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Steve Austin has been a leading and charismatic figure in the professional canine industry for over two decades. Steve has recently earned a highly recognised certification through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), joining over 2000 certificants worldwide. Steve earned his unique world recognition by passing an exam and now earns the title […]

Dr Jacqui Ley is a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine – that is she is a veterinarian who works with animals who have mental health disorders. She sees behaviour cases on a referral basis at the Melbourne Veterinary Specialist Centre and works as a consultant, helping councils, government, companies and courts understand how animals […]

A star of the small screen in Australia, first on Home & Away, now Neighbours, Andrew is a man of many talents and passions. Andrew, 27, is also an entrepreneur, raised on a farm in country Victoria and has always been very involved with the community, volunteering now for 12 years as a Fire Fighter. […]

Ryan Anderson, aka The Aussie Dog Guy, has always had a strong affiliation with animals especially horses and dogs. Ryan started out on a mission to get a photograph with every single dog breed in the world and through that he has turned his passion into a profession. He currently work for the RSPCA South […]

Tanya Arnold is the ‘Pupcake Queen’ creating nourishing and doggylicious Pupcakes to celebrate the divine dogs in our lives. In 2011, Tanya combined her love for dogs, cake decorating and nutrition to create finely decorated cakes to celebrate every special occasion in our dogs lives including their Birthday, Easter, Graduation, Christmas and even if they […]

Lauren is an Australian born, professional model with over 16 years experience in the modelling industry. She is also a motorcycle rider, animal lover, avid cook and TV Presenter. Lauren has been an Ambassador for AWDRI through rescue, social media promotion and events since January 2015.

Before AWDRI Carey was a qualified carpenter & registered builder. Amongst other skills picked up along the journey of life, enabling him to design and implement the functions of AWDRI, include computer programming, project & disaster management in both the finance and building sectors, sports administration (having also founded a basketball club) as well as […]

Kelly’s career as a veterinary nurse and dog trainer spans over 30 years in which time she has trained for and competed at state and national level in the dog sports of obedience and agility. Kelly and her team of Border Collies have gained over 300 Obedience & Agility titles, two Obedience Champion titles, four […]

Major Kendall Crocker is the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) only full-time Veterinary Officer with responsibility for Military Working Dogs (MWDs). He has been closely involved with MWDs for a number of years and has worked with all of the ADF’s MWD capabilities. He is currently posted to the School of Military Engineering in Sydney where […]

Nigel Allsopp gives up his time freely to so many different causes and is a true volunteer and humanitarian. He is a vocal ambassador for the establishment of Animal Memorials and his passion for the recognition of the voiceless is truly inspirational. He is the founder of the Australian War Animal Organization Inc, a not-for-profit organisation […]

Rodney Gooch (Goochy) has been training and racing dogs for Flyball since 1997 and has been training dogs professionally for over 20 years. Goochy has trained dog’s for TV/Film work, Canine Disc, Obedience and other canine activities. Four Paws Sport is a private Flyball Team, was founded by Goochy and first started competing in 2012. 4PR has […]

Australian television host, Peter Everett, will MC the DockDogs attraction over the course of the Show. Peter is best known for hosting the Australian adaptation of cooking show Ready Steady Cook, which aired on Network Ten. He is known for appearing on Changing Rooms which aired on the Nine Network in the late 1990s. He has […]

Nimble (Female): Owned by Carey Edwards and current holder of the Top Dog title at the Farmer Dave Dog Centre, including winning the extreme High Jump. Winner of numerous High Jump competitions at pet expos and agricultural shows through several states. Top (official competition) scaling jump height of 2.45 metres and top object fronted scaling jump […]

Popular television vet, Dr Katrina Warren has teamed up with professional trainer, Kelly Gill and the Wonderdogs; a team of impeccably trained chocolate Border Collies. The Wonderdogs are seasoned performers and have appeared with Katrina on the Today Show, Morning Show, Funniest Home Videos, Saturday Disney and Talk to the Animals. They have also starred […]

Growing up on the family farm in Nowra, Anthony Bennett always knew he wanted to work with animals and after graduating from uni, he returned to his home town working at the Berry Vet Clinic. Early on, he gravitated towards the dairy cattle and small animal medicine and surgery aspects of the clinic before taking […]

From humble beginnings as a local vet, to being one of the most internationally renowned vets and television presenters Australia has ever produced. Chris’ career over the past 10 years has gone from strength to strength, and it’s only just the start. After graduating from Sydney University with First Class Honours, Dr Chris Brown took […]

Rodney Gooch or ‘Goochy’ as he’s known, has been training Dogs for 25 years, specialising in TV and film work, trick and target training, behaviour problems as well as extreme Dog sports including Flyball, Canine Disc (Frisbee) and Canine Dock Jumping. Goochy is heavily involved in the Pet Industry promoting training, environmental enrichment and pet […]