Dog Training Staff

Boom Towne offers a broad range and best if class dog training. From Puppy Pre-School to advanced competition in Agility, Obedience, Rally, Flyball, Canine Good Citizen, Pet Therapy, Handling for conformation, and even Herding!. Boom Towne also offers help for problem dogs and puppies. Boom Towne’s philosophy is to use positive training methodss to teach dogs all the skills they need. The emphasis is teaching the owner to teach the dog.

Below is a list of our best of class dog trainers and their areas dog training expertise.


Instructors	Area of Expertise
Paula Lightfoote	Paula Lightfoote Director of Dog Training STAR, Simply Basic, Puppy Pre-K, Canine Good Citizen, Puppy Socialization and Puppy Head Start, Private Behavior Consultation Paula Lightfoote KPA-CTP is a Karen Pryor Academy graduate and pet dog trainer with specific interest in early puppy development and canine aggression issues. Paula also holds a Bachelors of Science in Sociology from Cornell University. She keeps abreast of current behavior and training research by attending seminars with respected experts, reading the latest published research and working cooperatively with her peers to hone her training and observation skills. Paula is also a certified a trainer and evaluator for Association of Pet Dog Trainers’ Canine Life and Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.) and a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator for the AKC. Paula has always had an interest in dog training, but made the move from a behavior hobbyist to professional when she adopted a severely undersocialized adolescent male pitbull named Mr. Earlybird (aka Earl). The challenges that she encountered in living with and working to make Earl happier and more comfortable in his own skin prompted her to seek formal education and become a professional trainer. The choice to make the shift from research scientist to dog trainer and behavior consultant has been the most rewarding of Paula's life. Paula uses uses clicker training (Marker-Reward Training) as a means of communicating with dogs. She trains owners to use the clicker as a clear, effective tool for training and building great relationships with their dogs. Paula does not believe in the application of force/intimidation/pain/fear to train dogs. Paula enjoys spending her free time fostering and volunteering as the Assistant Director of Rescue-a-Bull, Inc., a bully breed dog rescue based in the Northeast United States and training/hanging out with her fantastic pitbull, Mr. Earlybird and her current foster pup(s).
Gail Furst	Gail Furst Dog / Pet Therapy As the founder of K9Healers, Gail has nearly 2 decades of experience providing animal assisted activities and therapy. Gail has been training handlers and their dogs for over 15 years. Gail lives in Branchport with two boxers, an english bulldog, a cat and a cockatiel. Gail is certified by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and is an evaluator for Therapy Dog International, American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen and Puppy S.T.A.R. programs. Gail is also a trainer and evaluator for Association of Pet Dog Trainers’ Canine Life and Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.) Gail’s innovative animal assisted activities and therapy programs have been featured in the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Violence Prevention and Intervention Animal Related Programs; National Rural Health Association Rural Roads; Dog Fancy Boxers and America’s Promise Neighborhood to Nation Communities Uniting Around Youth. Gail was featured in Rochester Women’s Magazine Behind Every Successful Dog is a Women. Gail works full time as the Program Manager for Ontario ARC’s Pet Connections Program. Pet Connections is a new and innovative animal assisted activity program designed to enrich the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Annie Wroblewski	Annie Wroblewski Dances with Woofs I've had irish setters for over 30 years and I think of my dogs as my kids. With them i've done a bit of obedience (put a CD title on one) but really found our competition calling with agility. We've titled in excellent level in AKC and have also run in NADAC and CPE where alasdair is working on his CS-ATE. When we're not doing agility, we're dancing. I got into freestyle heeling several years ago when our oldest dog at the time retired and needed something fun to do while the younger ones were still doing agility. That turned out to be so much fun, combining my love for dogs and music. I'm currently teaching Dancing with Woofs at Boom Towne canine Campus. Our DWW dance troupe has performed at many events from festivals to nursing homes and we always enjoy it. It's a great, low pressure way to bond with our dogs and share them with other people.
Kathy Allen	Kathy Allen Flyball Kathy Allen became involved with dog training when she rescued her first dog, a mixed breed terrier (Hazel Violet), in 1992. She started with agility and then developed a love for flyball after rescuing a Jack Russell Terrier (Arty) in 2000. She and Arty joined a flyball team in Rochester in 2001. In the fall of 2006, she started the 2 Fast Fur U Flyball Team, which she now captains in competitions across the Northeast. Kathy has attended several seminars which focused on all aspects of flyball training. Read MORE about Kathy and Watch her Video!
