About Your Trainer:

Winnipeg_dog_trainerChristie Golebiowski started her exciting dog training career in 2004, with one on one in home training.  Christie started a new adventure with group dog training classes September 2008. Christie uses positive reinforcement techniques to train dogs using treats, verbal praise, toys and petting to achieve the desires behaviors we are looking for with our canine friends.  Her training classes are fun and family orientated.  She trains dogs based on trust and communication and stressing the importance of eye contact, socialization and prevention of behavior problems.  Our canine friends have become part of our families, lets teach them the rules of the house and stop punishing them for being dogs. We chose to provide them with a good life. We provide them with shelter, food, companionship and love. In return they provide us with joy, happiness and above all loyalty.

Experience:dog trainer


Christie has many years of experience with dogs including:

  • Volunteer work for an animal hospital in 1997.
  • Animal hospital from 2001-2009. Work positions varying from veterinary assistant to receptionist.
  • Dog walker and doggie sitter for various breeds. This was done in the evening, which also included over night sleepovers for families out of town.
  • Christie also volunteers a portion of her time to training the rescue dogs at Darcy’s Animal Rescue Shelter.

Education:Dog Trainer Education

  • Graduate with honors from the veterinary Assistant course at Robertson College in 2000
  • Graduate from Animal Behavior College Correspondence Course in Northridge, California in 2004. This course included three months of hands on training in Winnipeg. This course also provided Christie with her Dog training Certificate and ‘ABCDT’ initials after her name.
  • Graduate from the Canine Communications Studies Comprehensive Canine Behavior Therapy Course from Waterloo, Ontario.  This correspondence course was complete in 2007. This gave Christie her knowledge and certificate in Canine Aggression and Behavior Problems. Final initials of ‘Cb.ccs’ were added with her name.
  • Member of the Canadian Association of Profession Pet Dog Trainers (CAPPDT)
  • Member o f the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)
  • Brenda Aloff Aggression and Modification Seminar December 2008
  • Helix Fairweather and Megan Cruz seminar May 2009

 

Christie takes pride in her two dogs Akira (Akita) and Brook-Lynn (Border Collie). Amazing dogs with complete opposite personalities! Akira is very independent and enjoys the occasional pet here and there. She loves to bury rawhides in the carpet by holding the chewie in her mouth, digging in the carpet for a few minutes, then placing in on the ground and casually walking away. There it sits plain as day for everyone to see. Akira is convinced, it is buried! Brook-Lynn needs more love and attention. Some would say she is needy! She enjoys couch cuddle time, chasing planes in the sky and her favorite, attacking the water stream from the hose!