About
Shelley Cherkowski CNWI CPDT-KA CTDI
Shelley is a Certified K9 Nose WorkÒ Instructor (CNWI), a Certified Profession Dog Training (Knowledge Assessed) and a Certified Trick Dog Instructor. She has a strong commitment to science-based, force-free, positive training methods.
Shelley believes first and foremost, that learning should be engaging, fun and safe for her learners. Her goal in every training situation is to ensure the dog and the handler are being successful. That can only be achieved with positive and kind methods for the dog and for the human.
She has had a lifelong passion for teaching this way with more than 30 years of enthusiastic experience in a variety of fields and settings.
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For the past 12 of those years, she has been immersed in the world of dog sports, having played in (and achieved over 120 titles in) Earthdog, Tracking, Barnhunt, Sprinter, Rally, Tricks and K9 Nose WorkÒ. Many of these titles are firsts for her particular breed, the Cairn Terrier.
She has as much passion for learning as she does for teaching and spends hundreds of hours each year staying current and improving her knowledge through courses, camps, seminars and conferences.
She is currently the Owner and Head Instructor for CairnHeart K9 Training, based in Richmond, BC. She offers all levels of K9 Nose WorkÒ classes as well as private lessons, Tricks for Fun, Tricks for Foundations classes and Rally Obedience.
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