How to be a Responsible Dog Owner - What Dog Trainers Think

In honor of National Pet Week the trainers discuss Responsible Dog Ownership. What is it, How to Teach it and going Beyond the Basics.

Moderated by Joel Filderman, co-founder of Dog Trainers Connection, this forum discussion revolves around dog subjects that are important and timely to dog trainers and pet owners. The “regulars” have over 150 years of dog training experience among them and they talk openly and directly about all things related to dogs and dog training.

We hope you enjoy the show and come back for another episode!

Trainers:
Steve Diller of stevediller.com/
Steve has been training for 30 plus years as well as 14 years working in the animal field as one of the first licensed vet techs in New York State. He teaches and when we asked what his business name is called he said: “let’s stick with the name my mom gave me!”

Jeff Coltenback - jeffcoltenback.com/
Jeff has been training 20+ years, is a holistic pet care practitioner, pit bull rescuer, his pet care education website is for dog trainers and pet owners www.thepetcareinstitute.com.

Joyce Keeton - thedogspotloganville.com/
Joyce has been training for 27 years and is a Certified Canine Behavior Counselor and Advocate for fair and humane training practices. She runs the Dog Spot Pet Hotel and Dog Training Center and her specialty is bully breeds.

Helen Del Bove – smartypawsny.com/aboutUs.html
Helen is a CPDT-KA and has been training for 25 years – full time for the last 11 years. She is a force-free trainer and owns and operates Smarty Paws Dog Training in New Hyde Park, NY.

Dennis Fehling – friendsforlifedogtraining....
Dennis is a CPDT-KA and has been training dogs for 19 years as a positive reinforcement trainer. His passion is working aggression and fear cases and believes that in every dog there is a better dog waiting to show itself to the world. He lives in Terrebonne, Oregon.

Bonnie Brown - dogtrainersconnection.com/
Bonnie trained dogs for 10 years in New York City and Hudson County, NJ and founded Dog Trainers Connection in 2003 (with Steve Diller’s help).

David Stagg – davidsdogtraining.com/
David has been training dogs for 8 years and his business is David’s Dog Training of Bayside, NY.