About Honey
Honey is a Master Dog Trainer and an Animal Behavior Specialist. She has been professionally training dogs for over eight years and has trained more than 600 dogs to date. She specializes in obedience dog training, theory and behavior modification, dog psychology, sociology, and philosophy. She employs a large variety of different types of training methods and techniques which allows her to fit the right technique to each dog she works with, based on their individual personality and temperment.

Honey has extensive experience in the following areas:

Obedience Training - basic to advanced
Protection Training - personal and home
Obedience preparation for competition
Obstacle Course Training
Preparation for Schutzhund training
Police dog training - including scent discrimination and narcotics detection, tracking and trailing, building and area search procedures, advanced agility and agitation with the hidden sleeve, muzzle and bodysuit, search and rescue

Honey's Background
Honey worked for Super Dog in San Diego, CA for eight years, which is where she became a Master Dog Trainer. During that time, she mastered her skills through an apprenticeship program and earned her dog trainer certificate. She's also worked as a veterinary technician and is an experienced kennel assistant and pet sitter. She has also been a volunteer for the San Diego Humane Society.

Honey's Training Philosophy: A Message to Owners
Obedience training can be used to help fulfill some of your dog’s/dogs’ basic needs, such as exercise and constructive social interactions. Obedience training will give your dog a job to do, and can be useful in redirecting some of the mental energy of an animal that was meant for work. Your pet’s problems are often a direct result of the animal’s inability to cope with the stress of everyday life. The purpose of training is to raise the pet’s/pets’ stress threshold so your pet can tolerate higher levels of stress.

Dog behavior training encompasses every aspect of canine education, from the species specific responses that’s inherent to canines, to learning theory and operant conditioning, to traditional training methods. When these training techniques are properly implemented, most people notice results immediately.

A well mannered pet is now within your reach, all you need to do is optimally structure your pet’s environment. Dog behavior problems can be solved, it only takes is patience, understanding, and effective training method. I will help you find the effective training method, you will have to supply the patience and understanding.

Some dog trainers only understand one form of dog training. Alternatively, I am open-minded, and understand that a flexible system in which you have more choices will give you the highest chance of success with each unique situation. The term system suggests order, regularity, and synchronization of methods into a complete whole. I am experienced and knowledgeable in many different types of training methods.

Learn how to understand, communicate with, and control your dog. Dog training can strengthen the relationship between you and your dog by developing simple to follow rules, both for you and your dog. Trust, understanding, and good behavior can be the foundation this relationship is built on. The beginning of a good dog/owner relationship is marked by respect, love and confidence. These are attributes shared by both dog and by the owner.

In packs, dogs always look to the leader for attention and protection and leadership. If you can fill that role, then training will come easily and your dog will follow your lead no matter where you go, because he trusts you. It is for this reason that confidence in yourself is necessary when training your dog. He wont trust you if you don’t. Training your dog is a learning process and takes time, practice and plenty of patience.