List of accredited instructors

Two dogs laying down
Below is a list of The Kennel Club Accredited Instructors who have undergone assessment and are approved by us to carry out training within their specialist areas.

Finding the right instructor

This checklist can help you find the right dog training instructor to suit your needs.
  • Check that the instructor has the relevant and appropriate up-to-date knowledge, skills and experience in dog training instructing
  • Ask the instructor about the training methods they use, to check the methods are positive and motivational, and consistent with the principles of kindness, fairness and good welfare of dogs
  • Seek personal recommendations from friends or perhaps your local veterinary practice, and ask the instructor for client references
  • Check that the instructor has appropriate and valid insurance cover, e.g. public liability
  • Before you commit, attend a dog training session run by the instructor, so that you can observe how and what they teach, and how they communicate with their clients
  • Check that the instructor is registered with a body such as The Kennel Club Accredited Instructors scheme

Finding an accredited instructor near you

To find an accredited instructor in your area, browse our lists below by discipline and location.

Accredited in companion dog training (CD)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01525 374531   Bedfordshire, LU7
KCAI (CD*) 01945 861136   Cambridge CB4
 KCAI (CD) 01954 719588   Cambridgeshire, CB23
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01992 619186   Essex, CM5
 KCAI (CD) 07809 117912   Essex, CO15
KCAI (CD) 01702 876287 
07865 999794		 Click here Essex, SS1
KCAI (CD) 07557118080 Click here Norfolk and online
KCAI (CD) 07957965623 Click here Kings Lynn, West Norfolk
KCAI (CD)

07766475803 

 Click here Norfolk 
KCAI (CD)

07968 059699
01945 880706

   Norfolk/Cambridgeshire boarders 
KCAI (CD) 07886189490
 Click here  Billericay, Essex
 KCAI (CD) 07593 875748
 Click here  Rayleigh, Essex
KCAI (HTM* CD*) 01449 737624   Suffolk IP14,
KCAI (CD Ag) 01394 410051 Click here Suffolk, IP12
KCAI (CD) 07944186602 Click here Bedford
KCAI (CD)

07973 537260

 Click here West Walton, Norfolk

 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD)
 07971 475288   Hereford, West Midlands 
Susan Jane Smith (Sue)
KCAI (CD)		 07825 511327 Click here Ashbourne, Derbyshire
KCAI (CD*GCDTS*) 01981 540331   Herefordshire, HR2
KCAI (RR*Ob CD) 07867 977382 Click here Hertfordshire, HP3
KCAI (CD GCDTS)    

Staffordshire, ST18
KCAI (CD) 07956 547769 Click here  
David Deakin KCAI (CD GCDTS)     Staffordshire, ST18
KCAI (CD) 07738 934020   Birmingham
KCAI (CD) 01158 598477 
OR
07742 950980		 Click here Nottinghamshire, NG5
KCAI (CD) 01159 130096
OR
07940 155221		 Click here Nottinghamshire, NG6
Mary Butterfield KCAI (CD*) 07816 372466   Staffordshire
KCAI (CD) 07773 710819 
OR
01584 823402		   Shropshire
KCAI (CD*Ob) 01743 860368   Shropshire, SY5
KCAI (CD) 01538 703568 Click here Staffordshire
KCAI (CD)     Staffordshire, ST17
Yvonne Kelsall KCAI (CD*GCDTS*) 01782 515667 Click here Staffordshire, ST8
KCAI (CD) 01543 676729
OR
07816 658808		   Staffordshire, WS15
KCAI (CD AD) 07342 158930 Click here West Midlands, DY4
KCAI (CD)     Worcestershire
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01217 784377 
OR
07815 916795		 Click here West Midlands, B13
KCAI (CD) 01213 536204 
OR
07837 229205		   West Midlands, B74
KCAI (CD, R) 07841 843675 Click here Nottinghamshire
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07747 798092 Click here Worcestershire, WR11
KCAI (CD Beh) 01905 828398   Worcestershire, WR5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD)

