Sarah Kalnajs, CDBC, CPDT

Sarah Kalnajs is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants) and Certified Pet Dog Trainer (Association of Pet Dog Trainers) with more than ten years’ experience working in canine behavior, training and research. She is the owner of Blue Dog Training and Behavior in Madison, Wisconsin.

Kalnajs is an honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has completed post-graduate work both at Edgewood College and at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Research Lab at the University of Hawaii. She is one of the first international students to complete the Canine Behavior Program conducted through the Etiologist Institute under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Abrantes in Denmark.

Sarah serves as a consultant to a number of humane societies in Southern Wisconsin, training staff and implementing evaluation protocols and training and behavior programs. She is well-known for her evaluation protocol (the Blue Dog Behavior Evaluation) as well as the Dog-Safe Waist Restraint System used by shelters and dog owners who need to evaluate or work with reactive, fearful or aggressive dogs. In addition to her work with dogs, Kalnajs has participated extensively in dolphin and humpback whale research.

Kalnajs is president of Wisconsin American Eskimo Rescue and political liaison for the Wisconsin Dog Rescue Coalition. Kalnajs is a professional member of the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA), Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), and the International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior (IAACAB).

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