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TopDaybreak Dog Training is

Owned by experienced dog trainer Gemma Osmond, Daybreak Dog Training emphasizes outstanding relationships between dog and handler. Agility, obedience and other experiences shared by the human dog team are the foundation for a long and healthy life for your dog and great memories for you both.

TopHistory

The training school was set up during the summer of 2008 and is named after Ella (Kennel Club registered name Nedlo Daybreak.), Gemma’s most successful competition dog to date. Nedlo is her breeder, Lesley Olden’s affix and Gemma chose Daybreak to follow it for the new start Ella’s entry into her life represented.

It seemed appropriate to name the training school after her as Gemma embarked in a new chapter in her life, that of mother and part-time dog trainer.

 

 

TopPhilosophy

Our philosophy is simple. Dogs are a joy to live with providing their basic needs are met; that they are adequately fed, watered, sheltered, exercised and trained.

Sadly many dogs are overfed and suffer the consequences of poor health, the boredom of inadequate exercise, and the stress of owners getting cross with them for displaying doggy behaviours which they haven’t trained them to control.

We’d like to change all that. Joining one of our classes will help you to build a better relationship with your dog, which in turn will improve your lives together for the better.

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TopAbout Gemma

Gemma Osmond,
MAPDT 01069 (Association of Pet Dog Trainers)
ACAI 1st Class (Agility Club Approved Instructor 1st Class)

Gemma has been instructing classes since January 2006 at Severnside Dog Agility Club, of which she is a member. She has been teaching the Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards at Daybreak since January 2011.

She has been on the following Instructor courses:

    • Kim and Sean Hunt’s ‘Agility Training for Trainers – Starting Out’ – September 2005
    • Lois Harris’ training course – November 2005
    • Steve Croxford’s ‘Trainer Training Programme’ – March 2006
    • Kim and Sean Hunt’s ‘Handling Training for Trainers’ – April 2006
    • Steve Croxford’s ‘PACE-Agility Trainer Training Course’ – September 2006
    • Kim Hunt’s ‘Agility Training for Trainers 3 Top-Up’ – May 2007
    • The Agility Club Instructors Seminar – October 2007
    • Regular 1-2-1 Agility sessions with Martin Tait, Dervish Agility – July 2007 – present
    • APDT Assessment – October 2009 Approved for membership
    • Kennel Club Agility Regulations & Procedures Seminar – November 2009
    • Kennel Club Agility Course Design & Practical Judging Seminar – November 2009
    • Dawn Weaver Training Afternoon – February 2010
    • The SMART Clinic Seminar – Healthy Puppy Development, Training the Athlete and Common Injuries in the Working Dog – February 2010
    • Clicker Training 1-2-1 with Kay Laurence, Learning About Dogs – April 2010
    • Susan Garrett’s ‘The 5 Minute Formula for a Brilliant Recall’ online course – August 2010
    • Toni Dawkins Training Session – October 2010
    • Canine Sports Science Seminar – October 2010
    • Gemma Hanekom’s ‘Jumping Grids Workshop – Stage 1′ – November 2010
    • Susan Garrett’s ‘Puppy Peaks’ monthly video project – June 2011

Gemma’s Family

Doggy Relations


Gemma Osmond, MAPDT 01069

TopAbout Sue
Sue James,

ACAI (Agility Club Approved Instructor)

Diploma in Canine Psychology with Distinction

Sue has been instructing agility classes since January 2006 at Severnside Dog Agility Club, of which she is a member and with Daybreak since it began in 2008. She has also been teaching the Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards at Burnham-on-Sea Canine Training Club since September 2008.

She has been on the following Instructor courses:

      • Kim and Sean Hunt’s ‘Agility Training for Trainers – Starting Out’ – September 2005
      • Lois Harris’ training course – November 2005
      • Steve Croxford’s ‘Trainer Training Programme’ – March 2006
      • Kim and Sean Hunt’s ‘Handling Training for Trainers’ – April 2006
      • Steve Croxford’s ‘PACE-Agility Trainer Training Course’ – September 2006
      • Kim Hunt’s ‘Agility Training for Trainers 3 Top-Up’ – May 2007
      • The Agility Club Instructors Seminar – October 2007
      • Requirements of an Obedience Judge – June 2008
      • The Kennel Club Agility Regulations and Procedures – November 2009
      • Agility Course Design and Practical Judging – November 2009
      • The Kennel Club Obedience Test Design and Practical Judging – January 2010
      • The SMART Clinic Seminar – Healthy Puppy Development, Training the Athlete and Common Injuries in the Working Dog – February 2010
      • John McNeil FBIPDT KCAI – Instructors Weekend Workshop – March 2010
      • Private training 1-2-1 with Dawn Weaver – October 2010
      • Diploma in Canine Psychology with Distinction – February 2011
      • Regular training with Martin Tait of Dervish Agility
      • Monthly training sessions with Obedience Championship and Crufts handler Stephanie Woollam

Sue’s Family


The Kennel Club

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