Meet Certified Dog Trainer and Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant, Lisa Desatnik
I incorporate compassion, kindness and fun into learning and teaching. I am committed to using and teaching the most positive and humane approaches for preventing and solving pet behavior issues. LIMA is an acronym for ‘least intrusive, minimally aversive’ and it speaks so perfectly to my commitment to helping people and pets to live their best possible life together. I encourage you to read more about LIMA in this post. Please scroll down the page to learn about my educational background, and dog and puppy training philosophy.
- Certified Professional Dog Trainer
- Fear Free Certified Professional Trainer
- Licensed Family Paws Educator
- Certified Family Dog Mediator
- Certified Dog Bite Prevention Educator
- Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant
- Former Thread Leader for Dr. Susan Friedman's PBAS International List (Parrot Behavior Analysis Solutions List)
Graduate: Living and Learning With Animals, The Science and Technology of Behavior Change with Dr. Susan Friedman - Graduate: Master Course - Aggression in Dogs
- IAABC Control Unleashed Mentorship Program with Leslie McDevitt
- IAABC Aggression Mentorship Program with Mike Shikashio
Lisa Desatnik In The Media
I enjoy sharing behavior tips and insight through my writing and speaking. You can see my columns in Hyde Park and Indian Hill Living magazines; and I am interviewed on WCPO’s Cincy Lifestyle program regularly. In 2019, I was asked to be a presenter at an online international Summit on dog health and behavior with other featured guests such as Dr. Ian Dunbar.
Read my interview for Family Paws here.
You can see some of my television interviews here.
Certified Family Dog Mediator
I earned this after completing a lengthy class on dog ethology. Family Dog Mediation is developed by world renowned Applied Ethologist Kim Brophey, FDM, CDBC, CPDT-KA, and focused on Kim’s L.E.G.S. model that encompasses four primary elements making up the WHOLE dog. Those elements include a dog’s Learning, Environment, Genetics, and Self.
Education
An animal lover my entire life. I have studied Applied Behavior Analysis and how it relates to setting people and their pets up for success since meeting and being inspired by my first teacher and mentor, Dr. Susan Friedman, Ph.D., more than 18 years ago. Dr. Friedman pioneered the use of ABA with companion and captive animals worldwide.
Over the years, I have and continue to attend courses, classes and conferences with presenters that have included some of the world's leading positive trainers and behaviorists such as Dr. Friedman, Steve Martin, Susan Garrett, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Suzanne Clothier, Dave Kroyer, Denise Fenzi, Kathy Sdao, and others.
I completed these eight-week mentorship programs through IAABC:
Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt and
Aggression by Michael Shikashio.
Additionally I completed a two day Training and Handling with Aggressive Dogs (taught by Michael Shikashio, CDBC, and Trish McMillan, MSc, CPDT-KA, ACCBC, C DBC); and graduated from The Aggression in Dogs Master Course by Michael Shikashio.
I also completed a separation anxiety shadowing program led by Dr. Moira Hechenleitner, DVM, CSAT.
I see education as an ongoing process and am always looking for opportunities to learn and grow, to share my knowledge with others.
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