This episode with chat with Debby, the wonderful person behind the organisation Kids Around Dogs. 

Debby Lucken is a fully qualified dog trainer with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers and dog

behaviourist with the International School of Canine Psychology. She is a member of the Pet

Professional Network, ICAN International Companion Animal Network, the Pet Professional Guild,

the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants, the Dog Training College and The Dog

Welfare Alliance.

Debby has over 7 years’ experience working with dogs, and she specialises in helping families with

kids to train and raise their dogs to be great family companions. Some of her clients have also gone

and become great therapy dogs in schools and nursing homes.

Debby is the founder of Kids Around Dogs (KAD), which is an association of professionals who

specialise in helping families with children and dogs to live in harmony together.

Moreover, Debby has designed a successful protocol to overcome the fear of dogs in kids, which all

of the KAD Approved Trainers are qualified to use.

Debby is based in Poole, Dorset, with her husband Gary, their daughter Molly and their 2 doggies

Wilco the pug and Winnie the Golden Retriever.

Dorset is where Debby runs her dog training and behavioural sessions under the name of Pocodogs,

however she delivers lessons and webinars globally (she is also bilingual, speaking English and

Italian, which allows her to help more professionals and dog’s handlers around the world).

A reminder of the website: www.kidsarounddogs.co.uk

email address: kidsarounddogs@gmail.com

KAD are on FB, Insta, Twitter, Youtube and Tiktok (on the website there are the links to all the social media)