Vals K9 Training

Vals K9 Training Positive, reward-based training for real-life dogs 🐕💛 Proud to be an award-winning trainer, here to help you and your dog feel confident together
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My name is Valentina, and I’ve been working with dogs since 2003. I first started out as a dog walker and then worked alongside a dog behaviourist, where I realised this was what I truly wanted to do. I’ve always had a passion for helping both animals and people, and I found that working in dog training and behaviour gave me the opportunity to do both. Over the years, I’ve worked hard to expand my

knowledge and skills through a wide range of courses, seminars, and hands-on experience. I’m proud to share that in 2024 I was awarded Dog Behaviourist of the Year, and most recently, in 2025/26 I won Dog Trainer of the Year for Bedfordshire — achievements that mean the world to me and reflect my dedication to this field. I have completed various courses and modules with:

Cambridge Institute of Dog Behaviour and Training (CIDBT) – Common Canine Behaviour Problems

Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT) – Career as a Dog Trainer

IMDT Ofqual Regulated Level 3 Professional Day Care and Boarding

School of Canine Science – 30 Days of Canine Science, Fear Short Course, Separation Anxiety Webinar, The Behaviour Bible (Year 1 completed, currently in Year 3), The Puppy Lab (ongoing), Nutrition & Behaviour

Webinars attended include:

The Neurobiology of Trauma in Dogs with Daniel Shaw BSc (Hons), GMBPsS, CDBC

XL Bully Webinar – Cooper & Co Law

A Professional’s Guide to Canine Intelligence

Reactivity Masterclass – Help My Dog with Tom Mitchell

The Dog Anxiety Summit (4 days, hosted by Dr Edward Bassingthwaighte)

When it comes to working with dogs, I will never stop learning. I do my best to equip myself with knowledge in a wide range of training methods, so I can tailor my approach to each individual dog and family. My aim is to help you understand your dog — and for your dog to understand you. Building that two-way communication is key to a happy, balanced life together. At home, I’m also a proud mum of two children, both raised around dogs. My eldest son (15) has never known life without a dog. My youngest (5) adores dogs and loves getting involved in training — especially the treat-giving side! Teaching children how to be around dogs is just as important as teaching dogs how to be around children, and I love involving my kids in that process. I am fully insured, DBS checked, and licensed by Bedford Borough Council to board a maximum of 2 dogs.

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29/09/2025
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29/09/2025

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28/09/2025
A lovely sunset walk with the girls.
27/09/2025

A lovely sunset walk with the girls.

We have been on quite a journey with Archer and his humans. Working through his dog reactivity and guiding them through ...
27/09/2025

We have been on quite a journey with Archer and his humans. Working through his dog reactivity and guiding them through safety around children, particularly as they have only recently welcomed their new arrival. We have lots of things in place to ensure everyone's safety. In terms of his dog reactivity, this can be sporadic, but he's mostly just communicating to other dogs that they shouldn't just rudely barge into his face, which in all fairness, is fine. He's not seeking out to go for other dogs. He's just letting the rude ones know boundaries and we have no real concerns there. As a precaution he is muzzled and on lead out and about. But he was actually able to really get on with Rollo and have a good play around. He does actually have great social skills .

Tank and Daphne... The standard sausages. You rarely see the standards... They are much bigger than the miniature ones. ...
27/09/2025

Tank and Daphne... The standard sausages. You rarely see the standards... They are much bigger than the miniature ones. And Tank (in the blue harness) is quite huge for his breed.
These 2 are a mother and son duo. Before Tank joined the world, Daphne was pretty confident, walked off lead most of the time and recall was pretty amazing. She was sociable with dogs and people. Sometimes a little nervous but not massively. Tank came along and his over exuberant energy levels triggered Daphne's anxiety.
Tank is super friendly but won't recall back if he meets other dogs because he just wants to play, which has led to him being frustrated on lead and reactive as a result. Tank also has had terrible separation anxiety.
We have mainly focused on his anxiety as he has quite literally redecorated his house single handedly.
But yesterday we focused on their reactivity out and about. When Tank reacts to other dogs, it triggers Daphne and she's also reacting even though she's never reacted in the past.
So, once we resolved Tanks barking, Daphne was back to her normal self and not barking at all.
We also taught them some new tricks...which the cat was quite curious about ♥️😅 he (the cat) learnt to "sit" 🙌🏻😅

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