CD)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Rona Jill Tyson KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01525 374531   Bedfordshire, LU7
Suzanne Olford KCAI (CD) 01702 876287 or
07865 999794		 Click here Essex, SS1

Sharon Hunt KCAI (CD)

sharon@muttsnpups.co.uk

 07492 334500 Click here Essex
Abigail Desborough KCAI (CD) 07957965623 Click here Kings Lynn, West Norfolk
Amanda Pryke KCAI (CD) 07944186602 Click here Bedford
Debbie Serpant KCAI (CD)

07973 537260

 Click here West Walton, Norfolk

 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Andrea Bolden KCAI (CD)
 07971 475288   Hereford, West Midlands 
Debbie Goodwin KCAI (CD) 07956 547769 Click here  
Elizabeth Beaumont KCAI (CD) 07969544639   West midland, SY8
Fiona Henderson KCAI (CD) 07738 934020   Birmingham
Beverley Smith KCAI (CD) 01158 598477 
OR
07742 950980		 Click here Nottinghamshire, NG5
Marie Holt KCAI (CD) 01159 130096
OR
07940 155221		 Click here Nottinghamshire, NG6

Jackie Ellis KCAI (CD)

jackie@pawsandfeetdogtraining.co.uk

 07713 240 530 Click here Nottingham
Mary Butterfield KCAI (CD*) 07816 372466   Staffordshire
Karen Landon KCAI (CD) 01538 703568 Click here Staffordshire
Katie Sherratt KCAI (CD)     Staffordshire, ST17
Yvonne Kelsall KCAI (CD*GCDTS*) 01782 515667 Click here Staffordshire, ST8
Pamela Statham KCAI (CD)     Worcestershire
Sally Rapson KCAI (CD) 01213 536204 
OR
07837 229205		   West Midlands, B74

Dena Swift

KCAI (CD)

 07710 228262 Click here North Staffordshire/Cheshire border

Leesa Owens KCAI (CD)

leesaowen@outlook.com

 07790 008 767 Click here Telford & Wrekin, Shrewsbury & Newport Shropshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Richard Edge KCAI (CD) 07590 406651 Click here West Yorkshire
Dawn Ash-Bunting

KCAI (CD)

 07727603806 Click Here Leeds & Wetherby.
Karen Jayne Butler KCAI (CD)

07961429549

   North Humberside
Hazel Shimmin  KCAI (CD)

07989 685395

 click here Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15
Sara Bridgeman KCAI (CD) 07504 925341 Click here Durham

Anne Dunn

KCAI (CD)

 07833281771   Alnwick, Northumberland
Stephanie Foster  KCAI (CD) 07810464128 Click here Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Ashley Chester KCAI (CD)

07828 687693

  

Anglesey
Alex Dickens

KCAI (CD)

07368 323838

 Click here

Darlington (County Durham)
Jo Churlish

KCAI (CD)

0191 3731185

 Click here

County Durham
Mechelle Jacques

07776308220

 N/A

County Durham

 

North West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Denise Hubbard KCAI (CD)

01606 832815

 

 Cheshire, CW10
Hazel Hulme KCAI (CD) 01616 652175
07814 782890		  

Lancashire, Saddleworth/Oldham, OL4
Karen Taylor KCAI (CD)

07713 096608

  

Cheshire, Hyde
Lorraine Thomas (CD, GCDTS) 07973 285132 Click here 

Lancashire, OL13
Lynne Harris KCAI (CD GCDTS) 1253 349110 or
07793 866698		 Click here  Lancashire, FY4

Susan Foster KCAI (CD)

selfdogtraining@gmail.com

 07870426566 or 01204396449 Click here Bury, Lancashire
Rachel Smith
KCAI (CD)

07875 844130

 Click here

Wirral 

 

 

 

 

Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
William Anderson KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 01592 581581    Fife
Theresa McCormack-Gow KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 07948 539794 click here Glasgow area
Cathy Proctor KCAI (CD) 07732 776727   Dunoon, Argyll. PA23 8JR
John Hood KCAI (CD)

01315 297943 
01316 605769
07484 124198

   Midlothian, EH19
Lynn Aitchison KCAI (CD) 01316 691108   Scotland
Susan Edwards KCAI (CD) 0131 4475066   Edinburgh
Sarah Holroyd KCAI (CD) 07775946662 Click here North Ballachulish, Fort William, Lochaber, Highlands

