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DID YOU KNOW… Nearly 70% of all dogs are given to shelters due to simple behavior problems that can be easily resolved.
“Your dog can be transformed into a well-adjusted and balanced member of your family, regardless of age, breed or size. I help build proper human-canine relationships, going beyond the simple mechanics of dog training.”
I have been an animal lover since childhood. Under the personal training and guidance of Cesar Millan, I use many of the same techniques used by him on his renowned “Dog Whisperer” television show.
I am credentialed as a certified pet dog trainer by the Animal Behavior College in Northridge, CA. I have trained hundreds of dogs since beginning my business in 2001 and with my combined training and education, I use a very effective method of rehabilitating your dog. My main goal is to help keep dogs out of shelters and in homes where they belong and my prices are very competitive.
Tails of an ABC Trainer
Delores Hills, ABC grad, is a very happy trainer since her graduation and with good reason! This is because she is now working with probably the best known dog trainer in the country, Cesar Millan the famous “Dog Whisperer”.
Delores graduated from Animal Behavior College in August of 2006 so, you might ask yourself, how did this all come about so quickly?
Delores is one of an ever growing group of people that come to ABC already possessing professional dog training experience. After being a legal secretary for thirty years, Delores decided to take her side business as a dog trainer to the next level. Delores had been training dogs part time for many years through her own training company “K9 Campus”, when she decided she was ready to take her dog training passion to a higher level.
The first step, she says, to making this a more serious career was to enroll at ABC which she did in February 2004, “I wanted to be more credible and that was possible with the proper schooling,” says Delores. As she went through the program, she made the transition from obedience training to more behavior modification. When it came time to do her ten hours of volunteer work for “Students Saving Lives,” Delores contacted Cesar Millan, who she had met five years prior when he helped her to rehabilitate some of her client’s problem dogs. They had always kept in touch, says Delores, but if it wasn’t for her ABC required volunteer time, she would have never had the opportunity to work with Cesar like she did. She began to volunteer at Cesar’s Dog Psychology Center applying what she learned at ABC along with what she observed while volunteering. When her volunteer time was completed, she asked Cesar if she could continue working with him. She worked for several years at the Dog Psychology Center twice a week on a volunteer basis and Cesar continued to mentor her.
About seventy percent of the dogs she deals with there are aggressive and were on death row at the animal shelter. Using all she has learned through her studies and experience, Delores helps to rehabilitate these dogs to give them a second chance at life. She appeared once on “The Dog Whisperer” as a dog handler for the Hurricane Katrina episode. The rest of her time is devoted to private lessons where Delores knows it’s about not only training the dog, but more importantly training the owner. Delores took her dream of working with animals and turned it into a successful career. My goal is to keep dogs out of pound and in homes with their owners where they belong.” I know I have saved several dogs from being put down due to aggression and other behavior problems.”
K9 Campus is a proud member of the Humane Society