Media Appearances:
  TV: Seoiga and O'Shea RTE1, Six one News RTE1, TV3 News, Sky News
  Radio: BBC News Northern Ireland, Dublin City FM, 4FM.
  Print: Contributor to K9 Magazine
  Blogs: Blogger on Dr. Ian & Kelly Dunbar's website www.DogStarDaily.com

Tara is co-founder of Dog Training Ireland with Lisa Whelan. Tara's original background was in IT as a Knowledge Management Specialist and she holds a Degree in Computer Science but has been working with dogs for over 8 years. From 2006 onwards Tara and Lisa have supervised the training of over 1000 dogs per year. This combined with their ongoing study and qualifications give them both the educational standards and experience necessary to work with people and their dogs. Tara's early work with rescue dogs led to the gaining of a recognised qualification and the attendance of many more courses and hours experience in areas such as behaviour modification, clicker training, puppy and agility Training. Tara has worked hard with Lisa to create a specialist team at Dog Training Ireland with emphasis on the true understanding of Canine Behaviour and all work done here is based on the science of the canine. Tara's area of interest is behaviour modification and working with dogs needing extra help and who display aggression. These dogs require help rather than stigmatisation and all training must be kind and stress free. Tara lives with her husband Philip and their two dogs Zak a cheeky Dachshund and Boomer a gentle Schnauzer.

Media Appearances:
  TV: Seoiga and O'Shea RTE1 and Ireland AM on TV3.
  Radio: Mooney goes live on RTE1, Gerry Ryan on 2FM, Dublin City FM
  Print: Contributor to Pet Care Magazine
  Blogs: Blogger on Dr. Ian & Kelly Dunbar's website www.DogStarDaily.com

Lisa is co-founder of Dog Training Ireland along with Tara. Lisa's original background was in IT as an Analyst Programmer. Her Canine Career started 8 years ago when she met Tara and they collaborated together rescuing pound dogs. Ideas quickly developed and after qualifications and certifications were earned, Dog Training Ireland was born. The dream has developed into a reality over the last number of years and despite the long hours and very hard work, Lisa wouldn't swap it for the world and loves every minute of it. Lisa's areas of interest are primarily around behaviour work, problem solving and also teaching others to understand about dogs based on real and proven science. Lisa lives with her husband Carroll and 4 dogs, Honey and Millie, Tibetan Terrier sisters, Misty a mixed pedigree and Homer a Cocker Spaniel. Her idea of fun is hill walking in the Wicklow mountains with Carroll and the dogs, oh and of course being in Dog Training Ireland!.

Media Appearances:   TV: KAZOO on the Den RTE1 Oct 2009, Laura appeared on the show with Jodie who demonstrated all of the tricks that she can do!

Laura has had dogs all her life and was involved in rescue work for many years but really discovered her love for training dogs when she adopted an untrained, dog aggressive Jack Russell Terrier cross called Jodie four years ago. Jodie had several homes before she was a year old as people could not cope with her. This was how Laura came to know DTI. She and Jodie quickly enrolled in lots of courses! They spent a long time retraining but the commitment paid off, Jodie has taken part in many of Laura's exams and helped her receive distinctions. Laura was hooked and she started her various qualifications and certification as well as becoming an Intern at Dog Training Ireland. She has worked her way up from an Intern to Manager while studying extremely hard for qualifications and certifications. The hard work paid off as Laura now has her dream job!!! Laura's lives with her Husband, Jonathan, Jodie and her second dog, Charlie, a collie cross. Despite suffering from liver disease and various other health problems, Charlie has been trained to a high standard and regularly competes in Agility. Charlie also accompanies Laura to many works shops and seminars and he has his own wall full of Rosettes at home. Laura's main areas of interest are Agility, task & trick training and behaviour cases such as nervous or shy dogs. In her spare time Laura loves long walks with her family and fostering homeless dogs to help them become more adoptable, happy pets!

Lorna is our Canine Health and Welfare Officer. She is responsible for ensuring the health and wellbeing of all the dogs in Daycare. She is also responsible for training and instructing Interns and new employees so that they receive Canine First Aid certification. She provides Canine First Aid training to the general public for Dog Training Ireland. Lorna joined the team in January 2009 and her role has developed since then. Lorna started her canine career fostering cavaliers for Cavalier Rescue. She is a gentle and caring individual and the Daycare dogs are very lucky to have her taking care of them. Lorna lives with her husband Shane, their three Cavaliers, Sam, Charlie and Molly and Triton the wonder horse.

Emma has been dog lover since she was a child but was never allowed to have a dog as her family were all petrified. So having always walked the neighbour's dogs and pet sat for friends while they went on holidays, in 2006 at the age of 18 she put her foot down. Emma knew she wanted a puppy and made the call to a breeder in Newry. The trek began on a minus two degree cold November night to collect her puppy. A little lemon and white Beagle puppy called Toby who changed her whole family's life forever. Since that day Emma had her work cut out for her with a very cheeky, clever and hyperactive puppy. She contacted Dog Training Ireland to get the much needed help and guidance she needed and has never looked back. Emma was accepted for an internship at Dog Training Ireland in May 2009 and demonstrated her excellent handling skills, aptitude and ability with the dogs both in Daycare and in Classes. She was offered a full time role as a Trainee Dog Trainer in August 2009 and was delighted to officially join the Dog Training Ireland Team. Emma and Toby love Clicker Training and obedience and are currently training towards their CAP 1 certification. Emma loves nothing more than going the beach with Toby, her boyfriend Mark and his rescue Boxer Leo.

Michelle grew up with dogs and was always the one with the responsibility for training and looking after them. She became involved in rescue work very early on and has worked with several rescue groups, fostering, homechecking and transporting dogs. She has attended many seminars and workshops and has a continued interest in the behaviour and psychology of dogs. Michelle started with Dog Training Ireland by enrolling in all the classes they provided and attending their workshops particularly for Difficult Dogs and Clicker Training. Michelle lives with three dogs. Chuck who is a lurcher and attends workshops, petexpo's, and puppy classes providing positive experience for the puppies meeting and greeting a large, adolescent dog. Buster a lab x who has just started agility and despite his short legs and large body is proving very adept at it. And then there's Nancy a 10 year old yorkshire terrier who suffers with epilepsy. Nancy also attends the puppy classes where pups get to meet and greet her giving them the experience of meeting an oldie! Michelle loves nothing better than working with her dogs at agility and going on long walks in the nearby park or on the beach.