Jordan Fines Biography
Jordan Fines is a home grown dog trainer who had to learn everything the hard way. She started out as an eager child requesting dog encyclopedias for Christmas which she would read over and over. Soon she progressed to the local library where every book and video on dog training was worn out thanks to her library card. Her first employment stop after graduating high school was at Camp Arnes where she learnt to train camp horses and foals. After that first hands-on experience she decided to go to a dog training school in Ohio that specialized in protection dog training. She realized that much of the world was still implementing forceful methods, which didn't sit well with her spirit. She moved on to lure training and found she had the same problem. Finally, she found Bob Bailey from Animal Behaviour enterprises and Terry Ryan from Legacy Canine. The operant conditioning method satisfied her heart knowledge, as it fit well with her belief that animals could be trained without force and bribery! She has since been customizing her training to meet each individual animal need and situation.
During her journey of training she has delved into obedience training, earning a high in trail with all three dogs she entered (all under a year old). However, she found obedience to be too rigid and that it didn't let a dog be "just a dog" that listened well. She tried fly ball but found it too monotonous and hard on the dog’s joints. She has also trained agility, dog sledding, tracking, therapy dogs, bomb detection dogs and protection dogs. She finally found her love in doing film dogs as the film world let the dog do a little improvising (and liked it). Training began to be fun and different; it encouraged fearful dogs to be brave, hyper dogs to calm down and there was always something new to be learnt, both for animal and trainer. From here behaviour modification came naturally, especially with working at the humane society part time in the behaviour department with Dawn Piche from Canada’s Canine Academy.
Being in the film industry has allowed Jordan to not just learn about dogs but has enabled her to work alongside various trainers; working with everything from Pelicans to Tigers. This has encouraged her to train other animals like cats and rats so that they can be fun and lively companions that have a more enriched life then the average pet. What she has realized is that most people forget that exercise and eating is not enough to have a balanced life. Animals, just like people thrive when they are challenged in their daily environments.
She believes the key to truly successful training is love. One problem in North America is that we tend to create all kinds of problems in animals such as separation anxiety and aggression. True love has boundaries, yet many people feel they can't stop a dog from being in their bed even if it is biting their partner! True love casts out fear so by learning to train in true love you can make a fearful dog confident in your love for him so that they no longer have the need to rip apart your house when you are gone. Love is also patient and many people today just want quick fixes and magic pixie dust to train their dogs and are not interested in putting in the time and effort required to get lasting results.
Jordan believes that with time and patience love can turn the hardest problem around. With love, the sweetest puppy can be even better! So, before you consider getting a dog, do your homework and talk to trainers and breeders to find out what is required before making that next purchase.
Jordan AK Fines
2BK9 Acting Animals
During her journey of training she has delved into obedience training, earning a high in trail with all three dogs she entered (all under a year old). However, she found obedience to be too rigid and that it didn't let a dog be "just a dog" that listened well. She tried fly ball but found it too monotonous and hard on the dog’s joints. She has also trained agility, dog sledding, tracking, therapy dogs, bomb detection dogs and protection dogs. She finally found her love in doing film dogs as the film world let the dog do a little improvising (and liked it). Training began to be fun and different; it encouraged fearful dogs to be brave, hyper dogs to calm down and there was always something new to be learnt, both for animal and trainer. From here behaviour modification came naturally, especially with working at the humane society part time in the behaviour department with Dawn Piche from Canada’s Canine Academy.
Being in the film industry has allowed Jordan to not just learn about dogs but has enabled her to work alongside various trainers; working with everything from Pelicans to Tigers. This has encouraged her to train other animals like cats and rats so that they can be fun and lively companions that have a more enriched life then the average pet. What she has realized is that most people forget that exercise and eating is not enough to have a balanced life. Animals, just like people thrive when they are challenged in their daily environments.
She believes the key to truly successful training is love. One problem in North America is that we tend to create all kinds of problems in animals such as separation anxiety and aggression. True love has boundaries, yet many people feel they can't stop a dog from being in their bed even if it is biting their partner! True love casts out fear so by learning to train in true love you can make a fearful dog confident in your love for him so that they no longer have the need to rip apart your house when you are gone. Love is also patient and many people today just want quick fixes and magic pixie dust to train their dogs and are not interested in putting in the time and effort required to get lasting results.
Jordan believes that with time and patience love can turn the hardest problem around. With love, the sweetest puppy can be even better! So, before you consider getting a dog, do your homework and talk to trainers and breeders to find out what is required before making that next purchase.
Jordan AK Fines
2BK9 Acting Animals