“Animals are my life and give me so much joy and companionship. I want to help all my clients feel the same enjoyment”.

Gill grew up on a farm in the Karoo and animals have always been her passion. She had dreams of becoming a veterinarian or a farmer, but in those days “Girls didn’t invade male dominated professions!”. So she studied at the University of Cape Town and obtained a BSc degree majoring in Zoology and Botany.

While doing ecological research in the Karoo Gill met and married a farmer. She then farmed for many years and raised two children.

The farm was subsequently sold and Gill decided to study again. In 2001 she enrolled in the late Prof. Odendaal’s canine and feline behaviour course which she followed in 2002 with the advanced canine and feline behaviour courses as well as equine behaviour.

In mid-June 2002 Gill relocated to a smallholding in Joostenbergvlakte in the Western Cape. On her smallholding Gill takes care of six horses, milk goats, ducks, chickens, cats and dogs. Gill also bred with English Pointers and Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

For the past nine years Gill has been running puppy classes from her home and also in Stellenbosch (these classes are now held at the Zimzala Estate just outside Stellenbosch).

Gill’s puppy classes are for puppies between the age of 9 – 16 weeks. She also offers a basic home obedience course for pups and dogs over the age of 4.5 months.

Gill has been a member of the Animal Behaviour Consultants of SA for the past decade and has also been a registered Companion Animal Behaviourist with SABCAP since its inception.

Gill has also volunteered for welfare organisations such as DARG and at present has a number of rescue dogs living with her.