Verena Schleich, KPACTP and FPPE.
Verena loves all animals, and is passionate about positive reinforcement training, and sharing information on force-free training and the Humane Hierarchy. She spends her days with everyone else’s dogs and loves it, but is always happy to come home at the end of the day to her senior, tripawd Doberman Pinscher, Athena, her rescue mutt Ötzi, and her rescue cats, Lore and Hawk. She also has a small flock of chickens and 2 aquariums of freshwater fish to keep her busy.
Verena is a proud graduate of the Karen Pryor Academy’s Dog Trainer Professional program, a Family Paws Parent Educator, Certified in Pet Loss Companioning, and a member of the Pet Professional Guild and IAABC. She has worked as a veterinary assistant for several years, and was formerly the proud Animal Care Supervisor of the Burlington Humane Society.
Verena occasionally does live lectures (most recently on Clicker Training Basics, End of Life Prep and Euthanasia, and Behavioural Euthanasia).
She believes in leading with empathy first and foremost, both to her human learners and their dogs, and does rescue work in her down time.
You can reach her at info@pawsitivelygenius.com
Education:
Diploma in Business Marketing – Algonquin College
Dog Trainer Foundations – Karen Pryor Academy
Dog Trainer Professional – Karen Pryor Academy
Animal Welfare and Behaviour – University of Edinburgh
Dog Emotion and Cognition – Duke University
Pet First Aid – St. John’s Ambulance
Getting Into Shape: Solving Behaviour Issues Through Operant Conditioning and Shaping Techniques (workshop with Nicole Larocco-Skeehan, CPDT-KA) – Speaking of Dogs
May the Force Be With You – or Not with Kathy Sdao [PPG live webinar]
Play Your Way to Success! with Shade Whitesel [3 day seminar]
IAABC Self Study; DNA: The Basic Blueprint of Life with Jessica Hekman, DVM, MS
Chicken Camp with Terry Ryan [one day]
ClickerExpo 2017 [3 days]
- Dr No: How Teaching an Animal to Say “No” Can be the Right Prescription – Ken Ramirez
- Retrieve Reboot – Hannah Branigan
- If You Build It, They Will Come: Training a Reliable Recall – Kathy Sdao
- The Fab Five: Concepts That Will Make Your Training Rock! – Emilie Johnson Vegh & Eva Bertilsson
- The Rat is Never Wrong: Training With an Errorless Learning Mindset – Susan G. Friedman, PhD
- Control is an Illusion: Stimulus Control without Frustration – Sarah Owings
- We Just Have to Dish: Training, Science, and Nerdy Stuff – Kathy Sdao & Susan G. Friedman, PhD
- Wanted Training Consultant (Those Good with Animals Need Not Apply) – Ken Ramirez
- Thinking Fast & Flow – Emilie Johnson Vegh & Eva Bertilsson
- Turn Me On…(or Not): Inspiring Other to Choose Positive Reinforcement Training – Michele Pouliot
- Keep Your Candle Burning: Avoiding Professional Burnout – Kathy Sdao
The Truth About Cats And Dogs – The University of Edinburgh
Pets Love Essential Oils Too
Rocket Recall – Coldnose College
Pet Loss and Grief Companioning; Helping A Family In A Healthy Grief Journey – Webinar
Certified in Pet Loss Companioning – e-training for dogs by Coleen Ellis
Control is a Primary Reinforcer – Dr. Susan Friedman & TAG Teach International Webinar
