Resume

All of the professional details about Sara…if you feel the need to know all the details!

Experience

Decisive Moment Pet Consulting, Portland, OR based virtual consulting                2021- Present 

Certified Dog Behavior Consultant /Manager/Owner Founding online training and behavior consulting business focused on mentoring fellow trainers, Care with Consent training, and behavior modification programs. Managing and teaching virtual group classes, virtual one-to-one training, mentoring trainers, and facilitating online membership groups. 

Synergy Behavior Solutions, Portland, OR                                                          2016 - 2022

Training and Behavior Modification Coordinator - 2019 - 2021 Managing the training staff at a growing veterinary behaviorist office. Moving staff and training options to online platforms starting March of 2020. Hosting monthly webinars, bi-weekly Facebook Live events throughout 2020.  Speaking at Pet Professional Guild’s Geek Week. Providing high-class behavior modification sessions both online and in-person for a wide variety of clients. Maintaining professional communication with a remote office via online meetings and Slack. Developing social media graphics to promote positive reinforcement training and ideals.                                 

Certified Animal Trainer - 2016 - 2019, 2022  Providing tailored private training sessions for behavior modification specializing in: human and dog-directed reactivity, cooperative grooming and veterinary care, muzzle training, intra-dog aggression, shy/fearful dogs, new baby arrivals, teaching a variety of group classes (Fitness, Human Directed Aggression, Nose Work), supporting Veterinary Behavior Resident on cases, working collaboratively with fellow trainers and support staff, client support and follow-up via written reports, email and phone calls, growing and maintaining the business’s social media platforms, producing educational videos, lectures to fellow professionals, writing and modernizing curriculum and client handouts. 

ROOT Dog Training                                                              2004 - 2016

Head Animal Trainer/Manager/Owner - Highwood, IL - 2011 - 2016 - Growing and managing a successful boutique dog training facility, overseeing/management of staff, development of talent through intern program, providing private lessons from puppy basics to implementing behavior modification plans both in-home and at the facility, teaching variety of group classes (puppy, basics, reactive dog, nose work, competition obedience, specialty topic classes, etc.), in-home day training, puppy and adolescent drop-off day school, maintaining social media platforms, developing class curriculum and handouts, 

 Certified Dog Trainer/Owner - Highland Park & Mundelein, IL - 2005 - 2011 - Providing private lessons and behavior modification both in-home and in rented space at a dog daycare facility, teaching a variety of group classes at the daycare facility and a local park district, day training for daycare clients, working collaboratively with daycare staff, education of daycare staff

Dog Trainer/Owner - Highland Park, IL - 2004 - 2005 - Providing private lessons, day training, and behavior modification at client’s homes, developing client handouts, maintaining the website

Artex Fine Art Services - Landover, MD                                                                      2001 - 2004

Client Coordinator providing exceptional coordination services of shipping, crating, packing, and installation of multi-million dollar works of art for major private collectors, galleries, auction houses, fine art shippers, and museums.