Adrienne was born into a family of dog lovers and from an early age had a deep love of all animals, especially dogs. She was introduced to dog training as a child of 12 years when her mother took the family’s unruly German Shepherd to the local dog training club for some basic training. Adrienne was hooked and after enthusiastically helping to train the family dog, received her own puppy for her 13^th birthday and together they successfully entered the world of competitive obedience.

Since those early days Adrienne has trained numerous dogs to championship status in the disciplines of Obedience, Tracker and Police Dog Working Trials, as well as qualifying dogs in Schutzhund and the Breed ring. She started instructing classes at a young age and was the Chief Trainer for both Pinetown GSD Club and Pietermaritzburg Kennel Club until she opened her own dog school in 1988. 

She has bred German Shepherds since the 1970’s as well as a few litters of Shetland Sheepdogs and Australian Shepherds and has enjoyed showing and qualifying her dogs in the Breed Ring. 

Adrienne qualified as an Obedience Judge as a young adult and was a senior Judge for several decades before retiring in order to concentrate on her Dog School and animal welfare volunteer work, which includes organizing an annual Township Dog Show and weekly dog training classes in the local township of Mpophomeni.

 A qualified teacher by profession, Adrienne also holds a Certificate in Companion Animal Behaviour from the University of Pretoria and because she believes in keeping up to date with modern trends, attends as many seminars and workshops as possible, in addition to reading relevant subject matter whenever possible. Over the years she has participated in numerous courses covering training, behaviour modification, clicker, T.Touch and animal communication. She is a member of ABC of SA, KUSA and GSD Federation of SA. 

Adrienne currently shares her home with four cats who all help to keep the three German Shepherds, two Boxers and a Japanese Shiba in check, while the six dogs in turn, help to remind her that she still doesn’t know it all. 

Adrienne’s passion and goal is to enhance the relationship between people and their dogs by not only helping them learn how to train using positive motivational methods, but to better understand their canine companions through education.