Peggy Adams-Myers
BS, CCS, CPDT-KA, FFCP

Peggy is dedicated to educating people about animal behavior and helping them solve training and behavior challenges. Peggy’s love of science, animals and teaching come together in her work at Companion Animal Solutions. After many years working in medical research, solving problems and communicating complex scientific information, she decided to put those skills to use helping pet owners. Her degree in Health Education focused on effectively conveying information to modify human behavior – the first step in changing your pet’s behavior. Her empathetic and easy-going style is focused on making the mechanics of behavior change understandable for both her human clients and their pets.

Training Philosophy

Companion Animal Solutions does not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

We at Companion Animal Solutions are heartbroken at the ongoing, unjust treatment of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and others in this country. We support the current (June 2020) outcry for long overdue change. Our American society’s many benefits and freedoms are unequally distributed for the benefit of some, penalizing and holding back others while threatening their safety and lives – whether we have realized, wanted, or condoned this.

Now those of us who have benefited from an unfair system have work to do. As professionals dedicated to the science of behavior change, we understand the difficult steps we must all take to confront these issues and work toward positive change:

• Change the environments that create and allow these unjust and discriminatory behaviors to continue
• Recognize the behaviors that need to be changed, including our own; model and reinforce nondiscriminatory behavior
• Change the consequences of unjust and discriminatory acts to ensure that these are not part of our culture

It is no longer enough to be non-racist; we must be anti-racist. Black Lives Matter.

Services

Companion Animal Solutions offers a wide range of services for dogs, cats, birds, and other pets. These services include:

• Behavior Consultation: This service is designed to help owners understand their pet's behavior and how to change it. The consultant will assess the pet, answer any questions the owner has, and develop an action plan for the owner to implement that will address management, training, and behavior modification.
• Training: This service is for pets who need to better understand what their owners would like them to do. The trainer will work with the owner and pet to teach the pet basic obedience commands and other desired behaviors.
• Puppy Head Start Training: This service is for new puppies and is designed to help them get off to a good start in life. The trainer will teach the puppy basic obedience commands, house training, crate training, and socialization skills.
• Kids and Dogs Consultations: This service is for families with children who are expecting a baby or who have a new baby or toddler. The consultant will help the family prepare for the arrival of the baby or toddler and teach them how to manage their dog's behavior around children.
• Problem Prevention/Adolescent Dogs: This service is for new rescues or adolescent dogs who are beginning to be more of a challenge. The consultant will help the owner prevent problem behaviors and teach them how to manage their dog's behavior.
• Services for Animal Rescue Organizations: This service is for animal rescue organizations that have pets who aren't being adopted due to behavior issues. The consultant will help the rescue organization make their pets more adoptable by teaching them basic obedience commands, house training, and socialization skills.
• Veterinary Partners: This service is for veterinarians who are interested in helping their clients with pet behavior problems but don't have the time or experience to provide these services. The consultant will work with the veterinarian to provide behavior consultations and training services to their clients.

Companion Animal Solutions also offers a variety of other services, including:

• Follow-Up Training: This service is for clients who need additional help implementing their behavior modification plan.
• Virtual Services: This service is for clients who are not able to meet with the consultant in person. The consultant will provide services via live video conferencing.
• In-Home Services: This service is for clients who prefer to have the consultant come to their home.

The prices for Companion Animal Solutions' services vary depending on the type of service and the length of the session. You can find more information about pricing on the Companion Animal Solutions website.

Certifications

Peggy Adams Myers, BS, CCS, CPDT-KA, FFCP is dedicated to educating people about animal behavior and helping them solve training and behavior challenges. Peggy’s love of science, animals and teaching come together in her work at Companion Animal Solutions. After many years working in medical research, solving problems and communicating complex scientific information, she decided to put those skills to use helping pet owners. Her degree in Health Education focused on effectively conveying information to modify human behavior – the first step in changing your pet’s behavior. Her empathetic and easy-going style is focused on making the mechanics of behavior change understandable for both her human clients and their pets.

Peggy is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), Fear Free Certified Trainer (FFCP), and a graduate of the Northwest School of Canine Studies (CCS).

Specializations

Peggy specializes in working with fearful pets, and owners who are frustrated by their pet’s behavior.

Training Methods

Peggy trains using force-free methods that show the dog how it pays off to get things right, and eases fear and anxiety with proven methods to help the pet feel better about scary or upsetting situations.

Customer Reviews

“We had a great experience working with Peggy at Animal Companion Solutions. Before we worked with Peggy, we were having difficulties training our very reactive and fearful Aussie. After an in home consultation, 4 one-on-one’s, and consistent training by my husband and I, our pup has finally become a much more relaxed and happy dog! Peggy was very helpful and worked with us closely to figure out what exactly was setting him off and not only made us more aware of his body language but helped us figure out how to train him to make him feel safe when he was scared. I highly recommend Companion Animal Solutions to anyone who feels like they need help with training, especially for reactive dogs!” K.C. – Mukilteo

“I was a bit out of my comfort zone when I adopted my first large breed, high energy puppy! Actually, that’s an understatement. It was more of a “what have I done!” kind of thing. Addressing her biting, chewing, and jumping behaviors was a lot different and more urgent than with the small dogs I was used to. I wanted to be sure I was addressing all of my puppy’s needs in a proper and positive way. Peggy came to my home, evaluated my setting and my puppy, and left me with the knowledge, resources, and confidence I needed to raise a beautifully trained dog.” K.K. – Redmond

“I am quite proud to say that we have made some substantial progress in the house training. All improvement is thanks to you and your clear instructions. Thank you so much.” – M.L. – Seattle

“Hi Ruth, I want to thank you again for doing such a great job teaching me and my children how to start training Max a better way. I was so impressed by the adjustments he made and how well he responded to positive reinforcement. I didn’t grow up that way, neither did my husband so being creatures of habit, we have always resorted to negative focus, disciplining and correcting “bad behavior” more than reinforcing positive ones. Seeing how important that this is for Max and ourselves has given me a confidence that I didn’t have before in training him. It’s less stressful!” – K.K. – Woodinville