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Meet Kamal

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’.

Kamal is the author of two acclaimed books – ‘Pathway to Positivity’ and ‘Relabelling Reactivity’. He’s been a presenter at Clicker Expo, as well as a keynote speaker at the Out Of Control Dog Summit, Decoding Your Canine Summit, and the Ding Bat Dogs Border Collie Summit.

He has coached the Australian and New Zealand Crufts World Cup teams, the IGP World team members, and an FCI Agility team member.

Other career highlights include being a guest speaker on Susan Garret’s ‘Dogsthat’ podcast, being a keynote speaker at the IMPACT Conference, a Championship Obedience judge and Crufts competitor, and an instructor for the Fenzi Dog Sport Academy.

This thirst for knowledge combined with his job as a police officer, working with young offenders and studying psychology has contributed to his dynamic and innovative teaching style and his ability to get the best from his pupils, be they human or canine!

Kamal is a true expert in his field, and is passionate and dedicated to sharing his knowledge with fellow dog lovers all over the world.

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Jodie O'Connell
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Fantastic and fun training tailored to the individual dog and handler
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Lyn Ramsey
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Kamal is fun to train with. He not only engages the dog but the human too! He can point out your flaws without belittling your efforts and praises YOU as well as you dog. If you are trying to make the effort but it's not quite happening he is patient and will try several ways to explain things so they are coherent to each individual he is training. He makes me laugh. If you are happy then your dog is, if you get frustrated, then your dog will be, so he never lets that scenario happen. Leia and I have worked well with Kamal Fernandez, the only disappointment is due to Covid we have been unable to enter any obedience shows this year. Although I have now moved to Nottingham I will be coming back down south when Covid is done with to continue my training. Why? Cos he's awesome of course :)
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We have been in Kamals online heelwork course for a few months and his VIP group for a week or so and it is SO worth the money. The quality of the online videos is brilliant and his feedback on the group is so detailed. Every time I post I come away feeling enthused and excited to do more. The group also contains so much variation of experience which is lovely as we can see what we are aiming for long term. 100% recommend. Our heelwork is improving no end as is my understanding of the mechanics involved in competitive obedience
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Teresa Wright
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A great trainer. Very knowlegeable and patient. Goes into a lot of detail thus builds dog’s confidence and ability and creates a “team” bond between handler and dog. And its fun too.
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Anne Morson
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Fabulous motivator. Very energetic trainer 😃
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John McGuigan
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I attended a workshop by Kamal last year. He is an exceptional, knowledgable, inspiring trainer and very funny to boot. His compassionate and kind approach to training is wonderful.
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Margaret Law
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He genuinely tries to improve the treatment of dogs when training
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Jenny Kerwick
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Kamal is brilliant, insightful, and funny so he makes learning super easy!
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Alexis Robertson
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Great workshop today with Kamal, enthusiastic and engaging trainer 😊
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Freya Louise Brisley
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One of the few trainers I find to be on my wave length! Really happy :)