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Lorraine Gibbons KCAI (CD) 01753 572192
07966 168396		 Click here Berkshire SL2
Gina Pink KCAI (CD* HTM* Ob) 07807770969 (before 9pm) Click here Hampshire, GU35
Caroline Heale KCAI (CD) 01252 447154 Click here Hampshire,GU12
Sean Knowlson KCAI (CD) 02380 736000 Click here Hampshire
Fiona Bird KCAI (CD) 07855 900003 Click here Hampshire
James Grey
KCAI (CD) 		 07724 776698 Click here

London - Wimbledon (SW19 SW20 SW15), Surrey KT22, KT18
Steina Jenkins
KCAI (CD)		 07796 227849 Click here Banbury, Oxfordshire
Susan Taylor KCAI (CD) 01993 212677
07775 713657		 Click here Oxfordshire, OX18
Carolyn Menteith KCAI (CD*) -  Click here Surrey, KT14   
Jane Wood KCAI (CD* Ob*) 01372 273054   Surrey, KT18
Karen McIvor KCAI (CD)

01252 712062

 Click here

Farnham, Surrey

 

 

South East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Diane Jones KCAI (CD, NC/HTM) 01435 830265 Click here  East Sussex 
Michael Mc Cann KCAI (CD) 07496 013382   Kent, Gillingham
Helen Masters KCAI (CD) 07751711191   Kent
Susan Coulstock KCAI (CD) 07542 727326   Kent (Folkestone)
Jenny Harknett KCAI (CD Ob) 01959 509177 
07801 349826		   Kent, TN16
Jacqueline Ruddock KCAI (CD) 07875641116 Click here  Kent

Sylvia Billinghurst  KCAI (CD)

Info@thedogcom.co.uk

 07870226638 Click here Kingston-Upon-Thames
Sue Evans KCAI (CD*, GCDTS) 02088 096762    
Louise Breton
KCAI(CD)
 07833 027529 Click here Richmond/Chiswick
Miranda Batterbee
KCAI (CD)		 01243 697202 Click here  Sussex
Marina Viney KCAI (CD)     West Sussex, Pulborough
Julia Meads  KCAI (CD) 07951 777330  Website INCA Dog Training & Home   Buckinghamshire, South East
Paula Hayward

Paula Hayward KCAI (CD)

 0746 281 9391   Southampton

Yvonne Done KCAI (CD)

 07743807551 Click here Kent

 

South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location

Sally Stevenson KCAI (CD)

Hello@cornishdogschool.com 

 07983554093 Click here Cornwall
Nicola Folland KCAI (CD) 07880 596432 Click here Devon, EX4
Jane Mallett KCAI (CD) 07948 664155 Click here Dorset, DT6
Estelle Vickery KCAI (CD) 01452 690492
07796 965321		 Click here Gloucestershire, GL2
Sarah Lindsey KCAI (CD* GCDTS R)
Click here Somerset, BS26
Emily Birch

KCAI (CD)

 07817 786379 Click here Stroud, Gloucestershire​
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location
Margaret Crombie KCAI (CD GCDTS)  01286 660672 Gwynedd, LL54
Margaret Booth KCAI (CD* HTM* GCDTS R) 01407 720057 Gwynedd, LL65

Accredited in Good Citizen Dog Training scheme (GCDTS)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Rona Jill Tyson KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01525 374531 Click here Bedfordshire, LU7 
Claire Bloomfield KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01992 619186   Essex, CM5
Paul Goodman KCAI (GCDTS) 0787 6648749 Click here Skeyton. Norfolk. NR10

 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Anne Weston KCAI (CD* GCDTS*) 01981 540331    Herefordshire, HR2
Wendy Schilling KCAI (CD GCDTS)

01217 784377
07815 916795

 Click here West Midlands, B13
Kaye Littlehales KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07747 798092 Click here Worcestershire, WR11
Lillie Abbott KCAI (CD AD GCDTS) 07342 158930 Click here West Midlands, DY4
North West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Lynne Harris KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01253 349110
07793 866698		 Click here Lancashire, FY4
Susan Brown KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01516 086323   Merseyside
Northern Ireland
Name and email Phone number Location
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Corinne Kennedy KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01738 639490
07738 677935		 Click here Perth, PH1
Sam Perkins KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07922 430047   Fife
South Central
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Emma Green

