Mary Waugh Swindell

Mary was introduced to dog training back in 1990 when she adopted Gwen.  She began taking dog training classes while she was in high school, and continued showing Gwen in obedience and then in agility as she went to college at the University of Dallas.  Mary graduated from UD in 1995 and then packed her pup and moved to Pittsburgh to pursue her graduate work with Gwen.

In Pittsburgh Mary finished a MA in Psychology and completed the coursework for her PhD in Bioethics at Duquesne University.  To support her studies she began working at a bird dog kennel, teaching obedience classes, training boarding dogs, bird dogs and showing in agility and freestyle.  After 6 years of cold and snow, she packed up her growing canine family and moved back to Texas.  Her canine family had added 2 Dobermans, Devon and his son Cassanova.

This dynamic dog trio accompanied Mary to Texas, where she met her husband Michael and his dogs Madeira and Morgan.  With his help and support, Michael encouraged Mary to turn her love and hobby into a full time career.  In 2002 Mary moved to Ft Worth and in 2007 they moved to the Boyd property, and the current home of Dancing Dogs.