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Whatta Pup! is is your dog's first choice for fun and effective Obedience Training and Behaviour Modification in Toronto. We always pair verbal cues with hand signals, as well as teach these commands in any language that you request. We don’t train your dog; we train YOU to train your dog. It’s no good if your dog learns to listen to us - they need to listen to you. We give you the tools and the confidence to be a strong pack-leader.
Elaine is a Reiki Master who specializes in Reiki for Animals as well as being an accomplished Animal Communicator. She brings both fields together in her unique approach of offering Animal Communication through Reiki, finding this strengthens the connection and offers the animal overall wellbeing on every level.
Elaine takes great pride and motivation from opening the connection between humans and their animal companions, helping each understand just how much they mean to one another, even when they are no longer physically together. She has a growing practice working with clients both locally and around the world. She also shares her knowledge and experience teaching both modalities in Newmarket, ON.
Gillian Ridgeway, AHT, has worked with dogs for over 33 years. She is director of Who's Walking Who in Toronto and Ajax. A consultant for TorontoBarks.com, Gillian also writes for Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!, Dogs in Canada. She has appeared on Dogs in Canada TV, Global television, Q107 radio and in Toronto Life, and is co-author of the book, "Citizen Canine". She travels with the Iams SuperDogs Performance team and teaches learning theory at University of Toronto. Gillian can be contacted at 416-465-3626 and www.whoswalkingwho.net
Joan Orr and Teresa Lewin are the cofounders of non-profit Doggone Safe and co-creators of the award winning Be a Tree teacher kit, Doggone Crazy! board game and Clicker Puppy training DVD. Joan and Teresa have lectured and written extensively on the topics of dog body language and child safety around dogs. They are known for their work with clicker training and TAGteach and have co-authored the book, “Getting Started Clicking with Your Rabbit”. Their websites are www.doggonecrazy.ca, www.doggonesafe.com, www.clickerbunny.com and www.tagteach.com.
Kelly Marshall
Kelly Marshall is a full time author specializing in the dog industry. She has worked on several top selling books as a contributing researcher, has ghostwritten many ebooks on dog training & dog health, is the head content author for Oh My Dog Supplies, and has hundreds of articles published on popular sites all over the internet. Kelly lives in New Jersey with her husband Jeff, daughter Alison, and their two dogs Steve & Eleanor (Boston Terrier & Mastiff).
Since 1976, Lorraine Houston has been involved in the plight of homeless, abandoned dogs and has worked in animal shelters in the US and Canada. She is a feature writer for Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! a Maxwell Award winner from the Dog Writers Association of America, an evaluator for Therapeutic Paws of Canada and the director of Speaking of Dogs an organization devoted to education, outreach and rescue. Lorraine is an advocate for humane training, rescue/shelter dog adoptions and relationships built on kindness and respect. She and her family have fostered hundreds of dogs and found home for thousands of others.
Lowell Brown, Founder of TorontoBarks.com, is the CEO of Toronto based web site design company Insight Design & Communications. Lowell's passion for dogs started at an early age and have been in his family most of his life.
Lowell created the TorontoBarks web site to provide dog owners a better way to find local resources and information for their loyal pets and allow them to interact with local pet professionals and each other in a social networking environment.
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