DOG trainer Graeme Hall is a familiar face to fans of Channel 5's Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. In the hit show, which has just been recommissioned for two more series, the expert aims to provide lasting solutions to a range of canine behaviour problems. The renewal sees the programme continue into series seven and eight, while it will mark its 100th episode milestone.
As part of his job, Graeme, nicknamed the "Dogfather", is used to working with aggressive or anxiety-ridden canines. However, he almost lost the use of one of his hands after being savaged by a German Shepherd. Speaking previously to Express.
co.uk , Graeme explained the dog had been rehomed and was barking "very aggressively." He said: "They brought him in to see me and he just went for my left hand.
He bit hard, at the same time the owner pulled on the lead. "The effect was to rip it [my hand]. "It was off to A&E.
I ended up in the operating theatre. "The bites just missed a tendon and nerve and I nearly lost the full use of that hand. It was a close call.
"That really made me think differently and I will now put a muzzle on the dog, but I still get little bites here and there." As for Graeme's personal life, he tied the knot with accountant Elinor Perry-Hall in 2017. The pair got hitched on a beach in Sri Lanka followed by a home celebration for family and friends at Mallory Court, a four-star country house, hotel and spa in Warwickshire.
However, an interview that Graeme gave to The Sunday Times last year reve.