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Martin Cooper

Advanced Junior Trainer Basingstoke, Hampshire

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Martin is an Advanced Junior Instructor and a valued member of the Adolescent dogs team. He lives with his w and Senior Trainer Kassie Cierniak, so they are a popular choice for multi dog households who want more than 1 dog trained at a time and also a popular choice for those wanting work on socialisation with puppies or reactivity issues, as they can work together as a team to provide controlled interactions

Martin has experience working with a variety of breeds and gets excellent results and feedback from his clients. He has also worked with many Assistance Dogs and has the experience to teach a wide variety of tasks as well as customise the training to wheelchair users. He believes in a positive training approach, utilising food, toys, praise and the environment to his advantage when training.

Martin has had dogs most of his life, and has previously rescued and adopted 7 dogs, helping them to work through issues such as reactivity, lack of confidence, aggression to cats, toilet training, barking and training a deaf dog.

He now owns 3 dogs with Kassie, a very well-trained Golden Retriever, a Rough Collie and a Miniature Dachshund, as well as a cat. They are great role models to the dogs who come in for training.

Martin is a popular choice for those who prefer a quieter, child free household with lots of socialisation opportunities, and is able to provide training around local livestock such as sheep and cows, as well as controlled training around horses. He is also able to provide training in the busy city centre, which is ideal for anyone needing to replicate their busy London lives.

Courses attending

Mike Newland - Basic Instructional Techniques Course - 2022

Adolescent Dogs - Advanced Junior Instructor Certificate

The School of Canine Science - Puppy Lab (currently attending)

Dr Ian Dunbar - Simple Solutions for common dog behaviour & training problems

The School of Canine Science - 30 Days of Canine Science - 2023

Not All Dogs See With Their Eyes – A Guide To Training Blind Dogs” Eve Welton

Craig Ogilve “interactive play workshop 2023

School of Canine Science: Canine Neutering 2023

Absolute Dogs Pro Dog Trainer Course - currently attending

Level 3 Diploma in Assistance Dog Training - currently attending

School of Canine Science Behaviour Bible - currently attending

Brian the Italian Greyhound Puppy - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Brian the Italian Greyhound Puppy - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Brian the 6 month old Italian Greyhound has returned home after a successful 4 week residential training stay! Brian was so sweet and a pleasure to look after! Brian could find the world a very very overwhelming place and hide away as soon as he got out the car! So we have spent a lot of time building Brian's confidence up and making him feel safe in the world and not so overwhelmed! Alongside this work was done on teaching Brian that he shouldn’t just run away when outside so work was done on teaching Freddie a strong recall from a variety of distractions which Brian did brilliantly with! Finally work was done on teaching Brian how to perform a variety of obedience cues in order to give his owners a different way to engage with him other than jumping! www.adolescentdogs.com

Delphi the Spaniel x Retriever - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Delphi the Spaniel x Retriever - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Delphi the Spaniel x Retriever has returned home after a successful 2.5 week residential training stay! Delphi is a super smart puppy but could be a little nervous and unsure in the world and would pull relentlessly given the chance making it difficult for older members of the family to walk her! During her stay we worked on teaching Delphi to walk more calmly and enjoy taking the world in, in a more calm fashion and now walks in all sorts of environments can be a joy with Delphi! Alongside this work has been done on Delphi recalling as in the past she would enjoy wandering off! Through working on showing Delphi the structure of recall and rewarding the good choices she makes Delphi now loves recall and will often come charging back with a smile on her face! www.adolescentdogs.com

Cali the Cavapoo - 3 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Cali the Cavapoo - 3 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Cali the Cavapoo has completed her 3 week residential training stay with us Cali is a super sweet girl who came in for training whilst her owner was on holiday! Cali loves to please but would often get distracted or try and do her own thing! We have worked on her engagement but also her recall and now Cali loves to be around her family and if she does wander off she comes back now much more effectively for her owner! Alongside this we worked on continuing to manage Calis resource guarding and having her not become so possessive over things she finds or steals outside or in the home! Finally we taught Cali how to perform a range of obedience cues for her owner as now she has a productive way of communicating with her family which they love and so does she! Well done Cali! www.adolescentdogs.com

