BE EDUCATED 

BE KIND 

BE ETHICAL 

The best trainers in the world do not always agree on philosophy of dog training but they respect good training and love dogs.  

Good training involves understanding the dog, the situation it’s living in and the owners goals.  By understanding this instead of labeling trainers and trying to promote an agenda maybe we can keep dogs in homes.  Not every owner can train hours a day.  People make mistakes and buy the wrong breed so we need to help them enjoy that dog.  Good training has no place for abuse but dogs need and want structure.  Owners need to have fun and enjoy the process.  

Good training is about producing a happy dog that can live in today’s world without anxiety and issues.  

Serving Brockville, Gananoque, Kingston, Ottawa, Perth, Smiths Falls, Kemptville and surrounding areas. 

I've always loved dogs and they have been a huge part of my life.  Being a horse person dogs are pretty much a given.  My house has always been a multi dog household with all the fun that goes with it.  Along with my own dogs I usually have at least one foster.  It's probably due to a few challenging fosters over the years that I became fascinated with the science behind training dogs and learning all I could about what makes dogs what they are.  About a decade ago with my daughter grown up and less time at horse shows I started training professionally.  I don't specialize in agility, obedience, bite work etc. there are many great sport trainers but in the family dog, the one who needs to be a good pet.  At a time in history where dogs are suffering because we humans have put unrealistic expectations on them, along with bad breeding and people buying unsuitable breeds, pet owners need help.  I've heard so often that raising a puppy is so hard and it shouldn't be, it should be fun.  Hoping I can help a few lost dogs and let owners see how amazing that bond can be.  I've made so many long term friends by helping them see they need a good dog not a perfect dog but mostly they need to have fun.  Afterall you got the dog to lower stress not raise it!

After semi retirement I have moved from Durham region Ontario to Brockville area and my lovely 21 acre farm is perfect for dog training.   The farm is quiet and ideal for animals.  No kennelled dogs here all are part of the family.  I do this because I love it.  I am constantly trying to improve and learn more and I'm always listening to that troubled dog and trying to figure out how to help it because I love happy endings ...in fact  I just got a video from my most recent foster who had to have the crate brought into the house when he arrived because he was so fear aggressive, running full tilt to his new owner because his recall is so awesome ....confidence was all he needed.  Those moments make dog training great.