Learn • Reflect • Thrive

ATTENTION: Dog Trainers

Step Into Confident, Ethical Dog Training

Six months of deep learning, reflective support, and grounded growth. No more chasing certificates, only deeper transformation.

For trainers who care as much about people as they do about dogs — and want to feel confident, calm, and connected in their practice.

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“This isn’t about chasing more certificates or rushing into the next course. It’s about slowing down, pausing, reflecting deeply, and finally stepping into the confidence you’ve been searching for.”

Dear Dog Trainer,

If you’re just starting out and/or feel like you’re doing this work alone…

If you’ve finished your course but still feel unsure putting theory into practice…

If you believe in ethical, values-led training - but wish you had someone to talk to about it…

Then, the Mindful Dog Trainer Programme was built for you.

We’re Laura and Colin - two trainers who’ve spent decades supporting not just dogs, but the humans on the other end of the lead. We’ve seen just how isolating this industry can be, especially when you’re trying to do things the right way.

That’s why we created a space where dog trainers can slow down, reflect deeply, and find their footing again — a space where practice feels supported, not judged, and where confidence grows from real reflection, not relentless doing.

You’re not the only one trying to figure it all out. You’re not the only one who doubts themselves. And you don’t have to keep doing this alone.

We created The Mindful Dog Trainer Programme to be a safe, kind, supportive space where new trainers like you can reflect, connect, and grow - without fear of judgment or pressure to “know it all.”

And here’s the truth that nobody tells you early on:

Why This Journey Matters

We live in an industry of perpetual “more courses, more certification,” believing that confidence will come from qualifications. But in truth, lasting confidence comes from integration - from slowing, reflecting, grounding, and consolidating your learning until it becomes you.

Inside The Mindful Dog Trainer, we guide you step by step through the systems and reflective frameworks we’ve developed over years of real-world practice — tools that bring structure to uncertainty, calm to chaos, and confidence to your everyday decision-making.

Over six months in The Mindful Dog Trainer, you will:

  • Learn deeply: not just the "what" of training, but the "why," rooted in values, ethics, and real-world case work.

  • Reflect wisely: through guided reflective supervision, peer groups, and workbooks that help you internalise your growth.

  • Thrive ethically: build resilience, competence, and clarity while honouring your moral compass.

By journey's end, you will:

  • Feel calmer, clearer, more centred in client sessions

  • Consolidate your knowledge into lasting confidence

  • Understand the human side of the lead, both your clients and yourself

  • Be equipped with reflective tools, mindful practices, and action frameworks

  • Step forward as the trainer you truly intended to become, ethical, grounded, and thriving

If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for - we’d love to welcome you in.

This isn’t another course to complete -it's a space to become.

Welcome to The Mindful Dog Trainer - where reflection turns knowledge into confidence

A place to:

  • Ask the questions you’re scared to ask elsewhere

  • Share your wins (and your wobbles)

  • Learn from peers and mentors who’ve been where you are

  • Grow in a space where competition is replaced with collaboration

You don’t need to be more qualified.

You don’t need to be more “ready.”

You just need to be open to reflection, connection, and steady growth - with support.

You don’t have to figure it all out alone.
The Mindful Dog Trainer is a safe, reflective space to pause, breathe, and grow — where you’ll be guided, supported, and truly understood.

We’d love to walk beside you.

— Laura & Colin

Best Ethical Dog Training & Mentoring Provider 2025 - South West England - Corporate Vision Awards

Client Service Excellence Award 2025 - Corporate Vision

Best Rated Dog Trainer in South Somerset 2023 & 2024 & 2025

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By the end of this journey, you'll feel....

  • More grounded, calmer client sessions

  • Steady, lasting confidence in your approach.

  • Clearer thinking and calmer decision-making,

  • A toolkit of reflective, mindful, ethical practices.

  • Resilience for the emotional and challenging moments.

  • A supportive, safe space to ask questions, reflect freely, and grow your skills and confidence.

  • A values-centred practice where you, your clients, and their dogs can all thrive.

    If this feels like the kind of space you’ve been craving — one where you can slow down, reflect deeply, and grow in confidence with gentle guidance — we’d love to welcome you into the next cohort of The Mindful Dog Trainer.

    This is your invitation to step into a calmer, more confident way of practising — with community, compassion, and clarity by your side.

What You’ll Receive

Each and every month:

What Supports You on This Journey to Confidence

  • Reflective Supervision & Mentoring Sessions (3 × 2 hours per month)

    Guided by Laura Mars and Colin Spence — a calm, confidential space to reflect on learning, explore real cases, and receive thoughtful, practical feedback.

  • Peer-to-Peer Support Group (1 x 2 hours per month)

    A small, connected cohort (maximum 15) where you’ll have the opportunity to network with others on the programme — sharing ideas, discussing concerns, supporting one another, and reflecting together on your learning.

  • Confidential Space.

    All sessions are unrecorded, creating safety for honest conversation, vulnerability, and genuine growth.

