Canine Transformations Learning Center

Specialties

As a Certified Tellington Touch Practitioner, I provide a gentle, kind and positive learning atmosphere. I specialize in behavior modification training of reactive and aggressive canines using positive results-​oriented methods. Clicker training is one of the tools used as well as play training, Tellington Touch Method of Training, mental stimulation to create a «thinking» dog. Tellington Touch is a system of training in three parts to include, bodywork, leading exercises and higher learning coursework. It brings balance, focus, and calm so a dog is in a better position to learn, respond and succeed. Clicker training is a perfect partner as it develops an ideal communication method between species and allows you to reward what your dog did right, so this is repeated. In working with reactive and aggressive dogs I use a number of methods in addition to the above such as desensitization, counter conditioning, and classical conditioning.

History

Established in 2007.

Training dogs has always been a part of my life and so after living on Whidbey Island for awhile I transitioned to behavior dog training full-​time in January of 2007. Business has grown and I have a mobile unit that travels to clients from Olympia to Bellingham. Currently the Learning Center operates at the Island County Fairgrounds and uses the 4H Building.

Meet the Business Owner

Diane G.

Business Owner

Graduate of the University of Wisconsin — Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and a minor in Journalism. Diane has been training dogs since she was 18 years old. She is a Certified Tellington Practitioner (P1) and Clicker Professional. Diane has worked with aggressive dogs her entire career as dog trainer since 1971. Her breed of choice today is the Belgian Tervuren. Recently, Diane worked seven days at Best Friends Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah in the Parrot Garden, showing staff how to do ttouch with parrots and clicker training. She adopted a Mitred Conure, Paco. Diane is also a moderator of Melissa Alexander’s popular discussion list «Clicker Solutions». Melissa Alexander is author of «Click For Joy» and Clicker Solutions is one of the most popular clicker lists with the largest membership online today. She has her own listgroup TLCaggdogbeh.

Diane lives on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound just north of Seattle, Washington in a little town called Langley.