"Also, often dog owners find it hard to set boundaries as they feel like they're being mean, not loving enough. So I teach owners to relax their body, their mind, and just take things as they come," says Moore. "We tend to be too uptight, and dogs sense that. But Moore says, lovingly, that she's really training the owners more than the dogs. While Moore loves all aspects of her career, one of her biggest rewards is helping owners with their dog's learning or behavioral issues. "It's more about community than anything else - learning from one another and giving back because we all enjoy helping dog owners," says Moore. While the classes are open to the public, the club's members are AKC judges and experienced handlers that actively compete in dog sports. that are praise-positive, fun and effective, that we hope will get owners interested in continuing to train their dogs, as dog training is lifelong. "They're eight-weeks-long, full-on obedience classes. My mom has been a trainer there since before I was born."Īnd the classes are not just a basic hourlong intro to training. "That's how I started, as that's the club I grew up in. "I love volunteering my time teaching classes at the club so that I can help people who need it but can't necessarily afford the training," says Moore. (Socialization, Training, Activity, and Responsible owner) program. Moore's roles include determining whether dogs can pass the American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen (CGC) evaluation and being a puppy instructor in the S.T.A.R. The North Spokane club is a United Kennel Club (UKC)-affiliated, nonprofit, volunteer dog training and obedience club in North Spokane, and has been operating for 51 years. The show has been nationally televised live since 1948 and is the standard against which the dog show world is compared.)Īt Lilac City Dog Training Club, Moore helps out with puppy and dog classes. (Started in 1877 in New York, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the U.S. I'd grown up watching Westminster - never thought I'd have a show dog, but he's so wonderful." "A breed champion is similar to showing at the Westminster shows and is based on how they fit the breed standard in looks, personality, how they move. She also has experience with dog shows, including receiving a First Breed Champion on Brigs, one of her three border collies. Pet photographer and dog trainer Rachel Moore.Īs a dog trainer, Moore specializes in behavioral issues, leash reactivity, multi-dog household problems, wellness and early puppy socialization. "I love how my career now utilizes both what I grew up doing and what I went to school for it's perfect." "I started doing hand-digital paintings because - other than I enjoy it - I've had so many people that wait too long to get photos of their pet before it passes away so I create a painting for them from their favorite photo or cellphone image." Moore also loves photographing and doing digital paintings of cats. Now Moore combines her love of art and design with her love of dogs, as she not only trains and photographs them, but also creates digitalized paintings of them. I just hadn't sat down and planned it out, 'This is going to be my career.' It just sort of happened." "I studied interior design and worked in it for a while, but I always knew that someday I was going to have my own dog and compete and show. "Only two of my 42 years have I been without a dog, when I was in college," said Moore. "Different breeds respond to certain movements, like something being thrown or a bush rustling - so I tie my foot to it to make that movement - and noises, so I come up with all sorts of tricks that get the dog's attention - entertaining for any onlookers, I'm sure," laughs Moore.Īs a second-generation dog trainer, with 20 years of her own experience training dogs and 10 years as a dog photographer, Moore truly hasn't ever really known a life without them. Owner of Touched By a Dog Training and Photography, Moore has many tricks up her sleeve for getting just the right picture for her clients. It's just Rachel Moore doing what she does best - getting dogs' attention. If you see a woman with her foot tied to a bush, making duck calls and squeezing a rubber chicken over her head, don't be alarmed. "Dogs make the world go around," says pet photographer Rachel Moore.
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