10/30/2025
As many of you know, I will be starting a new life on Vancouver Island with my border collies and papillons next month. I start a new job as a vet receptionist/assistant at Fantastic Beasts in Parksville on November 23rd and couldn’t be more excited about this next step in my journey.
As much as it hurts to let go of everything I have built here since starting my business in 2013, I can say with certainty that this is a change I need to make for myself and for my dogs. Trying to rebuild here in Ontario, I know that I would constantly be comparing what I’m doing to what I had here on Shantz Station rd and thinking about what I’ve lost. When I’m on the island I don’t think about what I’m losing - I relax more, I connect with nature more and it was incredibly healing to spend most of September out there with my dogs. I can have a fresh start, be happier with less and open myself up to new dreams and opportunities that wouldn’t have happened if I’d kept fighting to hang onto what I built here in Ontario. While I appreciate everyone reaching out with suggestions/offers to help me keep our property, the reality is that I would have worked myself to death just to make ends meet and had no time for professional growth or self-care if I’d decided to go that route.
Our house doesn’t close until April 1st and Jon will be offering boarding here until it closes. Beyond that he is willing to board 1 dog at a time from his home wherever that may be and meet people partway for pickup/dropoffs.
We are going to discontinue the 647 718-3647 phone number and moving forward, ask that you use Jon’s cell: 226 978-4009 to arrange boarding, dropoff/pickup times, etc. He will be offering the same level of care and service for your dogs, minus the actual training.
Jon has started a separate instagram account to post to and I will repost his posts to this account for anyone that missed this announcement. Please follow his account if your dogs are here for boarding. It is
I want to thank everyone who has been a part of my journey in any way and supported my small business over the past decade or so. I will miss working with everyone and their dogs, teaching at the humane society, schools, my dogsport family, as well as the Canine Circus & Superdogs teams that gave me my start in performing. I truly feel like its been the opportunity of a lifetime to serve, learn and grow in this community and I cannot thank everyone enough for having me be a part of it for as long as I have. I really appreciate everyone’s ongoing support as I’ve navigated the most difficult year of my life and please feel free to continue to follow my journey here moving forward. It’s cool to hear from many of you that have been inspired by my story and hopefully I have lots of cool stuff to share and continue to brighten peoples’ days with this account moving forward. I will be taking a break from dog training but that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to answer questions or direct people to appropriate supports moving forward. I may offer the odd virtual thing in the future, but for now I just need to step back and try a new path:). I’m also totally still willing to do workshops - it will just take more planning ahead as I’ll need to book time off from the clinic to do it. I am off on weekends and will be available to do shows on weekends still as well.
