BARKS Podcast with Julie Brewer from Little Tykes Dog Hub in the UK
Episode description
Join Niki Tudge while she Chats and Chuckles with Julie Brewer from the UK. We chatted about lots of things regarding positive reinforcement training and the way to best engage and educate clients being central.
Julie Brewer has a Masters Degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour from University of Lincoln with Professor Daniel Mills. Julie has several other qualifications, Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training from COAPE, Diploma in Photography and Digital Imaging, Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing RCVS, Registered Veterinary Nurse. Julie is a member of The Pet Professional Guild, COAPE, Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors, Pet Professional Network and the British Veterinary Nursing Association
In 2018 whilst still working as a full-time veterinary nurse, doing permanent weekend and night duties, running puppy training classes and seeing behaviour cases, she started her Masters degree, took on another puppy from Spain called Dodo and opened her business with her business partner Dawn, also a qualified veterinary nurse. Little Tykes Dog Hub in Grimsby offers Day Care, Training and Behaviour was born.
In 2020 Julie gained a Merit in her degree, despite never believing that she was capable, and is still growing the business in the face of Covid having to change to online provisions. Julie will happily say “if I can do it then anyone can”.