About Us
Sarah Ellis
Canine Assisted Therapy - Behaviour Training
Carol Lincoln
Canine Assisted Therapy - Course Development
As a fully qualified and accredited trainer with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers, Sarah is passionate about dogs helping humans. She was a pioneer in volunteering with her own ‘reading and visiting dogs’ via R.E.A.D & Pets as Therapy, becoming a regional P.A.T dog assessor in 2005. In 2015, Sarah was instrumental in developing and co-ordinating the canine assessment and volunteer training for an educational canine assisted therapy scheme in west Wales.
A full Canine Training Professional Member of the PPGBI for Force Free Trainers & member of Doggone Safe, Sarah is fully committed to promoting & teaching positive reward-based training throughout the lifetime of a companion dog. She believes that magical results happen when positive behaviour is encouraged & trained through fun and games.
Carol has held management roles in the charity sector for some years and has experienced first-hand how animal assisted intervention has improved the lives and well-being of people of all ages, especially children with special educational needs, people with health challenges and those suffering from depression and social isolation. From 2015 to 2019 Carol developed & managed an educational canine assisted therapy volunteer programme with 80 participating schools, libraries and colleges across Wales. Carol has professional canine coaching qualifications with the I.M.D.T and Canine Principles.
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Carol and Sarah were delighted to be part of the coalition of organisations that helped to produce ‘Bark & Read – Standards of Practice for Providers of Animal Assisted Interventions in Schools published by The Kennel Club UK in 2018.
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