Renowned Animal Trainer Mikkel Becker Helps Us Speak Better D-O-G
Back by popular demand, Mikkel Becker shares savvy insights into why dogs do what they do and offers great tips on how we can bring out grrr-eat behavior in our dogs. Mikkel is the lead trainer for Fear Fear Happy Homes and a best-selling author. She shares easy ways to slip in good doggy manners and even how to make something like nail trimming a "no-big-deal" experience for you and your dog. Got dog? Tune in now!
BIO:
Mikkel Becker is the lead animal trainer for Fear Free Pets. She specializes in reward based training and behavior modification with dogs, cats and occasional other species, including horses, pigs and orangutans.
Mikkel is a Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP), a graduate of the rigorous San Francisco SPCA Dog Training Academy with Jean Donaldson with a certificate in training and counseling (CTC), a Certified Behavior Consultant Canine (CBCC-KA), a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and a Certified Dog Behavior Counselor (CDBC). Mikkel also majored in communications and minored in sociology at Washington State University.
Mikkel is regularly featured in publications that include USA Today, today.com, Woman’s Day, Real Simple and a nationally syndicated newspaper pet column. She was the resident trainer at vetstreet.com and now is the lead animal trainer at fearfreehappyhomes.com and fearfreepets.com Mikkel has coauthored six books, including the most recent release, From Fearful to Fear Free.
Mikkel lives in Spokane Valley, WA with her daughter, Reagan and the love of her life- a Puggle named Indiana Bones. The rest of the critter crew includes an adorably naughty rescue pug mix, Otis, two guinea pigs, and a cuddly social, teddy bear of a horse, Chile.
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