About Dog Meets Baby

I traveled 6,000 miles to become your favorite dog trainer.

It was 2007, I was working in finance, and I was miserable.

‍As I was on my way to physical therapy (because my desk job was destroying my back), I glanced over at a park where a trainer happened to be working with a group of dogs.

‍It was if lightning struck me. Suddenly, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

So, I moved from Europe to San Francisco to attend The Academy for Dog Trainers (known as the "Harvard" of dog trainer programs), from which I graduated with honors.

Enter Lola.

After graduating from the Academy for Dog Trainers, I spent some time in Brooklyn, New York.

And that's where Lola, my yellow lab, adopted me. To handle Lola's wild energy, I become a scent detection instructor (K9 Nose Work) and traveled all over the U.S. competing with her.

Lola is a wonderful dog. But... when I brought home my newborn twins, she had a predatory reaction to them. This is a highly unusual response and, thankfully, as a dog trainer I knew exactly what to do. But I knew other parents might not!

When I went looking for information about dogs and kids, I was surprised by how few good resources existed. So I decided to create them.

‍And Dog Meets Baby was born.

Now I'm traveling again.

We've recently left San Francisco to make a home in a new country—our sixth! Wherever we land, I'm so honored to continue offering dog parents like you the resources and tools you need to keep all your kids happy and safe.