Get to know Sarah!
Known as the Multidog Maven. She is the proprietor and owner of the award winning company Hound Helpers Ltd, she is qualified with the Kennel Club Accredited Instructor scheme in both companion dog training and in competitive Rally. An Animal Behaviour and Training Council Animal Training Instructor. She is also a qualified international dog training instructor and canine first responder instructor. In her own words ‘Yes I have the experience and the letters after my name blah blah, but what I really want you to know is that I have made many mistakes, learnt from them, how to change things around for the better in a positive way and I love to help others in a practical, honest and often humorous way’.
She is passionate about using reward based, kind and effective methods with both dogs and their owners achieving the best results.
Sarah has been around dogs for as long as she can remember and has been working with them professionally since 2005.
Sarah considers her greatest achievements to be:
- Competing to the highest levels of KC Rally with three of her miniature Long Haired Dachshunds – the first of all six varieties of dachshund to do this.
- Leading the Dachtastic Obreedience team to the finals at Crufts for two consecutive years and achieving places (and ribbons each time).
- Author of three popular and highly praised books
- Teaching other pet professionals nationwide about her specialist subject – multidog households.
Her Super Powers are in multi dog households, puppies and barky/fearful dogs.
Sarah shares her life with 3 miniature long haired dachshunds – Moss, Mizzle & Ripple.
She also has a wonderful fell pony called Billy.
Proud of her Yorkshire roots, she says it as it is and happy to share her many mistakes she’s made along the way which have shaped her into the trainer she is today.
Accreditations
- Animal Behaviour and Training Council Animal Training Instructor
- The Canine Behaviour and Training Society Dog Training Instructor
- Qualified International Dog Training Instructor
- Kennel Club Accredited Instructor in Companion Dog Training and KC Rally
- Canine First Responder Instructor
Read my words!
Just wanted to say a Big Thank you to Sarah, probably the best "no nonsense" dog trainer I've had the pleasure to know. Must be the Yorkshire side coming forth. My rescue dog was a nightmare with other dogs when I first had her. She's still very anxious around them, but I can cope better with the situations, because I now understand her trigger distance and read her body language much better before it escalates and this is all down to Sarah.
Sarah Nicholls Nula - Rescue CrossbreedExcellent delivery of great courses broken down into bite sized chunks. They contain lots of videos and visuals making them so much easier to follow. I've recently completed two courses, both which have been invaluable in helping me understand not only our family dog, but the behaviour of other dogs too. Alongside these courses, Sarah provides great online support encouraging lots of questions along the way. These courses are a must for anyone wanting to understand and improve their relationship with their own dogs or any dogs they come into contact with Professionally/ Non professionally. Thank you for two great courses Sarah.
Yvonne Handley Lenny
Sarah has helped me so much with my German Shepherd, she is not the easiest of dogs but Sarah has given me the confidence to progress with Milly's training and it is working. Highly recommend.
Maxine Colbourne Milly GSD