About Shane

I had always had a love for animals and dogs especially.  I adopted my first personal dog a few months after high school, a young Jack Russell/Red Heeler named Fydget. I began studying different techniques of working with canine behavior and started attending training courses in November 2007.  From there I was invited to attend an international training course in canine behavior and went to England in June of 2008, soon after returning home I began Peaceful Pups 101 started to go out and teach people.

      I have been back to England several times since starting this journey as well as studying from trainers and attending courses throughout the US and Europe to continue to learn more about canine behavior. I have worked with several vets and rescues on many difficult behavior cases. I have been asked to evaluate many dogs in shelters/rescues and have been requested for my professional evaluation for court cases involving a dog's aggression. Multiple city/county animal controls have asked me to come in to help them improve their shelter system to help dogs transition between homes as calmly as possible. In the summer of 2021 I expanded my services and opened up The Dog Den to provide daycare/boarding/grooming options for clients.

A large focus for me is teaching a dog self control rather than trying to micro-manage everything the dog can and can't do.  I do this through use of "consequence of action", the use of cause and effect that is a natural element for every species.  Even though a dog may have negative consequences such as: a time out, having to wait until they settle down to be fed, playtime ending when playing too rough; you should still be looking at how to help your dog "get it right" so your main focus is positively reinforcing the right behavior.  It's important that your dog is able to have choices and encouraged to think for themselves as much as possible.