Guest Instructor - Tracey McLennan

Tracey (she/her) has been involved in dog training for over 20 years since she got her first dog, a bullmastiff named Calgacus. In the past, Tracey combined dog training with working in IT as an analyst and developer. She has competed in heelwork to music and scent work. She has an undergraduate degree in Canine Behaviour and Training and is the author of the book Canine Aggression: Rehabilitating an aggressive dog with kindness and compassion.

Tracey has also been active in dog rescue, volunteering for several rescue charities and volunteering as a guest sp eaker in a prison dog program.More recently, Tracey has become passionate about working with prey drive in dogs. Tracey has lived and worked through issues of catching, killing, and eating prey animals through to running off, following prey scent, and being gone for hours. When studying for her Master’s degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Training, Tracey focused on prey drive and has had her degree research in the subject published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science.Tracey now combines her loves of IT, data analysis, coaching people and dog training. She works full time running an online business that focuses on helping people and dogs who have a high prey drive live joyfully together.