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LISA - OWNER

Lisa's hands on experience comes from owning three Bernese Mountain dogs Hanna, Sam and Sophie and Shitzu poodle Jack. Five years ago she started her her own dog care company called LL (Live Life) Canine Services, an in home boarding and dog walking company. It didn't take long for her to realize she found her calling. Her vision is to continue providing a safe, loving environment where dogs can be dogs and be happy at The Beloved Dog Doggy Daycare.

ALEX

Alex has been with The Beloved Dog since May 2008 and in February of 2009 was promoted to being our manager. He brings with him his true love and passion to all animals and his dedication to our dogs is very apparent. Alex's professional background with dogs is not long but through owning his own dogs growing up, he was born an animal lover. He volunteers at the SPCA during his spare time. Alex is a proud father of Zoe, a 5 year old German shepherd.

ANDREA

Andrea brings many years of working with animals. She has been with The Beloved Dog since November of 2008 and was promoted to being our manager in July 2009.  Her previous experiences include working in pet retail sales and a doggy daycare. She is also a certified veterinary assistant who graduated from Granville Business College in 2007. Her love and dedication to the dogs show in how she interacts with them. Andrea is a loving mother to Hana and Lexi, both Boston Terrier miniature pinscher crosses.

KELSEY

Kelsey has been with The Beloved Dog for four months now and she knew exactly that this was a job she always wanted to do. Kelsey's experience with animals prior to working at The Beloved Dog comes mainly from owning two dogs of her own, Tia and Lulu.  Kelsey brings a lot of love and energy to work and all the dogs at The Beloved Dog love her!!  She has grown so much in the past four months has proven over and over that she is meant to be working here and loves every momment of it. She is patient, kind, calm and spends a lot of individual time with each dog and we are so happy to have her join our Beloved Dog family

STEPHANIE- Dog Trainer

We are so happy to introduce Stephanie Hunt, owner and head trainer of Artful Dodger's Dog Training. 

Stephanie was born to work with dogs.  At the age of 10 months, she said her first word, “dog” while looking to her childhood best friend, Max an English springer spaniel.  When she was just 8 years old she set out to train Max to be the best! And after a few short weeks, Max (also at the age of 8) learned to do numerous tricks; including shake a paw, roll over, and to balance a treat on his nose. After that Stephanie was hooked and spent her childhood walking and sitting the local dogs around her neighbourhood.

After working for a few doggy daycares in and around Vancouver and volunteering at the Vancouver SPCA, Stephanie new it was time to take the next step.  In 2006, she attended Canada West Canine Centre, the first school for dog trainers and graduated with a Certified Master Dog Trainer diploma.  Upon graduation, Stephanie apprenticed under many trainers, learning as much as she could, and attended seminars including Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, and Nicole Wilde. To this day Stephanie believes that the best teachers are the dogs themselves.

Stephanie believes that a dog and their owner should be a team, a team that is built on respect, love, and lots of fun. Her training methods are developed manly on positive reinforcement with limited correction. She likes to create a learning environment that is more positive than negative. She believes that every dog is different, just as every owner is different. A skilled dog trainer has the ability to read a dog’s mental well being by understanding dog psychology, and body language, than adjusting their training to that specific dog and owner team.