Our Trainers

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My love of dogs began when I was 19 years old and had a dog trainer come to our home to train two chow shepherd mixes. I was enthralled by the process. I began reading and intensely working at training my own dogs Winnie and Biko who turned out to be the most amazing dogs. I continued practicing with neighbor dogs and began circulating flyers at the college and neighborhoods I was a part of and trained dogs as a side business for years. Upon moving to the Boise area, I formally opened Save The Mailmen In Home Dog Training And Pet Sitting as a niche business to families who understood the optimal impact of training in the context of their own homes. My mission is to help every dog owner in the world understand what dogs really are and need in an effort to create a meaningful and trusting bond between person and dog while commanding respect. I thoroughly enjoy teaching and leading and consider myself an innate teacher.In addition, I discovered how much I love to own and operate my own business. I merged all my skill sets, knowledge and passions together to create a meaningful career for me. Lastly, the people I meet who collaborate with me and my staff, while getting terrific results, helps me to feel like we make a difference in saving the lives of our furry friends.

It was such a special time we shared, going to the practice meets a couple times a week and coming home and practicing together with the puppy and our older dog. In the spring and summer we would drive all over the northwest participating in dog shows and local fairs. We even joined a 4H club involved in training service dogs. I learned so much during those years about dogs, dog shows, and training techniques. I moved to phoenix and worked at a ranch that rescued horses and dogs. I was involved in fund raising for the ranch as well as the rehabilitation and training of both equine and canine rescues. My time there working with animals on the ranch was very fulfilling.

After moving back to Idaho in 2017, I continued working with dogs. I worked in a doggie day care/boarding facility and had the opportunity to work with some local animal rescues. Looking back on my life it only seems fitting I chose dog training as my career path. My ultimate goal is help nurture the bond of human and canine relationships so that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy their canine companions.

I have also studied both psychology and philosophy formally and there are few things more interesting to me than thinking about the mind and behavior. I am passionate about exploring how we experience and move through the world. I think one of the reasons I love training dogs is because they have a special relationship with humans and I love to think about how they experience the world with us and how – through proper training – we can deepen that bond and have a more meaningful relationship with them. I am excited to be part of that journey with you and your family!

Eventually I got my first puppy, Mojito, a very sweet and comical Havanese male. He actually played hide and seek, transferring the game to new environments and locations. He would go hide and then jump out and say “rahhhhr!”, just as I did when playing the the game with him as a puppy. I became accutely aware of how intelligent dogs are and that everything that this pup would need for a happy and well adjusted life depended on my actions based on his psychological and behavioral needs. I began reading books, watching TV shows, etc. that provided much needed guidance to assist me with my journey with Mojito and his housemate Buffett, my husband’s Hungarian Vizsla (both shown above).

In the interim, Mojito and Buffet passed on and Diego and Frida (Havanese and Vizsla) and Chex and Diamond (our two horses) have joined our pack. I soon reallized that dog and horse psychology are very similar in so many ways to my at-risk students. Continuing working with them has deepened my passion for working with animals, has honed my training skills and my understanding of their needs and behaviors. I swore that once I retired from teaching, I would become a dog/human trainer. My teaching experience gave me a foundation in behavior modification that naturally transfers to my dog training.

I retired in November of 2021 and here I am excitedly awaiting the opportunity to work with you and your beloved companions.

When I do finally get my own dog it will be a black lab and I am really excited to use my skills that I have learned to train my own personal dog. I always thought I was going to have to wait till later on in my life to train dogs as a profession. Then after graduating college I decided to start it early because I have always wanted to work with animals, specifically dogs. When I tell people that I am a dog trainer, they say that they would not expect anything less because dogs are all I talk about. I have always been very in tune with dogs and love to see how each dog works. I want to help other dog lovers so they can have confident, well-adjusted dogs.