Dog IS Good: A Conversation with Gila Kurtz
Never underestimate the many benefits of sharing your life with a dog or more. Join us in this special episode of Oh Behave as host Arden Moore talks with Gila Kurtz, co-founder of Dog Is Good. She is also a best-selling author, in-demand speaker and in the midst of this pandemic created a new nonprofit with her husband, Jon Kurtz, called Dog Is Good For Good. Be inspired and motivated by her mission: Changing lives one dog at a time. Tune in now!
BIO:
Gila is a product of northern Virginia and she graduated from Virginia Tech University in 1987. When she bought Jon with her Visa card at a bid for bachelors auction in 1988 (true story), it effectively ended her teaching career. They married and proceeded to move about every 2 years until 2006 when they were able to finally settle in sunny Seal Beach, CA . Still, in addition to supporting a stressful navy lifestyle, she always had some sort of sales gig going on. After she convinced Jon to adopt a too-young dalmatian puppy, Gila learned she really liked dogs and decided to pursue a career as a dog trainer. She immersed herself in science of canine behavior and quickly became the go-to dog trainer wherever she moved (much to the disappointment of the third human Kurtz family member, daughter Abby). A recurring theme with Gila is that “anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”