Eureka College, Eureka, IL 1982-1983 (Elementary Education)

The Wilma Boyd Travel School, Pittsburgh, PA 1983-1984 (Travel Industry)

Parkland College, Champaign, IL 1985-1986 (Child Psychology)

Centers For Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 1989-1992 (Business Administration, Editing, Sign

Language I)

CMSU School of Real Estate, Exeter, NH, 1994 (Realtor)

Full Member, Giant Schnauzer Club of America (GSCA) since 1995

Full Member, American Dog Owner's Association (ADOA) from 1998 - 2009

Professional Member, International Association of Canine Professionals #2795 (IACP) 2006 - present

American Kennel Club (AKC) Certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator (#91540) from 2007 - present

Full attendance: Tufts Animal Expo, Boston, MA October, 2001 (30 CEUs)

Full attendance: Tufts Animal Expo, September, 2002 (23 CEUs) Professional Member, Presenter, New England Pet Grooming Professionals, Inc.#M2027 (NEPGP) 2006 - 2014

Full attendance: "What Every Pro Should Know" (Canine Professionals Symposium), featuring Sarah Wilson and Brian Kilcommons, November 2007 (CEU’s)

Full attendance: IACP Conference (featuring Stanley Coren, Brian Kilcommons), Hutto, TX, June, 2008 (CEU’s)

Full attendance: NEPGP Fall Festival, Warwick, RI, November 2009

Re-Homing Evaluator/Trainer for GSCA since 2003

Behavioral Evaluator/Trainer/Foster for Paws New England 2009 - present (as needed basis since 2013 move to WI)

Attended conference and presented "Canine Behavior and Doggie Daycare" at NEPGP Summer Festival, Warwick, RI, July 2012

Full attendance: "Fixing The Unfixable: A New Look at Separation Anxiety" (featuring Malena DeMartini-Price, Gina Phairas), Hudson, MA, March 31-April 1, 2012 (CEU’s)

Full attendance: "Winter Wolf Ecology Workshop" presented by Richard Thiel (Wolf Biologist and coordinator for WI DNR Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center in Babcock,WI, and accomplished author), and Scott Thiel (Wolf Biologist), February, 2014

Full attendance: IACP Conference, St. Louis, MO, September, 2015 (CEU’s)

Full attendance: Sue Sternberg: Dog Aggression vs Sociability, Johnson Creek, WI, April 28 - 29, 2018 (CEU’s)

Full attendance: Sue Sternberg & Trish King (3 Workshops): Resource Guarding: AAP & Ethogram, Virtual, 12/5/20; Sue Sternberg: Resource Guarding: Thresholds, Virtual 12/12/20; Trish King: Resource Guarding: Management & Modification, Virtual 1/9/21

Full attendance (Sessions 1 & 2): The Biology of Aggression in Dogs; Dr. Tim Lewis, June 22, 2022

Externship Mentor & Instructor for Animal Behavior College, 2021 - present

Full attendance: K9 Pharmacological Intervention; Dr. Ellen Lindell, October 4, 2023

Full attendance: K9 Separation Anxiety; Malena DiMartini, October 18, 2023