Matt
Matt is the Co-Managing Director of Take The Lead Services and over sees all aspects of the business with an emphasis on dog training. Matt served for 5 years as a frontline Police Officer within Surrey Police spending time on response teams, neighbourhood teams and the roads policing unit.
Matt is very passionate about dog training and has worked alongside some of the UK’s top force free dog trainers and behaviourists.
Matt has attended numerous training courses, conferences and lectures with Steve Mann IMDT (from the BBC’s “Who Let The Dogs Out?”) Nando Brown and Jo-Rosie Haffenden (stars of channel 4’s Rescue Dog to Super Dog) Kay Lawrence and Claudia Pereira Estanislau, as well as home study courses by Sarah Whitehead (ThinkDog) and a mentorship with well respected dog trainer and behaviourist Kay Attwood.
Matt’s passion and eye for detail sets him apart from your usual dog trainer. This combined with his experience in both the policing world, and the dog training world means his methodical, measured approach can have you and your canine friend on the right track in no time.
Courses completed include:
‘Career as a Dog Trainer Course’
‘Canine Body Language’
‘Perfect Puppy Foundations’
‘Canine Aggression & Rehabilitation’
‘Dog to Human Aggression’
Intermediate Award in Canine Behavior (OCN accredited)
3 Day 2016 IMDT conference
Matt is very passionate about dog training and has worked alongside some of the UK’s top force free dog trainers and behaviourists.
Matt has attended numerous training courses, conferences and lectures with Steve Mann IMDT (from the BBC’s “Who Let The Dogs Out?”) Nando Brown and Jo-Rosie Haffenden (stars of channel 4’s Rescue Dog to Super Dog) Kay Lawrence and Claudia Pereira Estanislau, as well as home study courses by Sarah Whitehead (ThinkDog) and a mentorship with well respected dog trainer and behaviourist Kay Attwood.
Matt’s passion and eye for detail sets him apart from your usual dog trainer. This combined with his experience in both the policing world, and the dog training world means his methodical, measured approach can have you and your canine friend on the right track in no time.
Courses completed include:
‘Career as a Dog Trainer Course’
‘Canine Body Language’
‘Perfect Puppy Foundations’
‘Canine Aggression & Rehabilitation’
‘Dog to Human Aggression’
Intermediate Award in Canine Behavior (OCN accredited)
3 Day 2016 IMDT conference