Certifications
Certified Professional Dog Trainer & Behaviourist
I am one of only 9 professional dog trainers with the IACP in Toronto. I am also a graduate and certified member of the National K-9 Dog Trainers Association, and a certified Person Centered Dog Trainer. The field of dog training and behaviour is a never ending journey of learning. Because the learning curve is continuous, I try to learn as much as I can from my peers in the field by attending the latest courses and workshops in science based dog training regularly.
Completed Courses /Seminars / Exams
- Jay Jack, Larry Krohn & Joel Silverman – Dog Training Workshop
- Handlers & Humans – Certified Person Centered Dog Trainer
- IACP – Herm Sprenger Prong Collar Knowledge Assessed
- Dogs Playing For Life – Playgroups Part 1 & 2
- Dogs Playing For Life – Fancy Footwork: Practical Handling and Training Solutions for the Entire Shelter
- TBTE – Level 1
- Consider The Dog – Mastering The Remote Collar
- National K-9 – Professional Obedience and Behaviour
- Janet Dooley Edwards – Enhancing Your Training Capabilities
- Valerie Ann Erwin – Creating and Training: Good Judgement and Civil Disobedience in Service Dogs
- Tobias Gustavsson – Detection Training: From the first exercise to the final response
- Jas Whiting – Being Consistently Inconsistent: The Why, When & How
- Robert Cabral – Canine Behaviour: Understanding and Modification
- Pat Stuart – Pressure: Before, During and After
- Steven Lindsay – Avoidance Training Is Unavoidable – Why it is needed and how it works
- Aimee Sadler – Making a Difference: Creating mutually beneficial relationships with shelters
- Nino Drowaert – Puppy University
- Pet Tech – Pet First Aid and CPR
- Behavior Of Free Ranging Dogs In India
- Dr. Ian Dunbar – SIRIUS Dog Trainer Academy
- Dr. Ian Dunbar – Growl Class – A Workshop Demo for Reactive Dogs
- Dr. Ian Dunbar – Treatment & Prevention of Dog Aggression: Biting & Fighting
- Deena Speaks Dog – Agility Level 1
- Dog Guru – Dog Daycare Specialty & Practical 201D
- North York Obedience Club – Levels 1 & 2
- Puppy People – Puppy Manners and Socialization
Hands on Experience
Trainer for fosters at Save Our Scruff – 03/2021 – Present
Trainer for foster dogs at New Collar Collective – 06/2020 – Present
Trainer for foster dogs at Redemption Paws – 11/2018 – 07/2020
Animal Care Attendant at Dharamsala Animal Rescue, Dharamsala, India – 2012
Shelter Dog Walker at SOS Animal Shelter, Gex, France – 2008
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