Carol Clark is also known as The Doggy Doctor. This is where you’ll find all the Doggy Doctor Discourse.
As a child, Carol wanted two things. The first was to be a doctor. The second was to have a dog – but her parents said no. She worked hard to achieve aim number one in 1981 and eventually worked in various medical jobs at senior level in the NHS. Having married another doctor, she achieved her second aim, getting a Border Collie called Ben in 1983. Several other dogs followed, she learnt a lot about training dogs and then she taught at a local dog training club. Some years later she took on a dog with severe fear aggression. To help him, and to avoid being bitten so often, she trained as a dog behaviourist, too.
In 2008, after 7 reorganisations in 11 years each requiring her to reapply for her own job, she got fed up, took early retirement and relocated to the beautiful Ards peninsula. Being easily bored and wanting a new challenge, she set up Down Dog Training and Behaviour. Carol has over 35 years experience of dog training and behaviour work and there’s not a lot she hasn’t seen or done by now. She has the honour to be the first Kennel Club Accredited Instructor for Companion Dog training (at advanced level) in Northern Ireland and the first and only Kennel Club Accredited Instructor in Behavioural Training in Ireland. She holds the Advanced Diploma in Canine Behaviour Management (with Distinction), is a Guild of Dog Trainers Master Trainer (GoDT 138) and is a Qualified International Dog Training Instructor. Her passion is teaching people how to understand, train and help their dogs so they can have a perfect life together.