  • Reflection & Consolidation Weeks.

    Dedicated pauses built into each month, giving you time to process, integrate, and breathe before moving forward.

Exclusive Core Module:
Burnout: Managing Your Nervous System Before It Manages You
with Dr Claire Plumbly, Clinical Psychologist & Author

A deeply supportive module exploring how to recognise early signs of burnout, regulate your nervous system, and maintain emotional balance in your work with dogs and people.

Because lasting confidence depends on caring for the person behind the practice.

Starts on: 13 January 2026
Reflective Supervision sessions held weekly on: Tuesdays 7pm

Bonuses:

  • Understand trauma’s impact on dogs and how it shapes behaviour and learning.

  • Support guardians with empathy to create safety, trust, and progress in training.

  • Protect your own wellbeing as a trainer by practising self-care and emotional awareness.

  • Set clear income goals by calculating exactly what your business needs to earn.

  • Plan your ideal schedule with a default diary that balances time and profit.

  • Price with confidence using data-driven guide rates for packages, 1:1s, and classes.

  • Bridge the gap between learning and doing through guided reflection and integration.

  • Build lasting confidence by consolidating knowledge into real-world practice.

  • Thrive ethically and sustainably with deeper self-awareness and professional clarity.

What Is In The Mentorship Syllabus

Lovely Things Our Members Say About Us ❤️

Sign Up Today For Just £2500 £1600

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Reminder of What You’ll Receive When You Join

  • Reflective mentoring sessions with two experienced, ethical trainers - real conversations that bring clarity and confidence to your practice.

  • Access to a private peer group of like-minded professionals - safe space to connect, share and grow together.

  • A growing library of resources, tools, and business tips

  • Monthly mindfulness and practice prompts - gentle reminders and tools to help you pause reflect and stay connected to your values.

  • Guest expert sessions on psychology, wellbeing, and education

  • A truly safe space to develop your skills, confidence and understanding without judgement or pressure.

Spaces are strictly capped at 15 mentees per cohort to maintain depth, safety, and connection.

Starts on: 13 January 2026
Reflective Supervision sessions held weekly on: Tuesdays 7pm

Who This Is (And Isn’t) For

This is for you if you:

  • Have completed training but feel uneasy putting theory into practice

  • Find yourself second-guessing your approach and wish you had guidance to help you feel confident and grounded.

  • Want to understand your clients — and yourself — at a deeper, more reflective level.

  • Value kindness, ethics, and emotional safety as much as technical skill — and want a space that honours all of it

  • Crave mentorship, connection, and community rather than working in isolation.

This is NOT for you if you:

  • Want quick fixes or magic-bullet methods

  • Prefer coercive, dominance-based training

  • Are unwilling to self-reflect as much as you train others

  • Just seek business tricks without grounding in ethics and growth

About Your Guides – Laura Mars & Colin Spence

MEET THE Mentor

Laura Mars

MEET THE Mentor

Laura Mars

Laura is a force-free, evidence-based dog behaviour specialist based in South Somerset. With a background in social work and adult learning, she is uniquely placed to mentor trainers not only in dog behaviour, but in how humans learn, reflect, and grow.

For the past three years, she has mentored both aspiring and qualified dog trainers, helping them grow in confidence and develop their practice through reflection, compassion and ethical awareness.

Before entering the canine field, laura spend two decades supporting adult learners to gain their degrees and postgraduate qualifications, deepening their learning through reflective supervision and mentoring.

“Being mentored by Laura Mars has honestly been life-changing. Their support, encouragement and kindness have helped me grow so much in confidence, both as a trainer and as a person. They always create a safe space where you feel heard and valued, and their guidance has had a lasting impact on my journey”

She also integrates coaching skills into dog training, helping mentees bridge the gap between knowledge and real-life application.

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MEET THE Mentor

Colin Spence

MEET THE Mentor

Colin Spence

Colin is a certified behaviour practitioner and founder of Colin’s K9 Training Services.

With over 20 years' hands-on experience, he has worked with a broad range of behavioural issues including aggression, reactivity, separation anxiety, and resource guarding.

He holds a Diploma in Canine Psychology & Behaviour (ISCP), is a scent-work instructor (levels 1–4), has canine first aid certification, and is a member of INTOdogs.

Colin began his career with a reactive, fearful dog of his own, which inspired his journey toward force-free, science-based training.

He brings a grounded, practical, empathic presence to every session.

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Together, Laura and Colin offer a powerful blend of deep reflective practice, lived training experience, and a shared commitment to ethical, force-free learning.

Final Call & Application

Are you ready to stop chasing more credentials and instead become a confident, grounded, ethical dog trainer?
Spaces are limited. Apply now to reserve your place in The Mindful Dog Trainer and begin this transformative six-month journey.

This isn’t just another course — it’s a safe, reflective space to build confidence in yourself, to discuss the why, the how, and the what you might do differently — and to grow with calm, compassion, and purpose.

Next Mentorship Starts 13 January 2026

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