Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!
Katie grew up in a family where she was surrounded by dogs, initially Labradors, hounds and terriers growing up in Suffolk, followed by a move to Canada where she finally got her first dog of her own - a Siberian husky, Misty, from a working sled dog kennels. At the age of 11, Katie trained Misty both to pull in harness and also joined a local obedience club, attempting the impossible , to train a husky which was “character building” to say the least.
After returning to the UK, alongside building a successful career in corporate Human Resources, a couple of decades, a heap of experience of both dog training and instructing, professional qualifications in canine studies and canine training and behaviour, and accreditation both by Trained for Life and as an Accredited Pet Gundog Instructor, Katie has fulfilled her childhood dream of helping others with their dogs and set up YAY Dog in 2020 to bring her unique, friendly and fun style of instructing to handlers and their dogs in the Staffordshire area.
With two young children together with her two dogs (a Labrador and a Heinz 57), Katie is also well versed in the child - dog interface!