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Training Background:

  • Certified fitness instructor for over 25 yrs
  • Motivating and coaching clients to reach their goals!
  • Owned and trained dogs since 1978
  • CPDT-KA - Certified Professional Dog Trainer - CCPDT certified
  • Silvani/Sternberg -"Instructor Training Course" graduate
  • Pat Miller - "Intern Academy Level II Canine Behavior Modification" graduate.
  • Silvani/Barney - "Advanced ITC - Consulting & Problem Solving" graduate
  • Ron Gaunt, Amy Herot & Jill Marie O’Brien – K9 Nosework Training Camp & Instructor training
  • Pam Dennison – Camp R.E.W.A.R.D for Aggressive, Reactive or Shy Dogs
  • Sternberg / Burgard -Intensive Working Internship Eden Mt Sled Dog Kennel – training, handling, evaluating, some of the finest raw talent the dog world has to offer… SLED DOGS
  • Sue Sternberg - Adapting temperament tests to in-home behavior consultations
  • Assistant Trainer: Pat Miller's "Reactive Rover" Camp, March 2011
  • & "Intern Academy" May 2012
  • Catch Canine Academy Faculty Instructor
  • Behavior Consultant ASPCA Behavioral Science Team
  • Licensed Groomer/Exerciser at NJ Meadowlands Race Track: 1988-1991

"It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are." – Unknown.

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