Meet the Team

Kirsten Rose is 25 year veteran in animal behavioural sciences and training and completed her apprenticeship with the Calgary Humane Society as well as the behaviour and training program through the prestigious Karen Pryor Academy. She is a Certified Behaviour Consultant – Canine and Certified Professional Dog Trainer specializing in behavioural issues such as fear and aggression. Kirsten completed the Aggression in Dogs Master Course and the L.E.G.S. Applied Ethology Family Mediation Professional Course. Kirsten is the Alberta Representative and Wolf Matters.

As a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and Certified Behaviour Consultant - Canine, Tina is able to combine a unique skill set offering a non-judgmental, positive approach to every situation. She is also a Certified Practitioner in Tellington TTouch for Companion Animals and has been able to combine these techniques with her training and behaviour work resulting in successful solutions to behaviour problems, and a better understanding between people and their dogs.

Shannon has always loved dogs, and became interested in dog learning and behaviour while fostering with a local rescue. She is fascinated with the science behind behaviour and learning, and the working relationship between humans and their dogs. Shannon loves nerdy dog talk and thinks that one of the best parts of working with dogs and their humans is making the science behind dog training accessible and applicable.

She is lucky to share her home with Cricket and Ranger, two high energy herding dogs who are always up for adventure. Shannon is Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and certified in Pet First Aid with Walks N Wags.

Kelly has always loved animals, especially dogs and horses. She volunteered with Calgary Humane Society as a dog walker for a number of years, fostered dogs for a local rescue, and was a puppy boarder for the CNIB guide dog puppies in training. After adopting a fearful and reactive dog, Kelly immersed herself in learning as much as she could about canine behaviour and positive reinforcement training, and learning the skills to help her own dog soon turned into sharing that knowledge with others through dog training.

Kelly has a Master of Education degree in Adult Learning from the University of Calgary and has been an assistant trainer at Canine Minds and Manners since 2018. She currently assists in our Reactive Rescue class.

Kelly’s formerly reactive dog, Josie, sometimes makes cameo appearances at Reactive Rescue to be the neutral dog, and she also shares her home with a goofy, fun-loving, Golden Retriever named Sully.