Kamal Fernandez is a world-renowned dog trainer, coach, speaker and author, with over 33 years of experience in the world of dogs and dog training. He has dedicated his life to promoting the use of reinforcement-based methodology to train dogs from unruly pets to Crifts winners. Kamal has competed at the highest level in dog sports and has represented multiple teams at the Crifts Championship. His current dogs that he owns include a Belgian Malinois, Border Collies, a Germa Spitz, a Boxer and Sugarpuff – his resuce Jack Russel x Poodle.

Kamal started training in 1991 after getting Scrunch, an independent free-willed Chow-Chow mix. Like many other first-time dog owners, Kamal found himself in for a rude awakening when he got her… Lassie, she most definitely was not! You name it, Scrunch did it – running away, biting, resource guarding, nervous aggression – Scrunch did it all!

Kamal has been invited to speak at conferences and deliver seminars all over the world including the Lemonade Conference for FDSA and the Victoria Stillwell Bite Prevention Conference. He’s also made numerous television appearances, both in front of and behind the camera, on shows such as The One Show, Dogs Behaving badly, The Underdog Show, Lewis, and most recently, Channel 4’s The Dog Academy. Kamal was also a feature trainer on Sky Television’s ‘Dog’s Might Fly’, where he helped 12 rescue dogs learn to ‘fly a plane’.