We met 11 years ago in London and came together over our love for dogs, both pet and working. Chris was already working as dog handler with his two general purpose dogs Rebel and trainee pup Titan for a parks unit in London and Ruth was a dedicated pet dog owner. The relationship developed and in 2014 we decided to reform Alpha Canine Specialists which was a company Chris formed and had been a director of in the mid to late 1990’s. Although Ruth had not previously worked within the industry, she quickly fitted in and developed as a drug detection dog handler and along with Chris achieved her level 3 NASDU qualification in 2015 with Labrador Stanley and Chris with Labrador sisters Nell and Mabel. In 2016 the company moved into the specialist role of explosive detection when Chris qualified with his first EDD Riley and Ruth followed suit in 2018 with her Labrador Flo.
The company has quickly developed into a small but bespoke specialist canine security organisation maintaining the company’s principles of Quality over Quantity.
We both have established a reputation within the industry which has led us to work at some of the country’s best known events and stadia. The strong foundation that we have laid down over the past years has been aided by the close relationship we have and the understanding both as business partners and a husband and wife team. The roles and responsibilities have been clearly defined which removes any misunderstandings when running the company together and the success of Alpha Canine draws on the greatest of understanding and ambition to succeed in a large and at times flooded sector of the security industry. The daily running and operational requirements are at times stressful and difficult but are easily overcome and managed because of the strong and self motivated unit that we have achieved.
The Passion for our four legged partners has only increased since we first met as has the number of dogs we personally own and continues to drive us on to greater things in the future.