Vera E. Wilkinson

United States, Massachusetts, Brookline, MA

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Vera E. Wilkinson

About this trainer

Vera Wilkinson, CDBC, CPDT-KA, operates her dog training and behavior consulting business, The Cooperative Dog, in the Boston area. Since 1996, Vera has traveled throughout Eastern Massachusetts, providing in-home private lessons and behavior consultations to thousands of people seeking a better understanding of their dogs.

Currently, she offers group classes and dog behavior education seminars for dog owners in Brookline, Wellesley, and Belmont, as well as teaching classes and seminars across Massachusetts. Vera specializes in addressing serious and long-standing behavior issues, conducting reactive dog classes throughout the Greater Boston Area, and training deaf, blind, and deaf-blind dogs. In addition, she mentors aspiring dog trainers and behavior consultants.

Vera received her first certification from the CCPDT in March 2003 and became a certified dog behavior consultant (CDBC) by the IAABC in 2007. From 2008 to 2011, Vera served as the Chair of the Dog Division of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. To contact Vera, please call 617-803-4086 or email [email protected].

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