Choosing someone to help you train your dog can be a difficult task.  You want to find someone you can trust, and that you feel understands your dog's behavior and your family's needs.  Hopefully, we can offer you that. 

Merope Pavlides, Owner, Trainer, Behavior Consultant has over ten years of experience in Applied Behavior Analysis.  Merope has an MS in Special Education and is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, as well as a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator.  In addition, she holds a Red Cross Certification in Pet First Aid.  Merope has published articles on dog training and behavior in Chronicle of the Dog, and Animal Behavior and Consulting: Theory and Practice , writes a newspaper column on pets, and has a book forthcoming from Jessica Kingsley Publishers entitled Animal-Assisted Interventions for Individuals with Autism.  She has completed workshops with dog training experts such as Ian Dunbar, Karen Pryor, Trish King, Emma Parsons, and Kathy Sdao, has completed Harvard University's course in Canine Psychology, and spends her summers training shelter dogs.   She is mom to two teenage human boys, as well as two mixed-breed dogs.