Wild spirit
dog training
Est. 2019 Qualified and insured Dog Trainer
award-winning NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY INTereST COMPANY
assistance dog Membership OPTIONS
thank you to all THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS ORGANISATION OVER THE YEARS. NEW APPLICATIONS TO THIS ORGANISATION ARE NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED.
Please view our sister AND SUCCESSOR CIC for placement dogs and boarD, trains AND A COMPREHENSIVE IN PERSON OPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS OWNER TRAINING (SOUTH WALES).
www.wildspiritcanines.com
Laura Wild
Hi there! I’m Laura Wild, owner and head trainer at Wild Spirit Dog Training CIC. I hold a LV4 Advanced diploma in dog training and BSc in Animal Behaviour with a significant background working in veterinary hospitals. Currently completing my LV5 with IMDTB. We employ 3 individuals for our Assistance dog memberships.
My journey with working with animals began in my early teens working with horses. I was diagnosed with autism early 2019 and became ill in this period and required an assistance dog to provide
practical tasks. Summer aided me in completing my education and opening up our business Wild Spirit Dog Training CIC in 2019.
My focus with training is creating the most satisfying bond with your dog possible. Teach your dog how to understand cues and the door to communication opens! My approach is one of kindness, consistency, backed by science and positive reinforcement.
This is Summer, my beautiful assistance dog who is a four year old golden retriever. As my heart dog, she is quite literally at the heart of everything I do. Summer is trained to an extremely high level of obedience and task work. She is not quick on her feet but an outstanding teacher to other dogs. Summer has regularly worked a part time job as a ‘stooge’ dog helping our clients overcome reactivity or confidence boost young puppies.
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Location: Manchester and Carmarthenshire
Noah Hemingway
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Hi there! I’m Noah Hemingway, I am a dog trainer, breed specialist, dog handler & dog groomer. My dog journey started at a young age when I got my first dog Alfie the English Springer Spaniel. I spent many of my childhood years trick training him, practicing agility in the garden and walking for hours.
I spent months volunteering at a dog rescue for dogs rescues from other countries. Whilst there I taught over 60 dogs basic-advanced obedience, introduced them to dog sports such as Canicross and helped match them to ideal forever homes. Following this, I qualified as a dog groomer and did this full time for a year running Hemingway Hounds to gain more hands on experience. I expanded my dog handling experience, became a breed Specialist and In 2020. Since early 2021, I have worked full time as a Dog Trainer for Wild Spirit.
This is Twiggy, an energetic and intelligent 1.5 year old miniature poodle. Twiggy is an incredible task trained companion dog and sports prospect learning to excel in flyball. Twiggy is confident around bigger dogs and commonly works as a ‘stooge’ dog teaching other dogs how to politely interact or recall away from small fluffy dogs.
Location: Manchester and Carmarthenshire
Hannah Rose
Hi there I’m Hannah Rose. I’m a dog trainer and am currently completing my LV 3 diploma in dog training, behaviour and welfare. I’ve grown up with dogs my whole life with mainly with rescues of all different breeds but mainly sight hounds. I did some volunteer work with a ex-racing greyhound rescue in my early teens. When I first became ill at 15 I started looking into assistance dogs and finally got blue in 2020. He is the reason I found my passion for dog training. My assistance dog Blue is an 18 month working line Labrador. He is a very funny, loving dog who loves task work and going for adventures such as hikes and a swim in the Scottish Lochs.
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Location: Mid Scotland
Ella Walker
Hi there! I'm Ella Walker; an assistance dog trainer and owner of 4 dogs. I first fell into the world of dog training when training my own assistance dog, Goose in my early teen years, and have now been involved in the assistance dog community for over 6 years. Since then have spent time volunteering in veterinary practises, and gaining experience working with a variety of different breeds (with a particular interest in golden retrievers). I hold a LV 3 Diploma in Assistance Dog Training, a LV 3 Diploma in Canine Behaviour and Training and am currently completing my LV 3 Diploma in Canine Care, Behaviour and Welfare. I am also currently training my successor dog Ralph, an 18 month old golden retriever to be my multipurpose assistance dog; he loves his work and as a retriever particularly enjoys taskwork that involves retrievals, or picking items up off the floor for me!
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Location: South Downs England
External portal of information created by one of our members.
" Cate was created to act as a resource for people to find out more about assistance dogs and to help disabled people find an Assistance dog provider, organisation or someone who can help with assistance dog training."