I’ve been training dogs and working with animals since I could hold a leash, spending most of my childhood weekends competing in dog agility, herding, and obedience. Professionally I have been working in animal shelters for ten years, working with shelter animals through fear free training. I have been in roles in animal care, behavior and training, adoptions, enrichment hands on oversight of a shelter, and up until recently running a full Behavior department. I have worked with thousands of dogs with behavioral quirks including jumpy/mouthy behavior, impulse control issues, reactivity, extremely fearful/stranger danger tendencies, and general puppy socialization. I’ve also worked with thousands of cats, many that are shy/fearful and many that have overstimulation quirks. As a walker and sitter, I will give your animal as much patience, care, and kindness as I give every shelter animal.