The Sheridan Dog and Cat Shelter offers a place for animals that through various circumstances have lost their homes and opportunity to find new loving families. Some of those animals are dogs that through neglect or abuse don’t have an understanding of simple commands, may have grown aggressive toward human interaction or out of confusion and fear have lashed out in the past. Shelter Executive Director Jill Moriarty and her team developed The Bite Club. J. Moriarty Shan Foster is the instructor of Bite Club and has trained dogs used by law enforcement and was a K-9 Officer himself. Foster earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Administration of Justice and subsequently earned a Master Canine Trainer Certification from the National K-9 Learning Center of Columbus, Ohio. There he learned many disciplines of dog training, including Pet Obedience, Assistance Dogs for the Disabled, Scent Detection and Tracking, Search and Rescue, Personal Protection, and Police K-9 Training. At National K9, Foster trained under Scott Mueller, a founder in the training of support dogs for disabled individuals. Foster was a K-9 Police Officer in Colorado. From there he deployed to Iraq as a private contractor with certified dual-purpose Explosives Detection and Patrol dogs for the Department of Defense. Upon his return from Iraq, Foster worked with a Shelter to Service organization based in California. He continues to train dogs in the private sector from Country Pet Inn in Sheridan, which he owns and operates.