Amy Willoughby, a certified positive reinforcement dog trainer and owner of Shared Joy Dog Training, has partnered with Sandy Creek Pet, Resort off John Clayton Memorial Highway at James Store, to provide training lessons for the resort’s clientele. A Gloucester resident for six years, Willoughby started her dog training business late last year after working for the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society for five years as a behavioral staff member. Willoughby said she was driven to train dogs after a puppy with a biting problem was brought into the shelter where she worked. The puppy was biting children and its owners couldn’t keep him. Staff members were unable to train the nasty habit out of the puppy, and he sadly didn’t make it out of the shelter. Willoughby said that she knew if that dog had proper training he may have survived to be adopted. That was when she decided to earn her certification as a dog trainer. Willoughby said her route to certification wasn’t the most traditional one,...