Dog NERDs Behavior : Nurturing Elevated Resilience in Dogs

CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, FFCP
I help humans and their dogs who struggle with fear, phobia, anxiety and social conflict. I have had the fortunate experience to apprentice under and work with some of the country's most reputable dog trainers including Jason Lake and Forrest Mickey. I then went on to apprentice for a dog behaviorist with over 20 years experience and currently am mentored by a veterinary beh

aviorist while in my graduate program in clinical animal behavior (MSc). I have multiple nationally recognized credentials in both dog training (CCPDT-KA, PDT) and dog behavior (CBCC-KA, AD-gEek) and am a Certified Concept Trainer, as well as the only Certified Fear Free Trainer, and Certified Behavior Consultant for Canine in Nevada County. The area I am called on most frequently to support is helping medium and high-drive personality working breeds to integrate into companion-level homes. My approach is creating change at an emotional level to impact behaviors informed by the resilience conditioning framework. By focusing on holistically meeting the animal's needs from an integrative platform, any maladaptive coping mechanisms inherently become obsolete. I maintain specialty in treating fear-based behaviors, aggression, separation related behaviors and gestational development for puppies. I work with dogs from all sorts of background but far and away have the most experience with shelter and rescue animals and they represent my preferred population.