Trainers
Ali Peace, co-Owner
Ali Peace is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT) who has been training professionally since 2005. Despite her first word being "doggie," Ali studied Biological Sciences at Stanford and then spent 4.5 years in a Biochemistry PhD program at Duke before coming to her senses and switching to dog training. She has never looked back and never been happier. Ali teaches group classes and private lessons in puppy, manners, canine good citizen, control unleashed, behavior modification and agility. Ali's dog training philosophy is to design training plans that are pragmatic and reinforcing for both the humans and the dog. For fun, Ali enjoys backpacking, trail running, cross country skiing, and making and eating pie.
Jill Seward, co-owner
Jill loves learning, has a lot of letters behind her name (CPDT-KA, UW-AAB, CCS), and would be a full time professional dog student if attending seminars paid the bills! She has competed locally with three very different agility dogs and is treasurer of Rainier Agility Team. After leaving the corporate world in 2008, she started a popular Seattle area pet business, Little Furry Things. In addition to managing her team of dog walkers and cat sitters, she provides day training for reactive dogs and coaching for their humans. Jill teaches Control Unleashed and Agility classes at Kinship, and has taught growly/shy dog agility classes at Ahimsa in Ballard for five years. She loves to see confidence build in both owners and dogs while doing fun things. In her spare time, she draws on her iPad, trains her husband, and her baking skill is ‘roll cakes’, which is almost perfected.
Jeanne Sklorenko, Instructor
Jeanne has been competing in Agility for 18 years. She owned and ran a dog daycare for 8 years. Using positive reinforcement-based methods, Jeanne created a fun environment for all the canine clients that attended. Jeanne is actively pursuing continuing education in agility and reinforcement-based training techniques. She is currently teaching puppy manners, adult manners, and agility intermediate classes at Kinship Dog Training. Jeanne has worked with a wide array of dog breeds, sizes, and ages. Her focused interests are in multi dog groups and canine body language.
Karen Beattie Massey, Instructor
Karen’s first career was as a board certified psychologist in Australia helping people learn new ways to work effectively within their organizations. She developed training programs, ran workshops, and created training videos. After moving to the U.S. she started working in the software industry creating instructional materials. Taking her knowledge of how people learn and think about solving problems, she later applied this to designing the software itself. For over a decade she worked as a program manager leading teams to create new products. It was only natural that this fascination with learning and working with people would spill over into her life with dogs. She started teaching foundation agility classes and seminars in 2006. After retiring from software in 2012, she started MayaLu Training, focusing on agility instruction and dog behavior training.
Karen is best known for her work with Pumis – a rare herding breed from Hungary. Her first Pumi Bella has been on the U.S. team for multiple Agility World Championships – FCI 2014 (reserve), WAO 2016, IFCS 2016, 2017 and represented the U.S. at the European Open 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and the Americas and Caribbean Championships 2012, 2015. Bella was also a finalist in the AKC National Agility Championships (2014) and a silver medalist in the USDAA Masters Challenge Biathlon at Cynosports 2015. In addition Bella has a number of obedience and rally titles.
Amongst Bella’s offspring from MayaLu A and B litter there are multiple dogs now competing at the Masters level in agility. Karen is also competing in obedience and agility with her next generation of Pumis – Knixa (mother of C & E litters), Ben (father of B litter), and Aria (mother of D litter) – with Aria already earning placements at the UKI US Open agility competition in 2015. Karen is a American Kennel Club Breeder of Merit and an active member of the Hungarian Pumi Club of America.
heather archer, Instructor
Heather has been helping dogs and their families communicate since 2012. She is experienced in socialization, general manners, and behavior problem solving for dogs of numerous breeds at every stage of life. Her favorite behavior problem solving cases include potty training, play nipping/mouthing, inappropriate chewing, new dog introductions, door/guest manners, jumping up, counter surfing, leash manners, settling at home and in public, recall/coming when called, attention and manners away from home, reactivity and fear to other dogs/people/bicycles/cars etc, and vet and groomer visits.
Heather's varied background includes placing and integrating rescue dogs into new homes, curating healthy and fun group interactions for doggy daycare, and coaching owners in group classes and private lessons. Her training approach is based heavily in positive reinforcement, classical and operant conditioning, and environmental management.
Heather is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) with a commitment to continuing education. She is passionate about the sciences of learning and applied animal behavior. In her free time she enjoys hiking, creating pottery on the wheel, and baking cookies.
janey wilcox, instructor
Janey trained and competed in agility for over 20 years. She also played other dog sports like Obedience, Rally, and Lure Coursing. Janey has taken many positive training classes, seminars, and expos over the years and wholeheartedly believes dogs learn, and perform, best when happy. In 2016, Janey took her first nosework class with a then 10-year-old retired agility dog. Janey and Tucker fell in love with the sport and Janey has never looked back. Competing in 4 different organizations of nosework, as well as other scent sports, Janey has put multiple titles on 3 different dogs, including NACSW’s Elite Champion title. She is currently an Associate Nose Work Instructor (ANWI) and is finalizing her certification (CNWI) with the National Association of Canine Scent Work.
