Clicktrain K9 Centre to offer iPET Network qualifications
Goodwin’s training includes helping dogs get the skills that they need to support disabled people, and she is now looking to teach people as well
Clicktrain K9 Centre, a dog day care centre, is expanding its school to include a series of iPET Network FE qualifications.
Dog trainer Sheilagh Goodwin began teaching people to train their dogs 30 years ago, and along with her husband John, runs Clicktrain K9 Centre in Bonnybridge, Scotland. They offer dog day care, grooming, and dog training classes for puppies, kennel club canine good citizen awards and assistance dogs.
Goodwin’s training includes with John Rogerson, a UK’s behaviourist, to help dogs get the skills that they need to support disabled people. She said she is now looking to teach people as well, and Clicktrain K9 Centre will now offer Ofqual regulated iPET Network qualifications to pet owners, would-be and existing pet professionals.
The qualifications include the Level 2 Awards in Responsible Dog Ownership, Principles of Puppy Socialisation and Canine Care, Health, and Behaviour.
The centre will also soon be offering Level 3 Awards in Emergency Canine First Aid in the Workplace, Dog Walking and Pet Sitting for Professionals and Educators in the Canine and Feline Sector, with grooming awards being added later in 2023 and many more courses as iPET Network releases them.
Goodwin said: “It has always been a dream of mine to extend the school to offer career training too, and now it’s finally happening. I did lots of research into what qualifications to offer, and I chose iPET Network because of how down to earth and welfare focussed the courses are.
“I’m really excited to start this journey, helping pet professionals of the future operate at a high standard. There are so many more dogs now living in UK homes, and they all will need the services of pet professionals at some stage in their lives. So now is a great time for people to get their qualifications, and for Clicktrain K9 Centre to expand. It’s really exciting.”
Sarah Mackay and Fern Gresty, director national awarding organisation The iPET Network, added: “We are so happy that Sheilagh is joining the iPET Network family and with her high level of expertise and deep love of animals, she is the perfect person to instil in learners the importance of the work they do.”
