speaker bios

Teoti Anderson, Certified Pet Dog Trainer

By day, Teoti Anderson, CPDT, serves as a nationally award-winning writer, editor and Web content manager for a major insurance corporation’s in-house advertising agency. By night, her life goes to the dogs! Teoti is the owner of Pawsitive Results, L.L.C., which offers reward-based training for the family dog in the South Carolina Midlands.

A professional dog trainer for more than 11 years, she is the author of Your Outta Control Puppy and The Super Simple Guide to Housetraining (TFH Publications, Inc.). Teoti currently serves as the President of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). The APDT, founded by renowned veterinarian, behaviorist and author Dr. Ian Dunbar, is the largest organization of dog trainers in the world. She is a founding member of the APDT Carolinas Trainers Forum, a networking group of APDT trainers in North and South Carolina. She serves as a training consultant to local and national dog rescue groups. Teoti has been quoted in DogFancy, Puppies USA, Whole Dog Journal and other national publications. 

Teoti is actively involved in animal-assisted therapy with the Delta Society, an international nonprofit organization that promotes the human-animal bond. A registered Delta Society Pet Partner with her three-legged Labrador Retriever Cody and tabby cat Sebastian, Teoti visits hospice patients, nursing home residents and children with disabilities in a variety of healthcare facilities across the Midlands. The team earned the Delta Society Beyond Limits National Therapy Team of the Year honors in 1999/2000. 

In addition to her volunteer work as a Pet Partner, she also serves as a Delta Society Team Training Instructor, AAT Instructor, Evaluator and Speakers Bureau Member. Teoti is a founding member of Prescription Paws, a local Delta Society Pet Partner affiliate. The group visits healthcare patients, offers dog bite prevention programs to children and gives presentations to civic, healthcare and other groups. 

Jim Barry

Jim Barry, also known as the R. I. Dog Guy, is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and does group and individual instruction and behavior consultations in Southern New England.   His academic background includes degrees in philosophy and science policy from Georgetown and George Washington Universities.  Prior to becoming a dog training instructor he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, where, among other duties, he taught ethics courses for new employees.  On retiring from government, he joined the faculty at George Mason University, where he taught ethics, management and politics and authored a book on international ethics.  He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, where he develops training programs and consults with corporations and government agencies on ethical standards.  In his dog training activities, Jim is particularly interested in working to keep dogs with families and in applying positive methods to training hunting dogs.

Kimberly Barry, Ph.D. 

Dr. Barry received her MS degree in animal learning and Ph.D. in biopsychology from the University of Georgia. She is a Certified Animal Behaviorist. She has 8 years experience in private practice and has been working at the Austin city animal shelter for over four years. Her work at the shelter focuses on the development of temperament testing for dogs and cats and establishing improved conditions for shelter animals. Publications include studies on cat behavior and dog welfare. Dr. Barry is a frequent lecturer at conferences such as HSUS Expo and APDT, and is a shelter consultant in the area of temperament and welfare.

Veronica Boutelle

Veronica Boutelle, M.A., began her professional life as an educator before switching careers to dog training.  As the SF/SPCA’s Director of Behavior and Training, she drew from her background as a teacher educator and curriculum developer, her training experience, and her experience in business to support a staff of trainers, academy students, and interns in their quests for skills development, program design, and professional growth.  In so doing she found that her love was working with and supporting people who work with dogs.

Returning to the private sector, Veronica recognized the need for an organization that would support dog professionals working in the field. The result is dogTEC.
 

Stacy Braslau-Schneck, Certified Pet Dog Trainer
Class Instructor, Owner

Stacy pursued her lifelong interest in animal behavior through a Master's degree at a research laboratory, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Lab (KBMML, now called The Dolphin Institute) in Hawaii, studying dolphin cognition and intelligence. At the lab, she learned to train dolphins for research and exercise, using the same modern techniques that are now used with pet dogs. She designed and ran a research project (investigating how creative dolphins could be and how they coordinate their movements with each other). As a staff member at the lab, one of her duties was to teach dolphin training to new volunteers and students. 

When she returned to her native California she began transferring her animal-training and student-teaching skills to teaching pet owners how to train their dogs. She helped to develop and teach the first clicker training classes at the San Francisco SPCA, before moving to San Jose. 

She is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), an organization that encourages the exchange of ideas and continuing education of pet dog trainers. In 2001, she was awarded Member of the Year, and in 2002 she earned a Level 1 Certification through the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers (CCPDT), the first national certification for dog trainers in history. Stacy has acheived Kay Lawrence's Competency Assessment Program (CAP) test at the second level.

Stacy has worked closely with the Humane Society Silicon Valley, socializing dogs awaiting adoption, teaching other volunteer socializers, and fostering puppies and "issue-challenged" dogs. She has lived with Shelties and an "All-American" (mutt), as well as rats, hamsters, and numerous fish, and of course she worked with four great bottlenosed dolphins. She currently lives with Flipper, a Border Collie mix adopted from the Humane Society in September 1999 and her husband and toddler daughter.

Mel Bussey, CPDT

Mel opened Training Tracks Canine Learning Station in 1998. The facility, located in College Corner, OH, offers Puppy Head Start, Basic Pet Obedience 101 and 102, Canine Good Citizen Classes, various workshops, private lessons, in-home training, and behavioral modification for most behavioral problems, including aggression. Mel is the APDT Board of Directors Secretary, now serving in her third year, and served as the APDT Member Communications Committee Chair prior to serving on the APDT Board. Mel is dedicated to continuing education and has attended three levels of Bob Bailey’s Chicken Camp, every APDT conference and mini-conference since 1998, Purdue’s DOGS! course, Ian Dunbar’s Instructor’s Workshop, and many other seminars and conferences. She volunteers with her local shelter and is currently developing a volunteer training program. 

Pamela Clark

Pamela Clark is a well-known author, speaker and certified parrot behavior consultant. Her knowledge extends to a wide range of parrot species, and has been gained through hands on experiences as diverse as breeding to rescue and rehabilitation.

