Pat has had dogs her whole life starting with her first Border Collies Dylan and Marina. When another special Border Collie, Rily, came along 19 years ago, her formal dog training journey began! A few years after that, Tana, Rily’s full brother from a different litter, joined the family and quickly followed Rily in going to classes and having heaps of fun! 11 years after starting classes with Rily, led to opening Flying Paws Dog Training!

Since 2014, Pat has run Flying Paws, building it up to be the go to place for the next level dog training on the North West Tasmania. Pat’s qualifications include:

• Becoming a qualified Puppy Class instructor through 4 Paws K9 Dog Training in 2016
• Becoming a qualified and accredited Dog Trainer by achieving her Certificate III in Dog Behavior and Training through NDTF in 2017.
• Completed a Deep Dive into Dog Training, and Behaviour and Understanding Reactivity, both through the Canine C.A.R.E.givers in 2022.
• Completed the L.E.G.S. Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation® Professional Course to become a certified Family Dog Mediator (FDM) in 2023
• Completed the Crimson Hound Professional Course on Canine Body Language in 2023

As well as this she has completed many in person and online courses and undertakes continual learning to find new ways to best help you and your dog.

While Rily passed away at the impressive age of 17 in early 2022 and Tana passed away in late 2020 at the age of 13, they have passed the school batten onto 5 year old Zani, (another Border Collie!). He helps keep an eye on what’s going on in the office.

Molly has also grown up with dogs her whole life, starting with her family Golden Retriever, Mawson. In 2015 for her 21st birthday, she got a Maremma puppy named Murphy to join his big brother Dudley, the family’s Miniature Fox Terrier. Murphy went along to puppy class at Flying Paws! He was a bit of a handful so quickly moved through the class to the weekly advanced class.

Molly started helping take classes in 2018. Molly’s qualifications include:

• Completed a course in Dog Emotion and Cognition through Duke University in 2016
• Becoming a qualified Puppy Class Instructor through Noble Canine in 2019
• Completed both a level 1 and 2 Scent Work Instructor course through DogNostics in 2020.
• Completed a Dog Nutrition and Behaviour course through the School of Canine Science in 2021.
• Completed both a Deep Dive into Dog Training and Behaviour and Understanding Reactivity both through Canine C.A.R.E.givers in 2022.
• Completed the L.E.G.S. Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation® Professional Course to become a certified Family Dog Mediator (FDM) in 2023.
• Completed a Canine Nutrition and Health Accredited Certificate through Canine Principles in 2023
• Completed a Canine Ethology and Enrichment certificate through Canine Principles in 2023
• Completed the Crimson Hound Professional Course on Canine Body Language in 2023
• Completed a Canine Nutrition and Wellness Expert certificates through Canine Principles in 2024

Molly has also completed many in person and online courses and continues to undertake continual learning. Also in 2021, she graduated from Swinburne University with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing.

Murphy is now 8 years old and is in the office with Zani to keep an eye on what’s happening.