About the Trainer
Janet Skinner is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral & Social Science from the University of Maryland.
Janet has experience teaching dog training classes in both a professional and volunteer capacity. She has also participated in pet therapy activities with her dogs and earned titles in competitive Agility and Rally-Obedience events.
Janet has volunteered with local Greyhound rescue organizations over the years and served as a “foster mom” to dozens of ex-racing Greyhounds. She is a member of Greyhound Rescue and Adoptions of Tampa Bay and writes the Pawsitively Speaking training column that appears in the group’s quarterly newsletter.
She is a volunteer Canine Companion at the Humane Society of Pinellas and also serves on the Rescue Committee for the Scottish Terrier Club of Tampa Bay.
Janet currently has four dogs of her own – a Greyhound, a Miniature Schnauzer, and two Scottish Terriers, all but one of whom were adopted from a rescue or shelter.
Fostering and adopting dogs with behavioral problems has given Janet the understanding and empathy that is so important in a pet dog trainer. She has been through it herself and fully understands the frustration that can result from having a dog or puppy with “issues.”
When you take a Think Pawsitive! training class, you can be assured that Janet wants to see your dog succeed as much as you do!
