About

Claire started her behaviour and training career in 2001 by studying Companion Animal Behaviour through the Technikon of Pretoria. In 2003 she finished the 3 year Tellington Ttouch™ course and qualified as a certified practitioner for companion animals.

By the end of 2004 she completed an 18 month internship at a behaviour centre in Cape Town. After working there as an associate consultant for a short while, she opened her own practice in Durbanville.

Claire is a diplomat of the UK based Centre of Applied Pet Ethology after she completed the advance diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training in 2008. She is also a member of COAPE’s Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers in the UK and is on the committee for the CAPBT in South Africa, which strives to uphold ethics & professionalism in the industry.

Claire is also a member of the Pet Professional Guild. “The Pet Professional Guild was founded on a commitment to provide educational resources to pet care providers and the public coupled with an emphasis on building collaboration among force-free pet trainers and professional pet care providers.”

In late 2010 she opened Canine Concepts, an indoor centre in Gordons Bay that is dedicated to training and changing behaviour in dogs by exclusively using positive and non-confrontational training techniques that is founded on sound scientific research. In 2012 she became a CAPBT Practitioner.

Canine Concepts (previously trading as DogSense Behaviour & Training cc. in Durbanville) will work in close collaboration with your vet to provide you and your dog the most comprehensive service.

Canine behaviour is a dynamic field and at Canine Concepts we spend considerable time pursuing ongoing education and professional development by keeping current on all industry literature.

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Trainer & Behaviourist : Claire Grobbelaar

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Office Manager : Marlise Leibrandt

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Assistant Trainers :

Lindi Verster

Yolande Ginsberg (DipCABT – Coape UK)

Zanfre Gorgosilich

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Gun dog / ring craft / CGC : Dale Fabian