With 23 years of experience, the trainer offers a range of services, including positively obedient problem solving, dog selection, basic manners, and behavioral consults for issues such as aggression, separation anxiety, house soiling, and destructiveness.
Additionally, the trainer provides conformation handling, obedience, agility, and rally training. The equipment used for training includes a buckle collar, head collar or harness if needed, leash, long line, clicker, treats, toys, kongs, chews, and a whistle. For agility training, a perch, travel board, and target plates are also used, while for conformation training, a martingale is utilized.
The training philosophy focuses on establishing a trusting partnership between dog and owner. Clients are taught to allow their dogs to think and solve problems, rewarding correct behaviors. Owners also learn to set appropriate boundaries for their dogs.
The trainer operates in various locations including Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Towson, Timonium, Hunt Valley, Finksburg, Westminster, Reisterstown, Pikesville, Catonsville, Owings Mills, Stevenson, Ruxton, Mariottsville, Mt Washington, Monkton, Glyndon, Roland Park, and Randallstown.
The trainer comes highly recommended by several veterinarians and groomers in the area and has been recognized as one of the top trainers by Baltimore Magazine. In addition to working with clients, the trainer also competes with their own dogs in agility, conformation, obedience, nosework, and barnhunt. There is a particular interest in working with sighthounds and standard poodles.
