Graeme Hall, also known as The Dogfather (born 1966 in Selby, Yorkshire) is a British

dog trainer Dog training is the application of behavior analysis which uses the environmental events of antecedents (trigger for a behavior) and consequences to modify the dog behavior, either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular ...

, podcaster, and author. He is the star of the television series ''Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly'' broadcast since 2017 and The Dog Hospital with Graeme Hall both shown on Channel 5 in the UK and on

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in Canada. Hall is a ''Master Dog Trainer'' and a member of the Guild Of Dog Trainers. In 2022, he began writing a regular column for ''

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''. He also hosted a podcast, ''Talking Dogs'', and appeared on ''

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'', '' The Chase'' and ''

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''. In 2023, he starred in the Australian version of ''Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly'', which premiered on 13 July 2023 on

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. Hall is a graduate of the

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. He was a management consultant at

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in Northamptonshire for 21 years.

Bibliography

*''All Dogs Great and Small'' (Penguin Books, 2021) *''Perfectly Imperfect Puppy'' (Random House, 2022)

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* * 1966 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hull British columnists British podcasters Dog trainers People from Selby The Times journalists {{UK-writer-stub