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Involved
professionally with dogs since 1977, Suzanne's background is widely
varied, with experience in breeding, conformation, training, puppy
testing, group & in-home training, behavior assessment & modification,
Search & Rescue, and more. A member of the AKC's Agility Advisory
Board, she also served as a committee member for the AHA's Task
Force for the Development of Humane Standards for Dog Training (1998)
and is also involved with AHA's current dog training task force.
Listed in "Who's Who in Dogs" by Connie Vanacore
(McMillan, 1998), Suzanne is an award winning author whose
articles have been reprinted worldwide. Her work has
been published in the AKC Purebred Dog Gazette, Dogs In
Canada, Dog Fancy, Wolf Clan, Delta Society, APDT Newsletter,
Off Lead Magazine, TTEAM Practitioners Newsletter, German Shepherd
Review & other publications. She has appeared on
numerous radio interviews in the US and Canada.
An internationally respected speaker, she has taught throughout
the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Belgium,
Holland and Italy, for groups as diverse as FEMA Northeast
Region Disaster Dog Teams, Association for Pet Dog
Trainers, Alaskan Dog Mushers Association, Vivere Il Cane
and Wolf Park. From 2008 to 2010, she was the consultant
for Guiding Eyes for the Blind's Canine Development Center, helping
them create a new approach to their puppy raising program based
on her Relationship Centered Training.
Her book, Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our
Relationships With Dogs (Warner, 2002) has received
widespread acclaim, and has been published in German and
Italian.
A long time breeder of German Shepherd dogs. Dogs produced
by her Hawks Hunt breeding program have been active and
successful in obedience, therapy dog work, tracking,
agility, herding, Search & Rescue, and as companions.
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