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I’m Angie, the owner and sole trainer here at SOMDOG, and I’m so happy that you found me! I take a holistic approach to dog training that goes much deeper than basic obedience. I focus heavily on strengthening owner’s relationships with their dogs, teaching foundational skills that empower owners to be the calm and confident leaders that their dogs need, and use dog psychology as the foundation in everything that I do. I can help you address all sorts of behaviors from leash pulling and jumping, to dog reactivity and anxiety. I want to help your dog not only behave better, but FEEL better too. I aim to minimize conflict, build trust, and help both you and your dog feel empowered in your training journey. 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It’s about how I can help you and your dog. And that all started with an Australian Cattle Dog/Border Collie mix puppy named Jaxton. I was 19 when I rescued him. Jax was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of dog: handsome, athletic, sweet, smart, just the perfect companion. He could learn any obedience command with hardly any effort. His recall was always on point, he got along with other dogs, and he loved the humans in his circle. But he was always terrified of people he didn’t know. When Jax was a puppy, we would go to Starbucks and he would growl or bark at every person who walked by, and when people approached or made eye contact, it got worse. I spent a lot of time (and money) on positive-only obedience training that focused on desensitizing Jax to the people that were scaring him. I encouraged strangers to pet Jax and give him treats, all while I held him back and attempted to keep him calm. Yet no matter how many times we repeated this routine, nothing changed. I cringe at the stress I put Jax through in his early training. Because I thought that “obedience” was the only type of dog training there was, I never got to the root of his issues: I didn’t advocate for him, I let people approach and pet him when I knew he was uncomfortable. I didn’t know that there was a lot more to dog training than putting them into stressful situations, throwing treats in their face, and hoping they “got over it”. I wasn’t the trustworthy leader that he needed me to be. Then about 10 years later, Kacey the pitty-mix came into the picture, and she could not have been more different from Jax. To my delight, she loves people, especially kids! But she came with a set of issues that I never experienced with Jax: high prey drive, difficulty potty-training, eating everything. When Kacey broke through our fence in pursuit of a squirrel for the second time, and then began lunging at other dogs on our walks, I knew I needed to do something different with her. Just as with Jax, “obedience” training on its own wasn’t going to solve the problem. It was right around that time that I discovered that the concept of dog psychology existed. That it’s possible to train a dog’s state of mind by understanding the root causes of behavior, rather than focusing solely on obedience. Once I realized that this world existed and started seeing real life examples of not just my own dogs, but LOTS of dogs’ lives transforming, I sought out all of the education in dog psychology and balanced dog training that I could. The more I learned and began to see results with Jax and Kacey, the better our relationships became, and the more I wanted to become a trainer so that I could share this success with others. I have a degree in psychology from UC Davis, and although I didn’t pursue a career as a psychologist, I’ve always been fascinated by how the mind works (human or otherwise). Combined with my lifelong love of dogs, I’m excited to be able to share what I’ve learned and help other dog lovers build great relationships with their dogs. As part of my training, I have attended many workshops and shadow programs gaining hands-on experience with a number of excellent balanced trainers including Alana from Wolf Moon Dogs in Maryland, Sam Ewashko from Adventure Hounds North Carolina, Millie Braden from Mirror Image K9 in Dallas, Georgia, and Kim Erickson from The Canine Republic in Santa Clarita, California. I have also attended various workshops with highly respected dog behaviorists, including Cheri Wulff Lucas, Brian Agnew, and Michael Ellis, and am heavily influenced by Mark McCabe’s Training Between the Ears philosophy. 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