Joanne Drysdale BSc Dog Behaviour Clinic & Edinburgh Dog Training

Joanne grew up in Balerno and now lives in Kirknewton (on the border between Edinburgh and West Lothian) with her husband Niall and their 5 rescue dogs. Lily, Krumble and Ginny the cocker spaniels plus Arwen and Lyra the hairy lurchers.

Joanne is currently completing a degree in Canine Behaviour & Training at Bishop Burton College (accredited by the University of Hull) and is a provisional member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors. She plans to achieve the highest standard possible for behaviour counsellors by applying for CCAB (clinical companion animal behaviourist) status upon the completion of her degree. Please see the consultations page for more information on what this entails.

Joanne has been a dog daycare manager and petsitter for the last 5 years. Previous to this she completed a degree in Animal Care from Aberdeen University. Joanne has spent many hours over the last decade doing voluntary work with various animal organisations such as the Scottish SPCA. During her gapyear she worked at a wildlife rescue centre handrearing kangaroos and also helped at a safari park in Australia. She has fostered dozens of dogs for various UK breed rescues and also volunteers to help with homechecks and dog assessments for these rescues. To add to her skills Joanne has attended variousshort courses including a canine first aid workshop and a dog grooming class at Oatridge College in West Lothian. She regularly attends seminars and workshops on dog related topics all across the UK.

Dogs are her passion in life and in particular rescue dogs from traumatic backgrounds. Her goal in life is to educate people on how to better understand their canine companions and to help owners having issues to learn the skills needed to change their dogs' behaviour. There is no magic to understanding or training dogs but it takes time to learn how dogs think, how they communicate and how to put this knowledge into practice.