YAT´s = Young Animal Trainer

We also have YAT´s (young animal trainer) in our trainer team.  This is CyDRA’s Young Animal Trainers Group. We set this up to encourage kids and dogs working together as past experience has taught me that they are a great combination.

There are three members at the moment and as they are only 11 years old that is enough to start with.  They are Natalia, Sandra and Abigail.  They are all friends and all very sensible children.  This is good for us because of the socialisation aspect and good for them as they learn to clicker train and also to look at health, diet and general welfare.  They are given a project – they all have a journal to complete.  In their journals they can write about  anything they do with animals.  They can inset photos or drawings  they have done themselves.  It´s their journal they can plan it any way they like.

You can see, even a young person can lead a dog and train. Our little helpers make this really great.