
YOU & YOUR DOG + OUR EXPERTISE
All you need to develop a relationship and connection with your dog for the whole of their life


HOW CAN WE HELP?
During the Coronavirus lockdown all our classes are now available online and we have a whole range of interactive sessions to keep you and your dog occupied, learning, and having fun. See our Classes page for more details.
Set in 8 acres of securely fenced fields, our unrivalled training centre near Ely, Cambridgeshire has a range of classes and workshops for pet dogs, owners and trainers. Our expert trainers have designed courses, classes, and 1:1 packages to meet your needs, develop your skills, and make sure you have fun along the way. These are now all available online, in fully interactive sessions with our expert trainers.
Start with our open enrolment Life Skills classes – for puppies or older dogs – then progress to our range of fun and practical classes.

Need some help with your new puppy? Click here to watch our videos on Housetraining, Puppy Biting, and those First Few Days now.
Our aims are to develop your relationship with your canine companion, give you the tools to understand each other and help your puppy or dog develop the important life skills that make them part of the family.

WHAT WE DO
While restrictions are in place due to Covid-19 we have moved our classes online, with fully interactive taught sessions. When we are able to safely open up in person classes we will be delighted to welcome you to our dedicated training centre with securely-fenced eight acre field, heated indoor training barn, and floodlit outdoor training areas.
If you want somewhere to walk your dog while following social distancing rules then you might want to join our dog walkers and have our fields to yourself.


Nail Maintenance Month – Members Only
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FREE Virtual Coffee and Chat Group
Free weekly chat during this tough period for everyone so that you can keep in contact with us, and we can keep in contact with you!
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Life Skills Online
The place to start if you have a new dog in your family or are looking to start your training with us.
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Life Skills PLUS Online – Outside
The follow-on from our Life Skills sessions to help with all the things you need help with when out walking your dog e.g. lead work, recall, settling etc.
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Trick of the Week
Learn a trick a week with our weekly three session courses!
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Creative Classes
Mysteries to solve, puzzles to complete, clues to crack: can you work as a team to solve these mysteries?
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Gundog Skills
A fun and lighthearted session to help you with your basic gundog skills.
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Talking Dogs Scentwork
Sessions to challenge you and progress your dog's scentwork skills and your handling skills.
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Mental Workout
Take part in our weekly brain games sessions flex you and your dog's mental muscles.
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Lockdown Parkour
Teaching you how to use everyday items in the house to do parkour with your dog.
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Hoopers: Intro and Advanced
An online introductory course to teach you how to partake in this fun sport and online sessions where you will be coached around newly designed courses weekly.
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Activities Class Online
Puzzles and mysteries, tricks, clicker work, scentwork and more!
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OUR HAPPY CLIENTS
Sian is hugely encouraging and takes great trouble to adjust the activity to the level of your dog and to plan each session. The class sizes are small and this allows for good communication, a lot of attention and time to learn or develop the skills being shown. Sian is a masterful teacher; she has been instrumental in enabling us to enjoy our boisterous Cockapoo in so many ways and we are proud that Rosa is a Developing Dog!
Kathryn & Niall
Rosa the CockapooHugely recommended! Developing Dogs helped me turn a miserable dog ownership in to a respectful, joyful and wonderful one. Rupert is a highly strung, intelligent dog and no previous attempts to find a good relationship with him had been fruitful. Working with Developing Dogs has transformed my relationship with Rupert, I still use all the tips, hints and techniques that I was taught 18 months ago – if ever things start to go awry I go right back to what I was taught and we are soon sorted.
Judith
Rupert - labradoodle (2 and a bit) and familyJust wanted to say a huge thank you for last Sunday and The Dog Particle course. Thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt so much. I have been telling anyone who will listen about it all week!