OUR TEAM


Lianne Shinton

Founder/Owner

Lianne has over 33 years of entrepreneurial experience, including building and scaling multiple businesses, developing a franchise, and coaching founders to grow with clarity and confidence. She is dedicated to nurturing businesses to success with the same focus and discipline she brings to competing with her own dogs on multiple world-level competition stages. Lianne’s leadership blends strategic vision, operational expertise, and a deep commitment to helping founders build businesses that are both profitable and sustainable.


Bret Geller

Bret has over 23 years of professional dog training experience, including owning and operating a successful dog training business for 10 years. He combines hands-on training expertise with extensive sales experience in car sales and construction—two of the most results-driven, performance-based sales industries. Bret now provides sales coaching for dog trainers, helping them confidently close more clients and build thriving businesses. He brings the same competitive drive and discipline that fueled his success in business and dog sports to empowering trainers at the highest level.


Lots of Dogs

Tech Team

Just kidding. Sort of. We do have an amazing tech team, but it’s not actually a bunch of dogs, but the bunch of dogs are definitely around the office all the time, doing, something!