My personal and professional life are dedicated to pet care, Canine behavior and behavior modification. I specialize in individualized behavioral solutions, basic & advanced obedience, and service dog training. My training methods are based on modern positive-reinforcement techniques.
I have been training dogs since 2007, and as a behaviorist since 2017. I take pride in my due-diligence, thorough instruction, and modern techniques. I approach behavior modification with a holistic mindset, the body and the mind form an interconnected system that must be evaluated and treated together.
I graduated Yavapai College with a degree in Animal Care and Management. After my graduation I was accepted into the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s internship program and spent my internship at Bubbling Ponds Hatchery. There I gained a great deal of experience with wildlife management, habitat management, and animal diseases.
Once I finished my internship with Arizona Game and Fish I began working with Dr. Ann Ferens, the Visiting Vet. I have worked with her for many years now in the capacity of a technician and Canine behaviorist. During my time handling animals for veterinary procedures I have gained an enormous amount of insight into Canine behavior and health I never could have received outside a medical setting.
I personally belong to one dog, Jackson, and one cat, Flip. Jackson was adopted from United Animal Friends, he is now about 3 years old and is a medical alert service dog.
Flip is about 10 years old and is an inside/outside cat who likes to think of himself as a mighty mousing feline but still demands much service from his man-slave.