![]() ![]() I have been a guest judge alongside my good friend Mick Gentile, for the Channel 5 TV programme, ‘Britains Cleverest Dog’ with the well known TV Dog Trainers Charlotte Wilde and Kamel Fernandez, as well as training an American Bulldog ‘Kali’ for TV reality star, Jordan Hames and his three housemates from TV’s ‘Love Island’ for their MTV documentary ‘Living the dream’. I am in the first ten minutes of the programme so no need to fast forward to find me. ![]() To watch the whole programme please click on the attached link. I was recently chosen to be the dog behaviourist on the ITVbe reality programme ‘Georgia and Tommy:Baby Steps’ (Series 2 Episode 4) helping Tommy Mallet and Georgia Kousoulou with ‘Monkey’ their Pomeranian dog with a few ‘unhealthy’ issues! To find out more about the ‘Magnificent seven’, please click the below link. Therefore you can rest assured that you and your dog are going to be in the best of hands! This means that we’re being held to the highest standards of practice and quality. ‘Rehabilitation and Training’ are proud to have been selected as one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’, a body of the UK’s leading dog businesses. I have attended many dog training seminars around the country, conducted by some of the worlds most esteemed dog trainers and behaviourists, such as Victoria Stilwell, the well known author and presenter of ‘It’s me or the dog’ TV show. So whatever your issues are, and wherever you live, please contact me for a quote! I am happy to travel to help ANY dog with ANY issue ANYWHERE in the UK. I have been running my business successfully now since March 2015 and currently live in Ardleigh, near Colchester, Essex with my wife Lucy, and my two Tibetan Terrier’s, ‘Kuba’ and my rescue TT ‘Oreo’. I am forever working to update my knowledge and skill set with regards to dog behaviour, and I am currently undertaking a Level 4 Behaviour Consultations and Functions Course with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT). ![]() In 2015, following my retirement from the Police, I completed a two year accredited Dog Behaviour Practitioner Course with the British College of Canine Studies, attaining a Dog Behaviour Practitioner Diploma with Merit. I competed in many Police Dog Trials, winning the Essex Police Obedience Trophy in 2009 with Police Dog “Gus”, and in 2013, I won both the overall competition and Tracking Trophy with Police Dog ‘Rapha’, who at only 2 years of age, was the youngest Police dog ever to win the Essex Police Dog Trials! I also qualified twice for the Regional Police Dog Trials, as well as qualifying for the National Police Dog Trials.ĭuring my time in the Essex Police Dog Section, I mentored three Police Dog Handlers who also gained qualification to both Regional and National Police Dog Trials with their dogs. A Police Dog Handler is then reassessed every 12 months and has to complete a two week refresher course as part of their CPD (Continuing Professional Development) to maintain their licence in order to be able to continue to work on the streets. During my Police career, I had the pleasure of working four German Shepherd Dogs as well as a Bloodhound who was trialled as a specialist tracking dog, taking me all over the country to work alongside other Police forces in many high profile crime and missing person cases.įollowing successfully completing a 13 week initial Police Dog Handling training course, the dog and handler qualifies for their National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) General Purpose Licence. I am a retired Police Dog Handler having served 30 years with the Essex Police, 19 years of which I served with the Police Dog Section, before retiring in 2015. STEVE’S POLICE DOGS (1995 – 2014) Arrow Gus Trojan Rapha Sherlock
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