Welcome to The Academy of Modern Canine Behaviour and Training
At The Academy of Modern Behaviour and Training, we pride ourselves on creating fun, friendly and motivational training for dogs and owners. We want you to enjoy our course and learn as much as you can to build a happy and trusting relationship with your dog.
To do this we work using reward based, up to date and force-free, motivational methods. We do not advocate any force, pain, intimidation or coercion in any of our training methods. These out dated methods have been proven to be counter-productive and detrimental to the health and welfare of the dog. Creating a good positive bond with our dogs requires mutual trust and respect which we will build on in our courses.
Foundation Level 1
Russell Becque FAMCBT, KCAI, BehA, ObA, CdAAcademy Founder and CEO
Expert Canine Behaviour Consultant and Dog Training Instructor.
Russell is widely regarded as one of the UK’s Top Canine Behaviour and Training Experts, he has the coveted KCAI (Kennel Club Accreditation Scheme for Instructors in Dog Training and Canine Behaviour) qualification in no less than THREE different Disciplines ALL AT ADVANCED LEVEL, Behavioural Training, Competitive Obedience and also Companion Dog Training, he was a finalist in the KCAI Trainer of the year 2015.
Russell has been training his own dogs for Competition Obedience since 1981 and has been Instructing Obedience Dog Training Classes since 1983. He has trained his own dogs to compete at Championship level in obedience competition, running his own Dog Training Clubs as well as taking classes at other clubs. Advising and curing many social, behavioural, aggressive and training problems in dogs over the years has given him a wealth of experience and knowledge in this field. He is the first to admit however, that he is always still learning and is constantly striving to develop and learn new methods and techniques. Russell is also a regular Fully Qualified Kennel Club Championship Class ‘C’ Obedience Show Judge and was very proud to have been honoured by The Kennel Club, to Judge The Y.K.C. Obedience Finals at Crufts Dog Show in 2013 and again at Crufts in 2016 judging The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Special Pre-Beginner Stakes Final.
Russell is a devout dog lover through and through, his methods are based entirely on building confidence and ‘the want to do it factor’ in the dog. Russell is currently taking classes at The Academy of Modern Canine Behaviour and Training, Portsmouth Branch as well as seeing clients whose dogs have behaviour issues at the centre but mainly in their own homes countrywide.