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Ask the Expert: WHS training counselor Diana Foley

Problem pooch? Cantankerous kitty? Have no fear, Diana Foley of the Washington Human Society's Behavior & Learning Center is here to share her expertise.

Behavior and training counselor Diana Foley has spent more than six years training shelter dogs at the Washington Humane Society. During that time, she has undergone an intensive apprenticeship with WHS's longtime director of behavior and training, Kevin Simpson, CPDT.

"The most satisfying part of my job is seeing shelter animals go home with their new families," says Foley.

At home, Foley's pets include "a 2-year-old Dalmation/Border Collie mix, adopted from WHS, who I take to agility classes; two mini-lop rabbits--an 8-year-old male and a 4-year-old female--(both spayed/neutered, and rescued, of course!); 2 guinea pigs (also adopted from rescue groups); and the occasional litter of foster kittens."

To find out more about WHS's Behavior & Learning Center, please visit http://www.washhumane.org/learningcenter.asp.

"TROOPER" Message Board

A message board dedicated to "Trooper," the badly wounded dog who is being treated at Friendship after she was rescued from a dumpster by WHS Humane Law Enforcement Officer Eve Russell.

How YOU Can Help:

• DONATE to the Washington Humane Society's special fund!
• Come to Friendship for a Family-friendly Fundraiser SUNDAY, August 16, 11am - 3pm.

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