Jules has over ten years experience professionally working with animals. She started out working with reptiles, insects, fish and small animals when she was 14 years old. She began training dogs in 1999, was published in Dog Fancy's special addition Clicker magazine for 2004, and has been a Canine Good Citizen evaluator for the AKC since 2000. She is certified in pet first aid and CPR by the American Red Cross. She won fifteen "Top Dog" awards at PETsMART when she was the Columbia, MD store's senior trainer, bringing that store from number 385 to number 8 in the company.
In 2003 Jules started Sit Stay and Play. She also earned her CPDT from the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers in 2003. She has passed the Instructor's Training Course given by Donna Duford, Kathy Sdao, Dee Ganley and Dana Crevling in November 2002. She attended the winter 2004 Clicker Expo in San Diego, CA where she studied with Karen Pryor, Steve White, Kay Laurence, and Kathy Sdao. In the Fall of 2005 Jules completed a Level 2 Instructors Course with Pat Miller, and later on that year became a mentor trainer for the Animal Behavior College. She is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Jules currently owns two dogs (Juno and Koos), three cats, and one 125 gallon salt water fish tank.
Jules's speciality is training deaf or blind dogs.
