Carolyn
Barney, CPDT-KA
Carolyn has been training dogs professionally since 1985. In 1991 she founded Gemini Dog Training, a full service training and daycare facility. Since selling Gemini in 2006, Carolyn is concentrating on behavior consulting and training classes for reactive dogs as well as her popular agility classes, beginner and advanced clicker classes and workshops, earth dog and tracking. Carolyn has trained and mentored 100’s of potential dog training instructors. Many of her previous students and staff trained through her instructor programs have gone on to become Certified Pet Dog Trainers (CPDT-KA), running their own classes and businesses.
Carolyn's interest in training started in childhood rearing a foal, training several young horses, and preparing them for competition and pleasure riding. It was a natural transition to start formalizing her interests through her undergraduate education that included course work in art education and a heavy interest and course load in psychology. Carolyn has been an Association of Pet Dog Training (APDT) member since 1995, having served on the Ethics Committee for several years. In November 2001, Carolyn made dog training history along with 117 other dog trainers in the USA, passing the first standardized professional certification test created by what is now known as the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers.
The desire for a better understanding of the canine mind and behavior has been the motivating factor in all aspects of her dog experience. Beginning with traditional training techniques, she knew there had to be a better way. Pursuing that better way has evolved into clicker training and a more thoughtful scientific and effective use of operant and classical conditioning. Carolyn believes that training and behavior modification should be safe, enjoyable, and successful for both the dog and the humans who love them. Most importantly, she maintains an open mind to new information and what every dog has to teach the human student. Carolyn has been training, competing, and titling dogs for over 25 years in obedience, conformation, tracking, earth dog
and most recently is training in K9 Nose Work™.
Along with her training and behavior work, Carolyn wrote Clicker Basics for Dogs and Puppies and has an agility foundation book ready for publication. Carolyn has 2 DVD’s from the Clean Run Instructor Conference, one on Agility Foundation and one on Scaredy Dogs. Carolyn co-teaches two canine cognition/behavior courses at Harvard University Extension School with Bruce Blumberg PhD, lectures to dog trainers occasionally and works as a behavior consultant for the MSPCA, providing Reactive dog training classes and behavior therapy for shelter dogs and their families. Carolyn is also an instructor for the Karen Pryor Academy and teaches out of her business, DOGS! Learning Center in Hudson, MA.
http://www.dogslearningcenter.com
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