Back in Memphis Tennessee I started training my dog Pain at the age of 13, he was a German Shepherd. I trained him in basic and off lead obedience where I began hanging out with an older gentleman that taught me a lot about training and in so doing received opportunity to develop my skills working with dogs. After Pain I had another shepherd by the name of Sinbad. I also trained him in basic obedience as well as many tricks, "up!" - he would sit up. We would visit local elementary schools to do demonstrations. For instance, he could spell several words. We were also visiting nursing homes and other care facilities where Sinbad would help staff administer animal therapy techniques. While in my last year of high school, I trained my friends' dog and gave it back to him as a birthday present. Teaching it to sit heel and such in order to in order to prove to myself the talent I had for dog training. As the years went on I fulfilled my dream of being the dog trainer I wanted to be and have had the opportunity to work with many other peoples' dogs, high performance dogs, law enforcement k-9 as well as my own dogs who have won numerous awards. In 1995 I had the opportunity to open my own business, K-9 Obedience Training Center where I was able to work with many dogs in basic obedience, advanced obedience as well as alarm dog training. Along with my training, I perform demonstrations, work with dog safety programs to educate children in area schools. Showing kids how to behave around animals by taking dogs with me on these visits allowing kids to learn how to properly approach the dog, letting them understand they should never run away from a dog, etc. I also enjoy taking dogs to the cancer rehabilitation hospital also for aiding in administering animal therapy as well as visiting inmates at the womens correctional facility, TARC and several different cancer foundation fund raisers. I truly have been blessed to have a job I love and enjoy as much as training dogs. Mose