Stephanie has a professional animal career spanning over thirteen years. She started working at SeaWorld San Antonio where she worked with over 30 different species. It was always a passion to help the people around her learn each animal has a special purpose even if it was ‘scary’; this is where her respect for the human-animal relationship truly sprouted. Working with exotics taught Stephanie to be adaptable, patient, and that every animal can learn if you give them a chance.
Stephanie then transitioned to working as a dog trainer, helping families understand and live more harmoniously with their dogs. She not only taught her own clients, but also mentored and trained new dog trainers in San Antonio. She joined the LOMA staff in 2023.
Training Philosophy
Stephanie is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed, Fear Free Certified Professional and has been an AKC evaluator since 2018. She graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor’s in Psychology.
Services
Stephanie is one of our behavior specialists and works with dogs that are reactive or fearful and assists with our more complex dog fighting and dog bite cases.
Certifications
- Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed
- Fear Free Certified Professional
- AKC Canine Good Citizenship Evaluator
Specializations
- reactive or fearful dogs
- dog fighting and dog bite cases
Training Methods
Fear Free and Force Free training methods
Customer Reviews
- – Helen Moore Google Review: The trainers at LOMA have been an absolute godsend! They have given me so much non-judgmental support and helped me develop a wonderful relationship with my dog, Cosmo. [Cosmo] doesn’t even realize he’s getting trained. He just thinks it’s all a fun game! Thank you, LOMA!
- – Taylor Phelps Google review: LOMA Behavior and Training were more than we could have hoped for in working with our two dogs. They understood our concerns and quickly and efficiently developed an action plan to correct behavior. I couldn’t believe how quickly our dogs learned in a safe environment that was centered on positive reinforcement and reward NOT PUNISHMENT. … Wonderful company and would highly recommend going with them for your dog training needs.
