Educating Fido

I am a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and an Certified Nose Work Instructor. I want to share what I've learned about reward-based dog training with you and your canine companion! I will teach you a loving way to communicate with your dog that does not attempt to dominate or control your dog. My professional accomplishments include:

Certified Professional Dog Trainer-KA
Certified Nose

Work Instructor
Canine Life and Social Skills Instructor
Canine Life and Social Skills Evaluator
AKC Canine Good Citizenship Evaluator
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Evaluator
Terry Ryan's "Coaching People to Train Their Dogs"
Licensed "Be a Tree" Presenter
TAGteach Primary Certification
Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Member of the Pet Professional Guild
AKC Novice and Open Obedience Titles
Nose Work 1 Title
Delta Society Pet Partner Team


My belief in the healing power of dogs has given me the opportunity to work with organizations that promote the animal-human bond by matching dogs with young people. I am the dog trainer and coach for the youth at Project POOCH a program that matches shelter dogs with incarcerated youth. I am a volunteer board member for The Little Dog Laughed therapy program. I have also trained service dogs for Autism Service Dogs of America, a non-profit organization that prepares service dogs to work for children with autism.