Ask the Expert: WHS training counselor Diana Foley

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.