Meet Our Team

All our trainers are qualified and accredited with specialist fields.

Did you know that our industry is unregulated and you can call yourself a dog trainer with no professional qualifications? With so many quick online courses available, we only accept trainers who have completed the in-depth APDT qualification and successfully completed all their practical assessments.

Continued Development

Our most common questions

Refresher Courses

We regularly attend or complete APDT courses so we are up to date with the latest scientifically backed training methods.

Diversity

In addition to APDT, our trainers study with other reputable accreditation's and courses, such as the IMDT. All our trainers are qualified in dog first aid.

Speciality Subjects

Our trainers complete special courses in subjects like Scentwork UK in order to teach scentwork and attend progressive workshops.

Class Assistants

Our class assistants are aspiring trainers about to or currently studying. We also provide work experience through local colleges.

Snoopy & Daisy

Sarah

Managing Director and head of behaviour

Head trainer Sarah has over 20 years of experience working with behavioural issues, previously being the Lead Trainer at a well known veterinary referral Training & Behaviour practice in Surrey and the Area Officer for Beagle Welfare.
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Lola

Louisa

Trainer

Louisa started her career as an assistant whilst completing her degree at the university of Winchester in animal welfare and society. After completing her degree she went onto complete and pass her APDT and has continued her development whilst training at the school.
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Sadie

Emma

Trainer

After making a career change, Emma had completed a number of courses with the IMDT covering several aspects of training prior to joining the school full time in 2022. She is currently studying for her APDT.

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Oscar

Becca

Assistant Trainer

Becca is a professional dog walker and aspiring dog trainer. She assists with all our trainers during classes and 1 to 1 training sessions.

Duchess & Pippa

Noelle

Office Manager

Noelle has worked in the dog training industry for almost 10 years. Noelle (along with Louisa) was one of the schools founding members of staff and has been with the company since 2020.
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Hercules

The cat!

Lucy

Veterinary Physiotherapy

Lucy completed her four year Masters degree at Writtle University College in 2020. She has since successfully grown her client list and joined the Surrey Dog School team in 2023 as our Veterinary Physiotherapist.

Esme

Daycare assistant

Growing up on a farm, Esme has been around dogs her entire life. Esme started her career with Surrey Dog School as a class training assistant before joining the daycare after completing her dog first aid course.

Hali

Daycar assistant

A passionate dog owner, Hali has completed work experience and volunteered in local veterinary surgery’s before joining the daycare after completing her dog first aid course.

Milo

Passed in 2023 and never forgotten

Dave

Admin and website

A founding member of the school, David develops and manages our website as well as assisting in the office with enquiries.

Redd, Rowen & Shiraz

Sean

Assistant Trainer

Sean is a professional trainer and dog walker based in Godalming. Sean joined the school in 2021 and teaches exclusively on our Saturday classes with puppies of all ages and 1 to 1 training sessions.

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