When your dog first joins Dorridge Dogs, Helen comes to meet you and your dog at home. She runs the business and trains up the team of walkers to follow a code of conduct where your dog’s safety is paramount.
Helen has a BA (Hons) in Humanities and used to work as a factual TV producer for the BBC in London before taking a career break working with street dogs in Asia. Running Dorridge Dogs by day, she teaches a range of classes for Animal Kind Dog Training in the evenings, having trained under the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT) as a Dog Training Instructor. She co-parents Labrador, Luna with Chris and loves road cycling, travel, pilates and generally being active!
Chris has a BSc in International Relations from LSE and a MSc in Animal Behaviour from Newcastle University.
He is a qualified Dog Training Instructor with the IMDT, so mainly provides dog training and behaviour consultations whilst running Animal Kind Dog Training but he also assists Helen with the administration of Dorridge Dogs.
He is a member of K&D Round Table and loves SUP with our re-homed Labrador, Luna.
Cerie grew up in Knowle, has studied Canine Behaviour at Solihull College and is an ex-dog groomer.
She is a big Schnauzer fan – first Buddy and now a miniature Schnauzer called Logan and enjoys UK holidays in log cabins so Logan gets to go too! She also has a big crush on Noel Fitzpatrick, the Supervet….
Cerie works Tuesdays to Fridays and has been an amazingly reliable walker since she started working for us in 2012.
Sasha has studied for a National Diploma in Animal Care at Warwickshire college and used to work in the Pet zone at Notcutts.
She used to compete a lot on her horse at Solihull Riding Club and now enjoys looking after her ducks and chickens AND watching F1.
Sasha mostly does group walks on Mondays with solo walks on other days.
Matt worked for us for two years and left because of the pandemic but he has always loved the job so much, he has come back with a vengeance and now works five days a week.
He has previously worked as a Dog Warden in the Birmingham area and is an ex Royal Mail postal-worker, so he is used to walking – and in the rain… He has also volunteered with a range of dogs at the Blue Cross Rehoming Centre and The Cinnamon Trust.
He has two dogs of his own, Lucy, a black lab and Millie, a Golden retriever.
The newest member of our team, Sid works on Wednesdays and does some solo walks on other days.
Sid also works for In the Dog House so has experience of a large variety of dogs, plus he helps to look after his mum’s dog, Nigel.
With a Geography degree under his belt, he loves travelling having back-packed his way around South America and is also a passionate Villa football fan.
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