Shel Graves (she/her) has seven years of shelter and rescue experience working with traumatized animals and working to strengthen the human-animal bond. Her credentials include: University of Washington's Applied Animal Behavior certificate and two years of study to earn the Academy for Dog Trainers, Certificate in Training and Counseling. She is also an Animal Hospice Advocate, IAAHPC and Ordained Animal Chaplain through the Compassion Consortium (an interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies center).