AboutPAW Quarterly

Welcome to PQ! A magazine dedicated entirely to our best friends, playmates, and partners in crime, dogs. Whether we’re talking about puppies or seniors, toy or large breed, athletic runners or slobbery couch sitters, we love them all, and most of us will do whatever we can to make their lives healthier, longer, and just plain better.

PQ is a locally owned, and independently published, quarterly magazine targeted toward dog enthusiasts and focusing on lifestyle, sports, grooming, and more.

Our goal is to build relationships while connecting readers to sports and training resources, businesses and services, and organizations through relevant and engaging content.

PAW Quarterly Contributors

Tracy Hahn

Art Director & Publisher

Tracy is a multimedia designer and desktop publisher by day, and a dog sport and training enthusiast by night. Her Olde English Bulldogge and Jack Russell Sport Mix keep her busy and alert doing flyball, nosework, agility, and tricks.

Emily Garland

Content Contributor

Emily is a Dog Trainer and Behaviour Specialist with over 10 years of experience in SK and BC. She enjoys hanging with her pack and participates in flyball, agility, rally-o, and stunt. Emily and her rescued Border Collie Jinks became the first titled Canadian Stunt Dog Team.

Derrick Fox

Content Contributor

Derrick is currently serving as a member of the Regina Police Service where he has served for almost two decades. Ten of those years were spent in the Canine Unit wherein he was a handler and provincial trainer. Derrick is a member of the CAPDT and IACP and focuses his canine training practice with both working and companion dogs.

Eryn Audette

Content Contributor

Eryn has been involved in SDDA Scent Work for 8 years. She is the owner of HD – Scent Detection teaching classes and running a working group. Scent Work is her passion and she plays with her 3 dogs – 2 Basset Hounds and a Sport Mix. She also plays Flyball, Barn Hunt, Disc and loves training a variety of tricks and performing!

Amanda Abs

Content Contributor

Amanda is the owner of ABSolute Agility and has been teaching and competing for over 10 years. She has many titles with some of her proudest moments being a 3X Regional Championship Winner (2021-2023) and an overall 6th placement at the 2022 National Agility Championships. Although her passion lies in agility, she also enjoys nosework, flyball, disc, rally, barnhunt, sprinters, tricks, and obedience sports.

Cassandra Zdanowski

Content Contributor

Cassandra has been involved in dogsports for 17 years. She started playing flyball with the neighbour’s dog, and is now part of one of the province’s biggest clubs based in Saskatoon. When not playing flyball, she is often doing barnhunt, agility, lure sports, herding, teaching classes, or performing with SuperDogs!

Louise Yates

Content Contributor

Louise owned and operated K-Lane Kennels near Regina for over 20 years. Since retiring in 2022, she is loving spending time with and training her own dog Seamus, and volunteering with SAR Regina.

Brittney Maskewich

Content Contributor

Brittney is a professional animal arts groomer and is the owner and founder at Short Nose and Fluffy Toes Cat and Dog Spa and Himalayan Cattery.

Darcey Sare

Content Contributor

Darcey has been playing flyball with his dogs for 25 years, and established the Good2Go Flyball team in 2001. In real life, Darcey is an IT Support monkey, and no, he will not fix your printer.

Karlie Butler

Content Contributor

By trade Karlie is an ESL instructor, but he started his training journey as a volunteer dog walker, and is now an instructor. He shares his home with Bella, a senior Chihuahua-dachshund mix and Sky a young Border Collie cross.

Emilie Kossmann

Content Contributor

Emilie is a member of Kaos Dogsports in Regina. She has been playing flyball for over 10 years. Emilie enjoys doing dog things with shepherd/husky mix Trouble and travelling.

Shawn Sotkowy

Contributing Editor

Shawn brings his management skills and dedication to PQ blending his passion for dogs with his editorial endeavours. His research skills and creativity are a great asset lending support and "Taking Care of Business" in every issue. He has loved many different breeds over his lifetime and was introduced to dog sports in 2018.

Rob Caleval

Contributing Editor

Rob’s poetry and short stories have been published in print and on line. He has a BA in English Literature, and has worked for 17+ years as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher. He spends a significant portion of his free time impersonating a dog bed.

Nicole Vaughn

Content Contributor & Events Editor

Nicole is a veteran dog groomer, trainer, and partner of the Good2Go Dog Sports Club. When she’s not busy making dogs beautiful, you can find her playing flyball, disc, tricks, and agility with one or more of her pack.

Carly Patryluk

Content Contributor

Carly is the owner of House of Paws Pet Boutique and is certified in a variety of pet nutrition areas. Carly believes in continuous learning and when she’s not working with pet parents at her store, she spends her time developing new and engaging methods to empower pet parents to make the best choices for their pet’s nutrition.

Cheryl Petryshyn

Contributing Editor

Cheryl is the owner of Encore Dog Sports and has over 20 years of experience as a dog trainer. She has titled dogs in many sports including Rally O, Agility, Scent Detection, Barn Hunt, Disc and Flyball. She is also an UpDog Judge. She mainly works with reactive and fearful dogs but also helps owners start their puppies out on the right paw.

Mary-Lou Halliday

Content Contributor

Mary-Lou is a Certified Master Dog Trainer with over 20 years of experience working in California and SK. She is the owner of Aloha K9 Training & Pet Resort, Regina’s newest dog training & day care facility. She specializes in behavior modification and aggressive dogs. When she is not training dog’s, she can be found making Biothane dog gear, crafting with her Cricut or Life Coaching.

Jennifer Berg

Contributing Editor

Jennifer is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Trainer with over 19 years experience. She specializes in identifying the underlying causes of dog behaviours and empowering dog guardians to use reward-based methods to support their dogs’ emotional, mental, and physical well-being. In her spare time, Jennifer volunteers for the Canadian Association of Professional Dog Trainers.

Makayla Stephenson

Content Contributor

Makayla has been training and competing with dogs for over ten years. he trains in obedience, agility, scent games and flyball. In her little spare time she likes to cook for her family and work on different types of art.

Lisa Brice

Content Contributor

Lisa operates Brice Photography out of her home studio with her faithful sidekick Chloe. She knows how important pets are to a family and enjoys being a part of the process in creating something special to display in her clients' homes. Lisa says the best thing about being a photographer is the fun and laughter during a session.

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