Pam’s approach when dealing with behavior problems is two-fold.  She seeks to provide increased environmental enrichment and excellent nutrition, while using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to resolve behavior problems.  She evaluates each aspect of the parrot’s existence, including nutrition, environment, and social relationships, recommending improvements using the most positive, least intrusive methods to insure improvement.  Pam has also trained parrots in behaviors as complex as that of free flight outdoors.

Pam lives in Salem, Oregon with a mixed flock of 10 companion parrots, one dog and two cats. In addition to her behavior consulting, writing and lecturing, she works as a veterinary technician for an avian specialist.  Her articles have appeared in the Companion Parrot Quarterly, Bird Talk magazine, Birds USA, Parrots magazine, and the Holistic Bird Newsletter, and have been translated into several foreign languages.

Jean Donaldson

Frequently described as the most rational voice in dog training today, Jean Donaldson is the award-winning author of The Culture Clash, MINE! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs and the newly released FIGHT! A Guide to Dog-Dog Aggression.In 1999 she relocated to San Francisco, where she directs the San Francisco SPCA’s Academy for Dog Trainers, regarded as the Harvard for dog trainers.  The Academy has trained and certified over 200 trainers in class training and private behavior counseling, and has a three to six month wait-list for its courses.  

Jean has lectured to a wide variety of groups in North American, the UK, Japan and Australia.  

Born in Montreal, Canada, where she studied at McGill, Jean founded both the Montreal Flyball Association and Renaissance Dog Training, the first positive reinforcement based school and counseling service in the province.  Her own dogs and dogs she has trained, have earned numerous titles and wins in various dog sports including OTCh (Obedience Trial Champion), UD (Utility Dog), TDX (Tracking Dog Excellent), FDCh (Flyball Champion), CGC (Canine Good Citizen) and HIT (High In Trial).  While a student, she worked as an adoption counselor at the Montreal SPCA and later served on its Board of Directors.  Her background in science and keen interest in evolutionary biology, the subject in which she is currently pursuing a doctorate degree, uniquely suit her to view behavior as an evolutionary adaptation.   

Dr. Ian Dunbar

Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and dog trainer. He has written numerous books and hosted a dozen videos about puppy/dog behavior and training.

Dr. Dunbar received his veterinary degree and a Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and a doctorate in animal behavior from the Psychology Department at the University of California in Berkeley, where he spent ten years researching olfactory communication, the development of hierarchical social behavior, and aggression in domestic dogs.

Dr. Dunbar is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the California Veterinary Medical Association, the Sierra Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (which he founded)—the largest and most influential association of pet dog training in the world.

Over the past 30 years, Dr. Dunbar has given nearly 800 one-day seminars and workshops for dog trainers and veterinarians in an effort to popularize off-leash, puppy socialization classes, temperament modification, and owner-friendly and dog-friendly dog training.

Dr. Dunbar is currently Director of the Center for Applied Animal Behavior in Berkeley, California, where he lives with Kelly, and Ollie, Claude, Dune, Ugly, and Mayhem.

Eduardo J. Fernandez

Eduardo J. Fernandez graduated with his M.S. in Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas, where he was the co-founder and President of the Organization for Reinforcement Contingencies with Animals (ORCA). Eduardo runs the Animal Reinforcement Forum (ARF) listserv, which is dedicated to group discussions on animal training and behavior from a scientific perspective, runs the IU Zoo research group, which focuses on behavioral research in zoo settings at Indiana University, edits for the Pets, Zoos, and Animals section on the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies website, is the Chair and Program Chair of the Association for Behavior Analysis’s Special Interest Group, the Animal Trainer’s Forum, and is a board member of the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA). He is currently working on a doctorate degree in Psychology with a minor in Animal Behavior and Neural Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, and spends much of his time conducting animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, and animal training/operant/respondent research in the laboratory and at the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Zoo.

Rachel Friedman, MSW, LISW. CABC

Rachel Friedman has worked with both people and animals for more than 25 years. She is the owner/president of A Better Pet LLC (www.abetterpet.com)

After receiving her Master's in Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania and becoming independently licensed in Ohio, Rachel worked for many years in early childhood development/in-home parenting and emergency mental health/crisis intervention work in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. Combining her passion for and long experience in working with animals with her extensive social work training and work experience, Rachel became a fulltime dog trainer in 1999. Her background makes her uniquely qualified to help clients learn how best to teach their dogs, and thus how best to create a harmonious household.

Her 3 hour intensive model for private in home training has been very successful and her long list of satisfied clients can testify to the benefit of the mini crash course in helping develop that special human animal bond. Rachel also teaches group classes.

A Clinical Member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) and a professional member of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), Rachel lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with her three daughters and an eclectic menagerie of pets including her spokesdog Bean, the irrepressible English Springer Spaniel. 

In addition to pet and service dog training, Rachel also has added inventor to her long list of accomplishments with the introduction in 2005 of the patent pending Har-Vest, the first combination no pull harness and vest for both working and companion animals. For more information on Har-Vest, please visit www.har-vest.com

Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D.

Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D., is currently a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University. A Behaviorist for more than 25 years, her area of expertise is learning and behavior with a special emphasis on children’s behavior disorders. In the last several years, Susan has helped pioneer efforts to apply to animals the humane philosophy and scientifically sound teaching technology from the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, which has been so effective with human learners. The guiding principle of this approach is a hierarchy of teaching interventions starting with the most positive, least intrusive, effective behavior solutions. 

Susan is a steadfast proponent of changing behavior through facilitation rather than force. These tools of facilitation focus on animals’ extraordinary biologic capacity to learn by interacting with their environment. She teaches that by changing the environment for success, animals learn to behave successfully. Susan currently teaches Living and Learning with Parrots: The Fundamental Principles of Behavior to online and workshop students several times a year. 

Susan is the first author on two recently completed chapters on learning and behavior for two new avian veterinary texts (in press), and enjoys contributing to and learning from several internet lists on parrot behavior. She is a core member of the California Condor Recovery Team and takes every opportunity to work with companion animal caregivers, veterinarians, animal trainers and zookeepers to empower and enrich the lives of all learners. Foremost in this interdisciplinary effort is her passion for and commitment to working with companion parrots and their caregivers.

