Christina Young has spent more than 25 years working with animals, starting with horses before shifting her focus fully to dogs. She holds certifications as a Dog Behaviour Consultant through IAABC, a Professional Canine Behaviour Consultant through PPG, and is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, alongside a background in disability support and education that shapes how she teaches both dogs and their people.

Christina describes herself as a crossover trainer: she used aversive tools like e-collars and prong collars earlier in her career before transitioning permanently in 2010 to force-free, fear-free methods. That shift, combined with years spent helping owners of reactive and anxious dogs, led her to build Dream Dog through Positive Dog, her training practice based in Nanaimo, BC, where she also co-instructs aggression-focused coursework and mentors other trainers.