About Me

Professional Credentials

Continuing Education

• Teaching Skills Using Positive Reinforcement: The Journey From the Skinner Box to the Operating Room with Karen Pryor, Ken Ramirez, Julie Vargas Skinner and Theresa McKeon

• Advanced comprehension and mastery of skills for Smart Reinforcement with Ken Ramirez

• Dog Emotion & Cognition with Brian Hare at Duke University

• Laboratory coach at Clicker Training Expos:

  • Norfolk, VA, 2014, Dearborn, MI, 2015, Reno, NV, 2016, Stamford, CT, 2017

• Animal Training Seminar for Zoo and Aquarium professionals with Ken Ramirez, 2014

• Received continuing education credits for attending full Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) conferences in:

  • Oakland, CA, 2009, San Diego, CA, 2011, Covington, KY, 2012, Hartford, CT, 2013

• Operant conditioning workshops using chickens with Terri Ryan

• The Power of Play; semi-feral and traumatized dogs with Dr. Risë VanFleet

• Applied Canine Behavior Analysis with Dr. Clive Wynne

• Emerging paradigm of veterinary medicine with Dr. Doug Kneuven

• Seminars:  To Improve Self-control and Increase Responsiveness; To Understand and Minimize Fear in the Companion Dog with Susan Clothier

• Symposium on Fear and Anxiety Behaviors with Dr. Emily Levine

• Fear and Loathing, Separation and Fun with Dr. Ian Dunbar

• Introduction to Scent Detection with Steve White

Training

• Karen Pryor Academy

  • World-renowned dog trainer professional program, with a focus on positive reinforcement and operant conditioning.

  • Became a Certified Training Partner in 2013, finishing in 99th percentile

  • Certified Training Partner of the Month (story and profile)

• Master Groomer

  • Graduated from New York School of Dog Grooming

Professional Qualifications
and Memberships

• Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner

• Member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers 

• Member of the Pet Professional Guild

• Certified Master Groomer on all breeds