About 

Dawn has been training dogs professionally for 30 years.  She graduated the Moorpark College Exotic Animal Training and Management program in 1991.  
Since then, she has taught wildlife education programs, training a variety of animals like wolves, coyote, parrots, raccoons, tigers, baboons, and more.
She started dog training in 1991 with a company in CA that allowed her to not only train dogs and their humans, but hire and train other trainers.  She was in charge of the trainers on the East Coast for all Petco stores until 2001 when she was given the opportunity to train a group of rescue dogs to perform in a family show.  Dawn rescued a crew of 10 dogs and went on to perform for 12 years at a family theater in TN.  During that time she was had the opportunity to perform for Animal Planet's Pet Star for 2 seasons, appear on David Letterman, be featured on Dogs 101, as well as multiple news outlets.  She opened a small boarding kennel at her home and worked with her dogs in commercials and movies.
In 2013 Dawn moved to Hawaii and started to build her training business on the Big Island.  Her focus became behavior modification and she studied to become Hawaii's first Certified Dog Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Behavior Consultants.  She was also one of the first Certified Fear Free Professionals.

Humane, positive, effective methods are what Dawn focuses on.  Continuing education is extremely important, as the field of behavior and training has changed tremendously for the benefit of dogs and the humans that work with them.  
Dawn is a professional member of the International Association of Behavior Consultants, The Pet Professional Guild, Association of Professional Dog Trainers, and Doggone Safe.