Chelsea is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer, member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and Hampshire College Graduate. She has been training and working with horses and dogs professionally since 2004 and has developed a holistic approach that balances each aspect from socialization to nutrition, environmental enrichment and exercise. Her experience with training and behavior modification has resulted in successful performance and pleasure horses, as well as therapy and service dogs, animal actors and numerous pets. She loves training puppies and high drive dogs, and focuses on solid foundation behaviors essential for pet, sport and service dogs.
Training Philosophy
Chelsea believes in a holistic approach to dog training, balancing socialization, nutrition, environmental enrichment, and exercise. She focuses on positive reinforcement and building a strong foundation of trust and mutual understanding between dogs and their owners.
Services
Chelsea offers a variety of services, including:
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Private Training Sessions:
Build your relationship with your pet and teach you to train your perfect companion. Online and outdoors.
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Day Training:
Let Chelsea do the work while you work! One-on-one sessions to teach and proof new behaviors.
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Virtual Training and Coaching:
Online training allows dogs to focus fully on their humans, without distractions. Chelsea demonstrates exercises in real time with her own dogs, and provides real time coaching and recorded sessions.
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Behavior Consulting and Behavior Modification:
For anxiety, fear and reactivity.
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Stay & Train:
Let your pup spend the whole day learning in a real-world, highly distracting environment. Available on select dates with prior approval.
Certifications
Certified Pet Dog Trainer, member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers
Specializations
Puppy training, high drive dogs, solid foundation behaviors, behavior modification for anxiety, fear and reactivity
Training Methods
Positive reinforcement
Customer Reviews
“When our brand-new rescue dog Cadpig hadn’t eaten or pooped for the first three days, Chelsea made a house call to reassure us and give us feeding and training guidance. Thanks to her help, Cadpig is a happy, energetic pup.”
- Laura K.
“Chelsea is amazing and I’ve been working with her for about 5 years. I would trust her with Mac (my collie) any day. She understands animal behavior and personalizes her approach with every animal, using positive reinforcement.”
- Heather B.
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