In this episode, we spent time learning about Protection Sports with Shade Whitesel. An excellent trainer and avid participant in Schutzhund and AKC obedience, Shade has been dabbling in dog training since she was a young girl, and worked many jobs to gain experience in the field, including as a kennel manager, a veterinary technician, and groomer, as well as taking continuing education courses. In 1994, Shade moved to a full time dog training career, teaching handlers how to play with their dogs, and teaches humans how to teach their dogs to live in our world, as well as problem solving behavior of all kinds, including aggression.

Shade has utilized a variety of training tools over the course of her career, but now is primarily positive reinforcement based, and does not find it necessary to use any pressure or correction based tools to achieve life manners, behavior modification or sport (AKC or Schutzhund) behaviors. She specializes in high drive dogs, and loves to teach their handlers how to channel prey drive and arousal issues into reinforcement that the handler controls, along with teaching the dogs how to be calm and not adrenalized 24-7. She has achieved many titles on multiple dogs over the years, and has an impressive record in both IPO and obedience.

Shade offers private training, seminars across the country, and is also a regular instructor with Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.

You can find more about Shade by visiting her website here: Shade Whitesel Dog Training | Seattle WA (shadesdogtraining.net)

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