07776 308220

 Click here County Durham
KCAI (CD AD) 07961793538 Click here East Yorkshire
KCAI (CD) 07775 836385 Click here East Yorkshire   
KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01724 762317   Lincolnshire DN21
01529 302520
07544 541373		 Click here Lincolnshire, NG34
07376722309 Click here Lincolnshire
KCAI (CD* Beh*) 07900 186117 Click here North Yorkshire
KCAI (CD WG* GCDTS) 01609 748861 Click here North Yorkshire DL7
Joanne Jackman KCAI (CD) 07984 349188 Click here South Yorkshire, S71
KCAI (CD*) 07725 053482 Click here Tyne & Wear, NE5
Richard Edge KCAI (CD) 07590 406651 Click here West Yorkshire
KCAI (CD) 01924 474580 
07850 886601		   West Yorkshire, WF17

KCAI (CD, Beh, Ob)

01427 753918

Click
here

 Location Doncaster, North Lincolnshire
KCAI (CD)

07961429549

   North Humberside
 KCAI (CD)

07989 685395

 click here Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15

KCAI (CD)

07903207422

   Middlesbrough

 

KCAI (CD)

 

 07504 925341 Click here Durham

 

North West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
David Campbell KCAI (Beh* CD* GCDTS*) 01617 753051  

Cheshire M31
KCAI (CD)

01606 832815

 

 Cheshire, CW10
KCAI (CD) 01616 652175
07814 782890		  

Lancashire, Saddleworth/Oldham, OL4

KCAI (CD)

07795690562

 Click here

Cheshire
KCAI (CD*, GCDTS*AD) 07903 849204  

Cheshire M31/WA3
KCAI (CD)

07713 096608

  

Cheshire, Hyde
KCAI (CD) 01614 306508
07547 588271		 Click here

Greater Manchester
Tracey Doggett KCAI (CD) 01457 875741   Lancashire
(CD, GCDTS) 07973 285132 Click here 

Lancashire, OL13
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 1253 349110
07793 866698		 Click here  Lancashire, FY4
 (CD*, GCDTS)

01516 086323

   Merseyside

KCAI (CD)

07875 844130

 Click here

Wirral 

 

 

 

 

Overseas
Name and email Location
KCAI (CD* Beh*) India
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 01505 850532 
07749 899178		   East Ayrshire KA3
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07922 430047   Fife
William Anderson KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 01592 581581    Fife
KCAI (CD AD)   Click here Fife
KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 07948 539794 click here Glasgow area
Cathy Proctor KCAI (CD) 07732 776727   Dunoon, Argyll. PA23 8JR
KCAI (GCDTS CD) 07738 677935 Click here Perth,  PH1
KCAI (CD)

01315 297943 
01316 605769
07484 124198

   Midlothian, EH19
KCAI (CD) 01316 691108   Scotland
KCAI (CD) 01294 850 461   Scotland
KCAI (CD) 0131 4475066   Edinburgh

KCAI (CD)		 07715 977466   Glentrool, DG8 6SZ
KCAI (CD) 07775946662 Click here North Ballachulish, Fort William, Lochaber, Highlands

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (Ob* CD)

01344 645741
07941 523853

Click here

Berkshire
KCAI (CD) 01753 572192
07966 168396		 Click here Berkshire SL2
KCAI (CD* GCDTS* Ob) 01428 723572   Hampshire, GU30
KCAI (CD* HTM* Ob) 07807770969 (before 9pm) Click here Hampshire, GU35
KCAI (CD) 02393 116806 Click here Hampshire, PO6
KCAI (CD* Beh* Ob*) 02392 370909 Click here Hampshire, PO6 
KCAI (CD) 01252 447154 Click here Hampshire,GU12
KCAI (CD) 02380 736000 Click here Hampshire
KCAI (CD) 07855 900003 Click here Hampshire

