For eight years in the 1990s, Ainslie hosted and produced “All About Pets”, a monthly, live, one-hour program for Rogers Community TV, sponsored by the Western Federation of Individuals and Dog Organizations (FIDO). She is a former Board Member and volunteer with the B.C. Branch of Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind and is a founder of the “Sporting Dog Spectacular” weekend in British Columbia.

Ainslie applied to judge conformation in 1991 and is now approved by the Canadian Kennel Club to judge the Sporting, Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding groups. She has had the privilege of judging throughout Canada and the United States as well as Australia and New Zealand. Ainslie has judged a number of sporting and herding specialties, including ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America) specialty shows, and sighthound show and go events, which combine coursing and conformation. She was very honoured to judge at the Golden Retriever Club of Canada National Specialty in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, she judged a record entry of over 430 Goldens at the Australian Golden Retriever National Specialty and assessed over 300 bitches at the Golden Retriever Club of American National Specialty in California. She judged the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada National Specialty in 2009.

Ainslie attended the AKC Judges’ Institute in 1992 and regularly attends Judges’ Education programs. She is an approved tutor and presenter for the Golden Retriever Club of America and has presented Golden Retriever seminars in Canada, the USA, Australia and Japan.