alexadry

Greetings, and thank you for visiting my bio. As pretty evident my passion and main focus are dogs. 

A little bit of my background: 

• In 2006, I started working for an AAHA animal hospital, and in 2007, I started volunteering for my local shelter helping out and fostering pets in need of temporary homes. In the same year, I became a Televets Advisor and Just Answer expert for the dog health channel.

• In 2008, after adopting my two Rottweilers I started training dogs in my spare time, and in 2010 (after undergoing 219 hours of apprehentship under the guidance of a master dog trainer) got certified as a dog trainer by APICC, the Italian Association for Dog Trainers and Canine Consultants. 

• After giving classes in basic and advanced obedience and spending the summer teaching Canine Freestyle, I am back to the States, and recently obtained certification by the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. This allows me to add the acronym CPDT-KA after my name.

• I use scientifically based training methods focusing on the rewarding world of positive reinforcement training. My home is surrounded by dog books written by my favorite authors: Patricia McConnell, Terry Ryan, Trish King, Karen Pryor, Nicole Wild and Jean Donaldson.

• CCPDT requires me to continue my education, so I am required to attend seminars and earn CEU's in order to keep up-to-date with the latest dog training and behavior modification trends. I am also a board member for the CCPDT committee and love  helping out my favorite organization.

• Sinced 2005, I am a dog expert writer for several publications. I overlook the dog training and dog psychology channels for Helium's Dog Training and Dog Psychology Channels and also offer consultations for a popular About.com affiliated website addressing dog training and behavior problems. Also from 2010 , I am a honored to be a National Examiner for Dog Training topics. My work also appears on USA Today, Daily Puppy, Trails.com and Livestrong.

• I am an advocate for the Rottweiler breed and work hard to prevent the spread of BSL. Currently, I am owned by my two beloved Rottweilers, Petra and Kaiser, cats Mocha and Mousse, and 15 chicken, which by the way, are also clicker trained!  I am now working on putting Freestyle titles on my Rotties.       I have to send my biggest thanks to all my pets because without them I would never have gone so far in my writing and training career! 

• I am currently owner and trainer of Yellow Creek Dog Training Center LLC.

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 Note: Please be wary of imitations: many of my articles are often copied on other sites by people who know little about dogs, their care, health, behavior or training! I report these people to DMCA. Always look for people's credentials when looking for health, behavior and training advice and avoid the average Joe. If your dog is sick, please seek your vet for advice.