leap of faith dog training

Service area: Mobile, AL

Winona Leard offers training in obedience, agility, and herding. Her training approach is reward-based, focusing on making the learning process enjoyable for both the dog and the handler. She uses various motivators such as praise, treats, toys, sheep, or ducks, depending on what is most valuable for the specific skill being taught.

For agility training, she prefers an obstacle/handler focus, incorporating motion and verbal cues to keep the game fun and engaging.

Pricing Summary

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Winona Leard, operating as Leap of Faith Dog Training, has been training and teaching obedience and agility since 1999. She actively trains and competes in obedience, agility, and herding herself. Her training philosophy is reward-based, treating everything as a fun game for both the dog and human, utilizing praise, treats, toys, sheep, or ducks as motivators.

She continuously enhances her skills by attending lessons, seminars, and training camps with leading competitors and trainers globally, and routinely takes online classes. Beyond training, Winona is a Licensed Agility Trial Secretary for the American Kennel Club, serving various training clubs in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. She also offers an agility timing system for rent.

Her own dogs have achieved numerous titles in agility, obedience, and herding, and have served as Pet Partners, TDI Therapy Dog International, and R.E.A.D. therapy dogs, as well as Urban Search and Rescue dogs. She has also fostered and worked with numerous dogs of all shapes and sizes, helping them overcome issues to find their forever homes.

Accomplishments

Winona Leard has been training and teaching since 1999. She has qualified and competed in AKC and USDAA Agility nationals multiple times, earning numerous championship titles in various performance and companion events. She is an AKC Agility Course Test (ACT), S.T.A.R, CGC, CGCA, and CGCU Evaluator.

She holds positions as the current Treasurer and Agility Trial Secretary for Mobile Bay Dog Training Club and is also the Treasurer and Trial Secretary for Mississippi Mavericks Agility Club. Her personal dogs have achieved titles in agility, obedience, and herding, and have served as Pet Partners, TDI Therapy Dog International, and R.E.A.D. therapy dogs, with one also being a former member of Alabama Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue.

How to Get Started!

To get started, clients are encouraged to contact Winona Leard via email or phone. An email form is available on the website for inquiries.