Shelly Raabe - Senior Trainer
Shelly Raabe was born and raised in Boulder Colorado. She grew up close to nature with the Rocky Mountains as her backyard. She developed a deep love and appreciation for the animal kingdom at a very young age and was the main caretaker for her family's many adopted creatures. As a young and creative adult Shelly pursued a career in Fashion Design and graduated with full scholarship from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles. After five years of creative design soul searching, Shelly discovered that her heart was yearning to work with people and animals. By the time She adopted Floyd, a frightened scraggly terrier-poodle mix, her mind was made up to seek out a career working with dogs.
Shelly took puppy classes with AnimalSense and a short time later returned to find out about opportunities with the AnimalSense Academy. She was accepted to the first Academy class in 2008 and shortly after graduating accepted a position as AnimalSense Assistant Trainer and Client Services Coordinator.
Shelly devoted herself to learning all available information on canine behavior and modification techniques. As much as she learned from working with her piers and fellow employees, she was equally effected by the many touching and important phone calls from clients seeking help with their canine companions. She spent the past two years assisting clients over the phone and in the classroom to help resolve their behavior needs. Shelly learned that owning a dog effects every aspect of your life and helping to resolve a behavior issue is crucial to bringing peace to the home. In July of 2010 Shelly accepted the position of AnimalSense Staff Trainer.
She is currently teaching at the Oak Park and Lincoln Park locations and can be met at community events year round. She strives to bring peace of mind to all her clients and shares her passion for dogs and positive reinforcement training with anyone willing to listen. Floyd now lives happily and fear-free with his feline sister Peru and human dad Gavin.