About Andrea Tomsic

Andrea Tomsic always loved animals.  From an early age she was drawn to not only caring for the animals she grew up with,  but also caring for the environment and the world we live in.   Growing up miles from any town, she and her 6 sisters had to entertain and interact with each other, and the hundreds of animals that passed through their 5 acres of land.  Her earliest memory of dog ownership is of their faithful dog Duke, a white German Shepherd, that her father had gotten off of a coworker.  Duke lived to be about 11 years old and filled Andrea's childhood with the basic knowledge of what a good, faithful, loving dog can do for a family.   At that time, there were few 'house dogs', and Duke, an unaltered male, was never far away from his home although he was rarely tied up.   Looking back, it was his 'job' to protect the family, and in return they gave him love, food, scratches and all of the hugs he could bear!   After that, many dogs came and went, with different levels of successful interactions.   Barron was adopted soon before Duke died, and was a nice companion for the aging Duke.   Once they both passed, Buck and Shad, Shultzie, Buck, and finally Zulu were the family dogs for the following 30 years.   They all were outside dogs, which now she could not imagine,  but none of them had separation anxiety, aggressiveness, behaviors brought on by boredom, or major heath issues.   Thinking back, this is an interesting concept in this day and age, with dog owners leaving their dogs inside for 40+ hours a week, confined to small back yards without much walking, and no structure or 'job' to do.  In Andrea's mind, it makes sense that dogs have issues today.    Once she started to volunteer at a local no-kill animal rescue, she soon realized that the hundreds or thousands of dogs that are in the shelters in our area alone need help in not only finding a home, but getting a dog owner to understand how and why a dog does what he does so she does not end up at the shelter.   After graduating from Animal Behavior College and taking their Shelter Training CE, she is ready to take on this challenge.

She hopes to help everyone she can in understanding that 'bad' behavior is most likely 'misunderstood' behavior, and communicating with your dog in her own dog language will help the dog owners fulfill a lifelong commitment to their dog or dogs, and the dogs live a content and happy life.