Dee’s philosophy in the training and behavioural work she does with the public and shelter community is about how to achieve two goals: Getting behaviour we want and getting rid of behaviour we don’t want, humanely and while having fun! She teaches positive reinforcement, and places a very strong emphasis on managing a dog’s environment for safety. For 30+ years Dee has taught training classes and advised individuals on how to create positive partnership with their dogs. In the mid-1990′s she began sharing positive reinforcement training with the deeply committed people working in the shelter world with the goal to create a shelter and training program that teaches humans to evaluate dogs humanely and fairly and to set up a training plan to help teach the dogs self-control skills. She is now back in private practice, which includes travelling to many wonderful places helping shelters, rescues, or just folks who want to learn practical, humane techniques to change dogs and ourselves into friends and partners for life.