Susan Browdy has a deep love of dogs that she has nurtured first by volunteering for many years at Pawsibilities, the Humane Society of Greater Akron, located in Twinsburg and later by becoming a dog trainer after working for almost 30 years as a film editor.
She is a 2014 graduate of the CATCH Canine Trainers Academy and achieved Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) certification in 2019.
She is a familiar face to our Chill! clients, as she has been assisting us with those classes for the past several years and recently took over working with dogs experiencing distress when left alone.
She shares her home with her perky beagle Baxter.
Baxter has starred in several or our Masterminds! skills videos on social media because he is absolutely brilliant.
Training Philosophy
Cold Nose Companions is founded on the belief that Positive Methods yield Positive Results.
You don’t need to establish “dominance” over your dog or use aversive methods to “show him who’s boss.”
In fact, you develop a deeper bond and mutual trust when you reward the behavior you want.
Being opportunists, dogs will repeat the behavior that gets them the good stuff.
Let’s use brain over brawn.
And everyone has fun!
That’s the basis of our approach.
Services
Susan Browdy offers private training sessions, both in-person and remotely.
She specializes in working with dogs experiencing distress when left alone.
She also assists with the Chill! for Reactive Dogs class.
Certifications
- Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA)
Specializations
- Separation Anxiety
- Reactive Dogs
Training Methods
- Positive Reinforcement
- Clicker Training
