Jean Donaldson - Academy for dog trainers
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Jean is the founder and principal instructor of The Academy for Dog Trainers.\\xa0 The Academy is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2019.\\xa0 She is a four-time winner of The Dog Writers' Association of America's Maxwell Award.\\xa0 In 2017, Jean was recruited to create Dog Training 101 for The Great Courses.
Born in Montreal, Canada, Jean founded the Montreal Flyball Association, and Renaissance Dog Training, the first positive reinforcement-based school, and counseling service in the province.\\xa0 Her own dogs and dogs she has trained have earned numerous titles and wins in a variety of dog sports, including OTCh, TDX, HIT and FDCh.\\xa0 While a student, she worked as an adoption counselor at the Montreal SPCA and later served on its Board of Directors.\\xa0 Before founding The Academy, Jean did exclusively referral aggression cases for six years.\\xa0 She lives in Oakland, California, with her dog, Brian, adopted in 2015.
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