The Dogfather Dog Trainer - Derby, Derbyshire, Midlands

Zep (Giuseppe) Zizzi - A.B.I.P.D.T.
Managing Director / Trainer

Zep is the founder of Dog-father Training School, Derbyshire.

Having been involved with dogs and their training for many years he is an associate member of the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers.

Zeps passion for dogs, and his tremendous drive for perfection has brought the Dog-father training School to the forefront of training in the dog world.

Our drive for perfection has resulted in beautiful kennels, the best food including personal diet, wonderful facilities, super equipment and a great attention to detail for your dog. Every dog is excellently cared for, and is trained on purely reward based methods. Zep believes that once a dog KNOWS what you want of him, and understands the concept, he or she will do just that, providing you keep the dog confident and happy.

Zep accepts for training, only a few dogs at one time, He personally oversees every dog that is trained here and helps customers to fit their personality and their lifestyle to their particular dog and the way they train and live with the dog.. All dogs that leave their training stay, are personally handed over by Zep to yourself with a full and detailed management plan, including a DVD of your dog working to take home, and full instruction and a hands-on session with you before you go home with your dog.

Zep regularly gets called upon to help people with problem dogs, with his deep understanding and endless patience being put to good use this is an area he thoroughly enjoys

If all that was not enough, Zep is competing in UK competition with his own dogs and exhibits with Mascani German Shepherd Dogs, which is his personal family affix competing again with much success. having bred the most recent Champion Mascani Odessa see www.mascanigsd.co.uk

Because of Zeps passion for his Company everything has his personal touch, from the equipment that we recommend for your dog, to the dogs that fulfill our customers wishes.

Mo - Has a vast knowledge with years of showing and breeding her German Shepherd dogs,She has bred Champions, and many Junior Warrant holders. She is a Kennel Club approved Championship judge, judging as far away as New Zealand. She is a breed correspondent for the newspaper Our Dogs, and writes monthly for the local news too on dog issues - and is a trained behaviourist, and nutritional consultant. Mo has just been invited by the Kennel Club to be a consultant on the Accredited Breeder Scheme, of which she is a member. Mo believes that dog behaviour can be greatly modified with their owners body language and the home situation, together - very often - with dietary change. Whilst involving herself with the physical training at the school, Mo mainly concentrates on the areas she loves which is the behaviour patterns and dietary information, doing One 2 One visits at your home.

Geoff - is a retired H.M.P. Dog Handler - with 32 years experience and is a great asset to the training school, both as a good friend, and an excellent trainer. Geoff has a deep understanding of how to handle dogs in tough situations, and together with Zep they make really good teamwork if two handlers are required.

Brian - Keeps us in order on the maintenance side. He is in total charge of provisions, ordering of, and the cleanliness to a very high standard of kennels and dog areas. Without Brian our work would be much harder, and we are very grateful that he is also a trusted friend too.

Rosie - is our P.A. - Is in her second year at Lancaster University studying Accountancy and is again, a great asset to our team. Rosie has previously been one of our best friends... and now has become a very important member of our team too, answering your telephone calls, keeping the bookwork in order, and generally making sure that everything runs smoothly, which of course is beneficial to us all and the care of the dogs.