About Me

I have wanted to work with dogs for as long as I can remember. Right after high school, I started volunteering at an animal hospital, which hired me as a vet assistant for over five years. I also went to college part-time and volunteered at Beardsley Zoo in CT. Life took a different turn, and I became a Construction Project Manager. I worked for companies like Whole Foods, Oak Street Health, and Parachute Home. In the meantime, I volunteered at shelters and fostered many dogs. I currently volunteer at ALIVE Rescue as a volunteer coordinator, I volunteer at One Tail At a Time at their behavior center training dogs, and I’m also volunteering at C.A.R.E in Skokie; I create training protocols and spend my time there helping get the dogs ready for their forever homes.

During Covid, I started to train dogs for my friends and neighbors, and I never looked back. My love for animals extends to everything in my life, and I’ve been vegan for over seven years.

I’ve been married to my wonderful husband, Steve Davis, for almost ten years, and we have three wonderful rescue dogs that keep me on my toes and are great demo dogs.

I have my certification through Animal Behavior College. I also have certifications through the Aggressive Dog Master Course with Michael Shakisho, a World-Renowned Aggression Expert, and Emily Strong and Allie Bender in their Enrichment Framework for Behavior Modification Master Class and Completed the  Karen Pryor Academy DOG TRAINER FOUNDATIONS IMMERSION.

I’m certified in Pet CPR & First Aid through PetTech CPR, First Aid & Care for Your Pets.

I’m currently attending The Academy for Dog Trainers with Jean Donaldson. It is an intensive two-year behavior and training program. It is known in the training community as the “Harvard School for Dog Trainers.”

In continuing my education, I want to provide my clients with options when training their dogs; each dog is an individual and should be treated as such. What may work for one might not work for the other.