Leslie specializes in clicker training and using positive reinforcement to modify problem behaviors in both pet and performance dogs.

The majority of my training experience with dogs has been with pet dogs, and that is the population I am going to address now. Many people with "working dogs" and "performance dogs" tend to develop an attitude that a "pet dog" isn't just as special as their dogs. Many times I have seen other trainers roll their eyes and call a dog a "pet dog" as if it is an insult. These dogs are just as important in our culture and affect the lives of millions of us daily. I feel like thanking my own pet dogs now:

Thank you Rumor, for teaching me that even when you're in chronic pain,Joy and Fun Things are always just around the corner. Thank you for comforting me and making me feel so loved, needed and special.

Thank you Maggie, for teaching me belief in myself, for giving me the honor of learning how to train for competition with such an enthusiastic and talented partner, and for leading me to a new world of understanding and teamwork.

Thank you Snap, for presenting fresh challenges
and for bringing the vitality, wonder and bounce my
life needed when you came into it.

Thank you Gordon, for leading me to my true path
in life, which is to help dogs who feel like you did
when they rescued you.

Thank you. I love you.