Quotations
If you talk to the animals, they will talk to you, and you will know each other.
If you do not talk to them, you will not know them, and what you do not know, you will fear.
What one fears, one destroys.
Chief Dan George
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"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors.
Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."
Gandhi
About Jane
Jane is a certified professional dog trainer, living in Victoria, BC. She offers classes for puppies and family dogs as well as intermediate level obedience at two local recreation centres. Private lessons are also available, including helping people get started with a brand new puppy before they come to class. She started The Noble Hound in 2002 and uses proven reward-based methods of training and behaviour modification.
Jane’s own dogs, Rhodesian ridgebacks, are known as a versatile breed and Jane has experienced many different activities with them. She has competed with her dogs in Obedience, RallyO, Agility and straight racing and more recently is having fun with tracking and herding. Her dogs have earned their obedience and rally titles as well as their CGN (Canine Good Neighbour) and are also registered pet therapy dogs.
One of her favourite activities, however, remains going for long walks with her dogs. She believes that it is essential dogs get sufficient exercise and mental stimulation to prevent many of the behaviour problems that arise out of an excess of energy or boredom. She believes in promoting responsible dog ownership through education and training.
Jane is certified by the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers www.ccpdt.org which is recognised internationally for testing and certification of dog trainers. She continues her education by regularly attending seminars and in recent years has attended those given by Suzanne Clothier, Dr Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Turid Rugaas, Terry Ryan, Steve White, Ken Ramirez, Michele Pouliot, Kay Laurence, Emma Parsons and Nicole Wilde.
Feature Testimonial
We took our boxer puppy, Hobbes, to all three levels of obedience training with Jane (puppy kindergarten, basic obedience, and a step beyond obedience), and were thrilled with the results. Jane's approach is reward-based; it's friendly, fun, and really helps to cement a good positive bond between owner and pet. Jane always went out of her way to help her students. Whether we needed advice on where to take Hobbes for agility training in the future or we just couldn't get him to stop jumping up on people in the park, no matter the concern, Jane was always willing to help in any way she could. It was clear from working with Jane that aside from being very patient and talented with dogs, she is also a huge dog lover, and we (especially Hobbes) really appreciated that fact.
- Emily and Hobbes (Boxer).