ABOUT US
Hi. This is Joan Lisi-McCoy, the owner of K9 Campus. This little home-based business is my
leap off the cliff!
Once, years ago, while going through a rough patch, I noticed that the time I was the happiest
in my work was while I was working at a Humane Society as the Emergency Agent. Anyone who has worked in animal welfare knows
what heartbreaking work it can be. Nevertheless, I truly was happiest doing that work. I knew I was making a contribution!
At K9 Campus I do the work I really enjoy!
I'm a Minnesota girl. My sisters and brother and I grew up in Rochester MN. Mom is from the
Iron Range and Dad grew up in Chicago. Our first dog, Clancy, was a black and tan standard Dachshund. He was rather rotund.
So it's remarkable that he could sit on his back legs for long minutes; begging for whatever it was you were eating. He wasn't
insistent though. If you ignored him he went away.
That was my first lesson in Dogspeak. Ignore a dog; he'll go away. Play with him; he's your
best friend!
We always had a dog in the family so you could say I grew up training dogs. You could say
that, but I didn't really learn how to train until I met Wendy VanKerkhove of Fresh Air Training in Minneapolis. At that time
Wendy was the Area Pet Trainer for PetSmart and I was applying for the job of Pet Training Instructor. I became the Senior
Pet Training Instructor at PetSmart for five and a half years. When I left PetSmart, Wendy invited me to join her team at
Fresh Air Training.
I continue to work with Wendy and Fresh Air Training and I'm actively building the services
I offer to the human parents of the dogs in my training classes.
Thank you for visiting our website! It's a work in progress, so check back and see what's
new!
