David Ryan

David was a police dog handler and instructor for twenty-five years. He has handled and trained dogs from forty-five kilo German Shepherds to five kilo Cocker Spaniels, entered police dog trails, performed public demonstrations, instigated breeding and selection programmes and was responsible for all aspects of dog and handler training involving tasks as varied as detecting cash, drugs and explosives through to firearms response. Now retired from police work, he conducts pet behaviour consultations, dog training and puppy classes on veterinary referral, and offers an expert witness consultancy in canine behaviour and training.

He is a Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB), holds Southampton University’s postgraduate diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling (PG Dip CCAB) with distinction, and is a member of the Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study Group.  In addition to his role as Chairman, David is also the APBC's representative on the committee of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB).

David’s particular interest is in inherited canine predatory motor patterns and the lengths that pet dogs will go to find a way to express them, usually despite their owners’ best efforts.