My journey in dog training started over 25 years ago with a rescued Rottweiler named Tucker.  I worked with Rottweiler rescue and trained him myself at the age of 15.  That's when my passion for training and behavior began.  After college I began learning all I could about behavior science.  I volunteered for several years with the SPCA's Good Manners program training the large adoptable dogs to make them more adoptable.  Then I moved on to work professionally as an apprentice dog trainer with My Dog and Me and later started my own dog training business where I did private in-home training for several years before working at Petsmart off and on for 10 years as a trainer doing both group and private lessons.