Dogspeak offers dog training through group classes and private lessons. Owner and lead trainer Lucy Weaver (MA Animal Behavior & Conservation, CPDT certified, licensed Family Paws Educator) uses thoughtful, science-based positive reinforcement methods to guide students through training issues ranging from new puppy basics to improving adolescent manners to nervous dog confidence-building to reduci
ng leash-reactivity. Lucy's passion is improving both the quality of life for animals in human care and the relationship between humans and their animals. She has worked at animal rehab centers, shelters, farms, and zoos, and has experience with a variety of animals including seals, goats, owls, parrots, cats, and dogs. Her connection to creatures great and small led her to earn a Master’s degree in Animal Behavior & Conservation at Hunter College in 2015 and to a dog training apprenticeship with Andrea Arden Dog Training in NYC. Lucy worked as a dog trainer in NYC for two years before returning to the Green Mountains. Now she teaches private lessons in clients' homes all over Chittenden and Addison counties and workshops for families with dogs who are expecting a baby. She was also the behavior/training consultant at HSCC for four years and taught group classes at Dogs Rock! She and her husband Evan share their home and hearts with their toddler, Henry, and two rescue pups, Willow and Mabel.
