My dogs

Schali
Breed: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
BD: August 14, 2002
Sex: Female (spayed)



Hugo
Breed: Belgian Shepherd Dog Tervuren
BD: July 8, 2008
Sex: Male (neutered)

Certifications, Memberships and Seminars

* JP=Japan, DE=Germany, CH=Switzerland


Certifications:

Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA)

Animal Aroma Therapist (JP)

Pet Medical Aroma Therapist (JP)

Pet Holistic Care Counselor (JP)

Memberships:

Member, Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)

Member, Aroma Environment Association of Japan

Seminars:

# 2004-2009

Terry Ryan's Seminars for Pet Dog Training Instructors Level 1-6 (JP)

Turid Rugaas' 1-day Seminar "Calming Signals" (JP)

Ian Dunbar's 3-days Seminar (JP)

Debby Potts' TTouch Seminar (JP)

JAPDT Conference 2006 (JP)

JAPDT Conference 2007(JP)

JAPDT Conference 2008 (JP)

APDT Conference 2007, Portland, OR
Akademie fuer Tiernaturheilkunde "Hundepsychologie" (CH)
Petra Fuehrmann's Seminare fuer Hundetrainer (DE)

# 2010

APDT Conference 2010, Atlanta, GE

Ken Ramirez's seminar "Smart reinforcement & implementation strategies", Galveston, TX

Ian Dunbar's 3-days seminar "Science based dog training", Houston, TX

# 2011

Pia Silvani's 2-days seminar, Houston, TX

Nice to meet you !

Nice to meet you and thank you for visiting our weblog.
My name is Shizuka Kawahara. 
I am pet dog training instructor, CPDT-KA and member of APDT.

I have been instructing the pet dog owners in Tokyo since 2004. In May 2010 we moved to Houston, TX, together with our dogs Schali and Hugo.

Dogs are such a wonderful creature and our precious family member but they are not human. Sometimes we experience a "culture shock"between dogs and human. My passion is to assist the pet dog owners and their dogs to have better communication in order to build up a happy relationship.