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  • Lecture, Live and Hands on

    Most comprehensive and updated dog behavior course, focusing on dog reactivity, for pet sitters worldwide.

  • Expert Instruction

    Taught by a leading industry expert, Fanna Easter CPDT-KA, CDBC, CSAT, KPA CTP.

  • Improve Efficiency & Creditability

    Learn quick and easy to apply methods to save valuable time while improving dog behavior (yes, both can happen at the same time!). Bonus for clients!

  • Small Class Size

    Limited students per class to ensure individual attention.

  • Requirement- Foundation Course Completion

    Before enrollment, all students must complete Dog Behavior Foundations course first. This course takes a deep dive into complex dog behavior concepts.

  • Approved CEUs

    This course is approved for CEUs through NAPPS, PSI and CCPDT.

What's Included

7 Week Course. $450

  • Identify Reactive Dog Behavior: Understand how to identify reactive dogs and understand what’s happening inside their brains.

  • Improve Behavior: Understand how to create positive associations with triggers, and helping dogs feel safer and more in control within their environment.

  • Build Confidence: Discover practical tips and time-saving strategies to make pet sitting reactive dogs smoother and less stressful — for both you and the dog.

  • Decrease Stress: Quickly spot the signs of stress in reactive dogs and learn how to reduce and prevent it before it escalates

  • Science of Learning: Learn how reactive dogs think, learn, and respond to the world around them — especially when they’re overwhelmed by triggers like other dogs, people, or sudden changes in the environment

  • Apply: Learn how to apply insights in real life situations to improve behavior quickly and effectively.

  • Collaborate: Discover how to work hand-in-hand with veterinary and certified dog behavior consultants to help reactive dogs.

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Your Instructor

Fanna Easter

With a specialty in canine separation anxiety and compulsive disorders, Fanna brings deep expertise in working with complex behavior cases. She is the founder of Positive Pooch Behavior, offering remote behavior support, and has more than a decade of experience in a veterinary behavior practice serving a large urban area. Fanna also played a pivotal role in launching a nationwide positive reinforcement training program across 1,500 Petco locations and helped develop education for over 2,000 dog trainers. A past APDT Chair (2022), she continues to be a respected voice in the industry. She has earned multiple national dog behavior certifications, such as Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT), Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA since 2003), Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) and Fear Free Animal Trainer. Additionally, Fanna has presented at pet sitter and dog training/behavior conferences.