Veronica is passionate about helping owners to build their relationship with their treasured pets, particularly throughout the exciting but sometimes challenging puppy phase. Training helps build and maintain the bond between pet and owner, provides all important mental and physical stimulation, and enables your dog to learn while they are having fun.
Qualifications - click hereto see courses/training attended
Training methods are reward based, based on the principles of applied behaviour analysis to enhance learning and build motivation, along with genuine real life obedience skills. She is a qualified, experienced and accredited trainer who has taught well over 1,500 puppies & their owners, including teaching for Amy’s Puppy Preschool.
Veronica is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), an internationally recognised accreditation from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (www.ccpdt.org).
Veronica holds a Certificate in Dog Training and Behaviour (through renowned trainers Steve & Vicki Austin) and is a certified Puppy Class Instructor.
She has been involved with dogs for over 20 years, and currently lives with two dogs, Georgie the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, and Chip the Border Collie.
Veronica has successfully competed with her dogs in Obedience, Rally & Scent Work, achieving many qualifications and titles in those disciplines, and has spent many years volunteering as an instructor at local obedience clubs. She holds Accredited Professional Dog Trainer membership of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers Australia (www.apdt.org.au).
Continuing her commitment to ongoing professional development, in 2022 Veronica fulfilled a long-held goal to study under Professor Susan G. Friedman, PhD, completing the “Living & Learning With Animals” (Science & Technology of Behaviour Change) course through www.behaviorworks.org to further her knowledge of Applied Behaviour Analysis.
In 2025 Veronica completed the Cooperative Care Trainer Certificate (CARE-TC™) KD/SD (Knowledge Demonstrated AND Skills Demonstrated) continuing her knowledge development in her special area of interest.
Locations
Veronica runs puppy classes at Mona Vale Vet, Pittwater Animal Hospital (Warriewood), Gordon Vet Hospital, The Ark Vet (Lindfield) and Vetmed. Scent Work classes run periodically.
She also teaches puppy class for Amy’s Puppy Preschool at Bloomingtails Artarmon.
Veronica’s Dogs - Georgie and Chip!
Georgie (Skyesong Heel N Toe CCD RA SWV SWC SWX SWI SWM) has competed in obedience, rally and scent work and has achieved the following titles through DogsAustralia (ANKC) - Community Companion Dog (CCD), Rally Novice, Rally Advanced, Scent Work Novice, Scent Work Advanced, Scent Work Excellent, Scent Work Vehicle (Element Title), Scent Work Container (Element Title), Scent Work Exterior (Element Title), Scent Work Interior (Element Title) and Scent Work Master Title.
Georgie has also earned virtual titles (via video submission) in Co-operative Care and has Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 titles (CCC1, CCC2, CCC3, CCC4)
Chip (Lovetorun Call My Bluff SWE SWV) has earned his Scent Work Novice, Scent Work Advanced, Scent Work Excellent and Scent Work Vehicle (Element Title) titles through DogsAustralia, and also has Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 Co-operative Care virtual titles (CCC1, CCC2, CCC3, CCC4)
