"Teaching People, Training Dogs..."

My name is Fiona Wood,  my whole family are dog lovers and I have been surrounded by dogs since I was a

young child, mostly St Bernards, which we used to show and even occasionally bred.

I have been training my own dogs since 1991 when I was 13 years old after my mum

and dad brought another St Bernard puppy named "Sheba".  I quickly developed a bond with Sheba and really

 enjoyed interacting with her and seeing her learning new things.

I got my own dogs when I left home and got married.  We had a large farm on the outskirts of Cove with over

2000  head of livestock.  To help us with all the livestock we had several Border Collies which I trained to work

the sheep, cattle and pigs, eventually breeding our own working lines and training the pups with livestock before

 they went onto their new homes.

I fell in love with my current breed of dog, the Rottweiler, in 2003 when I got my first Rottie, Rosco. 

Rosco was dog and human aggressive when I first got him and could only be out in public muzzled.

But after 2 years of hard work he had transformed into a loving family dog who could be safely walked

off lead in public.  The change in Rosco further fuelled my enthusiasm to want to purse a

career in dog training.

I started volunteering with Fife Rottweiler Rescue to help rescue, rehabilitate and rehome some of these

 beautiful  Rotties and gained a lot of experience with working with some of my foster dogs to overcome

 issues before they  went on to their new home, of course I also failed at fostering and ended up keeping

 3 for myself...

I started working for the K9 Health Centre in Portlethen in 2009, initially as a Canine Hydrotherapist, but

through K9 I gained my B.I.P.D.T. Grade 2 (Instructors) qualification in August 2012.  I then went on to set

up and develop the dog training element of The K9 Health Centre.  I stayed in my role as Head Training

 Instructor  there until August 2014 training the staff in the dog daycare facility, running puppy and

obedience classes as well  as 1-2-1 behavioural lessons.

In 2014 I decided that the time was right for me to start out on my own, over the past 28 years I have gained a

lot  of experience working with all breeds, sizes and ages of dogs,  I have given a good foundation to my

experience by improving my knowledge of dog behaviour through training courses, attending seminars and

reading books by world renown trainers including Dr David Ryan, Larry Krohn, Karen Pryor, Michael Ellis,

Dr Sophia Yin, John Rogerson, Patricia McConnell, Bart Bellon and Tyler Muto.

Please contact me for further information on any of our services.

Thank You.