KCAI (GCDTS)

 07827811604 Click here Farnham, Surrey
South East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Linda Dewey KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01273 241008 Click here East Sussex
Susan Jillett KCAI (GCDTS)

01903 505268
07774 563200

   West Sussex, BN12

 

South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location

Accredited in behavioural training (Beh)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location
Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location
Lisa Jackson KCAI (CD Beh) 01905 828398 Worcestershire, WR5
North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
North West
Name Phone number Location
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Russell Becque KCAI (CD* Beh* Ob*) 02392 370909 Hampshire, PO6  Click here
Overseas
Name and email Location

Accredited in assistance dogs (AD) 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Elizabeth Maitland KCAI (AD) 0116 233 5562
07932 433148		 Leicestershire, LE1 Click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Jamie Hrycak KCAI (AD*) 07732 541565
    
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Joanne Hosie KCAI (CD AD)   Click here Fife
Claire Mooney KCAI (AD) 01501 503855   Fauldhouse, West Lothian, Scotland

 

Sheilagh Goodwin

 

 

KCAI (AD)

 01324 841444 Click here Bonnybridge, Scotland

 

Accredited in clicker and target training (CT)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location

Accredited in competitive agility training (Ag)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location Website
North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Sarah Kitching KCAI (Ag) 07881 813347 County Durham, SR8 Click here
Donna Surtees KCAI (Ag) 07595204795 Durham, North East, England  Click here 
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Currently no instructors in this area
   

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Jules Clapham KCAI (Ag) 01189 810765
07769 731232		 Berkshire, RG19 Click here
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Georgina Davies KCAI (AG)

contact@caninecapers.co.uk 

 07734 708079 Devon Click here

Accredited in competitive obedience (Ob)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website

 

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
Ellen Herries KCAI (Ob) - Dumfriesshire  

Accredited in field trials (FT)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Accredited in heelwork to music training (HTM)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Louise Ince KCAI (HTM*) 01322 668955
07956 989707		 Kent, Longfield DA3 (other areas available - please contact for more information) Click here
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location  Website

Accredited in non-competitive activities

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location Website
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

 

 

Scotland
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Accredited in rally training (R)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Sarah Roper KCAI (CD R) 07841 843675 Worcestershire, WR10  
North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Julie Barrett KCAI (R*) 01253 292223 Lancashire, Blackpool  
South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Accredited in rescue and rehoming (RR)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location
South West
Name Phone number Location
     

 

South East
Name Phone number Location

 

North West
Name Phone number Location

Accredited in ringcraft (Rc)

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Accredited in working gundog training (WG)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Caroline Penistone KCAI (CD WG* GCDTS) 01609 748861 North Yorkshire, DL7 Click here
Ryan Kay KCAI (WG*) 01904 701040
07812 679563		 North Yorkshire, YO23 Click here

Alison Kay

KCAI (WG)

 07930 218879 York, North Yorkshire Click here
Sinead Wilkinson

 KCAI (WG) 

 07716858017

Pocklington, East Yorkshire 

 Click here
North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

 

Jane Ardern KCAI (WG)		 0161 762 0174 / 07817771585
 Bury Lancashire Click here
East of England
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Melanie Newton KCAI (WG)

mel@melnewtondogtraining.co.uk

07442974421

Norfolk

 Click here

Nina Fotara KCAI (WG)

nina@confidentcanine.co.uk

07917 445830

Essex

 Click here
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Vicky Payne KCAI (WG)

07958142959

Near Battle, East Sussex

 Click here

Helen Beardow KCAI (WG)

beardowh@gmail.com

07710 474280

Ashburnham, East Sussex

 N/A

Silke Ebling KCAI (WG)

info@leadandlisten.co.uk

07777 655195

 Woking and Loxwood

 Click here
Tania Stapley

  KCAI (WG)

01424 892076

Battle East Sussex

 N/A
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Val Brookes KCAI (WG)

07932159978

South Devon

 Click here

 

Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Anthea Lawrence KCAI (WG*) 01938 558854
 Powys, SY21  

Accredited in working trials training (WT)

South West
Name and email Phone number Location
Allyson Elizabeth Tohme KCAI (WT*) 01249 812699
07748 112168		 Wiltshire
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Gail Gwesyn-Pryce (WT)   01686 688920 Powys, SY17 Click here