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Angelica Steinker, M.Ed., C.D.B.C., CAP2, and NADOI endorsed

Angelica Steinker
Angelica Steinker

Angelica has over 10 years of full-time dog training experience, and specializes in: Aggression, Agility, Rally Obedience, Learning, and Behavior. Angelica has a Master's degree in Education which enabled her to work as a professional mental health counselor. She used her education as a foundation to establish extensive knowledge in dog behavior and operant and classical conditioning, the science of how animals and people learn. Angelica has testified as an expert witness in dog bite cases.

Angelica has written two books. Agility Success, was published by Clean Run Productions and addresses the handler of the of the agility team. Her second book, Click and Play Agility, describes the use of clicker training techniques to teach your dog agility behaviors. This book emphasizes play and bonding while training agility behaviors to the highest level.

Angelica's articles have been published in the Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behavior and the Journal of Veterinary Behavior, both peer reviewed professional journals. She has also been published in the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers) Chronicle of the Dog Newsletter, Dog & Handler, Animal Trainer Magazine, Dog Sport Magazine, Dalmatian Quarterly, and in Clean Run, the dog agility magazine. Angelica Steinker is endorsed by National Dog Obedience Instructors. She is also certified as a Dog Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants.

Angelica serves on the Advisory Board and instructs at the Companion Animal Sciences Institute, and shares her life with her wonderful husband, Ted, two Border Collies and a Miniature Pinscher and a Papillion. Her dogs actively compete in Agility, Rally Obedience and Disc Dog.

She has presented seminars nationwide including at the famous Camp Gone to the Dogs in Vermont, BARK Agility Camp, and Karen Pryor's Clicker Expo.

Angelica is interested in promoting humane training practices and increasing the dog and human bond in whatever way she can.
 

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