KCAI (CD)		 07956465721   Havant, Hampshire/West Sussex, South of England

KCAI (CD) 		 07724 776698 Click here

London - Wimbledon (SW19 SW20 SW15), Surrey KT22, KT18

KCAI (CD)		 07796 227849 Click here Banbury, Oxfordshire
KCAI (CD) 01993 212677
07775 713657		 Click here Oxfordshire, OX18
KCAI (CD) 07796 777881   Surrey
KCAI (CD Ob* GCDTS) 01883 347721
07713 711535		   Surrey
KCAI (CD) 01483 222600   Surrey, KT10 & KT11
Carolyn Menteith KCAI (CD*) -  Click here Surrey, KT14   
KCAI (CD* Ob*) 01372 273054   Surrey, KT18
KCAI (CD* Ob GCDTS*) 01737 246902   Surrey, RH2
KCAI (CD)

01252 712062

 Click here

Farnham, Surrey

KCAI (CD)

07990614091/ 01425 615880

 Click here

Lymington, SO41 8NN

 

 

South East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD*, GCDTS) 01273 241008 Click Here East Sussex 
KCAI (CD, NC/HTM) 01435 830265 Click here  East Sussex 
KCAI (CD) 01825 830270
07921 152806		   East Sussex, Mayfield, TN20 
KCAI (CD GCDTS Ob) 01424 774089
07790 465184		   East Sussex, TN33
 
KCAI (CD)		 07716 880783 Click here  East Sussex, Uckfield
KCAI (CD) 07496 013382   Kent, Gillingham
Janet Tandy 
KCAI (CD)		 01622 842209  Click here  Kent, ME17
KCAI (CD) 07751711191   Kent
KCAI (CD) 07542 727326   Kent (Folkestone)
KCAI (CD Ob) 01959 509177 
07801 349826		   Kent, TN16
KCAI (CD) 07795 336889 Click here  Kent, TN4
KCAI (CD) 07875641116 Click here  Kent
KCAI (CD*, GCDTS) 02088 096762   London N4
KCAI (CD)  07724 776698 Click here  London - Wimbledon (SW19 SW20 SW15) / Surrey (KT22, KT18)
KCAI (CD) 07532 243153   North London

KCAI(CD)
 07833 027529 Click here Richmond/Chiswick

KCAI (CD)		 01243 697202 Click here  Sussex
Veronica Migliorini
KCAI (CD)		 01243 827550   West Sussex
KCAI (CD*, Ob GCDTS*)     West Sussex
KCAI (CD) 01243 830768   West Sussex, PO21
KCAI (CD)     West Sussex, Pulborough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD Ag) 07958 010401 Click here Dorset
KCAI (CD) 07880 596432 Click here Devon, EX4
KCAI (CD) 07948 664155 Click here Dorset, DT6
KCAI (CD) 01452 690492
07796 965321		 Click here Gloucestershire, GL2
KCAI (CD* GCDTS R)
Click here Somerset, BS26

KCAI (CD)

 07817 786379   Stroud, Gloucestershire​
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (CD GCDTS)  01286 660672 Gwynedd, LL54
KCAI (CD* HTM* GCDTS R) 01407 720057 Gwynedd, LL65

Accredited in Good Citizen Dog Training scheme (GCDTS)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01525 374531 Click here Bedfordshire, LU7 
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01992 619186   Essex, CM5
KCAI (GCDTS) 0787 6648749 Click here Skeyton. Norfolk. NR10

 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Website Location
Anne Weston KCAI (CD* GCDTS*) 01981 540331    Herefordshire, HR2
David Deakin KCAI (CD GCDTS)     Staffordshire, ST18
KCAI (CD GCDTS*)
  Staffordshire, ST18
Yvonne Kelsall KCAI (CD* GCDTS*) 01782 515667 Click here Staffordshire, ST8
KCAI (CD GCDTS)

01217 784377
07815 916795

 Click here West Midlands, B13
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07747 798092 Click here Worcestershire, WR11
KCAI (CD AD GCDTS) 07342 158930 Click here West Midlands, DY4
North East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01724 762317   Lincolnshire, DN21
KCAI (CD WG* GCDTS) 01609 748861 Click here North Yorkshire, DL7
North West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
David Campbell KCAI (Beh* CD* GCDTS*) 01617 753051    Cheshire, M31
KCAI (CD* GCDTS*AD)

