Talks and Webinars for Schools, Scouts, and Brownie Groups

Does this sound like your group?

• The children are curious, thoughtful, and love to get involved.
• You want a talk that’s educational and fun.
• You’ve found that many talks don’t feel interactive enough.
• You’d love a speaker who truly understands how to engage children.
  
  

If so, I’d love to work with you.

How often do children continue talking about a visit long after the speaker has gone? My talks are designed to be memorable, interactive, and meaningful.

Why These Talks Matter

Kindness starts at a young age. When we nurture compassion, understanding, and practical skills early on, children are more likely to carry these behaviours into later life and other situations.

Dogs are a huge part of our lives and our culture. By helping children understand how to safely and respectfully interact with dogs (and when not to), we can keep both children and dogs safer. Sadly, many dog bites involve a dog the child already knows — education really can make a difference. Positive behaviour changes are often easier to build in their early years.

What’s Included

• A 1-hour interactive talk with a qualified dog trainer and behaviourist
• Topics include dog safety and/or responsible dog care
• A take-home safety or care booklet for each child
• Plenty of time for questions – children often ask some fantastic ones!

How It Works

To book a talk, please get in touch with:

• Your preferred dates and times
• Your postcode
• The type of talk you’d like
• The age range of the children
• Any additional needs (for example, blind or visually impaired children)

The talks are suitable for children aged 5–11 years. There is no charge but I ask for a donation to a dog charity.

Experience & Safeguarding

• Over 9 years’ experience delivering talks to children
• Enhanced DBS certificate
• Talks tailored to the needs and abilities of each group

Veterinary Centres, Rescue Centres and Groomers

I offer talks to help staff understand more about behaviour and how they can reduce stress in the clinic.

Topics can include:

In person talk with me about the intricacies of canine body language and subtle signs you might miss.

Fear frustration and aggression - how to tell the difference. how to handle dogs to avoid behaviour escalating videos so you can see behaviour at hand. hand out's for you to keep.

Guidance on low stress handling techniques

A certificate of completion.

Role play to practice different situations from dog bites, dog fights or nervousness and anxiety.

Lower level signs to spot (the whispers that a dog is feeling worried so you can take steps to help them feel safer and prevent reactivity from occuring being able to spot early warning signs guidance on the four f's - flirting, flight, fiddling about and fleeing play.