Kathy Sdao, MA, ACAAB is an applied animal behaviorist. She’s been a full-time animal trainer for thirty-five years, first with marine mammals and now with dogs. At the University of Hawaii, she earned a master’s degree as part of a research team which trained dolphins to understand sign-language. She then worked for the United States Navy training dolphins for open-ocean military tasks. Kathy also worked as a marine-mammal trainer at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma Washington. After leaving the zoo world, she co-created Tacoma’s first dog-daycare.

Kathy launched Bright Spot Dog Training in 1998. Services include consulting with

families about their challenging dogs and mentoring professional trainers who want to

maximize the power of positive-reinforcement training. Kathy is proud to be an original

faculty member for Karen Pryor’s ClickerExpos; she’s taught at forty-one of these

popular conferences. Kathy has lectured at venues across the United States, Canada and Europe, and in Australia, Israel, Japan and Mexico. In 2012, she published her first book, “Plenty in Life Is Free: Reflections on Dogs, Training and Finding Grace”.

“Plenty In Life Is Free”

Kathy Reading "Plenty In Life Is Free"

“LIMA beings”

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