About John

JOHN MENZIES, C.P.D.T.
Owner/Head Trainer

· Certified by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (U.S.A.) - the largest dog-trainers' organisation in the world - after sitting the first national dog trainer certification exam ever offered in North America
· 25-year member of the Canadian Kennel Club
· Speaker at national dog training conferences and seminars (most recently, John gave a presentation at a three-day aggression symposium for trainers, vets and behaviourists at the University of Guelph)
· Past co-chair of a national trainer's organisation
· Past chair of a trainers' proficiency team, comprised of trainers, veterinarians and behaviourists, formed to assess the possibility of Canadian dog trainer certification
· Member of the committee for certification of CKC Tracker Dog judges.
· Certified Canadian Canine Good Citizen Test evaluator
· Co-founder and former chief tester of the Canadian Temperament Test Society
· Experienced Schutzhund (police-type) trainer; trained the only Labrador in the world to hold the combined titles of OTCh., Sch I, lI, III, Int., UDT and TT
· Among the first trainers in Ontario to train and promote the sport of flyball; trained the only all-Doberman team to win the Purina Flyball Gold Cup Championship

After almost thirty years of training dogs in Canada and the U.K., John has CKC obedience titles at all levels, top-scoring Dog World awards, a championship flyball team and numerous tracking titles to his credit. Trainem students and instructors have won first place and High In Trial at many CKC trials and Specialty trials. Although retired from Schutzhund, John remains involved in other areas of competitive training, including flyball and agility; he requires all his instructors to have trained a CKC Obedience Trial Champion.
His main focus, however, is the family dog. His goal is to help dogs and owners understand each other through proper training, in the hopes that fewer dogs will end up in animal shelters, abandoned or injured in accidents.