07903 849204

   Cheshire, M31 & WA3
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01253 349110
07793 866698		 Click here Lancashire, FY4
KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01516 086323   Merseyside
(CD, GCDTS) 07973 285132 Click here Lancashire, OL13
Northern Ireland
Name and email Phone number Location
Rachel Cooper KCAI (GCDTS) 02879 651979
07855 474414		 County Antrim, BT41
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 01505 850532
07749 899178		   East Ayrshire, KA3
KCAI (GCDTS CD) 01738 639490
07738 677935		 Click here Perth, PH1
KCAI (CD GCDTS) 07922 430047   Fife
William Anderson KCAI (CD, GCDTS)  01592 581581    Fife
KCAI (CD, GCDTS) 07948 539794 Click here Glasgow area
South Central
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD* GCDTS* Ob)  01428 723572   Hampshire, GU30
KCAI (CD Ob* GCDTS) 01883 347721
07713 711535		   Surrey
KCAI (CD* Ob GCDTS*) 01737 426902   Surrey, RH2

KCAI (GCDTS)

 07827811604 Click here Farnham, Surrey
South East
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 01273 241008 Click here East Sussex
KCAI (CD GCDTS Ob) 01424 774089
07790 465184		   East Sussex, TN33
Sue Evans KCAI (CD* GCDTS) 02088 096762   London, N4
KCAI (CD* Ob GCDTS*) -    West Sussex
KCAI (GCDTS)

01903 505268
07774 563200

   West Sussex, BN12
KCAI (GCDTS)

KCAI (GCDS)

   Dover, Kent

 

South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD* GCDTS R)
Click here Somerset, BS26
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (CD) (GCDTS)  01286 660672 Gwynedd, LL54
KCAI (CD* HTM* GCDTS R) 01407 720057 Gwynedd, LL65

Accredited in behavioural training (Beh)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (RR* Beh) 03003 039333 Cambridgeshire, PE28
Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (CD Beh) 01905 828398 Worcestershire, WR5
North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD* Beh*) 07900 186117
 North Yorkshire Click here
KCAI (CD, Beh, Ob) 01427 753918 Doncaster, North Lincolnshire Click here 
North West
Name Phone number Location
David Campbell KCAI (Beh* CD* GCDTS*) 01617 753051 Cheshire, M31
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD* Beh* Ob*) 02392 370909 Hampshire, PO6  Click here
Overseas
Name and email Location
KCAI (CD* Beh*) India

Accredited in assistance dogs (AD) 

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (AD) 0116 233 5562
07932 433148		 Leicestershire, LE1 Click here
KCAI (CD AD GCDTS) 07342 158930 Click here West Midlands, DY4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

KCAI (CD*GCDTS*AD)		 07903 849204 Cheshire, M31/WA3  
KCAI (AD) 07796 444321 Cheshire, CW12 3LN   Click here

 

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
(KCAI CD AD) 07961793538
 East Yorkshire Click here
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (AD*) 07732 541565
    
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD AD)   Click here Fife

 

Accredited in clicker and target training (CT)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (CT) 07950 773578 
 West Butterwick / North Lincolnshire

Accredited in competitive agility training (Ag)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location Website
PhD KCAI (Ag*) 01603 872818
07765 458201		 Norfolk NR16 2LP Click here
KCAI (CD Ag) 01394 410051 Suffolk IP12 Click here
North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (Ag) 07881 813347 County Durham, SR8 Click here
KCAI (Ag) 07595204795 Durham, North East, England  Click here 

 

KCAI (Ag)

 

  

County Durham

Click here
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Currently no instructors in this area
   

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (Ag) 01189 810765
07769 731232		 Berkshire, RG19 Click here
KCAI (Ag* Rc) 01494 524341
07801 364824		 Buckinghamshire, HP10 Click here
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD Ag) 07958 010401 Dorset Click here

