Lauren Bond, CPDT-KA

Owner, HeadTrainer

Lauren has been working as a professional trainer since 1998. Her range of experience covers general obedience training, assistance and therapy dog training, aggressive behavior issues and anxiety problems. She has trained her own dogs for Search and Rescue on both a state and national level. Lauren is a published author of articles on dog training for Ohmidog! and Baltimore Dog Magazine. She is currently completing her second book "Click Marks the Spot" which will be out in Fall of 2011. In the spring of 2011, she completed her first book called "Boredom Busters for Dogs: Avoid destructive and annoying behaviors thru enrichment." She always enjoys the challenge of helping a newly rescued dog make a smooth transition to their new home, and watching those Ah HA! moments that her clients experience in class. B-More Charming School for Dogs is a dream that Lauren has worked hard to realize, and she is grateful for her success and wonderful clients who make it all possible.

Julie Benoit, Trainer

Julie is the owner of Walk the Dog Baltimore, and a talented artist. When she isn't teaching college classes to budding artist or walking the pets of Baltimore, she is teaching her own dogs new tricks. Julie approaches her classes at B-More Charming as a service to her clients and community. She wants each dog owner to have a great relationship with their dog, and to have a complete understanding of how to work with their dog rather then against them. Julie has tried a couple of different training methods in her years as a dog owner and is fully convinced about the merits of positive and scientific methods. Ask her about the best ways to get your dog exercise and how to improve your walks with your dog!

Amie Glasgow, Trainer

Amie fell in love with animal behavior shortly after she fell in love with her first APBT, Oscar. She trained him in formal obedience, rally obedience, tracking, search-and-rescue, and agility, all the while learning more and more about why certain training methods work or don't work, and realizing more and more that scientific methods weighted heavily with positive reinforcement are the most effective, and most humane methods around. When it became clear that her second rescued pit bull had suffered from horrific abuse in her past life, Amie knew she would never go back to aversive methods for any animal. Amie, Oscar, and Liberty share their home with six rescued cats as well, and Amie loves using operant conditioning methods on them, as well! (what - your cats don't come when called to get their meds? hm.)/p>