Pat Goodman

Pat received a B.A. degree in zoology from Stephens College and an M.S. degree in ethology from Purdue University .  She has been working very closely with the wolves of Wolf Park since 1974.  She collects wolf behavior data on a continuing basis, is co-author on wolf papers, and coordinates Wolf Park’s wolf research projects. She is in charge of the Adopt-A-Wolf Program, writing reports on the wolves' activities for their sponsors and supervising many of the sponsors' visits to the wolves they support. She lectures on wolf behavior during seminars and has several times co-taught a short course on wolf social behavior at the Yellowstone Institute in Yellowstone National Park .  Pat has also developed an impressive ethogram on wolf behaviors.

Ashlynn d'Harcourt, Ph.D.

Ashlynn earned her doctorate in Cognitive Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, where she spent six years studying properties of human language.  During this time, she developed an interest in other animal communications systems as well.  She has been teaching courses on human cognition at various universities, including Texas State University and more recently the University of California at Santa Cruz and Berkeley extension in the Bay area for the past few years.

Lore I. Haug
DVM, MS - Texas A&M
Diplomate ACVB

Dr. Lore Haug is currently a lecturer with the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Haug received her DVM at Texas A&M University in 1993 and an MS in Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M in 2003. She is board certified through the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, has her CPDT designation, and is endorsed by NADOI. 

In addition to working for a major university, Dr. Haug has worked in veterinary clinics, so she has a good understanding of the practical issues of veterinarians and trainers.  Dr. Haug currently spends 75% of her clinical time lecturing professional students in the areas of general and behavioral medicine.  She also teaches didactic electives in the field of animal behavior for year 1-3 professional students.  Dr. Haug has written numerous professional articles, client protocols, is a member of the AVMA, ACVB, AVSAB, IAABC and APDT.  She lectures extensively to various organizations on a variety of topics, both medical and behavioral.

Barbara Heidenreich

Affiliations:

International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators www.iaate.org

Current President. Member of the Board of Directors since 1997.

American Association of Zoos and Aquariums www.aza.org

Animal Behavior Management Alliance www.theABMA.org

Barbara’s complete resume can be found in the “About Us” section of Animal Training and Consulting Services website www.ATandCS.com

Lynn Hoover

Sarah Kalnajs

Sarah Kalnajs is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants) and Certified Pet Dog Trainer (Association of Pet Dog Trainers) with over ten years experience working in canine behavior, training, and research. She is the owner of Blue Dog Training & Behavior in Madison, Wisconsin (www.bluedogtraining.com).

Sarah is a professional member of the ABMA (Animal Behavior Management Alliance), APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), IAABC (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants), and the IAACAB (International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior). She is one of the editors of the peer-reviewed “Dog Trainers Journal” (www.dogtrainersjournal.com), and is a member of the advisory board and faculty of Cynology College (www.cynologycollege.com) specializing in the areas of shelter and rescue behavior, evaluation, and modification in shelter settings.

Sarah is an honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has completed post-graduate work at Edgewood College and through the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Research Lab at the University of Hawaii. She is one of the first international students to complete the Canine Behavior Program conducted through the Etologisk Institut under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Abrantes in Denmark.

In addition to her private practice, Ms. Kalnajs is president of Wisconsin American Eskimo Rescue and political liaison for the Wisconsin Dog Rescue Coalition (www.widogrescue.com).

Sarah is the producer of the popular and highly praised DVD series, “Language of Dogs” and “Am I Safe”.

A popular speaker and freelance writer, Sarah has presented seminars nationwide on topics relating to dog training and behavior. She has been interviewed by BBC radio, NBC television, Wisconsin Public Radio, Women’s Health & Fitness magazine, and Honolulu magazine, and has written articles for APDT Chronicle of the Dog, Madison magazine, Allpets, and other publications.

She has extensive experience as an expert witness in both civil and criminal litigation relating to dog aggression.

Sarah serves as a consultant to a number of humane societies in Southern Wisconsin, training staff and implementing evaluation protocols and training and behavior programs. She is well known for her evaluation protocol (the Blue Dog Behavior Evaluation) as well as the Dog-Safe Waist Restraint System used by shelters and dog owners who need to evaluate or work with reactive, fearful or aggressive dogs.

In addition to her work with dogs, Sarah has participated extensively in dolphin and humpback whale research.
 

Adam Karp exclusively practices animal law statewide from Bellingham, Washington. Having been graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. Honors, and University of Washington with a J.D. and M.S. in statistics, this is Mr. Karp's seventh year actively practicing law. He founded and served as first chair of the new Washington State Bar Association's Animal Law Section for 2002-2003, and is currently chair for 2005-2006. He is also a vice-chair of the American Bar Association's Animal Law Committee. 

In addition to serving his third year as editor of the Animal Welfare and Law Enforcement report, produced by Animal Legal Reports Services (www.animallegalreports.com), he is a long-term member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Further, he was graduated from the Washington Level One Animal Control Academy. He is also a member of the Washington Animal Control Association and National Animal Control Association. He regularly writes for bar association bulletins on the topic of animal law and routinely speaks around the nation about animal law, including at Yale, Vanderbilt, and Vermont Law School. Occasionally he appears on television, radio, and most notably in TIME magazine.

Mr. Karp is adjunct professor of animal law at the University of Washington School of Law and Seattle University School of Law. He is a juror for the 3rd Annual National Animal Advocacy Competition at Harvard Law School in 2006.

Mr. Karp also secured appellate victories in:

Mansour v. King County, 2006 WL 224105 (Div. I), pub.

Wolverton v. Young, 2006 WL 165734 (Div. III), unpub.

Williams v. MacMahon, 110 Wash.App. 1031 (Div. II), unpub.

Trish King, CPDT, CDBC

Trish King is the Director of the Animal Behavior & Training Department at the Marin Humane Society in Marin County, California, and the author of a recently released book for dog owners, “Parenting Your Dog.” (TFH Publications), drawing on her experiences as a parent as well as dog owner. 

Besides running, the B&T department, Trish teaches workshops and seminars on behavior, canine management, temperament assessment, and handling difficult dogs.   She established the Canine Behavior Academy at the Marin Humane Society for new or interested trainers, which covers training theory and techniques, handling dogs and teaching people. She is a popular speaker and has presented at several well-known venues, including APDT Conferences, HSUS and AHA.

