Meet Allison

Experience

  • Founder/President/Trainer - Canine Solutions

  • Bachelor of Science degree - Colorado State University, Animal Science, Behavior concentration

  • Level 1 peace officer - State of Colorado, police officer for City of Boulder

  • Animal emergency services coordinator - American Humane Association

  • Boulder Animal Control Supervisor

  • Board member and team leader - Park County Animal Evacuation team

  • Kennel manager - International Hearing Dog

  • Kennel manager - Denver Dumb Friends League (Quebec Shelter)

  • Recognized court expert in dog behavior - Jefferson, Boulder, Clear Creek and Denver County

  • Trained numerous dual purpose dogs (narcotics and patrol) for various police and sheriff’s departments – references available upon request

  • Colorado Task Force 1 (FEMA) - training assistant K-9 urban search and rescue

  • Competing and training in schutzhund (IPO) since 1991. Schutzhund is a working dog sport where the dog and handler team compete in 3 phases; tracking, obedience and protection. They must pass all 3 phases before going on to the next level of difficulty.

  • 15th in the world in 2018 competing at the IPO III level at the Dutch Shepherd World Championship in Roden, Netherlands with Nike des las Flores, BH, IPO III.

  • Scored in the top 10, competing at an IPO III level at 3 national championship competitions.

  • Received over 19 repeat IPO III titles with her Belgian Malinois, Luna. 13 of the titles earned were with an impressive overall V’rated score (286-300pts), as well as 42 individual phase V’rated scores (92-100pts).

  • 2nd Place, DVG Western Regional Championship. Scored 292/300pts with Luna. Highest scoring and largest regional championship in DVG history.

  • Animal assisted therapy dog handler - Delta Society

  • 4H dog obedience guest instructor - Jefferson County

  • Dog behavior evaluator/advisor - Intermountain Humane Society, Evergreen Animal Protective League and Clear Creek Animal Rescue.

 

Current and past certifications/training

  • State of Colorado – Level 1 peace officer standard and training (POST)

  • CPR & 1st responder

  • Training director certification - DVG

  • Dart gun, net gun and chemical immobilization capture

  • State of Colorado – animal cruelty investigator

  • Canine good citizen instructor - AKC

  • National Animal Control Academy (NACA) – animal control officer level 1

  • IS100, 200, 700, 800, 10, 11 & 240 (FEMA courses)

  • Swift Water Animal Rescue – Code III

  • Slack Water Animal Rescue – Code III

  • Large Animal Rescue – Code III

  • Technical Animal Rescue – Code III

  • Ropes Animal Rescue – Code III

  • Animal Emergency Services and Animal Emergency Sheltering – American Humane Association

  • Canine Emergency Medical Care – Texas Engineering Extension Service and Red Cross

  • Registered animal assisted therapy dog team – Denver Pet Partners and Delta Society