Students and courses
- Since we started in 1999 with one course and two people doing everything we have registered over 7,650 students.
- We anticipate receiving our 8,000th registration this year.
- We now enrol over 1,000 students a year.
- We currently have 77 courses, 31 of which are dog courses.
- Around 80% of registrations are for dog courses meaning over 800 people each year study dogs with us.
- We have had students from 43 different countries worldwide.
- Our youngest student was 9 years old, our oldest was 84 years old.
- Students funded by Scottish government and other grants has totalled in excess of £25,000 worth of education in the last three years plus Compass has wholly funded around £6,000 worth of courses to rehabilitation of offender programmes.
Animal welfare
We have rescued, cared for and released a range of injured wildlife and keep ex-battery hens (now free range). Amongst those that have been in our care are:
- 4 Buzzards
- 1 Barn owl
- 1 Tawny owl
- 4 Ferrets
- 1 Hedgehog
- 1 Crow
- 1 Rook
- 1 Heron
- 1 Swan
- Several Mallards
- 1 Herring Gull
- Several Rabbits
- Several Guinea Pigs
- Several Rats
We also keep eight dogs, for four this is not their first home.
Conservation
- On our land we have set aside 12 acres for wildlife habitat and have planted over 1,000 conifer and broadleaf trees.
- All of our printed course notes are on 100% recycled paper.
Charitable work
- Donations and uncharged work for charitable animal welfare causes amounts to around £6,000 each year.
