Joan founded Dog Days Dog Training in 2004. She has studied learning science, dog behavior, and dog sports since 1994 with Karen Pryor, Bob and Marian Bailey, Ian Dunbar, Suzanne Clothier, John Rogerson, Sue Sternberg, Patty Ruzzo, Denise Fenzi, Ellie Wyckoff and many others. She has worked with many breeds and mixes from Rotts to Rat Terriers to Pharaoh Hounds. Joan specializes in competition obedience.

Joan is mostly retired now but is still teaching a few Competition Obedience classes at Dog Days.

Joan loves dog sports and is still actively competing in obedience and tracking. She’s done agility, rally, scentwork, herding trials, and hunt tests.

Member APDT and IAABC.

Joan’s dogs:
13 year old Australian Shepherd Stealthy, 1 year old Australian Shepherd Leia.
Watching out for us all from heaven: Zoie (AiredaleXAussie), Frannie (Aussie), Nick (Aussie), Q (Aussie), Aanya (Toller), and Cosmo (Aussie).

They have a few titles!
Aussie Frannie: U-UD Copper Canyon’s Belle Starr UD TD STDds PT JHD AX AXJ EAC EGC EJC RS-E JV-E GS-E CGC, ASCA-TD
Aussie Nick: U-CDX Wind Dance Nick of Time VCD3(UD+AX+AXJ+TDX) EAC EGC EJC RS-O JS-O GS-O, ASCA-TDX ASCA-UD
Aussie Q: CH U-OTCH Red Banks Never Say Never VCD2 UDX MX MXJ RE NAP NJP GS-N-OP GS-O RS-O NDD JV-O O-OGC OAC NJC NAP NJP TNN , ASCA-TD ASCA-CD
Toller Aanya: CH JavaHill’s Shocking Blue VCD2 PUTD BN RE AX AXJ NF WC TKA
Aussie Stealthy: Baywind’s Stealth Bomber VCD3(UD+AX+AXJ+TDX) PUTD BN RE HSAds HXAs AX AXJ OF CGC
ASCA UD TDX BN RS-O GS-E JS-O RNX RAX REX RM STDds
AHBA JHD HRD1
Aussie Cosmo: Baywind’s Cosmic Dream from Woodlake UDX TDX BN RE TD TKI ASCA-TDX
Aussie Leia: Baywind’s Spring Fever A New Hope TD2