Dory Kowal, CPDT, AACR
Certified Pet Dog Trainer - Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Certified CGC Evaluator - American Kennel Club
Certified Therapy Dog Evaluator - Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs
ABC Mentor Trainer - Animal Behavior College
Former President/CEO - American Canine Academy, Inc.
Training Director - Doggie Clubhouse, LLC
Northeast Crisis Response Coalition - Animal Assisted Crisis Responder
NCRC - Salvation Army
FEMA Certified - Animals in Disaster, Awareness & Preparedness
FEMA Certified - Incident Command System
American Red Cross - Pet First Aid
Puppy Kindergarten Instructor
Obedience Instructor
Agility Instructor
Animal Behavior Consultant
Dog Trainer Programs - Mentored 21 current and future dog trainers to date and most have gone on to start their own successful dog related businesses throughout the tri-state area.
Continuing Education:
Instructor Conferences, Seminars & Hands On Training Workshops with the most respected & recognized dog trainers, behaviorists and veteranarians in the country...
Pamela Reid, PhD - A Dog is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Behavior Modification & Learning Theories
Pia Silvani - The Skill Master: Becoming a Better Dog Training Instructor
Steve White - Seeing Eye to Eye with Your Dog - Practical Training, Problem Solving & Dealing with Canine Aggression
Trish King - Leash Aggression: Abandonment Training & Behavior Modification Techniques
Trish King - Matchmaking: Shelter Style
Trish King - The Challenging Adolescent: Adolescent Dog Disorder and Use of the Dog Hood
Sue Sternberg - Observing the Details of Aggression in Dogs
Steve Rafe - Baby & Bowser
Suzanne Clothier - Blast From the Past - Fuller & Scott
Terry Ryan - Instructional Skills: Games People Play to Train Their Dogs
Karen Pryor - Fading & Transferring Cues and Prompts
Steve Rafe - Training Owners to Train Their Dogs
Mary Lee Nitschke, PhD - Facts & Fictions about Electronic Training
Trish King - Dog Park Pitfalls
Suzanne Clothier - Physical Causes for Performance, Training & Behavior Problems
Chuck Thompkins & Thad Lacinak - Animal Aggression: Exploring the Causes
Chuck Thompkins & Thad Lacinak - SEAWORLD in Florida - Clicker training the whales & dolphins
Why is it that whales/dolphins can be clicker trained using positive reinforcement and humans use extreme means (shock collars for example) on dogs to train them? Answer: Because we can (but it doesn't make it right).
Nicole Wilde - Wolf Hybrids - Facts and Myths
Karen Doyle - Tellington TTouch - Massage Therapy Application for Dogs, Body Wraps & Calming Signals
Trish King - Adolescence, Aggression and Making the Right Shelter Match
Sue Sternberg - Behavior, Body Language & Defensive Handling
Wes Artope - Emergency Handling and Muzzling
Cappy Weiner, Esq - Bite Cases: Legal & Insurance Consequences
Sharon Bender - Insurance Impact from Dog Bite Cases
Steve Diller, Pamela Reid, Sue Sternberg - Impact of Biting & Aggression on Adoptions & Training
Div Cdr Jeffrey Endean, Ret - Scents & Scents-ability: Seeing the World Through a Dog's Nose
CJ Puotinen - Canine Nutrition Workshop: Good/Better/Best Canine Diets
Dr. Ronald Schultz - Canine & Feline Vaccines & Vaccination Programs
Turid Rugaas - On Talking Terms with Dogs & My Dog Pulls... What Do I Do?
