Ryan Llewellyn

Personal Bio

Ryan comes from a farming family in the picturesque South Wales valley of Neath, nestled just inside the Brecon Beacons national park, also known as “Waterfall country”.

Ryan Joined Dyfed Powys police in 2008 and the dog section in 2015. Licensed with police dog Rula, an 18 month old German Shepherd bitch and in the very first run of shifts, tracked a drink driver from the scene of a car crash to an address a mile away on dry mixed surfaces.

They Came second in the Force Police Dog trials, missing out on First by 1 point in the first year of being a licensed dog team and competed in the police South West Regional Police Dog trials the following year, finishing in the top half of a very competitive field which included the eventual National champion.

Has acted as a decoy for the South West Regional police Force trials and trained several police dogs for sale to other forces and dozens of colleagues’ dogs over a 10 year period in two different police forces.

In 2017 PD Rula and Ryan qualified as an advanced Firearms Support dog team, meaning they would be specifically called to work in close proximity with firearms teams and counter terrorism teams.

In the same year Ryan qualified as a specialist detection dog handler with Spaniel Monty, who was trained to detect various narcotics, cash and firearms residue. They participated in countless warrants, searches of vehicles and people over a 7 year period.

Much of his work involved public speaking at schools, community events and the Royal Welsh Show for 3 consecutive years until COVID hit.

Ryan became a dog legislation officer in 2020 and has investigated and assessed dozens of Pitbull and XL Bully type dogs and has offered advice and support to countless owners of such dogs to improve relations with the police in a very controversial issue.

Ryan has benefited from the teaching of various experienced police dog handlers and private trainers such as Darren Priddle of Extremus Dog Training and in 2023 became a licensed Dog Sedation Officer, meaning he was qualified to use a dart gun to safely sedate dangerous dogs.

In 2023, he started his private dog training and behaviour business called The Modern Dog Academy and has worked with over 200 clients and their dogs, helping to improve their relationships with their dogs and completed the Advanced Dog Aggression Certificate with CIDBT in October 2024.

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