Empowering You and Your Dog
OUR WHY
At The Modern Canine, we’re driven by a simple belief: real, lasting connections between dogs and their owners are built on trust, understanding and a tailored approach. We’re here to help you navigate the unique journey of living with your dog, offering guidance that’s grounded in practical, real-world techniques.
OUR VALUES
Quality
A promise that knowledge, tools, techniques and understanding will be applied and shared across all services
Supportive Environment
True owner coaching with a relaxed and informal approach that doesn't overwhelm you
Balanced Ethos
Utilising a full range of principles to achieve sustainable results centred around effective and fair communication
Functional results
Real life focussed, easy to replicate, simple techniques that actually work. No guesswork, no cookie cutter techniques, just a personal approach for real change
HonestY & Transparency
With clear expectations on results based on best interests of the dog and a dose of reality of what its truly like working with animals
INDIVIDUALISED APPROACH
Tailored to owners goals and how you want to live with your dog, with compassion and a focus on adaptive sessions meeting you where you are
MEET THE TEAM
HEAD TRAINER
HEAD TRAINER
KATE
Kate has invested in multiple courses both online and in person with a range of trainers in the industry and believes in the forever student mindset, forging a vast knowledge base designed to bring understanding to clients. Kate currently shares her life with Six, her pride and joy Doberman cross, enhancing her life through sports and advanced obedience training, as well as recent addition of Sarge the Kelpie who has taught her to think differently about dogs, as well as co-pawrenting two spaniels.
With a strong desire to help people, Kate has built a community to empower owners and new trainers to stop second guessing themselves and go out into the world and take up space. Kate has developed a strong framework to help owners provide their dogs with the best they can have, through motivational foundational training, using play and thoughtful training to enrich their lives and a deep knowledge on nervous system regulation, Kate has a special interest in holistic behaviour modification and training.
TRAINEER & WALKER
TRAINEER & WALKER
LISS
She's loved all animals, big and small, ever since she can remember. Her childhood dog, Maisie, was her sidekick, and everywhere Liss went, she came with. Every animal she saw she wanted to meet, and every bug she wanted to pick up and keep as a pet. She spends her spare time training her dogs, or shouting at her husband for un-training them, exploring, and talking… a lot!!
TRAINEER & WALKER
TRAINEER & WALKER
RUBY
Ruby grew up with a childhood dog and now, another family dog, Mabel. Mabel is a Beagle Cross, who spent the first 5 years of her life on lead, presenting with selective dog-reactivity and barrier frustration. She can now successfully be off-lead and is ever-improving with training.
Ruby has bog aspirations, for her first personal dog, she sees herself with a Shepherd-type dog. She believes the experience will hugely increase her knowledge on advanced obedience training, and is excited to raise a puppy with the knowledge gained.
Going into dog walking showed Ruby that she could help people in a way that came naturally to her, training.
Ruby is always looking for things to expand her knowledge, be it workshops, research and new dogs. Her ethos is, 'the better I become, the better I can be for my clients and their dogs". This is why when given the opportunity to work at The Modern Canine, she jumped at the chance and we cannot wait to see what she achieves.
STRUCTURED DOG WALKER
STRUCTURED DOG WALKER
JESS
Jess has a natural affinity to dogs and has grown up around them, sharing her life with multiple spaniels over the years, although her current spaniel Murphy is more into cuddles on the sofa than long walks, it doesn't stop Jess enjoying the countryside.
"WE CAN'T THANK HER ENOUGH."
I'd been following the Modern Canine on Instagram after a recommendation from a colleague and finally took the plunge when our cocker spaniel Bruce hit adolescence and we needed some help managing his behaviour. From the very first session we noticed a massive difference in Bruce. Kate is so knowledgable, professional and not only did she help us improve Bruce's behaviour, she helped us understand him better. She's a star and we can't thank her enough.
- LAURA
"SHE HAS WORKED WONDERS"
Can't recommend Kate enough, she has worked wonders with Loxley and it has improved things at home so much. Just with putting certain boundaries in place, he has become more confident and a pleasure to have.
- GEMMA
"ABSOLUTELY CHUFFED WE FOUND TMC"
Absolutely chuffed we found TMC. Kate has worked miracles with my JRT, Bruiser. After working with several trainers and his dog reactivity only seeming to get more intense, he now makes some great choices and can actually have time off lead. Bruiser would redirect to his littermate, Blair, so they've been walked separately until now. After 3 years of my blood, sweat and tears Kate helped us crack Blair's heel in less than a session, so she can enjoy walks with Bruiser and show him how fun the world can be. She is truly a skilled trainer and I can't wait to get stuck in on a mentorship program and learn how to become even half the trainer Kate is myself! Truly cannot thank her enough.
- LEAH
"I GENUINELY CAN'T THANK HER ENOUGH"
Kate has been my mentor for the past few months and has made a huge difference to both my business and my confidence. She has guided me through what initially felt like a very overwhelming process of starting a business, from communicating with clients to improving the overall service I provide. She is incredibly patient, always approachable and available for both advice and moral support.