Today I sit down with PSA Hall of Famer, and dog trainer extraordinaire Janet Edwards!! She is Shawn Edwards wife and Co-Owner of Stateline K9 and Deadpool Decoy School! Her resume and achievements are immense and will post below!
• Certified Master Trainer, Professional Obedience, Behavior Modification, & Search & Rescue, North State K9 Academy, 2001.
• Owner & Head Trainer, Basic Training & Beyond, Winston-Salem, NC 2001-2003.
• Assistant Trainer, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. 2003.
• Head Instructor, North State K9 Academy, Pet Obedience Program, 2004.
• Member, Tarheel Canine PSA & Police Dog Association December 2003 - current.
• Assistant Instructor, Police K9 E-Collar Applications, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. Sanford, NC, April 17 & 18, 2004.
• Assistant Instructor, 16 Hour Police K9 Decoy School, Tarheel Canine Training Inc. February 4-5, 2005.
• Assistant Instructor, Advanced Detection, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD June 2005
• Assistant Instructor High Risk Deployment Seminar, Asheboro, NC May 2005
• Certificate SARTECH 3, NASAR April 2005.
• Head Trainer/Instructor, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. 2005.
• Member & K9 Handler, FAS-Trax, SAR Team 2004 - 2005.
• Certified Police Dog Instructor, NSK9, September 2005.
• AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator 2003-2006.
• Professional Member, IACP.
• Professional Member NTPDA
• Evaluator NTPDA (National Tactical Police Dog Association) 2006-present
•Instructor, Water Cadaver Recovery, National CSAR Seminar, Montreat, NC September 2007
• Trainer, Senior Handler Dogs Finding Drugs 2010
• Head Instructor Decoy Seminar, Military Working Dog Program, Ft. Hood TX December 2010
• Featured on Baltimore’s ABC, CBS and FOX news with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Washington DC’s ABC and FOX news with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Good Morning America with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Fox News Channel’s Justice with Judge Jeanine with K9 Zuko
•Featured on Anderson Cooper Live with K9 Zuko February 2013
•Judge PSA Nationals 2013, Franklin, NJ
•2013 PSA Nationals Level 1 Runner Up and High Protection with K9 “Danny"
•2013 PSA Nationals "Top Dog Award" with K9 “Danny”
•2013-current East Coast Director PSA, November
•2015 East Coast Regional Level 2 Champion with K9 Danny
•2006-2010 Assisted Lee County Schools (NC) in several narcotics sniffs
•2017 Instructor “Intro to PSA” seminar Dural, NSW, Australia
•2018 Instructor “Handling in PSA” seminar Calgary, Canada
•2019 Instructor “Protection Dog” seminar Dural, NSW, Australia
•2019 Assistant Instructor “High Risk Deployments” Australia Special Forces
•2017 Recipient of the PSA Mount Everest Award and the only person to receive this award
•2019 PSA Hall of Fame inductee as a handler
•4X PSA National Champion
•4x PSA Regional Champion
•2X National Vice-Champion
•Only 1 of 3 people to title multiple dogs to a PSA 3
Today I sit down with PSA Hall of Famer, and dog trainer extraordinaire Janet Edwards!! She is Shawn Edwards wife and Co-Owner of Stateline K9 and Deadpool Decoy School! Her resume and achievements are immense and will post below!
• Certified Master Trainer, Professional Obedience, Behavior Modification, & Search & Rescue, North State K9 Academy, 2001.
• Owner & Head Trainer, Basic Training & Beyond, Winston-Salem, NC 2001-2003.
• Assistant Trainer, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. 2003.
• Head Instructor, North State K9 Academy, Pet Obedience Program, 2004.
• Member, Tarheel Canine PSA & Police Dog Association December 2003 - current.
• Assistant Instructor, Police K9 E-Collar Applications, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. Sanford, NC, April 17 & 18, 2004.
• Assistant Instructor, 16 Hour Police K9 Decoy School, Tarheel Canine Training Inc. February 4-5, 2005.
• Assistant Instructor, Advanced Detection, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD June 2005
• Assistant Instructor High Risk Deployment Seminar, Asheboro, NC May 2005
• Certificate SARTECH 3, NASAR April 2005.
• Head Trainer/Instructor, Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. 2005.
• Member & K9 Handler, FAS-Trax, SAR Team 2004 - 2005.
• Certified Police Dog Instructor, NSK9, September 2005.
• AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator 2003-2006.
• Professional Member, IACP.
• Professional Member NTPDA
• Evaluator NTPDA (National Tactical Police Dog Association) 2006-present
•Instructor, Water Cadaver Recovery, National CSAR Seminar, Montreat, NC September 2007
• Trainer, Senior Handler Dogs Finding Drugs 2010
• Head Instructor Decoy Seminar, Military Working Dog Program, Ft. Hood TX December 2010
• Featured on Baltimore’s ABC, CBS and FOX news with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Washington DC’s ABC and FOX news with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Good Morning America with K9 Zuko
• Featured on Fox News Channel’s Justice with Judge Jeanine with K9 Zuko
•Featured on Anderson Cooper Live with K9 Zuko February 2013
•Judge PSA Nationals 2013, Franklin, NJ
•2013 PSA Nationals Level 1 Runner Up and High Protection with K9 “Danny"
•2013 PSA Nationals "Top Dog Award" with K9 “Danny”
•2013-current East Coast Director PSA, November
•2015 East Coast Regional Level 2 Champion with K9 Danny
•2006-2010 Assisted Lee County Schools (NC) in several narcotics sniffs
•2017 Instructor “Intro to PSA” seminar Dural, NSW, Australia
•2018 Instructor “Handling in PSA” seminar Calgary, Canada
•2019 Instructor “Protection Dog” seminar Dural, NSW, Australia
•2019 Assistant Instructor “High Risk Deployments” Australia Special Forces
•2017 Recipient of the PSA Mount Everest Award and the only person to receive this award
•2019 PSA Hall of Fame inductee as a handler
•4X PSA National Champion
•4x PSA Regional Champion
•2X National Vice-Champion
•Only 1 of 3 people to title multiple dogs to a PSA 3