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Katie Williams

Dog trainer in Tennessee

#495 in United States, #7 in Tennessee

United States

https://www.instinctdogtraining.com

Service areas:

Nashville

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A welfare-centered animal trainer with Instinct Nashville, focusing on life-skills, reactivity and cooperative care. She works with clients on adult dog manners, puppy development, and behavior issues including fear and anxiety. Katie is a Fear Free Certified training professional (FFCP) and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP)
with years of experience reducing fear, anxiety, and stress in a wide range of scenarios. Katie has co-built training and daycare programs around Nashville, worked at the Nashville Zoo, and worked as the Behavioral Lead at the Nashville Humane Association. She loves helping her clients improve their dogs' behavior issues while also improving their welfare and relationship.

Certifications:

KPA CTP, FFCP

Dog training services include

  • Aggressive dog training
  • Deaf dog training
  • Reactive dog training
  • In home training
  • Off leash training
  • Puppy training

More info about Katie Williams's dog training:

In-home coaching and homeschool (day training) sessions working on general training and behavior modification.

Behavioral issue focus:

Puppy and adolescent training, reactivity, leash training, separation related distress, resource guarding, crate training, jumping, door dashing, and developing other life skills.

Dog training methods:

Science-backed, welfare-centered training, including in-home consultations and life-long training plans.

Why I became a dog trainer:

Growing up on a farm, I've been passionate about animal welfare for as long as I can remember. I started working with behavior cases at Nashville Humane Association 5 years ago, and became increasingly passionate about behavior keeping dogs out of shelters, and fighting for regulations in animal training.

My favorite part of being a dog trainer:

Working with dogs changed my life - being able to connect with animals and their people every day, and create lasting impressions on their lives and welfare, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.

My #1 dog training tip:

A behavior that is reinforced is a behavior that is repeated, reward your dogs! :)

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