Meet the Trainer
Melissa Simpson, CPDT-KA
Owner, Trainer
- Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) by the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers
- Masters in Business Administration – Grand Valley State University
- Professional Affiliation: Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT)
- Member of International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC)
- AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
- 20+ years of Behavior Modification training experience with reactive and aggressive dogs
- Completed Seminars 2023: The Role of Emotion in Aggressive Behavior, The Role of Arousal in Aggression, The Heritability of Aggression, Neuroscience of Frustration in Dogs, Animal Instinct: Let's Talk About Intact Dogs, MET (Modern and Ethical Training Conference
- Completed Seminar: Aggression in Dogs - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Completed Seminar: Advanced Training Topics by Ken Ramirez – 2019
- Completed Seminar: Positive Solutions for Dog Aggression by Pat Miller – 2018
- APDT Course: Comparative Psychology and Cognition - 2018
- Multi-dog experience
- Human companion to Labrador, Slash
