Kay Laurence started Learning About Dogs as a registered business in 2000. Although learning about dogs was her main aim for the previous 25 years, registering the company began the focus of a strong organisation now recognised around the world.

Kay has run training classes for many years, beginning in 1978 with the local dog training club, graduating through School for Dogs across the country to Learning About Dogs around the world. Helen Phillips, Mandy Stroud, and Lesley Buxton graduated through the classes to become key members of the Teaching Team.

Our unique perspective is the three fold mixture of education, experience and pioneering training methods run in our wonderful centre, the Wagmore Barn. This means we have the knowledge to apply the training theories to our own dogs and transfer the best of that experience to teaching others.

Our business includes book and video publishing, classes, courses and seminars, virtual classes, practical hands-on workshops and the certification of trainers and teachers. 

Our contact details

For all correspondence by post: Learning About Dogs, PO Box 13, Chipping Campden, GL55 6WX.

Although we have a phone, I advise you contact us by email - for the various reasons listed below.

Enquires and details about our courses: sales@learningaboutdogs.com

Direction to WagMore: to Wag More Barn 4

“Hello: This is Wag more Bark Less Training, we are unable to come to the phone but please press or enter the number for your request, we will return your call as soon as possible. 
 
Press 01 to tell me your dog has been asked to leave the local obedience club because he won't sit, wait, down or come when called (even when on lead) so you thought you would try Wag More. 

Press 02 if your Labrador is morbidly obese and you thought you would try agility. 

Press 03 if you want 30 minutes of advice and have no intention of paying for it. 
 

Press 04 if you describe your dog as 'a little bit naughty' when what you really mean is that the bugger bites really hard. 

Press 05 if you want puppy training classes but your Boxer is already 12 months old. 

Press 06 if you believe that just by turning up to one puppy training class and doing no work whatsoever at home, your puppy will grow up to be a well adjusted companion. 

Press 07 if your nervous, aggressive GSD has bitten and hospitalised Aunt Maude, the vet, and your child and you want me to re-home it. 

Press 08 if you have three children under school age, an invalid parent living at your home, a partner who works away, and want your 8 month old Dalmatian that never gets a walk to stop chewing everything in sight. 

Press 09 if you want details about our classes but are too lazy to read our website. 

Press 10 if you want to be dog trainer and behaviourist because you like animals better than people. 

Press 11 if you are 15 years old and want to do work experience with me but would faint if you had clear up dog poo.

Press 12 if your dog is aggressive with other dogs but you want to join one of our classes because it will be nice for him to have some friends. 

Press 13 if you cannot afford my private rates and want a discount because you already know how to train a dog. 

Press 14 if you are cancelling your class that is due to start in 30 minutes and have no intention of paying the cancellation fee. 

Press 15 if you do not believe in rewarding a dog and know that clicker training does not work because your friend Beryl said so. 

Press 16 if you think your dog knows he has done wrong when you tell him off and that he obeys you because he respects you and acknowledges you are a superior being. 

Press 17 if you want me to wave my magic wand over this dog because all the dogs that preceded this dog were perfect so it cannot possibly your fault that this one is so stubborn. 

Press 18 if you have five Jack Russell bitches in a small flat and you want me to teach them not to fight each other. 

Press 19 if you already know everything about your breed because this is the fourth one you have had and I cannot tell you anything new.

Press 20 if you think some facial equipment, a mountain grade climbing harness is all you need to stop your dog pulling. 

Press 22 if you will not put a muzzle on your deadly aggressive dog because you do not want people to think he is nasty. 

Press 23 if you want to leave an increasingly angry message for the third time this week demanding an urgent call back and yet again forget to give your name or number. 

Press 24 if want your intact male adolescent dog to spend its days lying patiently on your front step on your unfenced garden because dogs shouldn't want to run away or chase cars should they. 

Press 25 if you want me to teach your untrained Border Collie to “have a go” with sheep because you think he will like it. 

Press 26 if it is before 8am or after 10pm, or probably exactly the middle of a class,  and you want to ask how to stop your 13 week old puppy from biting your 5, 7 and 9 year old boys when they play fight with it. 

Press 27 if you have taken trouble to socialise and train your pet and want to make an appointment to learn even more fun stuff. No need to hold, I'll put you right through!

Funny as this may seem guess how many are real?  …..

 …… every single one of them.

This is one of those anonymous internet blooming pieces of humour that needs to be shared. If it was you who originally penned this please let me know so that we can give you credit! Brilliant. 

..... and 1 hour later I find the original comes from Sally Jones.