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Glenda

Glenda graduated, with distinction, from the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behaviour in 2014 to pursue her career as a Professional Dog Trainer.  She is also a Certified Trick Dog Instructor, as well as a Certified Instructor for the Puppy Start Right Program.   Glenda has also completed the Canine Freestyle Dance Program and her beloved dog Shasta is a certified ‘Canine Good Neighbour ‘. Glenda also attended and completed the DOGSAFE First Aid Proram in 2014 and again in 2017.

Glenda has had a lifelong, ongoing, special interest and passion for the care, management, psychology and training of dogs.  She has attended many different dog obedience programs, classes and workshops throughout Vancouver Island and has owned, raised, and trained a wide variety of different breeds and breed-mixes of dogs as well as being well-experienced in the whelping and raising of litters of puppies. 

Glenda's little dog Tucker was featured on the Shaw video Training Dogs in the Cowichan Valley”.

Over the years, many of Glenda's dogs have performed in Tricks and Agility at the annual Cowichan Exhibition.

Her dog Shasta performed at the 2016 Duncan Chamber of Commerce Black Tie Awards Ceremony, presenting the awards envelope to the announcer.

Glenda lives in Cowichan Bay on a 1/3 dog-enriched acre with her two dogs Shasta and Capone.

 

 

 

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Thanks to all Cowichan Canine staff annually fulfilling the necessary requirements, Cowichan Canine maintains its accreditation under the BC SPCA's AnimalKind accreditation programme.

 

 

 

CURRENT CERTIFICATIONS

 Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner

 Karen Pryor Academy / Helix Fairweather MS KPACTP

 Certified Trick Dog Instructor

 Do More With Your Dog / Kyra Sundance

 DOGSAFE Canine First Aid Levels 1-2

 DOGSAFE / Michelle Sevigny  2014

 DOGSAFE Canine First Aid  101 & 102  DOGSAFE / Michelle Sevigny  2017
 Canine Freestyle Dance  Karen Pryor Academy / Michele Pouliot
 Puppy Start Right for Instructors  Karen Pryor Academy

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

 General Animal Sciences

 North American School of Animal Sciences

 Animal Care & First Aid   Camosun College
 Naughty Dogge Behaviour Modification  Naughty Dogge / Monique Anstee
 Canine Good Neighbour  Canadian Kennel Club
 Aggressive and Reactive Dogs  Puppy Works
 Aggression and Anxiety Metorship: A Deep Dive into Complex Behaviors

 

 IAABC Foundation

   

WORKSHOPS

 Chicken Camp - Beginners

 Legacy Canine Behaviour & Training

 Chicken Camp - Advanced  Legacy Canine Behaviour & Training 

SEMINARS

 

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Dear Lisbeth, Those of us who are devoted dog owners are fortunate to have this gem of a facility here in the Cowichan Valley. These qualified, experienced, good humored and kind-hearted ladies have been so helpful to this “experienced” lifelong dog family with hell puppy Radar. New insights and practices prove you can teach these old dogs’ new tricks. And a program so reasonably priced too. It’s not that often these days you get such value for your dollar. Really. These last couple of months have been fun watching our little land shark morph into a loving and disciplined member of our family. We have so much respect for Karen, who worked with us in our Foundation training, with her amazing lengthy qualifications and down to earth sense of humor. She’s such a fantastic teacher! Our little grad Radar will now enter into her graduate studies - Scent Detection. Such Fun! Thank You

John, Joanna, Rosie and Radar Blaszczyk
Duncan, BC

Chewie and I just finished the Foundation Programme, with distinction, in 7 weeks. We would not have been able to accomplish this if it wasn't for the team of ladies at Cowichan Canine. Chewie is James and my first puppy, and we were pretty clueless. Thanks to the guidance of Bev, Karen and Lisbeth we are proud of our dog, but also of the "puppy parents" we have become. We hope to continue our education at Cowichan Canine, and we recommend the training facility to anyone who owns a dog. And it all started with the Puppy Socialization class! Thank you so much!

Kim Phillips & James Funfer
Mill Bay, BC

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