The Trainers


Rebecca Cox BSc (Hons) PG Dip CABC, who runs Four Paw Solutions, is a qualified and experienced animal behaviour counsellor. In addition to running Four Paw Solutions and the Tadley Pet Dog Club, Rebecca is vice-chairman of the Reading and District Dog Training Club and an instructor at the West Berkshire Gundog Club. Rebecca also works her Springer Spaniel during the shooting season.
 
 
 
 

Ali Nicholson-Haynes, founder of West Berkshire Gundog Club, has been involved with owning and training dogs for over 30 years and is currently studying Canine Behaviour & Psychology and how dogs learn. Originally starting with competitive obedience and then moving on to gundog training and obedience, Ali also helps out at the Tadley Pet Dog Club on a weekly basis. She breeds and works her Working Cocker Spaniels, taking them beating during the shooting season.
 

 


  

Caroline Maskell is founder of Canine Education, professional dog training school and assisted by her partner Richard Clarke, they run weekly obedience classes. They also provide gundog training and regularly beat and pick up with their four gundogs during the shooting season.  Richard is the founder of Canine Photography.
 
  
 

 Allan Hender is a B panel Kennel Club HPR Field Trial judge and trains all breeds of gundogs to field trial standard, specialising in HPR's, pointers and setters. He has over 40 Field Trial awards including 7 first places, trialling in Europe where he obtained 4 excellents. He has the only German Wirehaired Pointer to ever run in the World Championships for pointing dogs, gaining a world ranking of 9th place out of 266 dogs.  Allan also trains and flys falcons over his dogs on partridge and grouse and also uses them for deer stalking throughout the year.  Apart from being a professional gundog trainer (Wirewolf Gundogs) Allan runs a 10 gun sindicate shoot in Berkshire and along with his wife Sue, they pick up on three other shoots.  Sue Hender field trials Working Cockers and HPR's and in the 30 years she has been training, flying hawks and shooting over her dogs, she has gained many awards.  Allan can be contacted on 07525 220 582 for one-to-one and group lessons.

 

Tima Lund, BSC, BEng, PGCE, has an extensive background training all breeds of dogs and started at the age of 10 with her "nanny" a German Short-haired Pointer called Dina.  At the age of 16 she acquired her first German Shepherd, Pan and the breed has re-mained a constant part of her life ever since.

By day, Tima is a science teacher at a local school, but she has been a part-time trainer for many years and has attended courses with some of the leading names in dog obedience and behavioural training, including John Rogerson, Terry Ryan and Roy Hunter.  Tima has worked with the staff from Battersea helping re-train long term residents to make them more "homeable".

Aside from her support of WBGC, Tima also runs 1-1 behaviour modification, agility and clicker training classes.  If that isn't enough, she also has six dogs of her own and competes in agility with her Australian Cattle dog, Got-cha and working cocker spaniel Vinny. 

 

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