THE TEAM

I am the owner and founder of Canine Design. I do the majority of the training and my qualifications are as follows:

City & Guilds Licentiateship
City & Guilds Level III Advanced (credit)
NVQ 730 Level III in Teaching and Adult Education
Diploma in the Canine/Human Interface with the Animal Care College.
Higher Diploma in Dog Grooming

I am a regular demonstrator at grooming seminars. I have shown my Affenpinscher at Championship show level and have competed successfully with him at Crufts on several occasions, I do agility for fun with my Affenpinscher and my Shar Pei cross and regularly attend training and ringcraft classes.

Tina joined Canine Design in April 2007. She comes from a hairdressing background in Brighton and is also a trained assessor. She is an ex-Canine Design trainee and has already had some success in the dog grooming world. She competed in her first grooming competition - the 2007 South East Groomers Challenge - and was awarded 'Best Newcomer', 'Best Technique' and she won the 'Real Life Newcomers Class'.
 

Carl joined the business as it expanded and is proprietor of the grooming arm of Canine Design. He is City & Guilds Level 2 qualified and has achieved his 3rd and final practical examination for his C&G Level 3 Advanced qualification

In conjunction with running her own business, Beki works part time for us as Grooming Assistant. She is an ex-Canine Design trainee, having been awarded with our certification at Distinction level (the first trainee in 17 years to have been awarded at this level). Beki has also completed her City & Guilds Introductory Level 3 qualification with Merits and Distinctions. She has also passed her handstrip module, her theory module and her first City & Guilds Level 3 Professional Diploma module (Springer Spaniel) with a Distinction. Beki will soon be undertaking the remaining 2 Professional Diploma Modules.