Trish has a formerly stray German Shepherd, a formerly aggressive Cairn Terrier, and Ariel, the perfect Belgian Tervuren.

Kevin Klop

Kevin-Neil Klop has been training animals for almost all his life, starting with his own dogs and moving on to Peacocks, Parrots, and Macaws for commercials.

He studied Computer Science as a major and Sociology as a minor, along with forays into Psychology where he was first exposed to the work of B.F. Skinner.

Kevin started working with animals and animal behavior as a full-time occupation in 2001 and founded Thinking Animals in 2002, specializing in "problem" behaviors. Prior to that, he was a lead trainer for Animal Behaviour and Training Associates, and a lead trainer for PetCo. He also has had a long career in the High Tech field, helping to train and run the entire menagerie of ranging from computer programmers, technical and customer support, writing, internal support, and other exotic species of "techies" found in captivity in the modern corporation.

Currently, Kevin has three Belgian Shepherds, is active in dog agility, several animal rescue groups, is the consulting behaviorist for West Columbia Gorge Humane Society, and volunteers with the South West Washington Humane Society. He also volunteers at the Oregon Zoo where he lectures to visitors about Wolf Behaviours, animal training, and also works with the Birds of Prey school and summer shows, helping with the owls, falcons, hawks, and vultures, as well as helping with VAST (Visitors and Animals Survey Team) doing ethological observations and studies. He even dons an animal costume during Christmas season to entertain children visiting the zoo.

Kevin holds a Certified Pet Dog Trainer certification from the Certification Council of Pet Dog Trainers, is an American Red Cross CPR/First Aid instructor, a Master Scuba Diving Instructor, was the Chairman of the Math and Science department at Walden High School, is active giving seminars and lectures on Management and Organizational Change as well as animal training (the two are remarkably similar!), and is currently writing a book on Clicker Training for Businesses. He can be reached at kklop@thinkinganimals.com.

Marilyn Krieger

Marilyn Krieger, CCBC, MA, member of the Board of Directors and co-chair, Cat Division of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) and owner of The Cat Coach, LLC^SM  has been counseling national and international clients on cat behavior issues since 1990.

She is the resident cat behaviorist for Cat Fancy Magazine’s web site, catchannel.com and has received attention in such prominent media outlets as USA Today, Cat Fancy Magazine, MSNBC, San Jose Mercury News and The Oakland Tribune and others. She frequently guests on television and radio programs, providing valuable tips and insights on how to modify cat and their human companion’s behaviors.

Marilyn authors “Ask The Cat Coach” for Animal Radio Network’s monthly magazine and also has written for Animal Behavior Consulting: Theory and Practice, the IAABC journal, Catnip, the Tufts University journal as well as many other publications.

Based in Northern California, Marilyn donates her expertise in cat behavior to the Peninsula Humane Society.  Additionally, she volunteers her time as coordinator for California Bengal Cat Rescue, finding homes for Bengals, Savannahs, Chausies and other domestic/wild cat cross hybrids and is considered one of the leading experts on the Bengal breed.

Marilyn speaks and teaches cat behavior classes nationally and is certified through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants.

Val Masters

Val Masters, CPDT, has been a dog trainer and behavior counselor for over 18 years. Val has been a featured speaker at the HSUS Expo. Val uses positive reinforcement methods for training dogs and has been a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers for nine years. She has been on staff at the Sacramento SPCA for four years.

Ken McCort

Ken McCort owns and operates “Four Paws” training center in Doylestown, Ohio. Along with his wife, Marilyn, a veterinarian, he lives with 7 dogs, 8 cats, 7 large birds, 2 goats, a pony and a llama. In his profession, he works with animals with behavioral concerns. Most clients and animals are acquired by referrals from veterinarians or other clients. He has been training animals full time and on a one-on-one basis since 1986. Currently, he works with dogs, cats, birds and llamas.

In addition to his business, Ken is a certified master instructor with the Delta Society’s Pet Partner program. Not only does he evaluate and certify animal/handler teams to visit in hospitals, nursing homes and many other areas, he helped to develop and also teaches the Licensed Team Evaluator Course given by the Delta Society both nationally and internationally. Currently Ken is working with 15 hospitals that have visiting animal programs including the “Doggie Brigade” at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, OH.

Ken has taught courses on animal behavior at the University of Akron, and presented at Columbus State, the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Midwest Veterinary Conference, the Society of Anthrozoologists, the Delta Society, Tuft’s University Animal Exposition, and many other animal related groups. He was also involved in developing a dog training program at the Mansfield Correctional Facility that utilizes inmates to train shelter dogs in order to learn a skill and make the dogs more adoptable. In addition, Wolf Park in Battleground, Indiana, which is a research facility that studies wolf behavior, utilizes Ken for some its presentations, and has allowed him to train with their wolves for several years.

Myrna Milani, B.S., D.V.M.

Education:

Bachelor of Science: Capital University (Columbus, Ohio), 1968

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine: Ohio State University, 1972

Independent Scholar in Veterinary Ethology, integrating animal health, behavior, and the human-animal bond, 1972-present.

Publications:

Books

            For professional audiences

The Art of Veterinary Practice: A Guide to Client Communication, a behavior- and bond-based veterinary text, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995)

            For general audiences

            The Weekend Dog (Rawson/Scribners, 1984; Signet paper, 1985)

            The Invisible Leash (New American Library, 1985; Signet paper, 1986)

            The Body Language and Emotion of Dogs (William Morrow, 1986; Quill, 1993)

            The Body Language and Emotion of Cats (William Morrow, 1987;  Quill, 1993)

DogSmart: The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Dog You Want, Keeping the Dog      You Find (Contemporary Books, 1997)

CatSmart: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Caring for, and Living with                   Your Cat (Contemporary Books, 1998)

Preparing for the  Loss of Your Pet: Saying Good-bye with Love, Dignity and Peace of Mind (Prima, 1998)

Entries in The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior edited by Marc Bekoff (Greenwood Press, 2004) and The Encyclopedia of the Human-Animal Bond edited by Marc Bekoff (Greenwood Press, TBP 2007)

Articles.