Accredited in competitive obedience (Ob)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (RR*,Ob,CD) 07867 977382 Hertfordshire, HP3 Click here
KCAI (CD* Ob) 01743 860368 Shropshire, SY5  

 

 

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD, Beh, Ob) 01427 753918
 Doncaster, North Lincolnshire Click here

 

 

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
KCAI (Ob* CD) 01344 645741
07941 523853		 Berkshire Click here
KCAI (CD* Beh* Ob*) 02392 370909 Hampshire, PO6  Click here
KCAI (CD* HTM* Ob) 07807770969 (before 9pm) Hampshire GU35 Click here
KCAI (CD* Ob*) 01372 273054 Surrey KT17  
KCAI (CD* Ob GCDTS*) 01737 246902 Surrey RH2  
KCAI (CD Ob* GCDTS) 01883 347721
07713 711535		 Surrey  
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD, Ob) 01959 509177
07801 349826		 Kent, TN16  
KCAI (CD GCDTS Ob) 01424 774089
07790 465184		 East Sussex, TN33  
(CD*, Ob GCDTS*)   West Sussex  
Scotland
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
Ellen Herries KCAI (Ob) - Dumfriesshire  

Accredited in field trials (FT)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website

Accredited in heelwork to music training (HTM)

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
KCAI (HTM* CD*) 01449 737624 Suffolk, IP14  
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD* HTM* Ob) 07807770969 (before 9pm) Hampshire, GU35 Click here
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (HTM*) 01322 668955
07956 989707		 Kent, Longfield DA3 (other areas available - please contact for more information) Click here
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location  Website
KCAI (CD* HTM* GCDTS R) 01407 720057 Gwynedd, LL65  

Accredited in non-competitive activities

East of England
Name and email Phone number Location Website
Gary Gregory KCAI (NC/Ag) 07360 269150
Bedfordshire and Peterborough Click here
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD NC/HTM) 01435 830265  East Sussex Click here
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (NC/Ag)

07771995042

Sherbourne, Dorset

Website

 

 

Scotland
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (NC/Ag)

07880 590703

Wigtownshire

  

Accredited in rally training (R)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (R) 01527 591519
07887 646867		 West Midlands, B48  
KCAI (CD R) 07841 843675 Worcestershire, WR10 Click here
North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (R*) 01253 292223 Lancashire, Blackpool  
South West
Name and email Phone number Website Location
KCAI (CD* GCDTS R)
Click here Somerset, BS26
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD* HTM* GCDTS R) 01407 720057 Gwynedd, LL65  

Accredited in rescue and rehoming (RR)

Midlands
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (RR*Ob CD) 07867 977382 Hertfordshire, HP3 Click here
South Central
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (RR*)  07882 157353 Surrey
South West
Name Phone number Location
     

 

Accredited in ringcraft (Rc)

South Central
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (Ag* Rc) 01494 524341
07801 364824		 Buckinghamshire, HP10 Click here

Accredited in working gundog training (WG)

North East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (CD WG* GCDTS) 01609 748861 North Yorkshire, DL7 Click here
KCAI (WG*) 01904 701040
07812 679563		 North Yorkshire, YO23 Click here
KCAI (CD* WG* FT) 07831 817309 North Yorkshire, YO41 1XU  
North West
Name and email Phone number Location Website

KCAI (WG)

0161 762 0174 / 07817771585
 Bury Lancashire Click here
South East
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (WG*) 01424 892076

Sussex, TN33

  
KCAI (WG)

07747 533080

Heathfield, East Sussex

 Click here
South West
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (WG)

07932159978

South Devon

 Click here

 

Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website
KCAI (WG*) 01938 558854
 Powys, SY21  

Accredited in working trials training (WT)

South West
Name and email Phone number Location
KCAI (WT*) 01249 812699
07748 112168		 Wiltshire
Wales
Name and email Phone number Location Website
(WT)   01686 688920 Powys, SY17 Click here