Missie grew up in Stony Ridge and graduated from Eastwood High School/Penta County Law Enforcement in 1985; then she went on to complete the Owen’s Community College Police Academy.
After working as a Vet Tech & rescuing for over 30 years, there was no denying that her true passion was caring for animals. She attended the Karen Pryor Academy for dog training and graduated with honors. She is also a AKC Evaluator and ATT Evaluator. Brittany was born in Toledo OH, and graduated from the University of Toledo with her bachelors degree in Criminal Justice in 2020. After interning with federal law enforcement agencies and having the chance to observe detection dogs, she switched her career path to the best of both worlds. She has her Karen Pryor Foundation Certification and is currently pursuing her CCPDT-KA certification as well as attending classes through Leeburg University.
Q: What do you love most about what you do?
What we love most about what we do is help train breeds that are stereotypically “aggressive” or “intimidating” such as German shepherds, Rottweilers, Dobermans, and pit bulls to become great representatives of their breed and show the community that just because they have the stereotype does not mean all of them are like that. We love going out into the community with our own dogs, which are primarily these breeds and show people that they are just as well-behaved as golden retrievers and labs.
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in our community?
The most interesting person we have met here in our community would be Jean Keating. She is the Creator of the Lucas County pit crew, and she has also made a world of difference In the state of Ohio, when it came to changing breed specific legislation when it came to pitbull her work that she has done has saved thousands of lives and has made a true impact in our community.
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
Brittany would go to Michigan’s upper peninsula and Missie would go to Maine. Both are very secluded and away from people and have wonderful outdoor activities to do as well as some great food
Q: What advice would you give to people?
Some advice that we would give to people would be don’t let age, lack of experience, or fear of failure stop you from pursuing your dream. We are so grateful to have an amazing group of clients, family and friends who support us and keep pushing us forward to do better
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
On our bucket list would be importing a German Shepherd from Germany and training them to compete in IGP
Q: If you could choose anyone that is alive today and not a relative; with whom would you love to have lunch? Why? And where locally would y’all meet for this lunch?
I think we would like to meet with anyone who is like-minded as us and as motivated. It’s so hard to find people who have the ambition and drive that we have so we would love to sit down and bounce ideas off of each other so we can further improve ourselves in our businesses, we most likely would like to eat at beer barrel or fifth Street pub
Q: What is your favorite thing or something unique about our community?
One of our favorite things about our community is how there are so many small businesses that have wonderful products and services
Q: What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
Fifth Street Pub’s 4 cheese pizza
Q: Who inspires you to be better?
Our past selves really inspire us to be better because a year ago we were at a job that did not value us and we just let that happen now we know our worth and want to better ourselves each and every day
Q: Finally, what 3 words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
Jeeps, Mud Hens Baseball, and Tony Packos!
