Paula Burgess Ford

United States, North Carolina, Elizabeth City, NC

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Paula Burgess Ford

About this trainer

Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy, LLC operates as an animal services business based in Elizabeth City, N.C., offering dog training, animal reiki, and end-of-life pet doula services for animals and their caregivers.

The business provides unique choice-based, positive solutions for living together with less frustration and worry, promoting interspecies cooperation and agency, both in-person and virtually.

KABT’s instructors are professionally certified in science-based teaching and training methods, encouraging caregivers and their animals to partner together as a team, fostering a deeper, more compassionate way of connecting and being together.

The business invites individuals to consider a new perspective on living in harmony with their animals, enjoying fulfilling and enriching time together.

By combining science-based animal training methods and behavioral learning theory with supportive energetic healing techniques such as animal reiki, Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy clients and their animals can develop a new understanding of one another and a mutually beneficial partnership towards habits and behaviors that make life together less stressful, more convenient, safe, and, perhaps most importantly, happier and more fun.

Paula Ford is the owner of Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy, LLC. She is a professional, certified dog trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, an animal reiki practitioner, and a teacher of the distinctive Let Animals Lead® method by Kathleen Prasad.

Additionally, she is a University of Vermont certified Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula, offering owners and their pets non-medical end-of-life support.

Based in Elizabeth City, NC, KABT offers in-person and virtual services.

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