Renée Lamoureux

Renée Lamoureux grew up with a precocious Irish terrier that she swears hated her. This dog and a unique conversation with her eye doctor convinced her to trade in her successful pet sitting business for a career in dog training.

That first Irish Terrier, was a challenge for the Lamoureux family. Behaviors like running away, fighting with other dogs, sneaking a nap on the couch, stealing homework, rolling in foul smelling garbage and many more helped Renée see what dogs do when they succeed with bad behaviors. When the family acquired an Irish Terrier puppy in 1995 an interest was sparked. How can we have as much fun with this dog without all the frustration that came with the first? Renée looked forward to helping her family train the new puppy so she wouldn’t end up as legendary as the previous dog. She sat one day having a conversation about the new puppy with her eye doctor. As Renée talked about all the new things the puppy was doing and how just out of college she was looking for a job, the doctor stopped her in mid sentence and exclaimed “Well, you know you could train dogs for a living.”

Her pet sitting focus turned more to educating herself in dog behavior and training. In 1997 she opened her first business, combining dog training and pet sitting. There are so many resources, methods and tools associated with dog training to learn about. Renée understands and is confident in the method and approach that she has built toward working with the everyday dog owner. But she knows that the learning never ends. Attention to education has driven Renée across the United States to schools, workshops and conferences. She has had the good fortune to work with and learn from some of the top dog trainers in the industry. Although, even more important for Renée, is what she has learned from the literally hundreds of dogs and their families that she has had the opportunity to help train.

Professional Member of the International Association of Canine Professionals	Member of the Canine Political Action Corps	Member of the National K9 Dog Trainers Association

• Bachelor of Arts Catawba College 1995
• Self operated pet sitting business 1989-2004
• Developed and ran Pawsitive Obedience in the Washington D.C. suburbs
  and surrounding areas 1997-2004
• Master Certification National K-9 School for Dog Trainers 1996
• Remote collar certification No Limitations School Midwest branch 2004
• Remote collar certification That’s My Dog! E-cademy 2005
• Head trainer for That’s My Dog! Inc. 2004-2006
• Instructor for the TMD! E-cademy 2004-2006
• Trainer with Aunt Faye’s Dog Training 2007
• Professional member of the International Association of Canine Professionals
• Member of the National K9 Dog Trainers Association
• Member of the Canine Political Action Corps
• Certified in American Red Cross Pet First Aid 2002
• AKC Canine Good Citizen approved evaluator 2006