Dr Milani has had articles published in professional journals, including Modern Veterinary Practice, Feline Practice, The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Journal, The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and Off-Lead training magazine. She also wrote the monthly “Golden Triangle” column for Veterinary Forum about owner, animal, and clinician interactions, internationally broadcast radio scripts for the “Pet Care Minutes” sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association and Merck Pharmaceuticals, an audio tape script on feline behavior for Proof in Advance Education Corporation, and the monthly “Mind of the Dog” column for Cornell University’s DogWatch newsletter. Currently, she writes a bi-monthly column for The Canadian Veterinary Journal.

Addtional Professional Activities

Dr Milani has presented material at professional meetings sponsored by the Illinois and New Hampshire state veterinary associations,  Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association, Midwestern Veterinary Conference, Student American Veterinary Medical Association Symposium,  International Society of Anthrozoology, Association of Animal Behavioral Professionals, International Association of Animal Behavioral Consultants, Tuft’s Center for Animals and Public Policy, and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Topics explored include the physiological, behavioral, and bond factors associated with companion canine aggression, the role of human and animal emotion as it relates to companion animal health, behavior, and the relationship, and the current status of companion animal health and behavior.  She served as  keynote speaker at Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation’s “Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine” program at Purdue University and the Sheba Symposium on Feline Health and Behavior in Vienna, Austria, and as plenary speaker for the International Society of Anthrozoology.

In addition to her bond/behavioral referral practice, writing, and professional seminars,  Dr Milani consults on a wide range of animal behavior- and bond-related issues. These include providing relevant background and expert opinion regarding canine aggression and breed-specific litigation and animal-control programs that meet both human and animal needs, the role of animal behavior and the bond as it impacts the practice of veterinary medicine now and in the future, and the design and placement of pet-related products and services. Additionally, she has provided animal behavior and human-animal bond background information for the award-winning PBS series, “Pets and the Family.” She also serves as a resource for researchers from the National Geographic and Discovery networks on behavioral and bond issues, as well to those in the movie and television in industry, including those associated with the CSI television series.

Memberships:

American Veterinary Medical Association, American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, New Hampshire Veterinary Medical Association (of which she is a past president), International Society of Anthrozoology, International Society of Applied Ethology, International Association of Animal Behavioral Consultants,  and Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement.

She is the founder and president of TippingPoint, Inc, an organization devoted to the integration of animal health, behavior, and the human-animal bond. She lives in Charlestown, NH where she enjoys an assortment of companion animals and wildlife, her kids and grandkids, gardening, and writing bond and behavior-based fiction.

Joanne Oliva-Purdy, Ph.D.

Joanne Oliva-Purdy, Ph.D.(Biopsychology), is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant specializing in zoo animals and companion animals (dogs, cats and parrots). Over the last 23 years she has gained a wide range of experience in the field of animal behavior.

Her education has been in Zoology, Psychology and Ethology (behavior of wild animals) and her training started with academic research on the social behavior of birds. While getting a Ph.D., her interest shifted from 
academic to applied animal behavior, as she studied first laboratory birds, then companion parrots and then wild exotic bird species at the Bronx Zoo. 

After her doctoral work, she was the Behaviorist at The Baltimore Zoo for four years and worked on a variety of mammal species, including chimps, bears and large cats. In 2000, she started Animal Behavior Services 
(www.PurdyBird.com), which offers behavior counseling services for people caring for animals. She started taking companion parrot and cat cases, while gaining experience with dog problems. 

She moved to Denver, Colorado in December 2001 and in 2003, to Leadville, CO, a small isolated mountain town. In Leadville she started seeing dog cases, offering training classes and expanding her services. Her community service includes giving classes for local clubs and shelters and time on the Board of Directors of Colorado Avian Resource, Incorporated (companion parrot club) and Dog Ears and Paws (assistance dog training). She is excited about her new side career, Early Childhood Education.

Sue Pearson

Sue Pearson received a graduate degree in Education from the University of Iowa in 1983 and a beagle named Jessie in 1986.  Academia and the world of dogs collided in 1987, when Sue began teaching puppy classes and dog obedience for beginners with the local obedience club.  From 1989 to 1994, Sue developed and taught classes for pet dog owners through the local community college and in 1994, created SPOT & CO. Dog Training.   SPOT & CO. promotes dog-friendly training through the use of positive reinforcement, food rewards and games.

Sue is actively involved with training activities for dogs at the local animal shelter in her community. She seeks to educate the public about positive training for dogs and provides demonstrations throughout the year for a variety of groups and organizations.

Sue is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT) and is a charter member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT).  From 2001 through 2004, Sue served as Treasurer for the APDT Board of Directors, assisted in the creation of a separate Council for Certification and directed activities for the Scientific Task Force.

Daphne Robert-Hamilton 

Daphne Robert-Hamilton is a San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers graduate and she followed that with an internship to focus on dog aggression. She is also a Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Certification Council of Pet Dog Trainers. 

Daphne's past includes graphic design, publishing and a 12 year career in the field of Dressage horse training. She apprenticed with a couple of Grand Prix level riders and horses (German and French). She obtained her Level 1 - Coaching Certificate from the Canadian Equestrian Federation. She left the horse industry due to back problems. 

Daphne also became very involved in competition obedience with both of her Doberman Pinschers. Both dogs were finalists in the Doberman Pinscher Club of America's Top 20 Obedience in the United States - her female in 2000 and her male in 2002. They've also participated in agility, flyball and conformation showing. However, her extensive use of compulsion, intimidation, force, pain, and coercion had a very negative effect on the performance of behaviors in the ring as well as her relationship with her dogs. Daphne is now a cross-over trainer. 

Daphne has formed a continuing educational group called South Bay Trainers. The group is open to any animal professional wanting to learn more about animal learning theory, behavior, training, and more. She has a passion for information and searching for answers looking towards the scientific community for information. 

Terry Ryan

Terry Ryan is the president of Legacy Canine Behavior & Training, Inc., a business started in 1974. Terry has been a community pet dog class instructor since 1968, specializing in motivational exercises, often presented as games. A busy international workshop presenter herself, Legacy regularly hosts camps and seminars taught by well-known dog experts from around the world. 

