Every dog deserves a loving home, and every home deserves a loving dog.
My experience as a trainer has taught me that the best way to accomplish both is through training that strengthens the bond between you and your dog.
My mission with Dog Spelled Forward is to help you and your dog live together happily and in harmony.
And as any family therapist will tell you, the key is good communication.
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I’ve been where you are now. I became a trainer when we adopted a puppy named Caffeine, whose name was apt and who gave us more than a few headaches.
My wife and I adopted her because we loved her spirit, and we didn’t want to break her – we just wanted her to stop destroying everything in sight.
I sought out training techniques that promised to keep her personality intact while showing me how to communicate with her in a way she understood.
I learned dog-friendly training processes at St. Hubert’s Dog Training School, where I became an instructor, and I continued my education with an Internship at Pat Miller’s Peaceable Paws and Level One and Two Instructor Training Course with Dogs of Course.
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I learned how to communicate with Caffeine (the dog, not the drink), and we became closer. We had a lot of fun together. And she became a deeper and more essential member of our family with every passing day.
She’s still full of energy and spirit, but she’s no longer a headache. Just a bit of a handful.
Dog Spelled Forward is here to help you communicate better with your dog so he or she can understand why you want different behavior – and feel happy to oblige you.
To that end, I work hard to make my hard-earned knowledge available through my dog-training classes and also through my blog, my website, and via email. Feel free to ask questions – I’m here to help.
My Credentials
I consider my best credentials to be my many flattering reviews from happy clients and dogs, which I encourage you to check out here.
I also have a fair number of paper credentials, and here they are:
- CPDT-KA (Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Knowledge Assessed)
- Member of the Board of Directors of IAABC (International Association of Animal Behavior)
- Associate Certified Dog Behavior Consultant with the IAABC
- Communications Director of the International Association of Behavior Consultants
- Professional Member, APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers)
- Instructor at St. Hubert’s Dog Training School in Madison, NJ, where I also apprenticed
- Regular blogger, Dr. Ian Dunbar’s Dog Star Daily
