Penny's greatest joy is being able to teach people to communicate with their dogs.

She shares her life with four dogs - a Labrador x Boerboel, Australian Shepherd, Standard Poodle and a Yorkshire terrier. The rest of the menagerie consists of a few parrots, various rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, longhaired Belgian guinea pigs and a husband.

From a young age dogs have been Penny's passion and she is now able to pursue this interest full time.

Penny works her Aussie in agility and obedience and has qualified to compete in A test obedience. Her Aussie also has a silver CGC qualification. Penny's standard poodle has just completed puppy socialisation and she is currently working on achieving an elementary beginners qualification. Penny's Lab x Boerboel has completed advanced obedience, has a KUSA beginners qualification and also a silver CGC qualification. The last canine in the crew is Penny's inherited Yorkie which is mostly just cute, although Penny is working on some agility with her.

On the formal qualification side Penny has undergone the Canine Culture Instructor's course and the Canine Culture Behaviour course achieving merit passes in both.

All of Penny's training methods are positive reinforcement based and she has a passion for clicker training and tricks that teach body awareness and improve fitness.

Penny aims to make training a pleasure for both dog and owner. A highly respected trainer once told her: “ I would rather have a nice dog that sat skew than a horrible dog that sat straight!”. This sums up Penny's approach perfectly.