The Happy Cat Handbook

Pippa Mattinson is a dog training specialist, author and entrepreneur. She has over 30 years’ experience training dogs and is the author of The Happy Puppy Handbook (2014), The Labrador Handbook (2015) and Choosing the Perfect Puppy (2017).

Best known for her simple step-by-step guides for pet owners, Pippa is the founder of online dog training school Dogsnet. She also launched the UK’s national gundog graded training scheme and is a director of the Gundog Trust.

Pippa has an honours degree in zoology and a special interest in canine behaviour. She is a keen supporter of modern science based dog training methods and is passionate about helping people to enjoy their dogs.

Lucy Easton is a co-founder of the Red Cat Media online publishing company. She is passionate about improving our pets genetic health and raising awareness of conformational problems in our modern pedigree breeds.

A Psychology graduate, Lucy has written numerous articles on pet care and health and is known for her compassionate and science-based approach.

She spends most of her days surrounded by rabbits and guinea pigs in her Surrey home, which she also shares with her husband, daughter, and Oscar the cat.