About Karen Wild (WildPaw)

“ I teach people about dogs, and teach dogs about people ”

Karen Wild is also known as ‘WildPaw’. A first class dog trainer, she has numerous celebrity clients including broadcaster and co-founder of Comic Relief Emma Freud (and family!), TV journalist and documentary queen Dawn Porter; Actor Chris O’Dowd;  ’The Only Way is Essex’ star Lauren Pope and also Celebrity Big Brother star Nicola Tappenden. Karen has also advised TV presenter Davina McCall who described Karen as ‘FAB!’ . It was TV journalist Dawn Porter who commented ‘Thanks so much for all your help. SO grateful!’ and even told Karen ‘You are officially my hero’. You can read Karen’s celebrity client testimonials here

Karen Wild BA (Hons) Dip App Psy, is a full-time U.K. dog trainer and behaviour consultant based in Peterborough with 17 years in the field. She has an honours degree and diploma in Psychology from the University of Nottingham, is a full member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors and is an Associate Member of the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers. Karen is also a full member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)

Karen’s work has ranged from class teaching, obedience, flyball, agility and working trials competition to running a popular dog display team. When she started her own family Karen realised there was a genuine need for one-to-one help for family dogs. She formed her company Pawprint for behavioural consultations and training, and Intellidogs which specialises in online advice in this area. Her passion is to create and rebuild the ‘enjoyment factor’ that can come from pet dog ownership.

Karen strongly believes that there is ‘always a way’ and prides herself on her commitment to uniting families with their dogs in the gentlest way possible.

Karen’s work with dogs and young people includes her programme to bring more dogs into schools in the UK as well as a heavy focus on children and safety around dogs. She is a regular contributor to Dogs Today Magazine and she is a regular blogger for Dr Ian Dunbar’s revolutionary website, Dog Star Daily. Karen is a supporter of the ‘Don’t Cook your Dog’ Campaign along with Stephen Fry and Antony Worrall Thompson Dogs die in hot cars. She also writes for the Veterinary Nursing Times and is often heard on BBC Radio as well as giving pet advice on Rutland Radio.

WildPaw’s super-friendly, practical and family focused approach to dog training can be accessed via her site here, or why not link up on Twitter or here on Facebook? She also has a hugely popular show ‘The WildPaw Podcast’ which can also can be downloaded free from iTunes. Karen has interviewed all the dog training greats, such as Jean Donaldson, Grisha Stewart and Nicole Wilde