Summary of qualifications 1967-now
Search & Rescue dog handler involved in over 750 logged missing person searches,Has held positions of secretary, treasurer, call out organizer, equipment officer, and training officer within SARDA Southern Scotland
Certificated Search ManagerAssessor within the U K Sarda groups
Assessor for NSARDA in foreign countries
Masters degree in animal sciences with particular emphasis on Equine nutrition and management, Nutrition, physiology and metabolism, Biotechnology in animal science, Biology, Animal behaviour, animal chiropractic, veterinary physiotherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian theory and five element theory.
PhD in animal therapy
Professional experience
Rescue Centre Manager with hands on experience of over 500 dogs per year in need of some form of training.
Succesful Hydrotherapy Pool manager with many testimonials to the improvement of the quality of life of many animals
Equine massage advisor with testimonials
Instructor in charge of training of students both from the U K and other countries re animal behaviour training and rehabilitation.
Has developed a unique style of training dogs and humans to work together using the natural instincts of dogs instead of humanized pressure methods
Working Tests Judge.
Dog Warden.
Nutritional advisor
Supplier of dogs to Police, military, and other agencies.
instructor in dog behaviour
Runs workshops in open search, disaster, urban search in many countries including Iceland,Australia,Holland,Greece,Germany,Malaysia to name a few
Animal trainer for film work+ advisor on animals in films.
Professional gundog trainer and handler
Instructor in the use of compass laid tracks in a trials situation
Creator of unique training course for training people to become Instructors in rescue dog training.
Instructor in trailing scent specific dogs for Search and Rescue using his own individual training program which has now been adopted in many countries
Volunteer experience
35 years in Search and rescue dog work.
Chairperson Borders Rescue Association
Treasurer National Search & Rescue Dog Association
Has taught his methods in many countries and spent over 7 years with SARDA in Iceland who now use still the same methods as taught by tom,
SAR and disaster methods have been taught to many people from countries such as Iceland, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Austria and Australia via many workshops run by tom.
Taught the Natural Method of training in Greece where it has become the preferred method among not only SAR dogs but also general dog training.
All of the above have been done on an unpaid voluntary basis as tom does not believe anyone should profit from the work of the voluntary sectors.
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