Greetings!  I’m  Samara  –

I have been  working with  animals professionally for over two  decades. I am a welfare-based positive reinforcement walker, trainer & behavior consultant. My  training philosophy focuses on respecting the learner’s choices, and allowing for agency. I like incorporating enrichment & play to help build confidence in gaining important life skills while maneuvering  the human world.  Although my education covers the broad spectrum of dog training and handling philosophies and methods over the years, I  have mindfully embraced crossing over to only working with dogs using evidence-based, modern, ethical and humane dog training methods.  Continued education is important  to me, so that I may stay up to date in the latest evidence-based, humane training methodologies, and I do that through books, webinars, seminars, having amazing mentors, and participating in programs.  My current program is PHMP (NEW) – Pet Harmony.  I worked to get my  CTBC,  CSAP-BC, CDW & CDTK .  As part of the BIPOC and neurodiverse communities, my goal is to share compassion, empathy, and transparency while working with humans and their dogs, because we all are on a learning journey & we all deserve a safe space. I look forward to building a community ‘Sangha’  with humans and their dogs.