OUR FOCUS
Educate ~ Inspire ~ Empower
At Positively Together we deliver expert, tailored animal training services that enhances the lives of humans and the animals they love. We help humans and animals understand each other, so life gets easier for both.
Our training is grounded in behaviour science with a strong focus on positive reinforcement to inspire behaviour change in our animals. This is the ethical path to willing, engaged animal learners who are on board with our human priorities and training goals.
When I officially launched Positively Together in early 2016 I was primarily focused on education for local horse and dog owners. Since then we have expanded into kids animal programmes, public performances and a global online learning community. The scale has changed, but the approach hasn't.
We provide you with practical solutions to everyday problems, and a more peaceful, joyful life with your animals. No force, no fear, just fun - and great results!
OUR TEAM
Meet the magic makers!
Bex Tasker
MA, KPA-CPT
Founder & Head Trainer
Bex is the face and the drive and the passion behind all the various arms of Positively Together.
Bex is a certified trainer through Karen Pryor Academy and has been training animals professionally (and for the joy of it!) for over 20 years.
Brooke
Head Trainer - Next Gen
Brooke has been a driving force behind our flagship Next Gen Trainers youth programme from day one. She is a youth worker with a Diploma in Pastoral Leadership, and juggles motherhood (and everything else) with her dog walking / training business, Paws & Thrive. She shares her life with husband, toddler and Joey the cavoodle.
Radha
Coach - youth programmes
Radha teaches kids riding lessons, and coaches our Next Gen Trainers. Radha is a patient and kind teacher and a skilled trainer. She is at the farm almost every day helping care for the horses and other animals. As well as her dogs Henna and Nila, she has a Kaimanawa filly called Rain who lives with Bex's herd.
Georgie
Coach - Next Gen
Georgie coaches our Next Gen Trainers programme.
Georgie has a background in working with neurodivergent youth as well as intellectually & physically disabled kids. She has a Diploma in Pastoral Leadership with a focus on kids programs. Georgie shares her life with Juno the poodle and a 21yr old cockatiel named Beau.
Cat
Assistant trainer - dogs
Cat supports Bex with coaching Basic Manners and Brain Games group dog classes.
Cat has a special interest in high drive and teenage dogs. Cat works in adult education, and is developing her dog training business, Partner Canine. Cat's support team is husband Paul, heading dog, Bandit, and her young border collie, Quest.