Fran Jewell,  Owner and  Head Instructor

     Founded in 1999, Positive Puppy is the dream of Fran Jewell. As many people in the valley know, Fran used to work in the county building department for many years. Determined to follow her dream after a life threatening illness, Fran left her county position to pursue dog training on a full time basis.  Fran dreamed of becoming a guide dog trainer when she was in 7th grade. Her passion for dogs grew from the relationship she shared with Susie, a Brittany Spaniel, who was Fran’s first dog over 45 years ago. Before Fran was in Junior High, she taught Susie over 45 commands.  Having trained over 4000 dogs right here in the Wood River Valley, hardly a day has gone by that dogs have not been a part of her life.

         While Fran’s interests in dog training are multi-faceted, she focuses her energy on performance events. Her current projects include titling her 4 German Shepherds in AKC agility, Schutzhund obedience and tracking. Most of Fran’s dogs already hold AKC, UKC, and SV (German, German Shepherd Club) obedience, agility as well as Pet Therapy Dog titles.  One was an operational air scent Search and Rescue dog for 10 years..          Between them, Fran's dogs hold 35 titles.  All of Fran's dogs hold the AKC Canine Good Citizen title.  Fran averages 3-4 titles on her dogs a year.
       In addition to performance, Fran enjoys the impressive beauty of the German Shepherd, owning and handling her own dogs in the AKC and German conformation ring.  
        Serious to her love for the German Shepherd, Fran owns, shows and trials 2 World Class West German show lines German Shepherds, Evandar Mestari vom Brostrom and SG1 Mavis v Bullinger. She is now training Brinx von Kearanen, who is a puppy from her own litter out of Mavis. 
        Fran has shown Evandar and received his "G" German Show rating and attained his BH German obedience title,  AD German endurance title, and the impressive FH Tracking title, and AKC TD title.

        Fran's personal beliefs regard volunteer work as a significant part of an enriched life, not only for herself, but for her dogs. Continuously since 1994, she and her dogs have served the community with Search and Rescue, Pet Therapy work, and 4-H as a Leader and Judge.

       Fran is a member of Intermountain Search and Rescue Dog Association, Blaine County Search and Rescue, the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR), Delta Society, Southern Idaho Working Dog Association, United Schutzhund Clubs of America, is a founding member of Paws 4 People pet therapy organization, and a former President of the Snake River Canyon Kennel Club. She is the Co-Training Director and Founder of Positive Partners Assistance Dogs, Inc. Among her credentials, Fran has been a professional member of APDT – The Association of Pet Dog Trainers and an AKC GCG Evaluator.  In 2006 Fran earned the prestigious title of Certified Dog Behavior Consultant for the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC).  She is the ONLY certified Dog Behavior Consultant in the state of Idaho.
      World-renowned trainers Ian Dunbar, Terry Ryan, Morgan Spector (author of Clicker Training for Obedience), John Rogerson, Virginia Broitman (Take A Bow Wow training videos) and Donna Duford have helped shape Fran’s dog training

Morgan Spector, Affiliate Instructor
Best Behavior Dog Training, Lancaster, CA

     Along side the Baileys, Morgan pioneered the use of the clicker as a means of motivational training with dogs.  He is a renowned canine behaviorist and an international speaker doing seminars across the United States as well as Australia and Europe. He authored "Clicker Training for Obedience" which was the first book dedicated to the use of the clicker for the obedience competitor.  
      Morgan's passions include service dog programs, Pit Bulls, competitive obedience, canine behavior problem solving and aggression.

 

     Morgan will be available for private instruction here in the Wood River Valley and will conduct many of his upcoming seminars right here at the Positive Puppy facility in Hailey!
     Currently, Morgan is serving on the Board of Directors and is Co-Training Director of Positive Partners Assistance Dogs, Inc., a non-profit service dog training organization designed to provide service dogs for the disabled utilizing clicker training.
        

Photos by Laurie Ceccarelli

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