Pam
started her own business, Positive
Motivation Dog Training in 1996 out of her
small
living room. She now has a 7,000 square foot
state-of-the-art
training facility, along with two full-charge instructors.
Pam has helped thousands of dogs and handlers build
their relationships and solve problems, by teaching
basic obedience through competition and working with
a myriad of behavioral problems. Pam teaches puppy
K, basic obedience through the Canine Good Citizen
test, competition obedience, Rally-O, agility and
holds regular classes and seminars for aggressive
dogs.
Pam Dennison is a member of the APDT (Association
of Pet Dog Trainers), DWAA (Dog Writers Association
of America) and is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant
with the IAABC (International Association of Animal
Behavior Consultants). She is the training writer
for the Mid Atlantic Border Collie Rescue newsletter, "Have
You Herd?" and a staff writer for The Chronicle
of the Dog, the award winning newsletter of the APDT.
Many of her books and articles have been nominated
over the years for special awards by the DWAA.
Pam is the author of The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Positive Dog Training,
Alpha Books, Bringing
Light to Shadow; A Dog Trainer's Diary, Dogwise
Publishing, and How
to Right a Dog Gone Wrong; A Roadmap for Rehabilitating
Aggressive Dogs, Alpine Publications, Click
Your Way to Rally Obedience, Alpine Publications
and Civilizing
the City Dog, Alpine Publications. She also
has two videos/DVD’s, Positive
Solutions for Standard Behavior Problems, and Camp
R.E.W.A.R.D. for Aggressive Dogs, available
from Barkleigh Productions. Pam has also written
numerous articles for National and International
magazines. She gives seminars on positive training,
competition, Rally obedience and aggression to the
general public, many Kennel and Obedience Clubs,
Off Lead Training Expo, IAABC in 2005 at their first
annual conference, the American Boarding Kennel
Association, as well as to Therapy Dog Groups and
presents her camp for aggressive dogs, Camp R.E.W.A.R.D.
at home and across the country.
She currently lives with three rescued dogs (Border
Collies) and trains them all for competition. Her
dogs have graced print ads as well as TV and movie
screens. Pam competes successfully with all of her
dogs in competition obedience and Rally, Agility and
Canine Water Sports.
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