I've always loved dogs! From my childhood Vizsla, Belle rode with me in my pink Barbie Jeep to my sugar-faced Ruger. This love for dogs turned into a passion when I was about 14 when my parents signed me and Belle up for the local 4H group in not one but all three categories, Showmanship, Agility and of course Obedience. I spent that summer in classes on how to train my own dog virtually everything you can teach a dog. I learned so much that year, like how to teach a dog to be confident and calm in a very busy environment, what to do after a dog gets scared of something, Through it all, Belle was by my side. Until she passed away one night.

Suddenly we decided I was to train her son we also had, Johnny. Basically this meant, at the end of the training session I was starting over. We had been working with him on most of what Belle was learning, but we had such a long way to go before the fair. Nonetheless, I was very impressed how quickly he picked up everything.

A master of patience and confidence, he WOWED the judges in every category earning us 6th place in Agility, Reserve Grand champion in Showmanship, and 2 Grand Champion ribbons in Obedience. I guess he knew his mom needed one too. Fast forward to 2019 when I enrolled in the Dog Obedience program at Animal Behavior College. This is where the knowledge, skills and passion I acquired in 4H was about to turn into a career. I learned so much how dogs communicate and the incredible impact dogs have on our lives. But the best thing I could have learned is how to effectively communicate what a dog is experiencing to their owners in order to better everyones' lives.