 |  | Dog Shop & Self Service Team | | |  In Scotland’s biggest and most exciting Dog Shop you'll find:
Peter in his role as co director is involved in all parts of the business.
Peter has always had dogs when growing up and his interest in canine behaviour was kick started with a rescued Staffie, Buster. He has been studying behaviour for over 17 years, but admits he has still to apply his knowledge to his 8 year old Kerry Blue Terrier, Stella. He has worked as a groomer for the last 10 years and used his knowledge and experience to design and plan the concept of Wizard of Paws.
Bringing with her a retail background is Angie, she loves dogs and working with people. With a young family she juggles working part time in our shop and self service baths - always with a smile!
Janice is a key member of the team. Her role is to ensure the place is kept ship shape ready for our canine pals and assisting in the dog shop.
Jade works with us part time as she is a student. Very helpful and a pleasure to have on our team. She has built up a great knowledge of our products and services and offers advice for the needs of all ages, shapes and sizes of dogs.
Louise works at weekends and is also a student. Keen to meet the dogs and chat to all owners. Louise has a Beardie called Ben, so is used to big, hairy dogs!
Andrea our newest member of the team, works part time with us. Always willing to help and get involved. |
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| | In the Groom Room | | | Fonchea (pictured wearing Wizard of Paws corporate coloured ribbons!) manages the Groom Room. She co-ordinates the appointment diaries and mentors our trainees. She is very patient with the dogs (and people!) she grooms and can't resist cuddles for each of her canine clients! She is the proud owner of Reggie, minature bull terrier with a big personality which you may hear coming from our groom room !
Stephanie has a good relationship with the dogs she grooms and their owners. A kind and caring girl who loves all the dogs she interacts and is a pleasure to work with. She has Fester, a collie cross who comes into work with her every day.
Mandy is always in good spirits and enjoys chatting away to all the dogs on her grooming table. She is the owner of two Lhasa Apso and so understands very well the time and effort required to keep them looking well groomed.
All our groomers liaise with dog owners to discuss their requirements and wishes. They work very hard to meet demands and treat the dogs with the greatest care and respect at all times.
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| | In the Training School | | | Gill has had a passion for dogs all her life and currently owns a scruffy Bearded Collie called Willo. She trained and qualified as a dog trainer 8 years ago and ran her own pet care business before joining Wizard of Paws. She is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, member no. 00887 and working towards accredited membership of the Kennel Club Accreditation Scheme for Instructors in Dog Training and Canine Behaviour Gill has been working closely with Strathclyde Police Dog Branch over the past couple of years, sharing training practices and experiences. She is also a member of the Animal Welfare Lay Visitors Scheme working with the local vets and rehoming centres to ensure welfare is always paramount.Gill and Willo run training classes, workshops and one to one training sessions.
Gill also finds herself co-ordinating ‘public relations’ and getting roped into organizing promotional activities – she loves it - especially if it involves dogs!!
Alasdair Bunyan started training dogs in 1991. He became an associate member of John Rogerson’s “Pet Behaviour Institute” in 1994 dealing with many different training and behaviour problems.
Alasdair began training dogs for Working Trials in 1991, competing at the highest level with a Lab/GSD cross called Joss. Alasdair retired Joss in 1995 due to back problems and started to work a Border Collie called Torrin. Torrin and Alasdair competed at the highest level and were invited to enter the “Scottish Working Trial Dog of the Year” on two occasions by the SKC in which Scotland’s 10 best handlers and dogs compete, achieving 2nd place in both competitions.
In 1995 he began to advise and assist with problem dog’s for the Dog’s Trust and in 2002 he re homed a young Working Sheepdog (Rhu) from the Dog’s Trust with aggression problems. This then became the focus for his behavioural work and has now trained and re-homed several aggressive dogs, 2 of which he kept.
He has run and advised at several different training and breed clubs across the country and we are delighted he has now joined our team as a trainer and behaviour adviser. |
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| | Big round of appaws for our volunteers!! | | | We're really lucky that some willing customers, friends and family lend a helping hand from time to time - thanks to all for all their support!
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