Marina Berny, CCDT (Catch Certified Dog Trainer)
My knowledge and service as a positive reinforcement dog trainer started at Petco from January 2017 – January 2019 where I hosted Puppy Play Time, group classes for puppies and adults starting at basic obedience and working up to Canine Good Citizen, (which I can evaluate and certify for) as well as private lessons.
I continued my education and have furthered my professional career with CATCH Canine Trainers Academy, an online institution. I have just graduated and am now officially certified as a CATCH Certified (Master) Dog Trainer (CCDT).
I offer positive reinforcement training education (also known as reward based training), using reward based methods to help communicate with and educate your dog(s) about basic obedience and daily manners in a friendly way that displays your role as a parent and shows your dog(s) a way of living with fundamental, daily, routine manners. In Reward Based Training, we use whatever motivates your dog the most, (this may change given circumstances and location), the dog decides what is most important to them depending on their mood, environment and exposure (to stimuli). Commonly used rewards are: food, toys (squeaker, ball, rope etc), verbal and/or physical praise.
I teach these fundamentals in private lessons and group classes, as well as anytime I come to walk your dog or provide care in pet sitting. Communicating with dogs, tending to their needs and trying to understand what they want and listening to what they have to say is my way of life and my moto in the way I teach. I believe that all dogs should have a chance to express themselves while having sense of respect and boundaries. That opportunity for a respectful relationship is established with every dog I meet right from the very beginning and the opportunity never goes away, they will always receive respect from me even when they are being out of line, because my respect has to stay consistent so that they learn their respect should also be consistent, that is the true meaning of trust.