My love for dogs goes as far back as I remember. As a child I’d build jumps out of broom sticks and buckets, playing Agility with our Lab mix family dog. When people asked me what I wanted to become my answer was always: a veterinarian. I wanted to help pets but soon realized that also meant making tough decisions and as I got older I had to accept the fact that I’d take all this sadness and each story home with me. 

Dogs continued to play an important part in my life and I still had the urge to make a difference and work with animals so I focused on nutrition and helping them feel better through a healthy diet and lifestyle choices. For 5 years I worked for Planet Paws and got to meet some very amazing veterinarians, trainers and researchers. 

French Bulldogs are my absolute heart breed. I am proud to say that my dogs are the most performance titled French Bulldogs in the country and one of them is the #1 Scent Detection Frenchie in Canada. We have earned various titles, of which many were ‘First in breed’ (meaning it’s the first time a dog of that breed earnt a particular title in Canada). Akiva, my top sniffer dog, won the 2020 Boneyard Challenge (Scent detection) in NS in her level and placed 6th nationally with over 150 dogs competing ( including German Shepherds, Labs, Beagles, all kinds of amazing detection breeds). 

The breed has a reputation of being ‘stubborn’ or ‘hard to train’ but I have come to find out it’s actually very fun to work with them and yes, you can successfully train them.