Bobbie Lyons

Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, KPA CTP owns and operates Pawsitive Performance, which offers dog training, fitness training, and trick training around the globe. She was part of the team that contributed knowledge and experience to help design the University of Tennessee's Certified Canine Fitness Program. Bobbie was a lead instructor for the program from 2015 to 2021.

Bobbie completed the University of Tennessee Certified Canine Fitness Trainer program to earn a CCFT certification and also completed the certification program for Canine Fitness through the Companion Animal Sciences Institute. In addition, Bobbie is a Karen Pryor Academy Faculty member helping to certify professional dog trainers.

Bobbie has five awesome dogs and trains a variety of skills for agility, fitness training, herding, trick training, tugging, and dock diving. She competed in agility for about eight years but now trains without competing. Bobbie enjoys the training process and strives to communicate in the best way to help her dogs and clients' dogs understand the task at hand. She starts every training session with this question, "How can I set the dog up for success and give the dog the best information to complete the behavior or movement."

Bobbie's teaching style and philosophy focus on positive reinforcement. She says, "I like to shape behavior and positively reward what I want from the dog. I have a strong understanding of the sport of agility and have helped competitors improve their performance with strength and balance training. With over 18 years of experience teaching canine fitness, I guide handlers in understanding what exercises would be most beneficial for their dog. My philosophy is to teach the dog the movement or position we are looking for before asking for repetition or adding equipment."