happy paws with sue
My name is Sue Williamson, and I have loved dogs (and many other animals for
that matter) as far back as I can remember. One of my first memories is laying
under my Grandparents Belfast sink with my Auntie’s German Shepherd – Tara. When
I was 4 years old, a relative gave me a little black poodle, called Tina. Tina
was one of the reasons I wanted to work with dogs when I grew up. Unfortunately,
somewhere along the way that got pushed to one side and I finished up working in
administration. Working up from secretarial positions to administration
management, I left employment in January 2016 to follow my childhood dream of
working with animals, and in particular – dogs. After I lost Tina, I had to wait
over 20 years to get another dog, although I interacted with dogs on a regular
basis. My next dog was Kelly, a black collie cross. She was the most placid and
loving dog. Since Kelly I have been guardian to six dogs two of whom I have had
to say goodbye Kira my gorgeous black Labrador who we lost in 2018 due to a lung
tumour, and Raffi, Lemon and White working cocker spaniel who was killed in a
road accident in 2016. I currently have four dogs, Taz, a male black show cocker
spaniel, – who was the reason I got a deeper interest in training and Tellington
TTouch Training, Ritzi, a miniature parti Poodle (black and white), Chic, a
brown miniature poodle, (pronounced Sheek), and new boy on the block Lemon Roan
Working Cocker Spaniel Talis. I have done training with all my dogs, including
basic obedience, gundog training, platform training and agility. I have competed
at agility with both Taz (grade 5), and Kira (grade 3) and Raffi (Grade 4).
Although I no longer participate in Agility, I have taken up Canine Hoopers with
Talis and started to compete.
