Josh Fitzgerald began training dogs when he was 15 years old in Northern California. His first dog was a chocolate lab named Barney. As a teenager he trained bird dogs and competed with labs in hunting and field activities. Educated in the Karen Pryor Academy, Off Leash K9, and Michael Ellis Dog training methodologies. Certified MES decoy, Certified Sport Detection Trainer and Certified K9 Cognition Instruction from Ford K9. Later in life, Josh started rescuing and training pitbulls and large breed dogs. He now owns 4 bully breed dogs.