Mary Jo Johnson	Mary Jo Johnson Open / Excellent Agility Mary Jo has been training agility dogs for 12 ½ years. Mary Jo has 4 Shetland sheepdogs ages 11, 8 and 4 and 2 years old. She has competed across the U.S.A as well as international competition in Italy, Germany, Holland, Czech Republic and Austria. This year MJ and Sully will represent the US in Sweden for the European Open Agility Championship Competition. Angus is the oldest and has a Therapy Dog Certification, Canine Good Citizen and Master Agility title before retiring due to injury. Mary Jo and Angus spent many weekends visiting nursing homes and hospitals for therapy work. MACH 3 Sully is an Agility Champion that Mary Jo has competed in 5 national championships, competed in 3 try outs for the US Agility World Team in Minnesota and has been a US Team Member of the European Open Agility Championships for the past 6 years. Pippin AX, AXJ is well on his way to a lustrous agility career. This boy has enough energy for the both of them. He is exuberant with a very happy go lucky attitude. Mary Jo has very high hopes for this handsome boy. Lainie AXJ, OA is her tiny female sheltie. This little girl has provided MJ with new training opportunities since Lainie is very shy. She is very fast once she feels confident. Watch out for this little imp as she grows and learns. All of Mary Jo’s spare time is spent either training the dogs, teaching agility classes, competing or going for long walks in the woods to maintain fitness. She believes in positive reinforcement and positive training methods. Mary Jo teaches group classes and is available for privates or seminars upon request. She keeps current on agility and basic dog training by attending many workshops and seminars from World Team Coaches and other seasoned world competitors.
Ada Simms	Ada Simms Puppy Pre-K, STAR Puppy, Simply Basic Ada Simms, a retired City of Rochester Police Officer, has trained and showed animals for over many years. Starting in 1977, Ada began training and showing Tennessee Walking Horses. In 2004 she began training dogs using the “clicker method”. Clicker training is an animal training method based on behavioral psychology that relies on marking desirable behavior and rewarding it. This method is an internationally recognized reward based method of training, After several years of using traditional forced based methods, Ada converted to these more positive methods after attending instructional seminars from Suzanne Clothier, Steven Benjamin (Karen Pryor Clicker Academy) and Tracy Sklenar (Say Yes). Ada has also mentored under Cindy Harrison of See Spot Think. Read More about Ada and Watch her Video!
Diane Gardner	Diane Gardner STAR Puppy, Simply Basic Diane J. Gardner is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and a Professional Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. The CPDT certification is the only internationally recognized, standardized and objective certification that is free from commercial influence and based on the science of learning. She is also an A.K.C. approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. Diane has trained dogs since 1992 and has been teaching dog obedience classes since 2002. She also works privately (one on one) with dogs that present serious behavior problems. Diane constantly pursues professional development and continuing education so she can learn and share the most up-to-date information on how dogs learn and how best to teach them. She believes strongly in using only those methods that are humane and dog-friendly. Her goal is to improve the human-canine bond. Diane lives in Rochester, New York, and is a longtime Dalmatian owner. She has competed with all her dogs in conformation and obedience and has earned many titles with her dogs. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, Diane can sign. For more information on Diane’s certification visit the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers at: www.ccpdt.org For more information on the Association of Pet Dog Trainers visit: www.apdt.com For more information on the Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy programs visit the American Kennel Club at: www.akc.org.
Susan Clickner	Susan Clickner Young folks and their dogs I enjoy working with youth and I enjoy working with animals. When you combine the two, well, that’s just a great way to spend your free time! I have been involved with the Ontario County 4-H program as a volunteer since 2001. It is very rewarding to watch young people enjoy working with their dogs, and the maturity that comes with taking responsibility for caring for their pets. We emphasize good sportsmanship and loving our dogs more than competition achievements. Read MORE about Susan and Watch her Video!
Daryl Power	Daryl Power Agility Darryl and his wife, Tina, have 4 Border Collies, Indy (10), Bristol (7), Loudon (3) who compete in Agility and Joliet (9 weeks) will be in training soon. Daryl competes at the highest level in 3 Agility venues: USDAA, NADAC and CPE. Read MORE about Daryl Click Here!
Tina Power	Tina Power Agility Tina and her husband, Darryl (see his Bio), train and compete with their 4 Border Collies: Indy, Bristol, Loudon and Joliet. Tina handles their 3 year old Border Collie, Loudon, in NADAC, CPE and USDAA. Loudon has earned his C-ATCH in CPE, his MAD in USDAA as well as his Master Gamblers, Snooker and Pairs Titles and has his Elite Versatility Title in NADAC. Loudon and Bristol (7 Year Old BC – Darryl handles) is qualified for NADAC Championships in September 2010 in Wyoming. Read MORE about Tina Click Here!

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Dog Training Staff

Paula Lightfoote

Gail Furst

Annie Wroblewski

Kathy Allen

Mary Jo Johnson

Ada Simms

Diane Gardner

Susan Clickner

Daryl Power

Tina Power