About Joanne Lekas
Joanne has taken her love of dogs and her 25 years’ of sales and consulting experience and has transitioned these skills to help people live happier lives with their dogs. Joanne has a passion for teaching and a gift for explaining and demonstrating training techniques in a way that people can understand and embrace. The real training is for the owners – the dogs are easy!
Joanne's dog handling/training experience includes:
- Graduate, Dana Crevling’s Instructor Training Course, with Sue Sternberg and Pia Silvani, winning “Most Training Progress” for her shelter dog
- Graduate, Dana Crevling's Behavior Problems and Consulting Course with Pia Silvani and Carolyn Barney
- Graduate, Eden Mountain Teaching and Training Internship with Sue Sternberg and Leslie Burgard
- Teaching Puppy Kindergarten, Beginning Obedience, Graduate Puppy and Clicker Training classes in the greater Boston area
- Volunteering with shelter dogs at Buddy Dog Humane Society
- Working with very strong, aggressive dogs at K9 Performance Plus
- Numerous private in-home training sessions with both puppies and older dogs, including rescue dogs
Joanne offers private, in-home training sessions throughout the greater Boston area and Cape Cod. Joanne provides owners with insight on how dogs actually learn which helps owners avoid common mistakes and maximize their training time and effort. Group classes include Puppy Kindergarten, Graduate Puppy, Beginner Obedience (for older dogs) and Intermediate Obedience.
Contact joanne@happydogtrain.com to find out more.
Joanne is a member of Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT).