Hello, My name is Katherine Aromaa and I am the owner and trainer of Cooper’s Dog Training and Behavior Modification. I am a certified professional dog trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers; the only nationally recognized training certification. I have always had a great interest in animals so it was only natural that completed a Bachelors Degree in Zoology from Colorado State University. I became interested in dog training as a career in 2001 when I realized that the methods I had used to train my own dog had backfired. I started off by taking private training lessons myself every week for almost a year! . In that time I dabbled in many different training styles. I finally discovered that using positive reinforcement is the most effective method. I began volunteering with other dog trainers and training groups. I was also a volunteer trainer at the Boston animal shelter. I attended many seminars throughout the east focusing on the newest and most proven methods of behavior modification and training. This is where my interest in working with aggression problems developed. I stayed in the Boston area working with groups such as The New England Dog Training Club until 2004. I then began an apprenticeship with Jamie Shaw at The Dog School in Richmond, Vermont, where I taught obedience and agility classes while studying management and training techniques with difficult and aggressive dogs. A year later, I moved to Portland, Oregon, to work with “Auntie Tracy” Miller of Auntie Tracy’s Certified Pet Dog Trainers. I worked through Auntie Tracy’s doing private in-home dog training for a year before establishing Cooper’s Dog Training.
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