Kaylee Anagnos, instructor
Kaylee has been training, trialing, and showing dogs since her start with Massachusetts 4-H in 2012 with her Bearded Collie mix, Fenway. After working as a pet groomer, Kaylee began her journey of becoming a professional handler by assisting many of the top AKC handlers in the US, traveling to and working at dog shows, and beginning to take on her own show clients. A pandemic, a move west, and a desire to focus on her Bearded Collie breeding program have given her the opportunity to venture into other dog sports and share her experience through teaching. She is currently an Associate Nosework Instructor (ANWI) and working towards certification with the NACSW. Kaylee is an active member of the Northwest Bearded Collie Club of Puget Sound, Bearded Collie Club of America, Northwest K9 Sniffers, and has titled dogs in conformation, obedience, nosework, rally, herding, and tricks.
Anna mcbrady, instructor
Anna has been working with dogs since 2018, and started her own daycare and dog walking business in 2020 called Go Fetch Fred! Pet Care where she helps young and reactive dogs with socialization by offering daily exercise and enrichment to meet their needs. She graduated WWU with a B.S. and is a certified trainer through Karen Pryor Academy (KPA-CTP). Through the years, Anna has been dedicated to positive training methods and works with many breeds, sizes and temperaments. She has helped clients with leash reactivity, recall, and manners. Her current focus is on creating simple and positive solutions for owners and their dogs to live in harmony. As a proponent of continuing education, she has completed many courses including Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT), Aggression in Dogs Mastercourse, and more, continuing to advance her knowledge in dog training. She is an AKC CGC evaluator and Fit Dog Level 2 instructor. Additionally, she has completed sport titles in AKC Trick Dog, All Dogs Parkour (ADP), and International Dog Parkour Association (IDPKA). Anna’s hobbies include longboarding with her 2 dogs, hiking, and playing her harmonica.
Facilities
Kinship Dog Training has two locations in North Bend.
Arena
483 NW 8th St, North Bend, WA 98045
The 60 by 80 foot arena is enclosed with a 5 foot fence and accessible by two gates. Inside, the footing is 8 inches of medium grind bark. Behind the arena, there is a fully fenced field. The agility equipment is competition grade and compatible with USDAA, AKC and CPE agility standards. Dog crates, chairs, water and water bowls are provided for students.
Studio
320 SW Mt Si Blvd Suite 108, North Bend, WA 98045
The studio is located in the North Bend Safeway Plaza, but classroom access and parking are found on the back side of the building, the entrance of which faces South Fork Ave SW. Chairs, water, and water bowls are provided for students.
policies
Refunds/Cancellations. Group class students must cancel at least 3 days before the start of their class to be granted a refund or credit. Cancellations made after this will not be refunded or credited. Private lesson students must cancel or reschedule with 24 hour advance notice. Cancellations or rescheduling done from 24 to 1 hour before the lesson time will be charged 50% of the lesson fee. Cancellations or rescheduling done within one hour or no shows will be charged the lesson fee.
Missed classes. Make up classes will not be provided for missed classes. The instructor may choose to offer make up classes at their discretion and generosity, but make-up classes are not guaranteed.
Inclement Weather. If Weather Underground (weather app) predicts temperatures for North Bend below 32 degrees or above 90 degrees during a class hour, the class will be cancelled and refunds/credits will be offered. Cancellations will be made at least an hour before scheduled class time by the instructor via phone or text whenever possible.
Road conditions. Instructors may choose to cancel classes due to unsafe road conditions at their discretion. Students will be notified by the instructor at least one hour before their scheduled class time by phone or text whenever possible. Students will be offered refunds/credits.
Instructor Illness. Instructors may choose to cancel classes in the case of their own health, and whenever possible need to notify students by phone or text at least one hour before the start of class. Students will be offered refunds/credits.
Dog or Human Student Illness. If a student misses class because they must quarantine for Covid, they will be refunded for the missed classes. Likewise, if they miss class because their dog is sick with a communicable illness, they will be refunded for the missed class. This exception to the refund policy is to promote Kinship community safety.
Canine Vaccinations. We expect every dog attending training at Kinship to be up to date on his/her vaccinations or to have been tested for antibody titers for Distemper, Parvo and Rabies. Puppies must have age-appropriate vaccinations.