Our Story
Building a better relationship with your dog on a solid foundation of training.
Anna Marie Stewart, DTTA-CPDT, is the owner and founder of Instinct Canine Training. Her dedication to helping dogs and their owners thrive is evident to anyone who works with her. With many years of experience working with dogs in training facilities for both service animals, obedience and pet behaviour, as well as a strong background in the animal health industry, Anna Marie combines expertise with an empathetic approach that considers the needs of both dog and client.
She believes training is about more than just fixing behaviours—it's about reshaping how a dog thinks and reacts to the world around them, creating a new way of life that benefits both the dog and their owner. By addressing behaviour alongside the dog’s emotional well-being and environment, Anna Marie helps foster positive, lasting change.
Her expertise spans a wide range of clients and challenges, from teaching obedience to puppies and adult dogs to addressing aggression, reactivity, and beyond, as well as offering specialized programs like scent detection.
She believes training is about more than just fixing behaviours—it's about reshaping how a dog thinks and reacts to the world around them, creating a new way of life that benefits both the dog and their owner. By addressing behaviour alongside the dog’s emotional well-being and environment, Anna Marie helps foster positive, lasting change.
Her expertise spans a wide range of clients and challenges, from teaching obedience to puppies and adult dogs to addressing aggression, reactivity, and beyond, as well as offering specialized programs like scent detection.
Anna Marie, DTTA-CPDT, Founder of Instinct Canine Training with her companions, Mia and Keziah.
It started with Mia
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Mia and Keziah are Anna Marie's current canine partners. Mia, an 80lb mix breed, is a rescue dog that was left abandoned in a yard, and joined Anna Marie's family in 2017 at the age of 18 months. By no means a "perfect" dog, Mia is the reason Instinct Canine was born. Her unique history has made training a joy and educational experience through the challenges it presented. Prone to insecurity and reactivity at times, training Mia has been an instrumental learning experience, and one of many reasons Anna Marie is so passionate about not only teaching others how to manage their dog's reactive behaviours, but understand them as well. Mia is a core piece of the Instinct Canine family and the original demo dog for group classes. |
Along came Keziah
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Our Approach
Instinct Canine approaches training in a unique and balanced way. We don't just look at the behaviour - we work with you to identify the root of the problem to create positive change through training for you and your dog. Anna Marie's educational experience covers a broad spectrum of understanding behaviour, including how the canine brain thinks, and she uses multiple methods and tools to aid in training dogs. This is evident in her continued success as a trainer. Anna Marie is a certified professional Dog Trainer (DTTA-CPDT) under of Karen Laws and her Dog T.R.I.B.E Training Academy, Certified Prong Collar- Knowledge Assessed, and is working towards Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) through the IACP (International Association of Canine Professionals.)
We can't wait for you to join the Instinct Canine Training pack and discover the exceptional training difference we provide.
Instinct Canine approaches training in a unique and balanced way. We don't just look at the behaviour - we work with you to identify the root of the problem to create positive change through training for you and your dog. Anna Marie's educational experience covers a broad spectrum of understanding behaviour, including how the canine brain thinks, and she uses multiple methods and tools to aid in training dogs. This is evident in her continued success as a trainer. Anna Marie is a certified professional Dog Trainer (DTTA-CPDT) under of Karen Laws and her Dog T.R.I.B.E Training Academy, Certified Prong Collar- Knowledge Assessed, and is working towards Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) through the IACP (International Association of Canine Professionals.)
We can't wait for you to join the Instinct Canine Training pack and discover the exceptional training difference we provide.
Awards and Certifications
Instinct Canine Training is the proud recipient of the following awards and member of these respected organizations.
