Meet the Trainers
Olivia Vescovo
Olivia has been training dogs professionally since 2011, with a focus on puppy raising and socialization, and a variety of dog sports like agility, scent work, and dock diving. She is a canine scent work instructor at DePaw Dog Sports, Austin Canine Central, and Hearts & Paws, as well as an animal wrangler with Hit The Mark Animal Talent. She currently own Russel, an Australian Cattle Dog/Australian Kelpie mix; Winger, a Golden Retriever; Summer, an Airedale Terrier mix; Sprat, a terrier mix puppy, and Josie, a long haired Chihuahua.
Russel the cattle dog mix competes in Master AKC scent work and jumps in the Senior division (15ft-19ft) of North America Diving Dogs. Russel is a Canine Good Citizen, Trick Dog Intermediate.
Winger the Golden Retriever competes in Excellent AKC scent work and jumps in the Elite division (24ft+) of North America Diving Dogs. He was the #3 ranked Golden Retriever in NADD for 2020. Winger is a Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Intermediate. He is in training for agility, with plans to compete starting fall 2021.
Summer the Airedale mix was adopted from Soulfull is Pawsible rescue. She is 1 year old Airedale Terrier mix and is still learning all her good dog skills. She has started scent work training and is showing a good aptitude for the sport! She was recently featured in an advertisement for Nylabone.
Sprat is the terrier mix is also from Soulfull is Pawsible rescue. She is 6 months old and a whirlwind of chaos and energy. Sprat is still in training and has started agility foundations and scent work foundations.
Josie is the best Chihuahua anyone could ask for! She lives happily as a companion and occasional model and has been featured in photographer Randal Ford's Good Dogs portrait book as well as print campaigns for companies like United Health Care.
Emma Vescovo
Emma is a poo poo head
