About Andrea Harrison

Teacher, Writer, Thought Facilitator

Andrea’s Story

At heart I am an educator who is passionate about all species, including dogs, humans and horses. Animals have had a critical role in my life and I was an early convert to positive training for people and animals.

I do what I can to spread this message – including courses, webinars, my blog, podcasts and media!

Thanks to fostering and rescue work I have had many opportunities to work with many species including dogs and horses of all breeds, sizes, and temperament types.

I’ve worked as an educator since I was 18, with a wide variety of people and animals.  This led me to explore the science of brain research and I’ve combined that with my diverse training in counselling, personality typing, and experiences.

Together, it has allowed me to help people of all ages be successful planning, competing, reducing anxiety and stress using a wide variety of methods and tools.

Differentiating learning experiences for my students of all species has always been a priority — while we have many similarities we truly are all unique and a tool that works well for me might not work for you. And that’s OK. Really!

I know lots of strategies and many ways to experiment and discover what your ultimate toolbox should hold. Being our best selves is HARD work, but so very worth the investment.

My personal current addictions are agility and dressage. The dogs here have earned many titles with placements in Regional and National competitions over the years.

Our borderless collie Sally was the canine lead in the film “Saving Dinah” and I had the fun of being the the animal talent coordinator for the film. Ask me about Zoboomafoo or the Pet Project too — animal wrangling is hard work but makes for great stories!!

I look forward to working with you — and helping you love the one you are more than you thought possible.