Tricia is now a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT)!
Training Expertise
Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
Trainer Tricia Kennedy is a Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP) and is Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) with years of experience addressing both minor and serious canine behavioral problems including fear, anxiety, impulse control, multi-dog aggression, and reactivity. Tricia helps families start right with their new puppy or teach polite manners to adolescent and adult dogs. Her goal is to share with people how to communicate with their pup, building a strong relationship through mutual understanding and positive reinforcement.
Tricia is now also a Certified Separation Anxiety Specialist (CSAT) through the rigorous certification class developed by worldwide expert Malena DeMartini.
What We Work With
Separation Anxiety
Basic obedience & polite manners
New puppy training & socialization
Problem behavior
Impulse control / High-arousal behavior
Shy, anxious or fearful dog
Separation Anxiety
Reactivity
Resource guarding
Multi-dog household issues
Problem cat & dog interactions
How Can We Help You?
Taking your relationship with your dog to a new level starts with a phone call or email. Initial phone consultations are complimentary. Together we'll come up with a behavioral training solution tailored to your needs; as a new client, you'll receive a full plan outlining the strategies that are most appropriate for your dog and your family. It's never too early to invest in your puppy or too late to help your adult dog!
A Smarter Way to Teach Your Dog
My Training Philosophy: an Intro to Learning Theory
As a positive trainer, I focus on teaching behaviors that we want the dog to exhibit, rather than focusing on punishing behaviors that pet guardians don’t like. I also put great emphasis on giving dogs an element of choice, using natural motivators to encourage problem-solving and employing techniques to increase confidence and promote emotional stability.
The alternative is something I never recommend: exacerbating emotional anxiety and instability with techniques that use force, punishment or any aversive. These methods, intended to suppress negative behavior, fail to understand why the behavior is occurring in the first place and therefore don't fix the problem, but instead suppress it out of fear and anxiety. That's not the kind of relationship I want for my clients and their dogs.
I am certified through several well renowned organizations including the Karen Pryor Academy, the Malena DeMartini Separation Anxiety Certification, and the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers in using research-backed, evidence-based training methods grounded in the tenets of Canine Learning Theory.
Separation Anxiety
I recently became Certified in treating Separation Anxiety, a sometimes crippling disorder in dogs. Many trainers work with SA dogs but I am proud to be one of the select few who are certified to treat this disorder.
