Bonnie Brown-Cali
Member- IACP, APDT
Bonnie has professionally trained dogs since 1990 and is the owner of Dog Dynamics. Bonnie was a master trainer for AppleGate School for Dogs Inc. and American Detector Dogs. She is an evaluator for the American Kennel Club and is certified as a field representative for Paws With a Cause, an organization that trains service dogs for the disabled. She has worked as a canine field handler for the University of Reno and Desert Research Institute and for Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation. She volunteered for seven years as a trainer and member of the search and rescue teams for Contra Costa County Sheriff Department, California Rescue Dogs Association, and the California Office of Emergency services. She has conducted national workshops on training and deploying service dogs, dog behavior and obedience, reliable retrieving training, and the ethical use of training equipment.
She has helped countless individuals with challenging dogs, and has published manuals and papers on puppy headstart programs, beginning through advanced obedience, behavioral training, training dogs for human remains detection, and how to develop and maintain an athletic dog. Bonnie teaches weekly community group obedience instruction and offers private instruction as well. To continue her education she attends annual conferences, behavioral workshops and training seminars with canine trainers, handlers and behaviorists from the United States and abroad. She and her family currently share their home in the East Bay Hills of Northern California with Hendrix the barn cat, and two black Labradors: Quill who is a certified disability service dog, and Jet, who totally embraces her name. |
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