Certified Professional Dog Trainer Laura CPDT-KA
Sarah’s Pet Sitting and Dog Training
Laura Azevedo has been with Sarah’s Pet Sitting for more than three years. She has always worked with and around animals of all types and brings over 20 years of animal handling experience and over 13 years of professional dog training experience to our team. Laura is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (http://www.ccpdt.org) and a professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Laura is also a certified AKC CGC instructor and tester.
Laura has studied under many skilled dog trainers and ensures that she is on the cutting edge of her field by attending several conferences and seminars on the subject each year. Laura is committed to building a strong bond of trust and team work between canines and the humans that love them. Laura specializes in working with adolescent dogs who can often be frustrating and a bit wild, as well as dogs who suffer from fear or anxiety. She offers simple one on one instruction that will help guide you and your family to success.
Read our Dog Training Blogs
Retrieve to Your Hand Part 2
As your dog gets better at the ‘Take’ game, and he begins to predict that you will give him food and he spits the object out to eat the food, you can begin to name [...]
How to Teach Your Dog to Fetch
Fetch! The image of a child playing with a dog by tossing a ball and having the dog bring it back is timeless. The dog loves it, the kid loves it, and everyone is [...]
How to Teach Your Dog to Fetch Part 2
Fetch Part 2 We now need to lengthen the amount of time the dog will continue to hold his toy in his mouth. We do this slowly, one second at a time. While praising [...]
How to get my dog to stop pulling on the leash
Everyone knows that one dog that pulls so hard when out on a walk, that he she chokes herself, or knocks people over, or is just impossible to walk. But don’t worry, it is [...]