Dogue Academy - About Gaby Dufresne-Cyr

Gaby's bio

Gaby Dufresne-Cyr is the author of Dog in the Mirror is God. She is also the founder, teacher, dog trainer, behaviour consultant, and exotic animal trainer at the Dogue Shop in Montreal. Involved with dogs since childhood, Gaby Dufresne-Cyr got her first paid dog training client at the age of sixteen. From there, her path took her in a very different direction. She studied the arts and worked on movies, television, ads, and museum building and painting sets.

Gaby became a full-time dog trainer in the 1990s and now devotes time to teaching newer generations the science behind animal training. Gaby also travels internationally to speak about the science of animal behaviour management, training, social learning, and exotic animal-assisted therapy as a means of enrichment, training, and conservation.

Gaby believes training should not be done in large groups where distractions disrupt canine concentration and disturb the human-animal bond. The same goes for the Dogue Academy, aka the animal behaviour school. Classes are kept small, which makes them highly personalized. Gaby teaches the Animal Behaviour Apprenticeship Program, practices dog, wolf, and rat animal-assisted therapy, and organizes animal-related events.

Gaby invites you to visit her Vero or Instagram account to see what she has been up to.

Gaby's experience

Animal-Assisted Therapy
Mountainview High School (dog & rat program), Montreal, 2018 -
Perspectives One High School (dog program), Montreal, 2014 -
Focus High School (rat program), Montreal, 2015 -
Laurier-McDonald High School (pilot project - dog program), Montreal, 2016

College Professor
Relevant Information to the Animal-Assisted Therapy Profession - La Pocatiere, 2014 - 2016
Animal Training and Behaviour - La Pocatiere, 2014

Animal Behaviour Consultant & Animal Trainer
Dogue Shop Training Centre, Montreal, 1999 -
Les Écurie Casa Blanca, Ste-Sophie, 2016
Park Safari Zoo, Hemmingford, 2003 - 2016
Zouvrac, Montreal, 2007 - 2011
Au Coin des Quatre Pattes, Blainville, 2004 - 2007

Wolf Behaviour Field Guide
Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana, USA, 2008

Veterinary Assistant
De la Promenade Veterinary Clinic, Montreal, 2003 - 2007
Ahuntsic Veterinary Clinic, Montreal, 2003

Gaby's education

Concordia University
Psychology, cognitive-neuroscience (student), 2016 -
Applied Human Science, Family Life Educator, 2009 - 2016

Walks 'N Wags
CPR & First Aid, Walks 'N Wags, 2021
CPR & First Aid, Walks 'N Wags, 2018

Wolf Park
Advanced Exotic Animal Training, 2016
Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes, & Bison Training, 2008
Captive Wolf Management, 2008
Ethology, 2008

Coursera
Dog Emotion and Cognition, 2015
Horse Course: Introduction to Basic Care and Management, 2015

Animal Behavior Management Alliance
Advanced Exotic Animal Training & Enrichment, 2019
Advanced Exotic Animal Training & Enrichment, 2017
Advanced Exotic Animal Training & Enrichment, 2014

Quebec Association of Veterinary Medicine
Domestic Animal Safety & Health, 2007
Animal Rights, 2007
Animal Grieving, 2006