The road to here began after school when I studied Veterinary Nursing at Onderstepoort. There I discovered I was comfortable with handling all sorts of animals, managed to learn enough to pass, made great friends, met the man, generally had a fantastic 2 years. Worked at the SPCA for 2 years, then moved to a private vet in Cape Town, married Pete, (the man), moved to Somerset West, and have been here for 30 years. While the daughters were small I got into training German Shepherd Dogs for Schutzhund working trials and became fascinated with dog behaviour as a means to getting the darn dogs to listen! Attending animal behaviour lectures at a vet conference got me thinking about starting a puppy school, and that was confirmed by John Faull (animal behaviourist in CT), who helped me with my mad GSD. Karen Grey-Kilfoil (ditto) became my mentor and I got started in 1998. The vets in the area have been fantastically supportive and I’ve learnt from every single puppy who’s gone through my classes.
Always kee
n to learn and improve, last year I did 2 courses through ThinkingPets (See under ‘Websites I Recommend’ ) to ensure my methods and teaching was up to professional, modern standards. Now I’m accredited as a ConfiPup and Puppy 2 instructor through TP.
The idea of blogging grew out of thinking about developing a website. I wanted something I could keep adding to, with comments on classes, info on new courses, photos etc. so a blog seemed the way to go for now.
In case you think all I care about is dogs, dogs, dogs, I have 3 cats, used to breed Burmese, LOVE horses, dancing, reading, travelling, hiking!
Our beautiful, stubborn Uschi
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