About Us

Beyond Dog Training – A Journey of Love and Understanding

Dear Fellow Dog Owner and Dog Lover,

I was always around dogs, horses and animals in my life. But it was when my German Shepherd Timba walked in to my life 9 years ago that I entered the profound world of dogs and their owners. I since then been fascinated with dog’s psychology, behaviors, wellness and training.

As a French trained Chef, my favorite part of the job was not to create the most delicious recipe. Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed that to. Teaching and training others to reach beyond their potential through learning new skills would always drive me.

Training has been part of my life for the last 25 years. While learning about training  dogs I discovered a world that I found was fascinating, intriguing and challenging. Through my experience as a dog walker, dog sitter, volunteer with the SPCA and dog owner, I learned a lot bout dogs of course but also about people and myself

When  I was looking for help to solve a dog or my dog’ s behavior I often found that one question would receive multiple answers. Often the answers would not even match. Sometimes the solution would work with one dog but not with another. I felt frustrated and overwhelmed.

What I quickly realized was that one book, one video, one trainer (regardless of how skilled he/she is) does not have all the answers. Dogs have unique personalities even when they are from the same breed.  Some are shy, some are in your face with a whole range in between. So we need to adapt our training to our dog. I believe that as a dog owner we are also in training. If you want to a happy and healthy dog, you will need to educate yourself, learn about your dog and practice together. There is no ways around it.

I created Happy Dog Connections as a resource for dog owners like you and me -Interested in building a life long and punctuated relationship with our dog.