About Me

I am Deb Gallimore and have been a dog training instructor for around 15 years, although my passion for animals and especially dogs has been with me for as long as I can remember.

Along with instructing pet handling classes I have been in demonstration teams at Crufts on several occasions, with the Kennel club good citizen dog scheme, I have competed successfully in Agility with both GSD'S and other breeds of dog and am an Agility Club Approved Instructor ACAI (1st class). I am also fully qualified and registered instructor and assessor with the Academy of Dog Training and behaviour (ADTB).

During my dog training career I have learned much from many different teachers, both human and canine and am proud to say that I continue to do so to this day. There is always something to be learned from every situation if you are able to sit back, listen and observe.

My Philosophy

Dog training is all about having a well mannered well adjusted dog. Once you have good manners and good communication you have solid cornerstones on which to build. All the trimmings, like any kind of competitive dog sport from Obedience to Gundog trials, although they can be enormous fun for dogs and humans, come second to manners and communication. 

Respect, Trust, Leadership

Having invited dogs to share our lives we have a responsibility to them. They need our respect in order to gain theirs; they need to trust us in order for us to be able to trust them, they need us to be strong leaders in order to follow our lead. Sounds too simple? Well it is simple to a dog, it is us who overcomplicate things by expecting dogs to think and be like humans instead of looking at things from a dog’s perspective.

My Dogs

As a teenager I took the family dog (a GSD cross named Tammy) to training classes at my local dog training club which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was during the classes at club that I began to admire the dignity and grace of some of the other members German shepherd dogs. Unable to persuade my Mum to let me have a GSD of my own I had to bide my time, so Tammy and I practiced, I watched and learned, and when I left home and time came to have a dog in my own right I was finally able to follow my dream and have the German Shepherd Dog I had always wanted, there began a lifelong love of a truly beautiful breed of dog.

I have been lucky enough to share my life with some wonderful canine companions, every one a character, an individual in their own right.