Recently, Terry was a chairperson for the American Humane Association’s Humane Dog Training Project. The work resulted in a document of humane training standards published by the Delta Society. The document has been endorsed by the San Francisco SPCA, The Association of Pet Dog Trainers and other organizations. Terry was on the development team and one of six trainers for PetsMart’s new motivational pet dog training instructor’s course. She helped implement this program in PetsMart’s 560+ stores throughout North America. Terry began teaching in Japan in 1990 and currently averages 15 weeks per year living in Japan, teaching a variety of dog training programs. She teaches a national dog training class instructor program for the Japanese Animal Hospital Association. She also teaches four times a year and is a director of the Animal Fanciers School (AFC) in Tochigi, Japan. AFC is a private animal shelter which conducts a two-year residential instructor training program. They also teach community classes and events for the dog fancy. In 1995, Terry helped create and still conducts the Japanese Canine Good Citizen testing and passport program that allows entry of qualified dogs into participating national hotels and restaurants. 

Terry Ryan taught yearly 5-day instructor’s courses for the Animal Welfare League in Australia from 1994 to 1998. She was the Coordinator of the People-Pet Partnership, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University from 1981 until 1994. She has maintained membership and held various offices in local, national and international organizations including past president & board member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors. She is a charter member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Terry is on the advisory board to the Institute of Ethology at the North American Wildlife Foundation at Wolf Park and teaches a week-long workshop there every summer. Terry was one of the first members of the Delta Society, working on a variety of human-animal bond projects and was a Delta Pet Partners Instructor and Animal Evaluator from1993 until 1996. She has been training and exhibiting her own dogs in obedience, conformation and tracking since 1966. Terry Ryan became an AKC obedience trial judge in 1984, currently on emeritus status.

Terry was a regular contributor to the training column of American Kennel Club Gazette from 1995 until 2002. She is the author of a variety of publications and articles in several different languages on the human-animal bond, behavior, training and dogs in general. Most recently she has written “Games People Play… To Train Their Dogs”,1995, “Life Beyond Block Heeling, 1996; Most recently she has authored “Leadership Education for Anyone with a Dog”, 2001, "The Bark Stops Here", 2000, and has produced sound desensitization CD’s for puppies and adults. Her latest book is a textbook for instructors, “Coaching People to Train Their Dogs”, 2005 all published by www.LegacyCanine.com. In 1998 Howell published her book, The Toolbox for Remodeling Your Problem Dog.” In 2004 Lyons Press published “Outwitting Dogs” (Mortensen, coauthor).

In 2003, a new seminar/training business will open in Sequim in conjunction with a local veterinary hospital. Having residential facilities, Legacy’s custom workshops, camps and internship program will have a new headquarters. A variety of community/pet oriented classes and programs will also be offered from the center. Several instructor’s workshops, (which have been approved by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers for continuing education credits), are scheduled each year. These are held on campus regularly and at off-location sites by invitation.

Terry’s husband Bill Ryan works full time for Legacy, Inc. Empty nesters, Terry and Bill and various pets, including Brody their English Cocker, live on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. 

Sean Senechal

Sean Senechal is Founder and Director of Education and Research at AnimalSign Center where she teaches animals to extend their natural communication.  Sean is an animal language educator, teaching animals a new gestural language to SIGN TO you. With AnimalSign animals learn to sign what they want, need, sense, and feel. This is useful for companion and service dogs. Most clients are dogs and horses, though cats and birds have benefited. Sean is the author of AnimalSign To You. Imagine! Signing Is Not Just for Primates Anymore. Ms. Senechal is a physiologist with a focus on animal cognition. She instructs at Hartnell and other Monterey area colleges teaching Animal Learning and Language, Biology, Physiology and Anatomy. She attended UCBerkeley (BA), SFState (MA) and attended UCDavis graduate school in Animal Physiology. At UCDavis she gained valuable experience while in a Primate Center Laboratory. She is a member of AAAS, American Behavior Society & Assoc. of Pet Dog Trainers, Writer’s Guild, and Central Coast Writers.

Jennifer Shryock

Jennifer Shryock is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant who specializes in safety between children and dogs. Jennifer has over 15 years of hands on experience working with dogs and families in a wide variety of environments. She is no stranger to the competitive show ring but now prefers to focus on behavior within the family dynamic.  She is a graduate from Kutztown, University with a B.A. in Special Education with an emphasis on behavior. Jennifer combines her love of working with dogs and children into one career that is dedicated to safety and fun! 

Jennifer is the U.S. Coordinator of www.doggonesafe.com as well as an active educational program developer for Doggone Safe. Jennifer is the creator of the highly endorsed Dogs & Storks™ programs for New & expecting families. These programs provide families with support before, during and after a baby arrives. Jennifer also is the creator of Safety Paws™ for Nannies and in home child care providers.  Jennifer is the Pet behavior expert at www.pregnancy.org and has been featured in publications such as Dog Fancy Magazine on child/dog related topics. Jennifer has been a regular guest on the Wednesday radio program in the Dog house with Renee Premeza where she shares monthly tips on safety between children and familiar and unfamiliar dogs.

Staying up to date in the fields of dog and cat behavior is a priority and Jennifer maintains active memberships with several professional organizations.  She is a founding and certified member of www.iaabc.org. She also is a member of the educational committee of IAABC and a professional member of www.apdt.com.  

Jennifer is a Stay at home Mother of three children ages 9, 8 and 4.  She is very active in dog and cat rescue and always seems to have a foster feline and pooch around.  Always a learning opportunity to be found! Personal family companions are Moose (German Shepherd), Carin, (shep/husky), and 4 feline family members.  Oh and did I mention my wonderful and supportive husband Joe. 

Website:  www.familyaws.com

www.doggonesafe.com

Alicia Smith

Here’s the official word: As an internationally recognized coach, consultant and trainer, Alicia has developed over sixty-five training programs and has trained and coached over sixty thousand individuals in their own business or as employees in service, non-profit, government, and manufacturing. Let Alicia bring her skills to your business and your life! 

