| Elizabeth Brown, Certified Instructor
Elizabeth Brown is a certified dog trainer who sees her primary mission as setting the human – dog relationship on the right path. She believes dog training is part science, part love, and a lot of patience. Elizabeth will bring a unique set of skills and experience to work in your home.
Lucky Dog Training is driven by a passion for dogs. While your dog is trained you will gain an understanding in the principles of animal behavior.
Elizabeth believes that dogs are always speaking to us. Humans need to recognize these cues and communicate accordingly. Essentially, dog training is teaching people and dogs to speak the same language.
By combining the science of how dogs learn with her thirteen years of experience teaching people how to understand and communicate with their canine companions, Elizabeth has amassed a long list of successful achievements relating to the human – canine relationship.
As a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), and after training thousands of shelter dogs over the years, Elizabeth is highly skilled at treating all behavior problems facing dogs and their guardians.
Elizabeth Brown is an accomplished public speaker, experienced at conducting professional training seminars for animal rescue groups and shelter organizations as well as addressing television and radio audiences on various training subjects. She has spoken about dog temperament testing, clicker training, obedience training, problem solving, animal behavior, and dog handling.
Elizabeth founded Lucky Dog Training in New York City after devoting her career to shelter dogs and service dogsin California. At the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, where she was Staff Behaviorist/Trainer,Elizabeth trained kennel staff in dog handling methods and conducted temperament tests for dogs entering the shelter. She implemented canine behavior modification techniques resulting in increased adoptions.
As a Certified Service Dog Instructor at Spoke N’ Paws Assistance Dogs in San Diego, CA, Elizabeth was responsible for selecting and training shelter dogs to become service dogs for people with disabilities.
While in San Luis Obispo, CA, Elizabeth designed a unique program for selecting, fostering and placing shelter dogs as detection dogs. She worked with the Lompoc Police Department and Far Fetched Retrievers, a member of the California Narcotic Canine Association.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Bates College, Lewiston, Me, and received advanced training in Psychology and Animal Behavior at the California Polytechnic State University in California.
Elizabeth has trained and lived with her own rescue dogs, the late Lucky, and Jasper. She lives in New York City and is often in Central Park with Jasper.
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