Wagtails Canine College

We are Mother and Daughter team Ingrid and Kristina Elias offering a friendly, professional, and a highly personalised service to help with all your pet dog trainng needs in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex.

Wagtails began in late 1997 when Tina began seeing behaviour referral cases as she was nearing the end of her three year training at Southampton University. In the summer of 1998 she attained her 'post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Studies in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling', better known as a 'DAS CABC' for obvious reasons! Wagtails Behaviour Referrals was born.

At the same time we realised the need for puppy socialisation classes to prevent the onset of behaviour problems in later life - so many of which are caused by a lack of socialisation with people, dogs and the environment at an early age. Hence Wagtails Puppy Playschool was established to provide puppies with the ideal start to life.

In 1998 our classes and teaching methods were assessed and we were proud to both become full members of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (UK), an organisation committed to the training of pet dogs by 'kind fair and effective' methods. All members have to keep up to date with new developments in dog training and attend regular seminars to sharpen their skills and develop their knowledge.

Since our move from Farnham in Surrey, to Fernhurst in West Sussex in 2008, we have expanded Wagtails to offer classes and One to One private lessons in the Haslemere /Fernhurst / Midhurst and Chichester areas in addition to our original base in Farnham / Fleet.