A passionate animal welfare advocate, certified dog trainer and pet nutritionist, Lara Shannon has been a regular on Australian TV and radio stations for the past two decades. In 2016, Lara created and is the producer and host of Pooches at Play, an Australian TV show to help entertain and educate people about how to care for and understand their dogs better. She is also the editor of poochesatplay.com, runs her own dog training business and is an ambassador for Second Chance Animal Rescue and Pets of the Homeless. Never far from Lara’s side is the cheeky ’Dynamite Darcy’, who Lara adopted in 2017, and her recent rescue pup, Vindi, who is eagerly anticipating joining Darcy as a canine co-host on Pooches at Play!