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Georgette Lombardo

Dog trainer in New Mexico

#426 in United States, #2 in New Mexico

United States

https://pawsitivetrainingabq.com

Service areas:

Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales in New Mexico

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I received my first certification from the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior in January of 2015. Later that year, I opened my business Pawsitive Training ABQ in April of 2015. At first, I worked my corporate job part time for a year as I built the business. As more clients began to sign up, I quit the corporate job and worked full time as a dog trainer in June of 2016. Puppies began my focus after taking the course Puppy Start Right in 2017. The more I learned how critical the first 14 weeks of a puppy's life is, I wanted to be there in the beginning.
During the pandemic, I took a nine month course from the University of Washington in Applied Animal Behavior and learned so much more. That is my second certification. It was completed in June of 2021.
As my client list continued to grow, I have hired on two part time trainers to help more clients. My next goal is to start writing a training book on puppies. My professors from the University of Washington encouraged me to do so as a way to reach and help more people.

Certifications:

KPA CTP, UW-AAB

Dog training services include

  • Reactive dog training
  • In home training
  • Puppy training

More info about Georgette Lombardo's dog training:

Primary focus is young puppies and teaching foundation skills with a holistic approach. It's more than just teaching cues but helping the puppy learn how navigate the human world. The training takes place in the client's home with either a coaching approach and the pet parents or day training with me doing the training for them. We also offer monthly doggie socials to help socialize the puppies with real world adventures in both urban and rural locations.

Behavioral issue focus:

Most recently they are adolescent dogs between six and 12 months old who did not get a solid foundation. They have maladaptive behaviors such as an over the top reaction to other dogs on leash. The opposite is also present. Dogs who are either afraid of the world post-pandemic or are not used to strangers coming into their homes.

Dog training methods:

Methods always use positive reinforcement with a clicker to help the dogs learn the precise moment they have done a behavior the humans can reinforce. I have also used a process of counterconditioning on its own and sometimes paired with desensitization. Also beginning to use much more enrichment as a main focus of the plan. Each dog is an individual so no plan is identical to the next.

Why I became a dog trainer:

I wanted a way to help stop having dogs end up at our local humane society. At the time, I volunteered as a dog walker at the humane society. I asked the woman in charge of the behavior department, what could I do to possibly stop dogs from being turned in. She said simply, "become a dog trainer."

My favorite part of being a dog trainer:

Seeing the reaction on my human client's face when they see what their dogs are capable of doing. The dog and the human are suddenly speaking the same language.

My #1 dog training tip:

It is kind of three-fold - be kind, be patient and stop thinking like a human.

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