In this interview with Liz Randall of Dogs Abound, we explore how to look for a great dog trainer for either behavior or sport training, and how to know if it's a good idea for you to try to find a dog trainer to help you out with your dog. We cover many topics in this episode, including how to know if you're on the right track with your dog trainer.   

About Liz Randall:  Liz grew up in North County San Diego, and has worked with animals her whole life. Growing up in a dog- and horse-centric family, she was an avid, competitive equestrienne by age nine. From riding ponies to Baskin Robbins near the beach at age five, to working with a herd of more than 100 horses on a guest ranch in Wyoming in her twenties, to flying across the country to compete in New York City at the Westminster Agility Championship with her rescued pit bull mix Phineas, she truly understands what it means to have complex and fulfilling relationships with animals.

Liz teaches behavioral and sport lessons locally and nationally, as well as online. She has parlayed her love and talents for working with animals into a career in which she helps dogs and their humans achieve higher levels of communication, with each other and beyond.

Throughout Southern California, Liz is known in dog sports for not only being a talented trainer of skills, but for having a high level of understanding of canine behavior, which allows her and her students to compete at the highest levels of their chosen sports. Liz competes locally and nationally in agility with her dogs. She also competes with and has titled her dogs in nose work, barn hunt, and lure coursing.

Not only does Liz own and run the “front of the house,” of Dogs Abound, overseeing daily business operations, but she also heads the Dogs Abound training program, using scientifically-based, positive methods, and has held her Certified Pet Dog Trainer credential (CPDT-KA) since 2011. She is continuously learning new methods and theories of dog training, health, and overall wellness, and strives to be on the forefront of what is best for our dogs’ well-being. Dogs Abound has a full-time training department, currently with five CPDT-KA credentialed trainers on staff.

Information about Liz Randall’s training facility can be found here:  www.dogsabound.com

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