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The Future Of DogsAuthor: Hannah Molloy
The Future Of Dogs is Hosted by dog behaviour geek and qualified animal behaviourist Hannah Molloy. Jump into the ever growing conversation as Hannah interviews some of the worlds most groundbreaking professionals intent on shaping the future of dogs internationally in their unique field of expertise. How we breed, train, groom, study, campaign, buy and understand dogs is up for debate, what do you think the future of dogs should hold? Language: en-gb Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Future of Dog Training Part 3 - Regulating Dog Training with Sue Evans
Episode 13
Friday, 27 February, 2026
We’re stepping into the highly contentious land of Regulating Training this week with the Yoda of dog regulation Sue Evans.” If you’ve ever Googled “dog trainer near me” and felt like you’d opened a lucky dip of credentials, philosophies, price points, and acronyms… you’re not alone. Dog training in the UK has grown up fast since it started being recognised as a profession in the 90s, but like many young professions, it’s in it’s teenage years. It might be tall, loud, and impressively attention grabbing…but it’s dangerously unsupervised and that lack of oversight is having some disastrous consequences.We’ve got an industry where almost anyone can call themselves a trainer, where letters after your name often mean absolutely nothing to the wider world where we’ve got a dozen codes of conduct that don’t overlap and where owners are stuck trying to decipher who is safe, skilled, and ethical while their dog is often collateral damage, crying out for credible support.And then there’s the elephant in the training hall: the tool debate. Not as a valid conversation about welfare and evidence, but as a culture war that fractures the community, and keeps us so busy arguing with each other that we forget the goal is better outcomes for dogs and people.In this episode, Hannah and Sue help us step back and ask the big questions:- How did we get here?- Why has “self-regulation” been unsuccessful as a measure of industry quality for practitioners and the public?- How we might unite a divided industry without pretending differences don’t exist and what do we do about the tool debate?- How can we design industry regulation that protects dogs and supports owners, doesn’t turn behaviour advice into a luxury product only available to those who can afford it and allows a broad spectrum of practitioners to have their skills recognised without having to scrabble for higher and higher academic qualifications? If you’ve ever wondered why two professionals can look at the same dog and give completely different advice, why owners are overwhelmed, or why our industry sometimes feels like it’s building moving trains and laying track at the same time while arguing about who’s driving… this one’s for you.The future of dog training can’t just be louder opinions and shinier branding. It has to be knowledgeable, trustworthy, respectful, accessible, accountable, and kind enough to keep the door open for owners and learners who are doing their best with the resources they have.And we’ll need all hands on deck to get there.To stay in touch with Sue or sign up to the Registration Council for Dog Training and Behaviour Practitioners head to: https://reg-council-dtbp.uk/For the latest on what The All Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group (APDAWG) is doing in the regulation space sign up for their newsletter here:https://apdawg.co.uk/More about your host:Hannah is a qualified dog behaviour specialist in the UK with a degree in Animal Behaviour and a specialism in dog body language and pet dog behaviour. She currently works as a behavioural expert for Agria Pet Insurance and leads the campaign for responsible dog ownership with the All Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group in Westminster. Big thanks to our season 2 sponsor Amplified Behaviourwww.amplifiedbehaviour.comAnd you can train along with Hannah as a pet owner or a pet professional at www.amplifiedbehaviour.com @amplifiedbehaviour @thehannahmolloy
