Leslie Nelson is the director of training and an owner of Tails-U-Win! Canine Center in Manchester, CT. She oversees over forty classes a week and a staff of 18 instructors. All the classes are taught using positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Leslie has a degree in education and has been teaching classes since 1973. She has been involved with animals her entire life and continues to actively compete in events with her own dogs, which include Afghan Hounds, Whippets and Standard Poodles. She has bred and shown numerous breed and field champions and trained and titled two UD Afghan Hounds.

Today she continues to instruct both pet and competition classesand has an active schedule of private lessons and behavior consults. She is a popular seminar speaker, and her book, Management Magic, is used in training classes across the country. Leslie and her husband, Derryl share their home with seven dogs and various other animals.