About

ANDREA ARDEN

Andrea has written four books including Dog Friendly Dog Training (IDG, 1999), Train Your Dog the Lazy Way (Macmillan, 1998), The Little Book of Dog Tricks (Howell, 2002) and On the Road With Your Pet (Fodor's, 1998). She is the behavior columnist for The New York Dog magazine, has been the behavior columnist for Dog Fancy magazine and is a contributing writer for numerous other dog magazines.

Andrea's credits include being the resident professional trainer and field correspondent for The Pet Department, FX's Emmy award winning daily show about pets. Andrea's appearances also include 20/20, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelli, The View, Dateline NBC, CBS News, and CNN as well as numerous other television and radio shows.

Andrea has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, is on the Board of Directors of Animal Haven Shelter and Sanctuary, is a member of the Dog Writers Association of America and a Certified Pet Partners Team evaluator for the Delta Society therapy dog program and the AKC's Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test.

Andrea is the proud parent of four dogs, Lena, Nora, Moka and Bela.

JO ANNE BASINGER

Jo Anne joins us with 15 years of marine mammal training and animal care experience with The New York Aquarium/ Wildlife Conservation Society. In the mid 1990’s she began volunteering for her community dog shelter. This in turn led her to merge her expertise in marine mammal training with her love for caring and training domesticated dogs by joining the dog trainers at Andrea Arden Dog Training.

Jo Anne is also an honors graduate of the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers and a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Her devotion to helping dogs and their human companions forge lasting relationships grew out of her love for Danny and Gloria, two shelter dogs she adopted. She currently shares her heart and home with Walter, a rescued Brussels Griffon, and Jack, a rescued Shar-Pei/Shepherd mix.

LISA BOWMAN

Lisa started her career with animals working with Colleen Safford's New York Walk & Train for 5 years and has been with us for two years. Lisa has extensive experience with puppy training as well as with managing and rehabbing more challenging dogs.

Lisa firmly believes that the keys to a rewarding relationship with your dog are consistent management, patience and of course choosing the right motivators. Lisa is innovative in her approach in order to create for her students (both human and canine) training programs which are more fun and less frustrating. She is a dedicated motivation based trainer and like any great trainer she continues her education by attending workshops and conferences. Lisa teaches group classes and private lessons and is a part of our Shelter Dog Training Program with the Animal Haven Shelter.
Lisa is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College where she received a B.A. in English Literature and she is the proud mama of Frances Peyton Manning, a ten pound Shetland Sheepdog she adopted from Animal Haven Shelter.

DENISE HERMAN

Denise graduated Valedictorian from the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers and was a staff trainer at the SFSPCA. Denise is the author of the Nylabone® company Clicker Training Kits, is the resident pet expert at DogPublic.com, and writes for The Bark magazine. She has appeared on NY1, WNBC New York and ANIMAL PLANET. Last March, Denise was profiled in DOGFANCY magazine's "A day in the Life" series.

In the year 2000 Denise pioneered NYC's first small dog classes and playgroups through Andrea Arden Dog Training. Today these classes proliferate and small dog playgroups are organized city-wide.

Denise is active with Miniature Pinscher Rescue of NYC, and other local dog rescue groups. She lives with her own small dog Pi and a chicken she calls Chicklet.

KATRINA KRINGS

Katrina graduated with honors and earned a degree in Psychology with an emphasis on animal behavior from Southampton College. She has completed extensive course work on such topics as comparative animal behavior, animal operant learning, applied behavior analysis, canine behavior, instructor skills, and treating behavioral problems in the family dog. Katrina has applied her impressive training skills with a wide range of animals including dogs, horses, and even rats! Katrina was an assistant trainer at East End Kennels in Westhampton and an assistant manager of the Apple Creek Stables in Ohio, where she designed course plans and instructed all levels of classes. Katrina has a special interest in shelter animals; She was a volunteer for the League of Animal Welfare from 1999–2005 and completed an international independent study on stray dogs.

KAREN MILLER
Karen Miller served as the Director of Training at Delta Society, one of the world's leaders in therapy animal registration. Karen was the Project Director of the revised edition of the Pet Partners Team Training Course and Project Facilitator for the Professional Standards for Dog Trainers: Effective, Humane Principals. This being the first and only book to define humane dog training standards and practices, it has been embraced by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the world's largest organization for training professionals.

Karen was also a founding member of one of the first agility clubs recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC).
Karen is currently the Director of Animal Haven Acres Sanctuary & Rehabilitation Center, located in the Catskills, and continues to work for us with our upstate clients.

COLLEEN SAFFORD

Colleen Safford is both a dedicated dog parent and formally educated dog trainer. Colleen received a degree in Psychology from The Ohio State University. She is dedicated to using training methods based on the principles of learning theory, to ensure that training is simple, fun and of course, effective for both you and your dog.

Colleen is the premier trainer for TFH Nylabone’s DVD and book series of “A New Owner’s Guide to Owning a …” (fill in your breed!).

Colleen was certified by the Delta Society as a Pet Partners Team Evaluator and Instructor. In addition, she has served as the Chairperson of the Sponsorship Committee for the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Colleen teaches group classes, private lessons and therapy dog classes. She is committed to raising awareness about animal shelter over population, and is a volunteer with the Animal Haven Adoption Center. Colleen is proudly owned by Luna, a rescued boxer.

KRIS SEITER

Kris trains her dogs and her students dogs with relationship based methods and teaches the importance of a strong bond which is essential in any partnership between dog and handler. Kris sees each dog as an individual and therefore applies different positive motivation based training techniques for all dogs especially for dogs that are fearful or have been abused. These dogs need special attention and during their training sessions sometimes the tiniest improvements are the most important. With innovative ideas and play based training sessions, fearful dogs can learn to love the sport of agility. One of Kris's main goals is to inspire her students to love working with their dogs and to develop the confidence in their own training to not only build stronger bonds, but enable them to reach their individual goals within the sport. Kris focuses on methods which build confidence and confident dogs who perform without hesitation. In any agility partnership between dog and handler, Kris stresses trust in each other which evolves into dynamic, fast agility teams.

Kris has earned over 150 Agility titles with 9 different dogs to the Championship level from the three largest Agility Associations in the United States. Kris and her Border Collie Lochlan have appeared in the Final Events at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 USDAA World Games in Scottsdale, Arizona. She currently shares her home with 10 dogs (4 rescued Keeshonden, 2 Border Collies, a rescued Pomeranian an Alaskan Malamute, a rescued 3 legged American Eskimo and a Hungarian Mudi) and a cat named Juniper.

KIM SEITER

Kim has been involved in many aspects of competitive dog sports for the last 11 years and brings a unique behavioral approach to her training methods and ideas. Originally showing German Shepherds in competitive obedience, s after several years in the obedience world, Kim moved on to the conformation ring showing toy breeds. Kim's current interest is dog agility.

She has actively been training and competing in the sport of agility for the last 7 years with multiple breeds. To date, Kim has titled to the Masters levels, 7 different dogs in 3 different Agility venues. Kim's training approach is built on relationship building and the principles of operant conditioning. She trains all foundation behaviors with a clicker and play based methods maximizing the bond between dog and handler.

Kim's current agility trial dogs include a rescue Belgian Shepherd, a rescue Keeshond, two Pomeranians (1 which is a rescue) and two Border Collies (1 which is a rescue).

In addition, Kim has worked for American Eskimo rescue and specializes in aggressive behaviors in dogs working with some very difficult cases. She also has taken unadoptable dogs and given them a safe and happy home while continually working on their behavioral problems.