Animal Training Academy

Chirag Patel Bio

Chirag Patel BSc (Hons), PGCert (CAB), CPBC, DipCABT is an internationally acclaimed animal behaviour and training consultant and the founder of Domesticated Manners, the training and behaviour consultancy he started in 2004. He is best known as the creator of the Bucket Game, a training framework that gives animals choice and control in their own husbandry and veterinary care.

Chirag earned his BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Sciences from the Royal Veterinary College London and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Animal Behaviour from the University of Lincoln, and has consulted for organisations including Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, the Kong Company, Dogs Trust, and zoos and laboratories worldwide.