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Ask a Dog Trainer
Professinal Virtual Coaching
A GREAT ADD ON FOR OUR DIGITAL and Community CLIENTS
Ask a Professional Dog - Trainer Behaviour Consultant Virtual Coaching
If you are looking for some professional guidance, advice, feedback, or need help troubleshooting a goal behaviour.
Ask a Dog Trainer is the service for you!
In this one-on-one 60 minute virtual chat, I will go through your top concerns and goals and look at where you are in your training plan.
This is not equal to our complete behaviour assessment.
Schedule once, or as needed.
Training, Guidance, Advice, Support
Sylvia
Sylvia Koczerzuk
Meet Sylvia Koczerzuk
Sylvia is a Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT 2000- 2025) and Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant 2004 (IAABC), a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer and Predation Substitute Training - Certified Instructor, who helps dogs and their guardians create calmer, more connected lives with ethical and humane, science-based training. I support methods that creates associations that supports your dogs confidence, emotional well ness and well being. I use methods that provide positive feedback and support dogs in making great choices. We help you teach your dog in a calm and positive setting and situations. I want you to build and augment your relationship and mutual understanding of your dog. I support you and your dog during your journey of behaviour change. As your professional I am committed to continuing education.
Long before there were as many formal schools, certificates, and degree pathways available in dog behaviour, Sylvia was already committed to learning. The basis of all the early and present education comes from veterinary behaviourists, applied animal behaviourists, behaviour veterinarians, and other respected professionals whose work helped shape her understanding of dogs, behaviour, and humane training.
She attended the prestigious SF SPCA Dog Training Academy 2000 ( now known as the Dog Training Academy) , studied at Behaviour Works with Dr. Susan Friedman in Living and Learning with Animals. Sylvia is also a Fear Free Certified Professional and has completed further education in advanced behaviour symposiums , hands on workshops (multi species) and certifications in scentwork, enrichment, canine reactivity, separation anxiety, Dynamic Dog (gait and posture assessment), canine arthritis course, and pain-informed learning. Most recently, she is completing her clinical canine behaviour degree (an internationally OFQUAL-qualified CBC).
Sylvia has been helping animals and their people since 1989 where started in veterinary clinic and started learning through U of Guelph (behaviour department) . Over the years, she has worked in veterinary hospitals, shelters, rescues, a farm sanctuary, and private practice. Her work has included dog walking, grooming, group classes, private training, virtual coaching, and behaviour consulting. She also travelled south to assist Hurricane Katrina animal survivors.
What Sylvia loves most is helping people better understand their dogs and showing them how small, thoughtful changes can lead to meaningful progress. She knows that behaviour is not just about training. It is shaped by health, environment, learning history, emotions, and the unique dog in front of you.
That is why Sylvia takes a whole-dog, whole-picture approach. She combines assessment, understanding dog emotions, behaviour knowledge, and practical coaching to help guardians move forward in a way that feels clear, positive, and achievable.
If you are ready to better understand your dog, build confidence together, and create real-life results, Sylvia would love to help.
Visit the blog to learn more about Sylvia and the difference between a Dog Trainer and a Behaviour Consultant.
Another great session to help us settle in and understand what we need to do going forward and get our girl settled into her new home. So far all the advice is working so we could not be happy as this is a such a beautiful girl and we love her so much and are happy to have her in our home. "Another Inspiring Session"again
Course Pricing
ASK THE TRAINER
$250 CAD
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90 MINUTE SESSION COME PREPARED COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE EMAIL US YOUR TRAINING PLAN
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- An opportunity to share your training plan
- Review your training plan
- A review of our behaviour questionaire completed
- Provide feed back to your plan with adjustments
- Follow up session notes with with written and video resources
- Come sleeve rolled up with excitement to learn
