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meet Bonnie & jason

Bonnie and Jason sitting in their van together

Bonnie and Jason met in early 2024 and immediately became best friends after chatting about their love of training and understanding dogs, adventuring in the outdoors, pushing themselves mentally and physically, their shared sense of humor, and love for their community. As their relationship grew they realized that they made a wonderful team together. So, when Jason had the opportunity to move from San Luis Obispo back to his family's ranch in Grass Valley, he asked Bonnie to come with him and move her dog training business to start a new adventure together. Wayward Dog Ranch is a product of Bonnie and Jason's combined knowledge, creative effort, and hard work. they hope to build a beautiful and supportive community in their new home. 

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Bonnie riding a one wheel skateboard while her dogs run along side her

Bonnie started out her dog business ownership with a pack hiking business in san Luis Obispo in 2016 called SLO Dog Adventures. From there the business steadily grew into a well known and loved dog training business that served her hometown for 8 amazing years. When given the opportunity to move to Grass Valley with Jason, she sold SDA to a long time client of hers, and moved on to create Wayward Dog Ranch. She Brought along with her all of that great experience, knowledge, expertise, and love for dogs + helping their owners. She feels inspired to create a dog training/dog loving community here in Grass Valley-just like the one she loved so much in SLO.

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Meet the Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion. cheese.

Because it takes a village.

Even if that village consists mostly of dogs and horses.

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Education + Credentials

​​​Bonnie is licensed in the county, insured & bonded through Business Insurers of the Carolinas, CPR certified, a Professional member of the International Association of Canine Professionals, and a registered AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator. 

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Bonnie crouching and interacting with her weiner dog Pepper

People we've  learned from over the years

​​​​​​​We believe that continued education is extremely important in this industry. Understanding new methods, tools and ideologies has been priority to Bonnie from the start, and always will be. our promise to you is to always keep growing our "toolbox" so we call it, so that no matter the goal, we can help you reach it in the most educated, kind and effective way. 

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Here is an ever growing list of training classes, workshops, seminars, shadow programs & mentorships attended up to the current date:

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A woman on the beach at sunset with her dogs
A woman walking on the beach with a pack of dogs
A woman standing with a pack of a dozen dogs
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horse and dogs running through rustic landscapes art

Wayward Dog Ranch 2024 by Bonnie Shiffrar | Logo and Branding by Rayco | Site Design by Carla Cary

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