Charlie the German Pinscher - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Charlie the German Pinscher - 2 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Charlie the German Pinscher has completed his 2 week residential training stay Charlie is a fantastic little boy who loves to work and have fun wherever he can! Charlie loved to scavenge and was obsessed with food so we have worked on him looking for guidance before grabbing food! Alongside this we have worked on calm in the home with Charlie understanding bed training more as Charlie did enjoy chasing the cat in the past! We have also worked on calm around dogs and choosing his owner over the excitement of playing with dogs and Charlie has done well with this and is making lots of progress! Finally we have taught Charlie some basic obedience to give him outlets for his impressive desire to work! www.adolescentdogs.com

Bailey the Golden Retriever - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Bailey the Golden Retriever - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Bailey the Golden Retriever has completed his 4 week residential training stay Bailey is a lovable boy who has had a far from easy walk in life but is now with an owner who just wants the very best for him! Bailey found pressure very hard to handle and would often redirect when overflowing with emotion! Bailey can now respond much calmer to pressure and can walk beautifully by his owners side! This tolerance to pressure has lowered any reactivity to other dogs when on the short lead! Alongside this we have worked hard on improving Baileys consistency recalling as he was very much a dog who would recall on his terms not ours but now he is much more consistent and loves coming back to a big fuss! Finally work has been done to show Bailey how to be calm and chill out when outside! His owners loves showing him off outside and being able to relax at her local pub or coffee shop was a dream until now where Bailey can settle for long periods even in the presence of other dogs which is amazing! Well done Bailey!

Princess Pip the Hungarian Vizsla - 4 Weeks Assistance Dog Residential Stay

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Princess Pip the Hungarian Vizsla - 4 Weeks Assistance Dog Residential Stay

Princess Pip the Hungarian Vizsla has completed her 4 week residential training stay Pip is a sweet pup on the start of her grand adventure to be the best assistance dog she can be for her owner! Pip could find the outside world very intimidating and would be overwhelmed by novelty but with work around socialisation and through counter conditioning. Pip is now a more confident pup who can tackle the busiest of surroundings and still be focused on the task at hand! Alongside this we have been working on Pip’s recall as she can be very obsessed with dogs and could struggle to disengage from them no matter how little interest they paid her! Pip can now recall much more consistently and loves the game that is recall and checking in! Finally we have worked on Pip being able to settle inside and outside which is such a crucial cue with her needing to be with her loving owner! Pip can now settle much more consistently and for long time spans without much fuss if ever! This has created a solid foundation for Pip to start taking the next step with her long term goal of being the best assistance dog she can be! Good luck Pip! www.adolescentdogs.com

Milly the Springer Spaniel - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Milly the Springer Spaniel - 4 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Milly the 7 month old Springer Spaniel has completed her 4 week residential training stay Milly came from a litter as a pup being the only one left and so needed some help with manners around other dogs as she was growing to an age where her nipping was becoming inappropriate! Milly is now much calmer around other dogs and is choosing more healthy avenues to get their attention! Alongside this we worked on reducing Millys desire to pull on the short lead! Being a spaniel she moved 1000mph and so teaching Milly to slow down was Important! Finally alongside this teaching Milly to settle and enjoy the outside world was important so having her relax at coffee shops and in busy areas has been an area of focus that Milly has been successful in! www.adolescentdogs.com

Freya the German Shepherd x Malinois Puppy - 3 Weeks Residential Dog Training

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Freya the German Shepherd x Malinois Puppy - 3 Weeks Residential Dog Training

Freya the German Shepherd x Malinois puppy has returned home after a successful 3 week residential training stay whilst her owner moved! Freya is a larger than life pup who was her owners first puppy! Freya had enjoyed telling everyone how she felt through using her teeth which were very sharp and could accidentally be painful! By working her mind and showing her more desirable behaviours and beginning to teach Freya the fun in toys this helped soothe her shark like tendencies! Alongside this we worked on her recall to further proof her behaviour around distractions and show her the fun in recalling. Finally also working on her loose lead walking as she was moving to a busy city and with this it meant having good lead manners is important so she wasn’t dragging her owner around crowds of people! www.adolescentdogs.com

Cannot recommend Kassie and Martin enough. Lebron spent two weeks in their home and it’s r

Loki has settled in really well - he is a completely different dog and an absolute joy to

Sent my Belgian Shepherd pup off for a 3 week residential stay with Martin the trainer as