Sue Sternberg & Jane Kopelman - Accessing Canine Temperament - Temperament Testing
Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz & Kelli Snider - Constructional Aggression Treatment: Shaping Your Way Out of Aggression
Dr. Nicholas Dodman & Dr. Ian Dunbar - Dog Behavior, Medicine & Training
Fear & Aggression: Dominance Aggression • Etiology - Real Danger & Treatment of Dog Bites • Fear Aggression • Territorial Aggression
Anxiety, Phobias & Hyperactivity: Separation Anxiety & Treatment Protocols • Re-channeling OCD's • Storm Phobias and other Canine Phobias • Hyperactivity • Reactivity • Lack of Attention
Medical & Training Solutions: Obsessive Compulsive Disorders • Obsessive Compulsive DOG TRAINERS • Medical Causes & Treatments of Behavior, Temperament & Training Problems • Training Causes & Treatments of Behavior, Temperament & Training Problems
Julie Daniels - Agility: Past, Present & Future
Julie Daniels - Agility: Start Lines & Impulse Control
Alan Tray - Agility: Motion Analysis
Sandy Rogers - Agility: 1 Jump, 2 Jump
Moe Strenfel - Agility: Weave Poles
Mary Jo Lavin - Agility: Lead Outs
Mary Jo Lavin - Agility: Serpentines, Threadles, 270's & 180's
Deb Jones & Judy Keller - Agility: FOCUS Foundation Program - Need for Speed
Rachael Sanders - Agility: Contacts: Bridging the Gap Between Training & Competition
Sandy Rogers - Agility: Training the Extreme Dogs - Extreme Temperament & Extreme Structure
Big Paws, Little Paws, Tall & Long
Dr. Alexandra Horowitz - The Umwelt of the Domestic Dog - Imagining the Dog's Point of View
Victoria Stillwell & Kyra Sundance - The Wow and How Factor
Dr. Patricia McConnell - Symposium: A Dog's Mind - Thoughts & Emotions in Dog Behavior
Dr. Clive Wynne - The Origins of the Scientific Study of Puppy Love - A Literature Review & History of the Field
Monique Udell - New Discoveries about Dogs' Understanding of Humans
Dr. Myrna Milani - When Human/Canine Realities Collide: Human/Canine Cognition and Emotion as these relate to Problem Canine Behaviors
Sue Pearson & Judy Warth - Training Dogs with Fun & Games
Dr. Angela Hughes - Canine DNA - Understanding Breed Composition & Traits in Dogs
Dr. Nicole Dorey - Behavioral Science for Dog Trainers
Dr. Rise Van Fleet - Friendly Dog Training - Overcoming the Human Aspects
Trish King - Dealing with the Alpha
Jill O'Brien & Amy Herot - K9 Nose Work
Pia Sylvani - Feisty Fido's - Reintegrating Them into the Canine Community
Dr. Temple Grandin
On a more personal note:
Obedience Training dogs since early childhood
Owns & Trains Rescue Dogs
Retired 20 Year Business Owner
American Canine Academy: Bill Delaney
Volunteers - Pet Therapy Visits
Sets up nursing home facility Pet Therapy programs
Sets up Pet Reading Assistance programs
Captains various nursing home Pet Therapy programs
Currently proud "Mom" to 5 beautiful "kids":
Elle - Blacksmiths Elektra, CD, RE, RL1 - Recipient of APDT's Award of Excellence, NCRC Level II Advanced Disaster Relief Dog, Certified B&B Therapy Test Dog, Certified B&B Therapy Dog, CGC - 9 year old Rottweiler
Cruiser, RL1 - Recipient of APDT's Award of Excellence, NAC, NGC, Certified B&B Therapy Dog, CGC - 13 year old All American Mixed Breed
Stryker - CH. El Tigre do Guardian (The Guardian Tiger) - 3 year old Fila Brasileiro
ARBA Championship - Owner/Handler CHAMPION CERTIFICATE ~ PEDIGREE
Rocky - Kowals Rock n Roll - 7 month old All American Mixed Breed
Pickles - 17 year old Pot Bellied Pig
On the other side of the Bridge to Forever, our animal friends wait for us…
Duelly, Certified B&B Therapy Dog, CGC - 8 year old Fila Brasileiro ~ Rainbow Bridge: 4/5/08
Tia, NAC, Certified B&B Therapy Test Dog, Certified B&B Therapy.Dog, CGC - 15 year old German Shepherd ~ Rainbow Bridge: 3/14/08
