Maintaining “the Gentle and Fun approach” Monique excels in teaching Kindergarten Puppy Class, New Kid on the Block and Super Power Teen class”. Monique offer Speciality Classes ;Boomerang Coming when Called , Walk with me Loose Leash Training and Fun Scent games Intro to Nose Work. Monique also helps owners with dogs exhibiting behavior problems such as excessive barking, anxiety, aggression, phobia, fear, resource guarder, house-soiling, destructive chewing and more, either in the comfort of their home or in her new Training Sanctuary.
Monique provides free seminars and puppy parties in veterinary hospitals in her community. She also offers demonstrations with her dogs at fundraiser events. She was the expert trainer on a local television show called “The Pet Zone”.
Prior to working in the dog-training field, Monique was a horse trainer, instructor , and a veterinarian technician. She also had the opportunity to observe canine communication and body language of 65 fox hounds living together and this randomly for period of 8 years . For over 39 years, she is a reputable, hobbyist Newfoundland dog breeder under the name Mouska. Monique took obedience, agility, tracking, musical freestyle , K9 Nose work and clicker training classes with her dogs. The famous Jean Donaldson owner of The Academy of Dog Trainers was one of her instructors in the Super Training course.
Monique is an advocate of gentle, positive, reward based , force free ,fear free, fun & effective training. She approves her mentor Dr Ian Dunbar who says “Training is not about obedience or dominance; training is about Trust, Relationship and Respect”.