Her one-on one coaching supports clients to create the Perfect Business and the Perfect Life. She asks more of her clients than they expect of themselves and they rise to the occasion. She creates classes that produce results! With her expert use of learning tools and an energetic approach to adult education, she instills in participants the desire and determination to achieve new levels of accomplishment. Her time spent with clients is a professional blend of information, entertainment, encouragement and compassion. She helps you get the results you want!

Now, here’s my story: While working on a degree in Psychology my father asked me what I planned to do with my life - work for someone else? He went on to tell me that when he got his Ph.D. in Psychology it guaranteed him a job. At the time of this conversation a Bachelor’s degree would guarantee me nothing. Dad also knew my "High D" tendencies (you’ll learn about High D’s in my Teleclasses and suggested that the first time a boss asked me to get coffee I probably wouldn’t respond well. He encouraged me to find something that I could do on my own.

Since then my business life has been evolutionary. I took my dad’s advice seriously and started on a path of self-employment or what I like to call Solopreneurship. Here’s how I created 6 businesses, sold 4 of them and evolved into what I’m doing today.

I got my real estate license and successfully sold real estate for several years (business 1). I sold my interest in that business when I moved from Houston to Austin. I began teaching real estate for a private school and loved it! I started a 2-day review course to prepare people for the real estate exam in Texas. This grew to become the largest review course in the state (business 2). Students kept telling me that they learned more in my 2-day review course than they had learned in 6 weeks of classes and asked when I was going to open up a licensing school. The school was opened and immediately became the largest in Austin (business 3). I stopped counting when I had taught 50,000 people in this topic alone. Although I sold both the review course and the school I’m happy to say that they are still number one in their respective marketplaces.

While I owned the 2 schools I began getting requests to provide corporate training as well as requests to speak to business groups. This was the beginning of Alicia Smith Consulting and Training, affectionately referred to as ASCAT (business 4). After 7 years of traveling nationwide, delivering various training programs (communication, negotiation, management, sales), I was ready for a new challenge. My brother and I started a web design firm, Web a la Carte Web Design (business 5). Although we did well, neither one of us was passionate about the business. Luckily a delightful woman, Christine Flowers, bought the business and it is thriving.

I have created a number of teleclasses and have taught over 10,000 students by phone. I’m very excited about this new medium. I’m a Senior Teleclass Leader for Coachville, the Schools of Coaching and Telelesson.com.. I also offer two free teleclasses of my own design every month. Please come join me sometime. I love teaching teleclasses (and I've been told it shows)!

Susan Smith, CPDT, CDBC 

In 1995 Sue sold her Mail Boxes Etc., USA business and started thinking about what she wanted to do for a living. She knew she wanted something she enjoyed and it was fairly easy to narrow it down to dogs. Once she made that decision, she apprenticed under another positive reinforcement trainer and started reading every book she could get her hands on. 

After attending the San Francisco SPCA’s Academy for Dog Trainers, she hung out her shingle and the rest is history. Her goal is to help dogs stay with their original human family through education, training and behavior modification. 

Sue is an active, professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, graduated from the first class held at the San Francisco Academy for Dog Trainers, was in the first group of trainers certified by the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers and is grandfathered into the International Association of Canine Behavior Counselors. Sue was named APDT Member of the Year in 2004. She belongs to several e-mail discussion groups and founded the PositiveGunDogs e-mail discussion group which promotes positive reinforcement training for bird dogs. 

Sue regularly contributes to the APDT newsletter, has been published numerous times in the newspaper addressing behavioral and training issues, and has writen for The Bark magazine. 

Recently, Sue was the Director of Animal Haven Acres Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Center which is a dog sanctuary in upstate New York.  She started up the Sanctuary for a no-kill shelter out of New York City; bringing the dogs up, introducing them to the environment, etc. She stayed in this position for two and a half years. Sue and her dog, Jimmy Joe, lived at the Sanctuary and the Sanctuary dogs lived in the house with her – there was a limit of 15 dogs. The permanent dogs were unadoptable for various reasons – mostly aggression. 

After leaving New York, Sue returned to Austin, Texas and began developing a series of courses and marketing materials for use by professional trainers, as well as resuming her private practice in training and behavior modification.

Desiree Snelleman 

A versatile athlete and certified personal health & fitness professional, Desiree Snelleman became interested in dog training when she began the intriguing and challenging process of raising two sibling Siberian Husky puppies. She realized that many of the principles she used as a human trainer could be applied directly to dog training and vise versa. She also realized that many of the wellness issues we are dealing with as humans are just as prevalent in the pet world. This inspired Desiree to launch Fido ’N Friends…in Motion, a company that serves to promote, educate, influence and create optimal health and well-being through exercise for both pets 'n people.

Desiree has worked in health and fitness for over 20 years. She has her teaching and coaching credentials from the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education and another degree in athletic training, sports medicine from San Diego State University. Desiree is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and a certified personal trainer/member of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Desiree is also a seasoned presenter. She has both developed and presented workshops on a variety of health, fitness and performance topics. As the Corporate Manager of Training and Development for The Sports Club Company, a leader in the fitness industry, Desiree presented “Core Training” for 400+ trainers, instructors and managers nationwide.

On the dog side Desiree is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the American Canine Sports Medicine Association (ACSMA) and the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS). Desiree has been a presenter for both the Dog Sense and Instructor Course at Terry Ryan's Legacy Canine Behavior and Training Center. She has also done presentations for the SPCA-LA and a number of other organizations. She has completed a year-and-a-half dog training internship with Terry Long and DogPact in Long Beach, CA. She also earned a Counseling Certificate from The San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers with Jean Donaldson and has attended two of the Bailey and Bailey chicken camps. In addition, within the last year-and-a-half, Desiree has logged over 500 hours in continued education in dog training. 

Desiree is currently splitting her work schedule between providing active pet care services, working as a canine conditioning consultant and training human clients. She does one-on-one private training and also teaches group classes at Jump Start Dog Sports. In her spare time she trains and plays with her own dogs in agility, canicross and dog scootering. 

Wendy Van Kerkhove

Wendy van Kerkhove grew up in NJ and currently lives in Minneapolis .  She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics (extremely useless for dog training) and dreams of getting a Ph.D. in Psychology one day. 

