Ted Terroux began handling household, show and obedience trial dogs as a young child and has over 35 years of professional training experience with over 27,000 clients. He has personally lived with, cared for and trained over 50 dogs of 28 different breeds from all 7 AKC breed groups. (That's not just pretty artwork on the cover of this book.) He has been featured on Animal Planet, KCNC News 4 and KUSA Petline 9. Ted is a canine behaviour consultant for many Rocky Mountain Region rescue organizations that are dedicated to finding lifetime homes for "second-hand" dogs. Ted uses comprehensive and gentle training methods.