At sixteen, Sassie Joiris started teaching pet and competitive obedience classes, and continued to do so for 24
years. For the last five years she has been teaching agility classes and seminars on motivating the 'hard to
motivate' dogs. She has successfully coached numerous private students helping them overcome motivational
issues on both ends of the leash. She understands and utilizes the best tools possible for each dog and handler
team including bridge and target techniques.
Sassie is a theatrical animal trainer/handler and talent scout who works for Dawn Animal Agency in New York City.
Dawn Animal Agency is one of the largest providers of animal talent on the East Coast with over 800 animals
available for acting and modeling jobs. Sassie has been an animal actor trainer and handler for about 30 years
training her own pets as well as a wide variety of species including: rodents, reptiles, ungulates (hoofed mammals),
parrots, farm fowl, felines and dogs. Sassie’s animals have worked on feature films with movie stars including: Robin
Williams, Michael J. Fox, Peter Falk, Uma Thurman, Queen Latifa, Judd Hirsh and Woody Allen. Television credits
include hit shows like “Sex and the City,” “Law and Order,” “30 Rock,” and “As the World Turns.” Her animals have
also posed for magazines, catalogs and print advertisements and acted in commercials. Sassie's current dog,
Stamp, has over 50 jobs (print, commercial, film and television) to his credit.
Sassie enjoys competing with her own dogs. She has trained and titled in lure coursing, hunt tests, earth dog and
agility. Her current competition dog seven-year-old Norfolk Terrier CH MACH Stamp JE has been #1 or #2 Norfolk
Terrier in agility his entire career and received numerous awards from the breed parent club.
Stamp's website - http://home.netcom.com/~joiris/
The Dog Blog - http://fjoiris.livejournal.com/
years. For the last five years she has been teaching agility classes and seminars on motivating the 'hard to
motivate' dogs. She has successfully coached numerous private students helping them overcome motivational
issues on both ends of the leash. She understands and utilizes the best tools possible for each dog and handler
team including bridge and target techniques.
Sassie is a theatrical animal trainer/handler and talent scout who works for Dawn Animal Agency in New York City.
Dawn Animal Agency is one of the largest providers of animal talent on the East Coast with over 800 animals
available for acting and modeling jobs. Sassie has been an animal actor trainer and handler for about 30 years
training her own pets as well as a wide variety of species including: rodents, reptiles, ungulates (hoofed mammals),
parrots, farm fowl, felines and dogs. Sassie’s animals have worked on feature films with movie stars including: Robin
Williams, Michael J. Fox, Peter Falk, Uma Thurman, Queen Latifa, Judd Hirsh and Woody Allen. Television credits
include hit shows like “Sex and the City,” “Law and Order,” “30 Rock,” and “As the World Turns.” Her animals have
also posed for magazines, catalogs and print advertisements and acted in commercials. Sassie's current dog,
Stamp, has over 50 jobs (print, commercial, film and television) to his credit.
Sassie enjoys competing with her own dogs. She has trained and titled in lure coursing, hunt tests, earth dog and
agility. Her current competition dog seven-year-old Norfolk Terrier CH MACH Stamp JE has been #1 or #2 Norfolk
Terrier in agility his entire career and received numerous awards from the breed parent club.
Stamp's website - http://home.netcom.com/~joiris/
The Dog Blog - http://fjoiris.livejournal.com/
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