Marjie Alonso

Marjie Alonso

Marjie Alonso, CDBC, CPDT, is a professional dog trainer and behavior consultant living in Somerville, MA., with her two dogs, two sons and very understanding mate.
Marjie has been training dogs full time for the past 7 years, and first started her dog training career and internships in the late 1970s in New York City. Marjie trained dogs part time for the next 22 years, eventually starting her own full time training and behavior consulting business, City Dog Training, LLC.


In addition to her work at City Dog Training, Marjie is currently the Vice President and Training Director of the New England Dog Training Club, where she develops curriculum for puppy, beginner and special classes as well as oversight and training of the staff of 6 trainers. She has also developed the trainer intern program for NEDTC, and is a mentor trainer for Animal Behavior College.


Marjie serves as a behavioral trainer for various dog rescue groups, including Baypath Humane Society and Great Dog Rescue New England, providing temperament testing and evaluations, rescue dog acclimation programs, one-on-one training sessions, behavior modification programs, phone and e-mail consults to fosters and adopters. She also writes training and behavior information sheets, providing them to veterinary offices and dog rescues and shelters as handouts for clients and adopters. Marjie is a contributing expert trainer for Dogtime.com.


Marjie takes her continuing education quite seriously, and attends many seminars and workshops each year in the field of dog behavior, behavior modification techniques, training and temperament evaluation and assessment. Recent seminars include those by Sue Sternberg, Suzanne Clothier, Patricia McConnell, John Rogerson, Clicker Expo, Kathy Sdao, Pia Silvani, Jean Donaldson and many more, including several advanced internships with both Sue Sternberg and Suzanne Clothier.
Marjie is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT), an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator, a Professional Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and is a Certified Member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC).


The foundation of Marjie’s training and behavior work is practical, thoughtful, relationship-based communication between dog and human. She uses balanced, positive methods, clear limits and consistency through communication, awareness of body language and social signals, and an understanding of both her human and canine clients. Marjie’s goal, always, is to engender understanding and cooperation between dog and handler, and to do so with humor, patience and a sense of each individual’s needs and best path to success.

 

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