Cindy is a wonderful instructor who is passionate about dogs and the world of scent detection. She puts a lot of detail into planning her classes, providing fun activities and appropriately challenging  experiences for both her 2-legged and 4-legged students. Cindy has the ability to zero in on what each of her students needs to be successful, while providing both encouraging and valuable feedback. No two classes are ever the same as she uses her knowledge and experience in different approaches to scent work tasks. Whether you are a complete beginner or more advanced in the sport of scent detection, Cindy helps to guide you in meeting the goals you set for yourself and your canine companion. 

 Thank you, Basics and Beyond! Thanks to Cindy for introducing me and my young, somewhat excitable phobic border collie to the world of scent sports! I was training my boy for a life of agility, but was having difficulty with getting him to focus for more than a nano second! Then Cindy suggested that maybe a more low-key activity would help my boy gain some confidence and focus, and of course she was right! He loves going to his class and Cindy is so understanding and calm with her instruction for this “I need no excuse to jump all over you and give you kisses” boy. He now still gets excited coming through the door for his class, but when it is his turn to find the scent, he is a happy border collie with a job to do and to heck with all the other distractions. I mean he even leaves those sooo tempting toys alone! We love our new sport and what it has done to help him with his other high impact excitable sport of agility. He has come a long way thanks to Cindy and her expertise in the world of sport dog scent detection, and of course her knowledgeable calm demeanor for getting the best out of my young guy.