About Us Philosophy • Donna • Bob
"My goal for my own dogs is to have a companion that is a joy to own
and that enjoys being with me and sharing my life style. I want a dog
that happily accepts my leadership and behaves in a manner that is
acceptable to me and to the community."
THE TEAM
•
Donna Bradley
Donna's ability to impart her knowledge to others is
proven by the many satisfied
pet owners and the many clients who
have achieved high success in the obedience ring, with
many different breeds of dogs.. Many of her clients have
been attending her classes for over 10 years, returning
with each of their new dogs.
Donna is always open to a challenge, and enjoys working
with others and their dogs. She derives much pleasure
from achieving goals with her own dogs,
•
Bob Bradley
His research allowed him to rub shoulders in the field
and in the classroom with many renowned ethologists or
specialists in behaviour. Some of the classical
behaviourists were Dr. B.J. Skinner, Nobel Prize winners
Dr. Niko Tinbergen and Dr. Conrad Lorenz, and Dr. Fritz
Walter. Bob also had the opportunity to work
side-by-side with authors famous for their studies on
certain species - like Dr. George Schaller's work on the
African lion and Dr. Hans Kruuk's work on the spotted
hyaena.
Dr. Deborah
Wells of the Canine Behavioural Centre in Belfast is in
business because she believes: |
During
her teenage years Donna trained and exhibited horses. She attended 3 years at UBC in the
Department of Agriculture, majoring in Biology. At UBC
she met, married and then accompanied Bob to East Africa
where she spent a great deal of her time in a land rover
watching and observing the behaviour of the animals of
the Serengeti.
Returning home to BC with 4 children, horses were out
and dogs being smaller and more economical were in. As a
result of raising and training many dogs while her
children were growing up she has a very good
understanding of the puppy/child relationship and how to integrate
dogs into a full and
busy household. All her dogs live in the house with the
family and accompany the family on all excursions and
holidays.
Her accomplishments during her training career are
second to none. Donna has personally trained 23 dogs,
representing 13 different breeds. She has accomplished
78 obedience titles in Canada and the USA, including 194
High in Trials. She has placed in Canada's Top 10
obedience dogs on 3 occasions; has 6 perfect 200 scores;
and has achieved 16 Utility titles.
In the last few years, Donna has taken on the challenge
of agility competition, accomplishing two Master Agility
Dog titles (Staffordshire Bull Terrier & German
Shepherd) and two Agility Trial Champions (Border Collie
and Australian Shepherd) in short order. Her Border
Collie, Oakley, placed ninth in Canada and second in
B.C. in qualifying runs obtained during her first year
of titling and trialing.
In the process of working towards his PhD in animal
ecology and behaviour, Bob has worked on or observed 6
Canid or dog species in North America and Africa, and a
number of other Carnivores closely related to the Canids.
Bob studied grizzly and black bears for two years in the
Yukon - a study that included capturing and marking
bears to follow them in the field. During this work, he
also captured and handled wolves, 
In
Africa, Bob's research focussed on grazing species
but was closely involved in species that ate his
subjects. Here he encountered and studied Canids such as
the African wild dog, silver-backed jackals, golden
jackals. His list of predators also included numerous
cat (Felid) species like the lion, cheetah, leopard, and
lesser known servals, genets and caracals. Three species
of hyaenas were also numbered among the common
predators. For all these species, Bob observed