Animal training & behaviour specialists
Helping animals, and the humans who love them
Our Services
Kids classes
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Group classes for animal-crazy kids - check out Next Gen Trainers
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Build confidence and practical handling and training skills
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Private riding and horsemanship lessons, dog training for families and more!
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1:1 lessons, suitable for anxious or neuro-sparkly✨ kids
Aongatete, Bay of Plenty NZ
Hi, I'm Bex
I am a certified trainer with over 20 years experience. I help make everyday life with your animal companions easy, peaceful and fun.
Former NZ Customs drug dog handler, internationally sought-after clinician in positive horsemanship, chaos coordinator to our menagerie of trained sheep, horses, bunnies, chickens and dogs. Oh, and wrangler of the next generation of young animal trainers and behaviour scientists.
I pride myself on not just providing expert animal training and behaviour advice, but on ensuring quality teaching and compassion for the humans at the other end of the lead too. This means I prioritise practical, "do-able" training solutions, no matter how busy or overwhelmed you are feeling.
I'm based in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand and work with people across the globe — in-person, online, and everything in between. If you're feeling frustrated with your animals or you've been told they are stubborn, dominant, or just "too much" — I'd love to offer you a different lens, and some practical solutions. Come have a look around!
What Our Clients Say
Relaxed, enjoyable dog walks
Thanks Bex, we had a lovely walk this morning. You are amazing and I am so grateful as you have made such a difference to Maisy and I. I'm enjoying our walks more and not always stressing about what we might come across.
Robyn M.
Listening with our eyes
Bex is an incredible trainer and observer of behaviour, human and horse.
Lisa G.
Finding inspiration and community
Motivating and inspiring. Bex is a wonderful kind, knowledgable and patient teacher. It's also great to meet other likeminded people and realise you are not on your own.
Joy M.
Humans should feel safe too
Your feedback is SO very positive. Thank you for that! In a learning situation it is very easy to be intimidated by the instructor's critique. You always offer guidance in a way that is informative but doesn't make the student feel, well, kinda dumb. LOL.
Elizabeth S.
Engaged, willing horses
Bex has a lovely relaxed engaging style, and is extremely knowledgable. She keeps up with the latest science too. She has helped me tremendously. My horses are much more engaged, and my very ear-shy mare now comes over and puts the bridle on herself if I hold it up!
Natasha A.
High calibre dog training support
Superb training support for me and my dogs, delivered in a really positive and collaborative way. By the end of the session we had a clear analysis of my current issues and a plan of action that was appropriate for my needs and skill level. It's very hard to access training of this calibre. Highly recommend!
Catherine S.
Get in Touch
Have any questions or want to schedule a training session? Reach out to us today.