Kat

Head Trainer and Founder of BDT

Trainer Kat has been working professionally with an enormous variety of species ranging from invertebrates to small primates for two decades. It is no secret however that her true love has long been dogs and other canids.

Kat's extensive and ever increasing portfolio of qualifications include HND Animal Management and Behaviour (triple distinction grade, level 4) and broad variety of specialist dog training and behaviour certifications.

These include but are not limited to those offered by Dr Ian Dunbar, Micheal Ellis, The Leerburg Academy, Ivan Balabanov (Training Without Conflict), Mark and Stephanie MaCabe (Training Between The Ears), Susan Garrett and Shield K9.

She has worked professionally with, shadowed and been mentored by a number of established trainers and continues to hone her skills with regular CPD courses and seminars.

She has enjoyed working extensively with dogs of all breeds and backgrounds ranging from toy breeds such as Chihuahuas and Pomeranians to Sighthounds like lurchers, HPR breeds, bull breeds, mollosors, terriers and working breeds such as Belgian Malinois, Cocker Spaniels and Labradors.

She has also worked with all manner of rescue dogs including Greek, Serbian, Romanian and Hungarian imports and has fully task and public access trained a Medical Alert Assistance Dog and assisted in the training of multiple others.

She is something of a Jack-Of-All-Trades but particularly enjoys problem solving reactive behaviours and off-lead reliability issues.

Kat's favourite breeds to work with include spaniels, HPR and herding breeds as well as sighthounds.

Natalia

Specialist Trainer

Trainer Natalia initially started out with us back in 2022 by coming along to our Intensive Training Days to shadow Kat, gain additional hands-on experience to compliment her many existing skills and to increase her knowledge of the more owner-centric aspects of dog training.

She was so brilliant and versatile that Kat promptly gave her a job.

Natalia holds a Distinction grade Level 3 Extended Animal Management and like Kat, continues to ensure she is up to date on modern training styles and is constantly developing her professional skills and experience by studying through other training academies including STSK9, Ivan Balabanov and Shield K9.

Natalia is incredibly experienced, skilful in behaviour modification and especially enjoys working with the most intense dogs we see for training with her favourite breeds being Belgian Malinois and Tervuren shepherds. She also has a huge love for Australian Cattle Dogs and Swedish Vallhunds.

Natalia, who trains her own dogs in Mondioring in her spare time runs the bulk of our Leash and Learn Training Walks and is our trick training and sports obedience specialist.

There is nothing she cant turn her hand to and we are incredibly proud to have her on the team!