In 1999 Wendy quit her day job and attended the very first Academy of Dog Trainers at the San Francisco SPCA in the fall of 1999. She credits Jean Donaldson with delivering a six week program so intense and vigorous that it could make anyone break out in hives.  Upon completion, Wendy accepted a position as an Area Pet Trainer for PETsMART. As part of her training, she was sent to St. Hubert 's Dog Training School in NJ and was held hostage by the PETsMART development team for four weeks. During this time Pam Reid, Pia Silvani and Mary Lee Nitschke managed to cram even more excellent information into her head!

Currently Wendy is the owner of Fresh Air Training which specializes in Bark, Snark & Growl classes and conducting private training sessions for those humans with dogs who are reactive to other dogs. She is a frequent contributor to the Chronicle of the Dog, TC Dog and will be published in JAAWS (Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Sciences) in 2005.

Wendy is a self described Learning Theory junkie. She shares her home with Algebra the Cockapoo, Geometry the Border Collie mix, Hewlett, Kermit, Minerva and Quidditch the cats, Hedwig, Bert and Annie the parrots and her partner, Tina. All have been operantly conditioned, but none of them know it!

Joel Walton

Joel Walton successfully served in ten different Enlisted and Officer Grades in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. He was promoted to Chief Petty Officer and then to Chief Warrant Officer while serving as an Instructor at the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma California. After earning a Bachelors of Science degree at Boston University and serving at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, Joel retired in 1988 as a Lieutenant, with 25 years of active service.

Walton Family Dog Training LLC was founded in 1986. After training families to train their puppy dogs for many years, Joel now restricts his practice to fearful and aggressive behavior cases in the Washington, DC area. He continues to provide classes for aspiring positive dog trainers. Joel and his wife, Janet, live with over twenty five Labrador Retrievers and have retired from breeding.

Joel helped start the Association of Pet Dog Trainers in 1993. He founded and managed the Association of Pet Dog Trainers Email List for seven years. Joel Walton earned Level I certification through the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers, the first national certification for dog trainers in history at Ellenville, NY, on September 28, 2001, his 59th birthday.

Joel's first two books (both written with Eve Adamson), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Labrador Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers for Dummies were both best sellers. Positive Puppy Training Works, Joel's first solo effort is being warmly received by the general public and positive pet dog trainers.

Nicole Wilde

Nicole Wilde is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer who specializes in behavior issues. She is the recipient of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers’ prestigious Ian Dunbar Member of the Year Award for 2006, and a popular speaker at the organization’s national and international conferences. She is also an instructor and on the advisory board for the Companion Animal Sciences Institute, the educational branch for the International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior.

Nicole is an internationally recognized author and lecturer. Her books include Living with Wolfdogs, Wolfdogs A-Z, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, It’s Not the Dogs, It’s the People!, One on One: A Dog Trainer’s Guide to Private Training, and Help for Your Fearful Dog. She has presented seminars both domestically and internationally for APDT conferences, training clubs, and other groups.

Nicole writes training and behavior articles for various publications, including an ongoing training column for Modern Dog Magazine. She co-stars in the DVD “Train Your Dog: The Positive Gentle Method,” and co-hosted the “Dog Talk” radio show, where her experience, humor and quick wit were put to good use. She was also featured in the Paul Owens DVD “The Dog Whisperer” (not to be confused with the television show by the same name).

Nicole’s experience includes a position as Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles’ Animal Services, where she instructed volunteers in canine handling and behavior, handled hundreds of dogs, and served as adoption counselor. She served as Executive Director for Villalobos Rescue Center, a sanctuary for rescued wolves/wolf hybrids, pit bulls and exotic animals. Nicole’s specialty was socializing fearful wolves who were to live out their lives at the center. She also trained wolves and other canines at the center, and presented seminars for animal control officers, schools and specialty groups. Nicole’s experience is rounded out by having worked at a doggy daycare (supervising 40-50 off-leash dogs daily!), a veterinarian’s office, as Editor/Chief Writer for a Get-A-Pet magazine, and teaching group classes as well as private instruction.

Nicole owns and operates Gentle Guidance Dog Training in Southern California (www.gentleguidance4dogs.com). With warmth, humor and positive techniques, she trains owner to train their dogs. Nicole continues to teach seminars domestically and internationally for professional dog trainers, rescue and shelter workers, veterinary groups and others, and to educate the public on canine behavior issues.

Nana Will 

Nana Will owns and operates "Dog’s Eye View" in Boulder CO, which develops training programs for organizations, trains apprentices, teaches workshops and classes, and also owned and operated "Guilt Free Boarding", a boarding and training facility from 1988 – 2002. Nana has been a full time professional trainer for 16 years and has extensive experience in the fields of training pet dogs, service dogs, dog trainers and dog-training program development. She has an exceptional ability to "train the trainer" as well as the non-professional, providing extensive knowledge of canine behavior and dog-handling skills and is known for her flexibility and ability to modify, accommodating her clients’ needs working realistically within clients’ parameters to ensure their success within her programs. She is in the forefront and has been instrumental in promoting the use of humane training methods, incorporating a kinder, natural, gentle, and positive approach to training dogs in the Front Range of Colorado since 1988. Nana has been honored with numerous awards, included in several articles and television presentations, Nana is a charter member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis. She began her career in 1988 as an apprentice trainer and continues her education attending seminars, workshops and conferences yearly.

Nana's areas of expertise include: practical dog training, behavior modification and rehabilitation, development of training programs for pet, shelter and service dogs for the disabled, as well as training programs for people. She has provided apprenticeships for dog trainers, staff training for doggy day care, veterinary clinics, shelters and their volunteers as well as service dog puppy-raisers, people with disabilities, in addition to programs for the public and their pet dogs. She has designed behavioral assessment tests for evaluation of dogs in shelters, animal assisted therapy and service dog programs, and has written manuals on training for pet and service dogs. 

Nana resides in Gold Hill, Colorado with her two retired Service Dogs, a working Service Dog who is also a Therapy Dog for a local Hospital, and a house cat. They are: Fiat, her first service dog trained, who is a 16 year old male Labrador Retriever; Wells, a 12 year old female Golden Retriever; Weiss, an 8 year old male Golden Retriever; and Vladimir, a 5 year old male cat.

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